News Port Adelaide announces co-captains - Ollie Wines and Tom Jonas

[Ian Jackson]

https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-02-20/port-adelaide-set-to-announce-joint-captains-for-first-time
PORT Adelaide will break with tradition and appoint co-captains for the first time in the club's history.

Midfielder Ollie Wines and key defender Tom Jonas are set to be named joint skippers of the Power for the 2019 AFL season.

The decision will be announced on Thursday.

The announcement won't go down well with Port Adelaide's members, the majority of whom wanted the club to retain a sole captain when the issue was discussed at the Annual General Meeting earlier this month.

When did they conduct the survey that told them the majority of "supporter" wanted a sole captain. I didn't get to vote.

 

[Hong-Kong Phooey]

While I'd prefer one captain, I really don't give a toss. As long as they are winning the I'm happy.

 

[snozulu]

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[foxport]

So are we retiring the number I gernsey?

 

[Arsene Wenger]

Of course it is very unlikely to happen, but what if we made a GF and won the flag this year, would people still be filthy at this decision then ?


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[El Zorro]

Of course it is very unlikely to happen, but what if we made a GF and won the flag this year, would people still be filthy at this decision then ?


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Of course I won't. But I'm filthy now and a potential future flag won't change that.

 

[Arsene Wenger]

Of course I won't. But I'm filthy now and a potential future flag won't change that.

I know. I don’t have a problem with people being upset about it, but I really just don’t care. We have been shithouse with 1 captain for all but 4-5 years in the AFL...


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[Pedro59]

I'm not fussed as long as we are winning
The co captains is far from the most traditional thing about Port
Did we always wear the traditional black and white?

Anyway I'm here to cheer us up by reminding everyone that Kenny usually gets important selections right when it counts..

Think of Butch , Jakey at Full Forward , Dix playing ruck and nerves of steel Pittard as the last line of defence and kicking out ..... cheer up everybody

 

[Eddie Dingle]

Weak as piss

If true.

 

[Prison bar Pete]

So are we retiring the number I gernsey?

Wines wears 1 & Jonas wears Roman numeral I

 

[Eddie Dingle]

I'm not fussed as long as we are winning
The co captains is far from the most traditional thing about Port
Did we always wear the traditional black and white?

Anyway I'm here to cheer us up by reminding everyone that Kenny usually gets important selections right when it counts..

Think of Butch , Jakey at Full Forward , Dix playing ruck and nerves of steel Pittard as the last line of defence and kicking out ..... cheer up everybody

Vote for Pedro

 

[Schulzenfest]

Of course it is very unlikely to happen, but what if we made a GF and won the flag this year, would people still be filthy at this decision then ?

Lisa, I'd like to buy your rock.

 

[Steve Dore]

Of course it is very unlikely to happen, but what if we made a GF and won the flag this year, would people still be filthy at this decision then ?


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If the club can prove to me that having co-captains instead of a captain and a vice-captain was the difference between us winning a flag and not then I'll accept that it was a good decision.

 

[OneGreatClub]

https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-02-20/port-adelaide-set-to-announce-joint-captains-for-first-time
PORT Adelaide will break with tradition and appoint co-captains for the first time in the club's history.

Midfielder Ollie Wines and key defender Tom Jonas are set to be named joint skippers of the Power for the 2019 AFL season.

The decision will be announced on Thursday.

The announcement won't go down well with Port Adelaide's members, the majority of whom wanted the club to retain a sole captain when the issue was discussed at the Annual General Meeting earlier this month.

The majority at the AGM..how many were there?

 

[OneGreatClub]

I know. I don’t have a problem with people being upset about it, but I really just don’t care. We have been shithouse with 1 captain for all but 4-5 years in the AFL...


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My sentiments too

 

[Arsene Wenger]

Bear in mind also I think shit on field leadership cost us games last year


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[Full Credit]

Give us our club back you bunch of bumsniffing frauds

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[afl2004]

Hinkley being re-signed was the offical death of pafc , this is just confirmation

 

[Grave Danger]

Every campaigner under the sun has announced this except PAFC

 

[PatientMental]

Bear in mind also I think shit on field leadership cost us games last year


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And were essentially keeping the same leaders just shuffling the order.

 

[drcollossimo]

Bear in mind also I think shit on field leadership cost us games last year


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Yeah like that time Jonas couldn’t man up on McGovern in time to save the game

 

[Road Scholar]

Of course it is very unlikely to happen, but what if we made a GF and won the flag this year, would people still be filthy at this decision then ?


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Your impeccable beauty is only surpassed by your impeccable hyperthetical logic.

 

[Arsene Wenger]

Yeah like that time Jonas couldn’t man up on McGovern in time to save the game

Same Jonas who won us the game against Melbourne.


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[Jonts]

The worst bit to me imo was how they thought if they drip fed us the news over the course of the last 5 or so weeks everyone would come around to it. You knew it was a shit decision in the member's eyes from the get go, if everyone is so sure about co captains being the best thing for the club right now (it might be i have no idea) Then why not announce it with confidence a month ago? The whole "we respect and know what PAFC is about and our members our important to us" line they've been pushing the past month is what's been pissing me off the most, you don't care what the members think, just come out with your decision with pride when you made your mind up a month ago.

 

[Byrons Firen]

Co-Captains; An in depth discussion
Cons:
We've got a rich tradition of singular captians
To change this flies in the face of the general consensus
No real historical evidence to correlate co-captains will lead to success
With larger leadership groups, a singular role can still have a strong support team
Who will wear number 1?
We really want one player to grab hold and lead this group

Pros:
Sidney does it? And they won it once I remember



All in all, the sky's not going to fall in and this is just lukewarm vomit blerrgh

I expect in 202x we'll have a number 1 solitary captain under a new regime and this situation will be looked back at in the same way we acknowledge Planet Teal, Tarps and Skype coach whatshisname

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