{"id":32296,"date":"2016-02-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/jason-akermanis-talks-bottom-four-for-port-adelaide-2\/"},"modified":"2016-02-24T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-02-24T00:00:00","slug":"jason-akermanis-talks-bottom-four-for-port-adelaide-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/jason-akermanis-talks-bottom-four-for-port-adelaide-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Akermanis talks bottom four for Port Adelaide"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Former AFL great Jason Akermanis has taken a swipe at Port Adelaide\u2019s training program and raised the prospect of the club finishing in the bottom four this season.<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cPort \u2013 they\u2019re an enigma,\u201d Aker told Rowey and Bicks on FIVEAA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have had two years of chronic over-training \u2013 it\u2019s hurt them last year. A lot of those injuries seemed to not make sense.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo they had to assess their program,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Aker\u2019s startling Port Adelaide prediction flies in the face of the conventional wisdom, which suggests the Power will be contenders in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere they\u2019re going to be at the end of this year can be either covered in glory or could be in the bottom four. You just don\u2019t know,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<h3>Listen to Jason Akermanis here:<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/248467062&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Aker also warned Crows fans about making too much of the club\u2019s 100-point flogging of the West Coast Eagles in round 1 of the NAB Challenge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCrows look obviously awesome,\u201d he said, \u201cbut it\u2019s the first round of pre-season, don\u2019t take anything out of it. Let\u2019s see it when it\u2019s all going.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs far as the South Australian teams go, they\u2019re good enough, they\u2019ve got the talent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut it\u2019s all up to the stuff we don\u2019t see, which is the training, and I don\u2019t know where they\u2019re at,\u201d said Aker.<\/p>\n<p>Aker also read the 2016 tea leaves for a few other clubs:<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong>GWS<\/strong> are going to play finals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe AFL changing the rules on the mark: that\u2019s going to effect <strong>Hawthorn<\/strong> a little but, the way that they face up. Hawthorn will be great again, they\u2019re always a good club.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brisbane<\/strong>: \u201creally struggling\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Western Bulldogs<\/strong>: \u201ccan the doggies back it up?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Suns<\/strong>: \u201ccan Rodney (Eade) get the Gold Coast back?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/financial-guru-predicts-massive-australian-property-crash-next-year\">FINANCIAL GURU PREDICTS MASSIVE CRASH IN AUSTRALIA NEXT YEAR<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/rowey-bicks\/mark-robinson-defends-attack-on-media-rivals-after-garry-lyon-drama\">ROBBO ATTACKS RIVALS IN WAKE OF GARRY LYON DRAMA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former AFL great Jason Akermanis has taken a swipe at Port Adelaide\u2019s training program and raised the prospect of the club finishing in the bottom four this season. \u201cPort \u2013 they\u2019re an enigma,\u201d Aker told Rowey and Bicks on FIVEAA. \u201cThey have had two years of chronic over-training \u2013 it\u2019s hurt them last year. 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