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"My fellow Port Adelaide fans ..." Get creative with it!Don't worry, once I know, nothing will be left to the imagination.
Might not use an emoji or a gif. Might just come here to say "Sacked Hinkley."
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"My fellow Port Adelaide fans ..." Get creative with it!Don't worry, once I know, nothing will be left to the imagination.
Might not use an emoji or a gif. Might just come here to say "Sacked Hinkley."
Lot of people pooh poohing me 2 months ago when I predicted a 12th finish.View attachment 2048851
I hope the board are doing some ladder predictors before we get to far behind West Coast in the coach search.
Even best case scenario, I think we finish 12th. Though we can still can finish 13th. If somehow we fluke 3 from the next 6, then even then we'll end up 10th.
Seasons over. Start planning for a 2025 and beyond without Ken.
Well this has been mentioned before. Good to see someone in the media has finally seen the light.Nope, David King instead focused on the gameplan on First Crack. Gamplan is implemented by the coach. He is saying its the coach without saying Hinkley.
Bartel had a crack at the gameplan as well saying its not sustainable. Is he only realising this now. Pretty sure 7 years of this gameplan proves it doesn't work.
100% correct.Classic.
He needs JHF on the park, just like Butters and Rozee to have any chance of winning games. That's because there's no team cohesion and he effectively requires individual brilliance.
Yeah he was raised a foighter remember.Hes a dead man walking and he knows it.
But he's going to milk the club to the end.
Clown.
TBH I don't mind him giving players who let the team down with undisciplined acts a talking to. He wasn't going off at them. He wasn't ballistic. He wasn't volcanic.This goes much deeper than the coach, this starts a the top and goes right down to some of the players.
The good thing is I think we are starting to see some of those players showing that they are not so invested in Ken as some others.
You have to ask what has happened to the form of Marshall, Aliir, Finlayson, complete reversal, they definitely are not playing for the coach.
Ken's latest acting role on the bench, to be seen as an actual football coach, pulling into line arguably two of our best players in JHF and Butters, this won't go down well.
This guy is good, he knows exactly how and when to act for the cameras.
The problem with Ken's response is not him telling our players they need to not react and get sucked in.But I was actually ok with Hinkley's response. Not too much he gets right IMHO, but this was good for a change. Not before time either. Enough of the kumbaya rubbish!
That was a quiet word? He's such a showboater. Can't help himself. Has to do it on the bench knowing full well the camera's on him instead of in the huddle or even better, down the rooms.TBH I don't mind him giving players who let the team down with undisciplined acts a talking to. He wasn't going off at them. He wasn't ballistic. He wasn't volcanic.
Just a quiet word in their ear to say "just stay calm. Don't let them get under your skin. Ignore them, and show them up with your skills and desire, and they will give up. You're only feeding them oxygen if you react with ill discipline. You're better than that, and better than them".
FWIW, that was my take on it. For too long he has pandered to poor on-field acts, and turned a blind eye. A quiet rebuke should not get them ansty, and they need to grow up and accept it, and move forward. If it does rile them, there are more serious problems with their mindset.
JHF only just (or soon) turns 21. Still a kid in footy terms at this level. I'm confident that he'll learn quickly enough and make the requisite adjustments. It's a learning curve playing on the edge without crossing the line, and something learnt with experience and exposure. A bit the same with Zac, although as a leader and older, he probably shouldn't need to be reminded of his team obligations.
But I was actually ok with Hinkley's response. Not too much he gets right IMHO, but this was good for a change. Not before time either. Enough of the kumbaya rubbish!
Ken acting on the sidelines towards key players that have carried him have opened the door for the media to push on that its all on the players
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Nope, David King instead focused on the gameplan on First Crack. Gamplan is implemented by the coach. He is saying its the coach without saying Hinkley.
Bartel had a crack at the gameplan as well saying its not sustainable. Is he only realising this now. Pretty sure 7 years of this gameplan proves it doesn't work.
Given how close the ladder is that isn’t surprising. We won’t be mathematically out of the hunt until we probably the last round.All I can say is Ken looks like a man that has been told he is safe until the end of the season.
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i still think 13 wins will probably sneak us in.View attachment 2048851
I hope the board are doing some ladder predictors before we get to far behind West Coast in the coach search.
Even best case scenario, I think we finish 12th. Though we can still can finish 13th. If somehow we fluke 3 from the next 6, then even then we'll end up 10th.
Seasons over. Start planning for a 2025 and beyond without Ken.
Possibly. So where are these three wins coming from?i still think 13 wins will probably sneak us in.
I just want it to hinge on winning the Showdown.i still think 13 wins will probably sneak us in.
Except when Richo comes out and proclaims we're on the right trajectory...... Meanwhile.......
2020: 1st -> 3rd
2021: 2nd -> 3rd
2022: 11th
2023: 3rd -> 5th
2024: 11-13th (expected finish)
What was the vibe like on radio after the game?
Living overseas I can't always get to listening the talk back after the games.
Will try and tune in to 5aa today (especially for Tredders) but I hope some of you call in and lay it out. 5aa don't take web based calls on air so I can't call![]()
Not saying we will but i'm saying that 13 wins will probably be enough. Essendon, Melbourne, Collingwood & Port all have difficult runs home that they will all be lucky to win 3 out of 6. Dogs and Suns need to win 4 minimum being a game behind, and i with their up and down form they will struggle with that.Possibly. So where are these three wins coming from?