Roast Media Shakes Head, Part 8

[tribey]

This could go in either media thread.
Meady is my all time favourite player.
Sad to see his interview/thoughts interwoven with the narrative about how successful we’ve been as an interstate club just to make finals….

Darren Mead recalls the stepping stones to greatness

Port Adelaide starts its 13th AFL finals series this week. The club's first AFL final - at the MCG against the eventual premier - remains an important foundation stone.

www.portadelaidefc.com.au

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Only one of these clubs has its historian/content creator constantly trot out defeatist references to how difficult things are, despite the fact the club would be universally considered to be an established powerhouse had it remotely taken its opportunities — many from an undeniably favourable position of strength.

Only one of these clubs has a Chairman who gleefully labels his organisation as “little” in stature.

 

[OneGreatClub]

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Only one of these clubs has its historian/content creator constantly trot out defeatist references to how difficult things are, despite the fact the club would be universally considered to be an established powerhouse had it remotely taken its opportunities — many from an undeniably favourable position of strength.

Only one of these clubs has a Chairman who gleefully labels his organisation as “little” in stature.

Of course when the Crows won their Premierships it was a different system, they didn’t have another SA team competing for talent and the AFL had less clubs.
Similarly I disregard any Crows AFLW Premierships due to such a small comp.

 

[Portology]

Yeah, if you remove size from the equation, the redeveloped Sydney Football Stadium (Allianz) leaves the MCG for dead, in my opinion.

The new Allianz is awesome, was there for Columbia v Germany back a month or so. Noisy lot those Columbians!!

 

[glitch01]

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Only one of these clubs has its historian/content creator constantly trot out defeatist references to how difficult things are, despite the fact the club would be universally considered to be an established powerhouse had it remotely taken its opportunities — many from an undeniably favourable position of strength.

Only one of these clubs has a Chairman who gleefully labels his organisation as “little” in stature.

What annoyed me about this article was the fact that Mead was an underrated old style defender who pretty much was a poster boy for what represented the Port Adelaide values (along with some guy called Wilson who could also play a bit).

Almost every club article we see now is underpinned by the lowering of expectations and diluted definitions as to what constitutes success.

 

[Steve Dore]

Of course when the Crows won their Premierships it was a different system, they didn’t have another SA team competing for talent .....

Are you sure there wasn't another SA team in the AFL when the Camry Crows won flags in 1997 and 1998?

 

[johnnysix]

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Only one of these clubs has its historian/content creator constantly trot out defeatist references to how difficult things are, despite the fact the club would be universally considered to be an established powerhouse had it remotely taken its opportunities — many from an undeniably favourable position of strength.

Only one of these clubs has a Chairman who gleefully labels his organisation as “little” in stature.

One of the best things about getting JHF into our team this year was he added some much needed mongrel. If I was to define it, it would be a mixture of guts, determination, high expectations (accountability) and confidence. It's not being afraid to mix it up and it's a confidence that imbues it's possessor with a determination to destroy. High expectations are a perfect counter balance to this.
It's no coincidence that those descriptors also perfectly capture what the Port Adelaide Football Club came to stand for. That lack of mongrel we had as a team is a manifestation of the lack of mongrel we now have as a club (via our leaders). You can have everything else but if you don't have that, success will be fleeting. True Port Adelaide people never flinched at what Warren Treadrea said this year, they agreed with it because it was true. Thats what people outside the club have never understood, and it's why you either loved us or hated us. You don't fear accountability, you embrace it. If the criticism isn't warranted, you'd have the mongrel to go and prove everyone wrong, not whinge about being under attack. I feel like as a playing group we now have some of that (the streak was on their back), I just want to see some from our coach and the leadership of our club.

 

[OneGreatClub]

Are you sure there wasn't another SA team in the AFL when the Camry Crows won flags in 1997 and 1998?

There was but they had been in for a few years getting pick of the talent and in a smaller comp.

 

[Malibu#27]

SEN SA suggesting that port won’t be giving players to AA for interviews other than those with contracts as fallout for some Rowie comments.

 

[Enviable Tradition]

SEN SA suggesting that port won’t be giving players to AA for interviews other than those with contracts as fallout for some Rowie comments.

Good

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[bomberclifford]

SEN SA suggesting that port won’t be giving players to AA for interviews other than those with contracts as fallout for some Rowie comments.

About ****ing time.

 

[Janey]

Sack Rowe, replace him with Tredrea, I'll listen every night. And both he and Timmy would be as fair and balanced for both teams as you could hope for.

