Warren “Tredders” Tredrea Captain Again
Readers of AFL Football Blog will know that this guy is one of “My Most Irritating Players” 
in the AFL”. Nevertheless the Port Adelaide Football Club has announced that he will lead the Power in Season 2008. From all reports and judging by his form this pre season he has completed a good pre season and is priming himself for a good 2008 season. It will be interesting to see the reaction of the players when he kicks a goal this year and whether they give him a high five that he is after or run in the other direction. And will he continue to be as arrogant as ever and bow to the crowd again as if he is “GOD”?
Tredrea will be supported by vice captains Brendon Lade, Chad Cornes and Shaun Burgoyne in 2008. Kane Cornes, Dom Cassisi and the injured Michael Wilson round out the Power’s seven-man leadership group.
Well done Tredders, seriously !!!!!……..
Can Port recover from 2007 Grand Final Nightmare?
In what was the greatest turnaround in the history of the Port Adelaide Football Club the Power finished 2nd in 2007 and climbed 10 spots from 2006 where it finished 12th. They won 11 of the last 12 games meaning they secured a home Preliminary Final and has history would have it a Grand Final berth. Where they were well and truly THUMPED by a rampant Geelong side. Let’s take a look now at who has left and arrived at Alberton this year:
ADDITIONS:
NAB AFL Draft: Mitchell Farmer (Calder Cannons), Matthew Lobbe (Eastern Ranges), Marlon Motlop (Wanderers), Matthew Westhoff (Central District)
DELETIONS:
Retired: Josh Mahoney, Darryl Wakelin
Exchange period – traded: Brad Symes (Adelaide)
Delisted: Ryan Willits (second list lodgement), Nathan Batsanis (rookie), Peter Hardy (rookie), Alex Lee (rookie)
Crash and Bash
Well Mark Williams has said that January’s training will be “Crash and Bash” training showing that the Power mean business in 2008, as they try to extract some revenge on other AFL Clubs after their extremely disappointing showing in the 2007 Grand Final.
The Port Adelaide side play a free flowing style of game which enables them to kick big scores, as indicated by the fact they were second only to Geelong in points scored per game. But at the other end of the scale and area for concern is their tackle count, maybe this style of play does not lend itself to high tackling rates (13th in tackles in 2007), but when you look at a side like Geelong as the bench mark they too play a free flowing game yet seem to be able to put the kind of pressure on that is required to enhance their style of play and it is an area that the Power need to improve on if they are to go one better in 2008. Read more
