Toast Warren Tredrea - Elected to the Port Board (Football discussion only)

[philreich]

Has Koch lost yet?

When Koch loses, Port Adelaide wins.

 

[tribey]

"The 58-year-old has long been viewed as one of the sharpest minds in tennis and is being credited with giving Sinner the belief to beat Djokovic three times in the last few months."

Now the same age his dad was when he wasn’t renewed at the end of 1998

 

[silverfingers]

What nonsense.

Tredrea is arguably the most significant on field figure in the club's history. The team he captained to a premiership - in a season where he was the league's most dominant player - legitimised the PAFC on the national stage in a way no team had done before or has done since. It stands alone as the club's greatest achievement and he was the driving force behind it.

As for the second part of your post, you don't play football to be liked, you play to win premierships.

Not at all knocking Treadrea's achievements. Was a wonderful player.

 

[Rexie J]

Now the same age his dad was when he wasn’t renewed at the end of 1998

Tribey, the time eventually comes in a person's lifetime that it's best not to do the sums age wise

 

[VineValerian]

Yeah, but he's abrasive

Maybe e need some honesty and abrasiveness for a change, to snap this club out of the doldrums?

 

[Portmagpies36]

What nonsense.

Tredrea is arguably the most significant on field figure in the club's history. The team he captained to a premiership - in a season where he was the league's most dominant player - legitimised the PAFC on the national stage in a way no team had done before or has done since. It stands alone as the club's greatest achievement and he was the driving force behind it.

As for the second part of your post, you don't play football to be liked, you play to win premierships.

First of all I voted for Warren Tredrea but your comment about you don’t play to be liked you play to win premierships you realise Bruce Abernethy played in 7 premierships? (and played bloody well in all of them)

 

[Launchpad McQuack]

First of all I voted for Warren Tredrea but your comment about you don’t play to be liked you play to win premierships you realise Bruce Abernethy played in 7 premierships? (and played bloody well in all of them)

This was obviously in response to it being said that Abernathy was better liked as a teammate than Tredrea. No one really cares what kind of person they were. What is indisputable is what they achieved.

Tredrea was captain in a premiership team that had choked in finals for the past three years.

The number of premiership is irrelevant. As much as the "not the SANFL anymore" line gets thrown around to distract from our own ineptitude, it is much harder to win a premiership in the AFL. That is not to say the club doesn't need to be relentless in the pursuit of them.

 

[Steve Dore]

First of all I voted for Warren Tredrea but your comment about you don’t play to be liked you play to win premierships you realise Bruce Abernethy played in 7 premierships? (and played bloody well in all of them)

Tredrea wasn't liked because he expected the other players to have the same high standards that he had for himself. Apparently that didn't go down well with those players who were there for the bloody joke, for the social life, for the prestige. They're not there to win.

Abba played under a coach and an administration that expected and enforced high standards and with a playing group with a similar mindset. Players weren't full time professionals so wouldn't be there if they weren't fully committed.

 

[Sewer de Lance]

Abba is just another clone of what exists on the current board, a vanilla bean who is happy to churn out the status quo of what people want to hear.

Tredders on the other hand is his own man, a shoot from the hip maverick who is not afraid to swim against the tide of popular opinion. He’ll be the only sitting member on the board room who has the courage to say things which people they need to hear.

 

[Butters and Pepper]

Hopefully Warren will bring some donuts along for morning tea for his first board-meeting.

 

[Duck Farmer]

Hopefully Warren will bring some donuts along for morning tea for his first board-meeting.

Stale donuts from 2004 à la Vanstone.

 

[RangaInTeal]

This was obviously in response to it being said that Abernathy was better liked as a teammate than Tredrea. No one really cares what kind of person they were. What is indisputable is what they achieved.

Tredrea was captain in a premiership team that had choked in finals for the past three years.

The number of premiership is irrelevant. As much as the "not the SANFL anymore" line gets thrown around to distract from our own ineptitude, it is much harder to win a premiership in the AFL. That is not to say the club doesn't need to be relentless in the pursuit of them.

Also, when was Abber the best player in the land, as Tredrea was in ‘04? Abba a fine footballer but Tredrea was an absolute BEAST through these years. Abba was a ‘good’ footballer in a strong state League team.

