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CibbuanoMatch preview: Fremantle v Port Adelaide
September 2nd 2006 01:55
FREMANTLE v PORT ADELAIDE
WHERE & WHEN: 5.40PM, Saturday 2 September, Subiaco Oval
TV & RADIO: Foxtel, 6PR, ABC Radio, Triple-M (Adelaide)
HEAD TO HEAD: Played 14 - Won: Fremantle - 4, Port Adelaide - 10
LAST TIME
Fremantle 15.20 (110) def. Port Adelaide 11.13 (79) Round 3, 2006, at AAMI Stadium
TAB SPORTSBET: Adelaide $1.23, Fremantle $3.85.
BETFAIR: Fremantle $1.26, Port Adelaide $4.50
Fremantle are the hottest team in town and deserve to be second favourites for this year's flag on the back of eight consecutive wins.
However, tonight's clash with Port is absolutely vital if the Dockers are serious premiership contenders.
Lose tonight to the Power and should other results not go their way, Fremantle could slip to as low as seventh and face exiting the finals in the first round.
This would be a bitter disappointment for the club and its fans who have endured so many years of heartache.
However, based on last week's performance this is a Dockers side unlike previous models.
The Eagles came out firing in the opening stanza of last Sunday's derby, and other Fremantle sides before them would have crumbled under the pressure- not this one.
Fremantle withstood the barrage and absorbed the pressure and beat West Coast comprehensively at their own game.
The Dockers big guns have stood up when its counted.
Skipper Peter Bell led the way with an inspirational display which saw him collect the Ross Glendinning Medal, the Carr brothers were simply brilliant in shutting down the West Coast's much vaunted midfield and Jeff Farmer continued his rich vein of form with four majors.
Perhaps more pleasing for coach Chris Connolly during this eight-game streak has been the even contribution from all 22 players.
Names like Ryan Crowley, Michael Johnson, Brett Peake and David Mundy would barely rate a mention on the eastern seaboard, but all have been consistent contributors and look to be genuine stars of the future.
The Dockers have gone into tonight's clash with an unchanged line-up as expected, but midfielder Paul Hasleby and forward Justin Longmuir didn't train yesterday and must remain in some doubt for tonight's match.
While Fremantle is about to embark on only its second finals campaign since the club's inception, the Power are re-building and have one eye on 2007
Despite missing out on the finals, Port have been in impressive form over the past month winning three out of their last four, including the big scalp of Adelaide last Sunday.
The Power lack a genuine key forward in the absence of the injured Warren Tredrea, and relied on a lot of their smaller types to kick the bulk of their score.
Whether or not they will be able to replicate that against Fremantle tonight is a question mark.
The clash between Port ruckman Brendon Lade, who has to been in line for All-Australian honours and Docker ruckman Aaron Sandilands who continues to improve at a rapid rate shapes as an important one.
The Power's midfield is equal that of the Dockers, and possesses some exciting youngsters in Greg Bentley, Shaun Burgoyne and Rising Star hopeful Danyle Pearce.
The biggest concern for coach Mark Williams will be whether or not his side has the firepower to match Fremantle, which has been the most productive side in the competition for the past two months.
The only way I see the Power causing an upset is by shutting down Fremantle's run through the midfield and cutting down their supply to their key forwards of Matthew Pavlich and Longmuir.
Tonight looks set to be a big night of celebration for the Dockers with Pavlich celebrating his 150th game and Farmer playing his 100th game in Fremantle colours.
They will have another reason to celebrate when they clinch a top-four berth for the first time in their history in an arm-wrestle with a Port side hell-bent on causing some carnage. Fremantle by 32 points.
FREMANTLE
B: Parker, McPharlin, Hayden
HB: M.Carr, Grover, Mundy
C: Peake, Bell, Black
HF: Headland, Pavlich, Schammer
F: Farmer, Johnson, Longmuir
FOLL: Sandilands, Hasleby, J.Carr
I/C: Cook, Crowley, Dodd, McManus
EMG: Browne, Polak, Webster
IN: -
OUT: -
PORT ADELAIDE
B: Bishop, Wakelin, Lower
HB: Cassisi, Chaplin, Thomas
C: K.Cornes, S.Burgoyne, Salopek
HF: Ebert, Willits, Dew
F: Mahoney, Brogan, Thurstans
FOLL: Lade, C.Cornes, Pearce
I/C: Bentley, Kingsley, Logan, Walsh
EMG: Carlile, Eckermann, Shattock
IN: Walsh
OUT: White (back)
Field umpires: Stevic, Wenn, Jeffrey
WHERE & WHEN: 5.40PM, Saturday 2 September, Subiaco Oval
TV & RADIO: Foxtel, 6PR, ABC Radio, Triple-M (Adelaide)
HEAD TO HEAD: Played 14 - Won: Fremantle - 4, Port Adelaide - 10
LAST TIME
Fremantle 15.20 (110) def. Port Adelaide 11.13 (79) Round 3, 2006, at AAMI StadiumTAB SPORTSBET: Adelaide $1.23, Fremantle $3.85.
