{"id":492552,"date":"2026-02-20T14:18:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T14:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/492552\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T14:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T14:18:10","slug":"2026-match-sim-adelaide-v-port-adelaide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/492552\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Match Sim &#8211; Adelaide v Port Adelaide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It didn\u2019t quite have the same intensity as your Home and Away Showdown, but Adelaide versus Port Adelaide always feels like I am getting to watch something a little bit special.<\/p>\n<p>After a finals collapse, the Crows have looked inward for the type of improvement that puts a team over the top. They didn\u2019t hit the trade period or free agency. They are looking to consolidate a game plan and a team, and go a couple of steps further than 2025.<\/p>\n<p>As for Port, with a new coach in charge, they\u2019re looking to be more competitive than they were in 2025, and when I hear Josh Carr speak, that translates to a more physical style of footy.<\/p>\n<p>How did it play out in this Mini-Showdown?<\/p>\n<p>Well, that\u2019s what I am here for. Let\u2019s jump in.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The remainder of this article is for our members. They support me, and I provide for them. It\u2019s a good deal.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Oh\u2026 a Mongrel paywall\u2026 the worst of all paywalls. We\u2019re on the march to the 2026 AFL season and we\u2019re working through the Match Sims, AAMI Series, and Player-specific articles\u2026 we\u2019re all in. Dump the mainstream lip service and dive into articles like this \u2013 you will never look back. If you don\u2019t want to, that\u2019s fine. I consioder it your loss as we get into the grind of the season, and you\u2019re stuck with the stuff that\u2019s frustrated you for years.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/themongrelpunt.com\/choose-plan\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6688 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ALLmembership-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It didn\u2019t quite have the same intensity as your Home and Away Showdown, but Adelaide versus Port Adelaide&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":492553,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[3443,638,64,63,55,639,6082,85],"class_list":["post-492552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-adelaide","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-port-adelaide","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=492552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492552\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/492553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=492552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}