Norwood v Port @ Norwood 27/7/2012

looking forward to this blockbuster, surely a crowd of 8,000+ is on the cards given good weather, if Port can knock off Norwood a week after knocking off Central they'll prove to the football public & indeed themselves that they are the real deal, logic says Norwood but after watching the replay i feel an upset is brewing as Port steamroll towards september (while they're not everyones second team they have that Woodville feel about them)

Should be game of the year , Norwood could get back Brown ,Aish ,Rodan and maybe Pfeiffer. Legs to win in a close clash with a crowd of 7000+

Biggest crowd of the 2012 season so far is 6,343 for Norwood v Central @ Norwood a couple of Sunday's back.

Lets hope all the drunks going to the Norwood 1997 Premiership reunion Friday arvo all get to the Oval OK

Week after week, Norwood seems to come up against an opponent who is in very good form, and Port is no exception. We'll have to play well to win this one, and I'll be happy if we just take the points .... and no injuries!!!

I often hear of this being the greatest rivalry so ifit is that big still ,8000 is a pass mark for the crowd IMO. I won't be surprised if the Central game at Norwood stays as the highes crowd this year.

Weather will have a big say in the matter. If this was a balmy evening in April or September, I'd almost guarantee 8,000.

If that was the case AH , I would said 9500-10000.

I am talking tomorrow night , a possible shower and cool obviously.

I'm going to think that the crowd will be 4-5000 at best, and that's if the weather is OK.

Port by 12pts

I think regardless of weather, they will at least get 6K - if the rain stays away, then perhaps cloder to 7 or 8K

Norwood Team:
F: Jericho, Warren, Murphy
HF: Cachia, Clarke, Gallagher
C: Phillips, Reinbrecht, Brown
HB: Chippendale, Jeffries, Terlich
B: Smart, Georgiou, Zorzi
Ruck: Dawe, Suckling, Batsanis
Int: L.Thomas, Aish, Bode

Ins: Brown (Crows), Aish (U18s), Reinbrecht
Outs: Webber (Inj), Evans, Kirwan

Big out in Webber, tonight's conditions would have made him a damaging player, but hopfully the inclusions of Brown and Aish will offet the loss. Evans also unlucky to be dropped.

Port:

F: Gray, Wilson, Dolling
HF: Harder, Mercer, Rose
C: Salopek, Young, Watt
HB: Hoskin, Beard, Slattery
B: Clayton, Raikiwasa, Scanlon
R: Meiklejohn, Surjan, Kirkwood

Int: Robson, Broomhead, McKenzie, Brain, Summerton, Thurgood

In: Surjan, Brain, Summerton, Thurgood
Out: Jacobs (Power)

Opportunity missed by Port there, they could have had an interchange of Young Brain Surjan.

A couple of goods ins on a boggy ground in Surjan and Summerton, will make a difference at ground level, but I'll be surprised if Surjan plays.

Cracking game tonight with Norwood cruising along and Port on the back of two good wins.

Head says Port in a close one, heart says Port easy...

Flag No.9 wrote:Opportunity missed by Port there, they could have had an interchange of Young Brain Surjan.

Nice

Flag No.9 wrote:Opportunity missed by Port there, they could have had an interchange of Young Brain Surjan.

Nice one 'Flaggy'. Thanks for the giggle.
I reckon you may have started something. Now we'll all be looking at the team line-ups for great combo's.
A Port alternative with a pirate flavour - Young Grey Beard ?
The best I could come up with from Norwood's list is for those who like fine furniture ......

Brown Chippendale Dawe

Let ALL the other club's team sheets continue the PUN-ishment.

I think the stat 28 scoring shots to 11 tells the story of this game. Norwood put a couple of goals on the board early and held sway for the rest of the game.

Clayton was causing a few problems for Norwood in the 1st half but even he fell out of the game in the final term.

Even though there was only 19 points in the game at 3/4 time, Norwood's relentless chasing, tackling and desire to get to the contest wore Port down in the final term adding 2-7 to 0-1.

The highlight of the night for me was mid-final term when a Port player (can't recall who it was) found space, was 30 metres clear and heading towards kicking an easy goal. Terlich had run 50 metres and nabbed him before he could kick at goal. Amazing chase and tackle. Most times it is holding the ball (prior opportunity), but not tonight.

Just on umpires, due to the wet weather they decided to throw the ball up. No problem with that, but what I did have a problem with was one umpire in particular who couldn't toss the ball straight up. Every time, the ball was going at 60 degrees, sometimes 45 degrees! Weird.