 

[Pt Augusta Power]

SEN SA suggesting that port won’t be giving players to AA for interviews other than those with contracts as fallout for some Rowie comments.

Can’t see how we can allow players to be interviewed by someone who actually said ‘I hope you get knocked out in straight sets and when it happens, I’ll be drinking your tears?’

If a port media person said this about the crows - the crows wouldn’t have to worry about pulling their players out of any commitments because the port media person would be sacked.

 

[SC_Power]

Stumbled across this Talking Finals..... what an uninteresting panel.... and obviously will be a Victorian fapfest.

And yes it was indeed.

Heard more about Richmond and Geelong.

 

[SC_Power]

This could go in either media thread.
Meady is my all time favourite player.
Sad to see his interview/thoughts interwoven with the narrative about how successful we’ve been as an interstate club just to make finals….

Darren Mead recalls the stepping stones to greatness

Port Adelaide starts its 13th AFL finals series this week. The club's first AFL final - at the MCG against the eventual premier - remains an important foundation stone.

www.portadelaidefc.com.au

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I seem to remember this first final and Dew kicking a couple in the 3rd qtr, and on a wet day the ball comes to the near side wing, Mead leads Carey to the ground ball, and Carey just disposes Mead right in the middle of the back and took the ball and North scored from there to wrest the momentum back.

it’s how I remember it anyway, might look for the vision.
edit: looked at short highlights package and I was wrong Argh

 

[longdonkey]

Carn

What was a complete shitehole was VFL Park. Waverley was a colder, budget version of Pleurisy Park. If you were sitting on the boundary you couldn't see below the players knees on the other side of the ground.

 

[johnnysix]

SEN SA suggesting that port won’t be giving players to AA for interviews other than those with contracts as fallout for some Rowie comments.

Surely this can't be true. Isn't this a bit thin skinned? Doesn't this kind of stuff play into the whole notion of a toothless local media because they have to appease the two local clubs. How about we just stick it up him by winning? We used to be all about this sort of crap. Since when did allow some whinging Norwood idiot to get under our skin? Jeez, grow a spine.

 

[OneGreatClub]

Surely this can't be true. Isn't this a bit thin skinned? Doesn't this kind of stuff play into the whole notion of a toothless local media because they have to appease the two local clubs. How about we just stick it up him by winning? We used to be all about this sort of crap. Since when did allow some whinging Norwood idiot to get under our skin? Jeez, grow a spine.

Not at all

 

[johnnysix]

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Not at all

Not saying we just take it on the chin, but I'd rather us hit back than take our ball and go home. Rowie's never purported to be unbiased. This is banter. Weren't there Port supporters calling to rub it in and he was responding? Who cares? The argument of "what do you think would happen if it happened to the Crows?" is the worst possible argument. Since when do take our lead from that mob? I mean, we're the ones playing finals right? I'm not sure about drinking our tears, the river runneth over with tears from Crow supporters over the last couple of weeks.

 

[TazD]

Lets face it. The club has gotten snotty over the "coach no one wanted" barb.

 

[bringbackbucky]

I’d still let the boys go on AA - just don’t speak to Rowe. Let his questions be met with the silence and dead air-time they deserve… I’d listen in for that.

 

[EskimoPAFC]

SEN SA suggesting that port won’t be giving players to AA for interviews other than those with contracts as fallout for some Rowie comments.

This is terrible. If Aliir Aliir wants to interview people then the rest of the side should do their best to help him out.

 

[Enviable Tradition]

I’d still let the boys go on AA - just don’t speak to Rowe. Let his questions be met with the silence and dead air-time they deserve… I’d listen in for that.

Would be better to just go on and bring it up every time.

Just answer every question with "well obviously you think we will go out in straight sets and have a dud coach but..."

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[Launchpad McQuack]

If/when we fail in finals I hope to hear Rowe address the club on air and say he didn't want to talk to their loser players anyway.

If they are so pissed about it then confront him on air, you cowards.

 

[Peninsula Boy]

SEN SA suggesting that port won’t be giving players to AA for interviews other than those with contracts as fallout for some Rowie comments.

Holy Mortal Kombat Sub Zero Fatality, Batman.

Someone down at the club might have a backbone.

This is a bit new. Are we standing up for ourselves?

 

[gbear]

SEN SA suggesting that port won’t be giving players to AA for interviews other than those with contracts as fallout for some Rowie comments.

About bloody time! Might result in that toss bag Rowe being sacked.