WHAT I LOVE ABOUT MY TEAM IN 2024 – PORT ADELAIDE

We love it here at The Mongrel, and it is always best expressed by our writwrs for their chosen teams.

This year, as we head toward Round One, I hand them the ball and ask – what do you love about your team in 2024?

Let’s see what they come up with. Jarred Ophorst is up as he champions his Port Adelaide Power. – HB

In the last ten years, the Port Adelaide Football Club are largely a winning team. There have been a few lapses where finals were missed but the DNA of the club in the last decade is a team that exists to win.

The issue is that the club’s motto doesn’t say “we exist to win regular season matches against the Gold Coast Suns”.

No, what it does say is “we exist to win premierships”. In 2024, that is what the Port Adelaide Football Club will do. Hopefully.

Is this just overconfident, biased, hopeful, one–eyed supporter wishful thinking? Maybe, but quite frankly I just do not care.

The fact of the matter is that there is a lot to love about Port Adelaide in 2024. There are a myriad of reasons Port haven’t been able to go all the way under Ken Hinkley

’s coaching tenure, but I’d argue this is the best the list has looked in his time and has become his best opportunity to win it all.

The Power have list depth across all lines that the club hasn’t had the luxury of in quite a while thanks to some shrewd recruiting. A change in leadership will spark renewed enthusiasm, driven by some exciting young talent that are determined to live up to the hype that has built around them over the last five years. A soft start to the year will spark memories of that incredible streak last year and inspire this team to bigger things.

As a supporter, it’s just about believing the boys can do it.