 

[simba_]

tredders is a real port man, who can make a genuine difference from the inside, just like Darren Cahill has- oh

 

[manureid]

tredders is a real port man, who can make a genuine difference from the inside, just like Darren Cahill has- oh

Ideally you would have them both. Hard for 1 man to defeat Koch and cronies

 

[NoddyHolder]

I voted Tredrea. He's what we desperately need on the board. Abernethy's previous term on the board and his contentious business issues are reason enough to not want him back on the board, but let's not denigrate his playing career. It reaks of 'we're not in the sanfl any more'.

He was as good a big game player as I've seen at the club. He was better than just a good player in a great team. He played his best football in finals - especially grand finals and was absolutely a part of perpetuating the winning culture that got us into the afl in the first place.

He might be a complete campaigner irl, he's definitely not the man we need on the board now - but you don't need to shit on his playing record to argue the case for Tredrea

 

[wgt]

Maaaaatteee

Guy is a gun, fields, bowl 138 clicks and averaged 60’s in the shield. Give him 2 less chances than the Marsh brothers and he’ll prove you wrong.

using the marsh brothers as some sort of measuring stick means nothing, ive seen enough of him at international level to think he's just average, average bowler and average batter, master of none. There would be 20 blokes that are better batters than him and about 30 blokes that are better bowlers than him.

 

[RangaInTeal]

using the marsh brothers as some sort of measuring stick means nothing, ive seen enough of him at international level to think he's just average, average bowler and average batter, master of none. There would be 20 blokes that are better batters than him and about 30 blokes that are better bowlers than him.

Agree to disagree, in the 10 best batters in the country, would be in the top handful of fielders in the country and as others have said, 130-140kms at 6’8 or whatever he is wont be easy. Worth investing time into.

What I don’t like is the balance of the team. Would far rather Renshaw opening and Smith at Four, leaving Green at 6. Feel Marsh and Green in the same 11 is a bit pointless. The same as Head and Marsh in the same 11 doesn’t make a great deal of sense to me.

 

[Portmagpies36]

This was obviously in response to it being said that Abernathy was better liked as a teammate than Tredrea. No one really cares what kind of person they were. What is indisputable is what they achieved.

Tredrea was captain in a premiership team that had choked in finals for the past three years.

The number of premiership is irrelevant. As much as the "not the SANFL anymore" line gets thrown around to distract from our own ineptitude, it is much harder to win a premiership in the AFL. That is not to say the club doesn't need to be relentless in the pursuit of them.

Someone posted a comment saying premierships are more important than being liked in reference to Bruce Abernethy, so I am pointed out Bruce Abernethy knows what a premiership is in fact he played in 7 and was outstanding in every one of them.

 

[Portmagpies36]

I voted Tredrea. He's what we desperately need on the board. Abernethy's previous term on the board and his contentious business issues are reason enough to not want him back on the board, but let's not denigrate his playing career. It reaks of 'we're not in the sanfl any more'.

He was as good a big game player as I've seen at the club. He was better than just a good player in a great team. He played his best football in finals - especially grand finals and was absolutely a part of perpetuating the winning culture that got us into the afl in the first place.

He might be a complete campaigner irl, he's definitely not the man we need on the board now - but you don't need to s**t on his playing record to argue the case for Tredrea

100%, I voted for Warren Tredrea but people on here belittling Bruce Abernethy’s footballing ability and achievements clearly have never ever seen him play. He would be a superstar in this current Port side.

 

[Marmozet]

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showing support for Bruce Abernethy on his Instagram story.

 

[Kenny_Powers]

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showing support for Bruce Abernethy on his Instagram story.

Lol of coarse......

Actually could be clever by the club, get the players publicly backing Abba and the happy clappers will get incentivized and follow


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[TeeKray]

Ryan Burton showing support for Bruce Abernethy on his Instagram story.

F*** me, this club. Don't care that he's dating Abernethy's daughter, it's totally inappropriate for a club employee to be attempting to influence the outcome of the election. Absolute trash boys club, blow this whole thing up Warren.

 

[EskimoPAFC]

Wait is he really dating his daughter? Cause if so he is getting a pass from me lol

Happy wife happy life

I hope he still secretly votes Tredders

 

[Powerade 08]

Ryan Burton

What a turnaround on and off field since 2022. He sucks

 

[Chewy316]

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Instagram story post isn't going to draw people to vote for Aber. No possible conflict of interest though.

Hypothetically if Aber got elected, he'd also get put on the footy committee. How could he possibly be expected to be impartial when it comes to his potential future son in law?

The whole thing is dodgy AF.