BETFAIR: Fremantle $1.26, Port Adelaide $4.50
Fremantle are the hottest team in town and deserve to be second favourites for this year's flag on the back of eight consecutive wins.
However, tonight's clash with Port is absolutely vital if the Dockers are serious premiership contenders.
Lose tonight to the Power and should other results not go their way, Fremantle could slip to as low as seventh and face exiting the finals in the first round.
This would be a bitter disappointment for the club and its fans who have endured so many years of heartache.
However, based on last week's performance this is a Dockers side unlike previous models.
The Eagles came out firing in the opening stanza of last Sunday's derby, and other Fremantle sides before them would have crumbled under the pressure- not this one.
Fremantle withstood the barrage and absorbed the pressure and beat West Coast comprehensively at their own game.
The Dockers big guns have stood up when its counted.
Skipper Peter Bell led the way with an inspirational display which saw him collect the Ross Glendinning Medal, the Carr brothers were simply brilliant in shutting down the West Coast's much vaunted midfield and Jeff Farmer continued his rich vein of form with four majors.
Perhaps more pleasing for coach Chris Connolly during this eight-game streak has been the even contribution from all 22 players.
Names like Ryan Crowley, Michael Johnson, Brett Peake and David Mundy would barely rate a mention on the eastern seaboard, but all have been consistent contributors and look to be genuine stars of the future.
The Dockers have gone into tonight's clash with an unchanged line-up as expected, but midfielder Paul Hasleby and forward Justin Longmuir didn't train yesterday and must remain in some doubt for tonight's match.
While Fremantle is about to embark on only its second finals campaign since the club's inception, the Power are re-building and have one eye on 2007
Despite missing out on the finals, Port have been in impressive form over the past month winning three out of their last four, including the big scalp of Adelaide last Sunday.
The Power lack a genuine key forward in the absence of the injured Warren Tredrea, and relied on a lot of their smaller types to kick the bulk of their score.
Whether or not they will be able to replicate that against Fremantle tonight is a question mark.
The clash between Port ruckman Brendon Lade, who has to been in line for All-Australian honours and Docker ruckman Aaron Sandilands who continues to improve at a rapid rate shapes as an important one.
The Power's midfield is equal that of the Dockers, and possesses some exciting youngsters in Greg Bentley, Shaun Burgoyne and Rising Star hopeful Danyle Pearce.
The biggest concern for coach Mark Williams will be whether or not his side has the firepower to match Fremantle, which has been the most productive side in the competition for the past two months.
The only way I see the Power causing an upset is by shutting down Fremantle's run through the midfield and cutting down their supply to their key forwards of Matthew Pavlich and Longmuir.
Tonight looks set to be a big night of celebration for the Dockers with Pavlich celebrating his 150th game and Farmer playing his 100th game in Fremantle colours.
They will have another reason to celebrate when they clinch a top-four berth for the first time in their history in an arm-wrestle with a Port side hell-bent on causing some carnage. Fremantle by 32 points.
FREMANTLE
B: Parker, McPharlin, Hayden
HB: M.Carr, Grover, Mundy
C: Peake, Bell, Black
HF: Headland, Pavlich, Schammer
F: Farmer, Johnson, Longmuir
FOLL: Sandilands, Hasleby, J.Carr
I/C: Cook, Crowley, Dodd, McManus
EMG: Browne, Polak, Webster
IN: -
OUT: -
PORT ADELAIDE
B: Bishop, Wakelin, Lower
HB: Cassisi, Chaplin, Thomas
C: K.Cornes, S.Burgoyne, Salopek
HF: Ebert, Willits, Dew
F: Mahoney, Brogan, Thurstans
FOLL: Lade, C.Cornes, Pearce
I/C: Bentley, Kingsley, Logan, Walsh
EMG: Carlile, Eckermann, Shattock
IN: Walsh
OUT: White (back)
Field umpires: Stevic, Wenn, Jeffrey
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