Port Adelaide 2019

[Booney]

I'm not convinced it can all be put on Ken, there is clear evidence that he has tried to do things differently this year.

It can't. -207 disposals to a side who sacked their coach 2 months ago is about application, not where the magnets were on the board before the game.

[The Bedge]

They live in a town where the media give them a free pass after every pathetic loss.

Wrong club mate, that's your mob.

[MW]

They live in a town where the media give them a free pass after every pathetic loss.

Wrong club mate, that's your mob.

Do you read or listen to any media? clearly you don't.

[Booney]

They live in a town where the media give them a free pass after every pathetic loss.

Wrong club mate, that's your mob.

Do you read or listen to any media? clearly you don't.

Our club has members to answer to first and foremost and platforms for those members to do so.

Unhappy customers deal with the media, that's the only way you lot can have a say.

[MW]

If getting another cliché from Ken, or another berating by Kochie, or an apology for f..king everything up from Keith is members getting answers first and foremost then i'd be disappointed as a Port member.

[Booney]

If getting another cliché from Ken, or another berating by Kochie, or an apology for f..king everything up from Keith is members getting answers first and foremost then i'd be disappointed as a Port member.

As opposed to Fagan, Chapman and Burton saying?

[MW]

If getting another cliché from Ken, or another berating by Kochie, or an apology for f..king everything up from Keith is members getting answers first and foremost then i'd be disappointed as a Port member.

As opposed to Fagan, Chapman and Burton saying?

goodbye as the door closes behind them

[Lightning McQueen]

I'm not convinced it can all be put on Ken, there is clear evidence that he has tried to do things differently this year.

By bringing in pensioners and dropping in-form kids?

[Dutchy]

I'm not convinced it can all be put on Ken, there is clear evidence that he has tried to do things differently this year.

By bringing in pensioners and dropping in-form kids?

He has played kids, backed them in and not picked on reputation - big difference to previous years I believe.

[Booney]

I'm not convinced it can all be put on Ken, there is clear evidence that he has tried to do things differently this year.

By bringing in pensioners and dropping in-form kids?

He has played kids, backed them in and not picked on reputation - big difference to previous years I believe.

Ryder, Westhoff, Dixon, Motlop and Lycett* wouldn't have been dropped in previous seasons.

[Lightning McQueen]

He has played kids, backed them in and not picked on reputation - big difference to previous years I believe.

I don't disagree with you, I just think he's dropped them unwarranted at times and the Sutcliffe experiment derailed the train big time.

He has made some baffling omissions, I'd rather a kid playing than Broadbent, twice this year he has been in the footy wilderness and then "BANG", gifted a guernsey.

Cut the games out, cut the "SHOCK" omissions/promotions, just get the team right to suit the game plan, there is obviously a lot to like about the group, they can't play so well at times if they are pure crap, the chef isn't doing something right, whether it's ingredients or the recipe remains the to be seen.

[Spargo]

the chef isn't doing something right, whether it's ingredients or the recipe remains the to be seen.

From what we saw Saturday night it’s the whole bloody restaurant

[Lightning McQueen]

the chef isn't doing something right, whether it's ingredients or the recipe remains the to be seen.

From what we saw Saturday night it’s the whole bloody restaurant

Even Gordon Ramsay wouldn't have been able to salvage that roadkill.

[JK]

I'm not convinced it can all be put on Ken, there is clear evidence that he has tried to do things differently this year.

It can't. -207 disposals to a side who sacked their coach 2 months ago is about application, not where the magnets were on the board before the game.

Surely the players coming to play with an intensity somewhere close to an acceptable level, has to be coach relevant still? Players skills letting the side down I agree can't be put on the coach.

[Jim05]

Port are as flaky and as easy to predict as what Essendon are. You can tell within the opening minutes whether the good or bad version has rocked up. On Saturday is was that weak and feeble effort from Hartlett that set the tone and 5 minutes later it was all over.

[Booney]

I'm not convinced it can all be put on Ken, there is clear evidence that he has tried to do things differently this year.

It can't. -207 disposals to a side who sacked their coach 2 months ago is about application, not where the magnets were on the board before the game.

Surely the players coming to play with an intensity somewhere close to an acceptable level, has to be coach relevant still? Players skills letting the side down I agree can't be put on the coach.

If on $450k+ per year you need someone to "arouse"* you prior to playing then you're in the wrong game.

Surely, surely players don't need to be emotionally* aroused by a coach to play at AFL level?

[JK]

I'm not convinced it can all be put on Ken, there is clear evidence that he has tried to do things differently this year.

It can't. -207 disposals to a side who sacked their coach 2 months ago is about application, not where the magnets were on the board before the game.

Surely the players coming to play with an intensity somewhere close to an acceptable level, has to be coach relevant still? Players skills letting the side down I agree can't be put on the coach.

If on $450k+ per year you need someone to "arouse"* you prior to playing then you're in the wrong game.

Surely, surely players don't need to be emotionally* aroused by a coach to play at AFL level?

I know that, you know that and probably anyone older than 30 years of age does too, however it seems more than ever there is direction and management required to get acceptable levels of effort. Whether it be via message's given on game day or via selection, I think the coaching group still have some level of responsibility on that front.

[Ronnie]

Neither SA based AFL club has a fully fledged membership base. Both clubs are effectively controlled by the AFL, and has been the case since independence from the SANFL.

[whufc]

I'm not convinced it can all be put on Ken, there is clear evidence that he has tried to do things differently this year.

It can't. -207 disposals to a side who sacked their coach 2 months ago is about application, not where the magnets were on the board before the game.

Surely the players coming to play with an intensity somewhere close to an acceptable level, has to be coach relevant still? Players skills letting the side down I agree can't be put on the coach.

If on $450k+ per year you need someone to "arouse"* you prior to playing then you're in the wrong game.

Surely, surely players don't need to be emotionally* aroused by a coach to play at AFL level?

Couldn't agree more, I would think that is the bare arse minimum of being an AFL footballer.

If there are players 'choosing' not to be bothered than those who are turning up need to call them out and the coaches need to rid the club of the energy vampires ASAP.

[daysofourlives]

Sitting here patiently for Booneys review!

*Bump
Not sure on the protocol after a loss, what day can we expect it?