How do we beat Port?

[Stripes]

A stat I heard today is that Port are the number 1 team at scoring from stoppages inside their fwd50 whilst in the past 9 weeks we've been the number 1 team at preventing scores from stoppages in the oppositions fwd50.

We do seem to match up well on them. We seem to have very similar attacking games but our defense across the ground is stronger. The inclusion of Trengrove will be interesting.

[tony_montana]

keep ding what we're doing - win the contested ball and the rest takes care of itself - especially this mob

[tdy]

Really tag gray. Hard tag very tight will help us a lot

[mightytiges]

Port love playing their slingshot gameplan. Getting numbers behind the ball, winning possession in the back half and then a long kick into space in their forward half for the likes of Gray, Wingard and White to run on. While that is a danger especially on a fast track, it paradoxically helps us too as there's less opposition numbers across our half-back. Last time, our half-back rebounders - Ellis, Houli and even Lids - had a field day. It was the main reason we won in a bit of a shootout. It'll be interesting today if Port continue to play their slingshot gamestyle or change up and press up the ground more.

In any case, we need to come out hard and win the contested footy as we did in the past few interstate matches against Adelaide and Sydney. We can't give Port first use which suits their outside runners.

[Tigeritis™©®]

Port love playing their slingshot gameplan. Getting numbers behind the ball, winning possession in the back half and then a long kick into space in their forward half for the likes of Gray, Wingard and White to run on. While that is a danger especially on a fast track, it paradoxically helps us too as there's less opposition numbers across our half-back. Last time, our half-back rebounders - Ellis, Houli and even Lids - had a field day. It was the main reason we won in a bit of a shootout. It'll be interesting today if Port continue to play their slingshot gamestyle or change up and press up the ground more.

In any case, we need to come out hard and win the contested footy as we did in the past few interstate matches against Adelaide and Sydney. We can't give Port first use which suits their outside runners.

You wanna be coach MT?

I dunno if this guy understands opposition analysis.

[Diocletian]

Port love playing their slingshot gameplan. Getting numbers behind the ball, winning possession in the back half and then a long kick into space in their forward half for the likes of Gray, Wingard and White to run on. While that is a danger especially on a fast track, it paradoxically helps us too as there's less opposition numbers across our half-back. Last time, our half-back rebounders - Ellis, Houli and even Lids - had a field day. It was the main reason we won in a bit of a shootout. It'll be interesting today if Port continue to play their slingshot gamestyle or change up and press up the ground more.

In any case, we need to come out hard and win the contested footy as we did in the past few interstate matches against Adelaide and Sydney. We can't give Port first use which suits their outside runners.

Yep - they're beating us the same way North always do.