View Full Version : Chad Cornes
Macca19
27 May 2001, 17:39
He is the single most pathetic soft footballer running around in the AFL at the moment. Ive never seen a player shirk the issue, chase halfheartedly, fall over, miss targets, whinge, sook, drop their head as much as Buttercup does.
I think it was Jars that said "there would be 15 other clubs happy to have him"..well gee, you CAN have him. He is the softest player ive ever seen. We have players like Bishop and Murray and Thurstans trying their bloody hearts out to get a game for us, yet he gets a game week in week out and does *** all week in week out. He is a pansy just like his father....at least his little brother puts his body on the line for the football.
It took him getting 'injured' for him to come off the ground today...and it wouldnt surprise me if he broke a nail and thats his 'injury'.
I just hope he gets dropped sometime soon, and put Lockwood or Thurstans in the side
WANNA GIVE HIM TO US??:D
Nah i always thought he was overrated, and if Lockwood was ever fit in his life, cornes would be breaking nails at the Bays:D
Macca19
27 May 2001, 22:26
Originally posted by QT
WANNA GIVE HIM TO US??:D
Nah i always thought he was overrated, and if Lockwood was ever fit in his life, cornes would be breaking nails at the Bays:D
You can bloody have him!!!!!!!! He can waste a position in your team for all i care!!! Id rather have Ian Downsborough or Mark Conway in my side than Cornes at the moment, and he would want to do something pretty bloody good for me to change my mind
topjars
28 May 2001, 00:34
Drop him.
If hes any good he'll respond.
If he's not wouldn't you want to find out now?
Macca19
28 May 2001, 00:47
Originally posted by topjars
Drop him.
If hes any good he'll respond.
If he's not wouldn't you want to find out now?
exactly. Get him out...put lockwood in, at least he trys hard when he gets a game.
Hopefully he ruptured a spleen or will have an unfortunate bout of appendicitis before next weeks game so he can piss off. He is a typical Glenelg player...expects the ball to come to him and wont go in after it
Originally posted by Macca19
Id rather have Ian Downsborough in my side than Cornes at the moment
Massive call Macca, but didn't somebody already feed the half a pasty we traded him for to the seagulls????
They'd probably want it back.
jabsy
Macca, I think you are very hard on Cornsey. I think the reason he is not playing well is because he is finding it difficult to work out what his true role is in that foward line at the moment.
I think now that Che and Wangas are scoring options up foward and Tredders is the marking option across half foward, Chad is finding it hard to get into games. I think if he played an entire game at full foward or CHF hew would play a lot better.
After saying that though maybe it would be good to send him back to Glenelg for a week or so to regain some confidence. Lockwood kicked 3 goals for Centrals on the weekend so maybe its time to give him another go. Also will the selectors please drop Lyle and give Kane Cornes a go.
BIG DADDY
28 May 2001, 15:58
Get him out for a few weeks
Throw Lockwood back in or a small for the Hawks game
Mrs Asgardian
28 May 2001, 16:16
Disagree with you Macca, I believe Chad will be an extremely good long term player For the Port Adelaide Club
I'd put lockwood in for a couple of weeks.
He is just starting to refind his touch again, and just has that bit more class to make the most of the oppurtunities he gets.
Jars458
28 May 2001, 17:20
Originally posted by Port01
I'd put lockwood in for a couple of weeks.
He is just starting to refind his touch again, and just has that bit more class to make the most of the oppurtunities he gets.
Get real
That's the first half decent game he has played in the SANFL this year.
He doesn't have the right attitude and should be de-listed.
Macca, Have you heard channel 7 commentators when cornes gets a possie "Oh what a player he will be", "what a sensational pair of hands"
LOL
I can't see any value in dropping Chad back to Glenelg "for confidence", because the ball would never get to him. When I saw him play a couple of times in the past it seemed so - the only way that he could keep warm was by running around in circles waiting for the ball to get down his end, and when it did the delivery was so bad that it just went back again. Glenelg forwards do not get "experience" at anything other than losing.
Originally posted by portly
I can't see any value in dropping Chad back to Glenelg "for confidence", because the ball would never get to him. When I saw him play a couple of times in the past it seemed so - the only way that he could keep warm was by running around in circles waiting for the ball to get down his end, and when it did the delivery was so bad that it just went back again. Glenelg forwards do not get "experience" at anything other than losing.
Tell Eastaugh36 that in the regional board :D
Grave Danger
1 Jun 2001, 13:23
Yes, it's a problem isn't it? Perhaps he'd be better off playing in Port Magpies reserves ;)
However, I reckon he might lift his game if Kane gets a run and plays well - there's nothing like sibling rivalry to get the competitive urges flowing.
Originally posted by Macca19
He is the single most pathetic soft footballer running around in the AFL at the moment. Ive never seen a player shirk the issue, chase halfheartedly, fall over, miss targets, whinge, sook, drop their head as much as Buttercup does.
I think it was Jars that said "there would be 15 other clubs happy to have him"..well gee, you CAN have him. He is the softest player ive ever seen. We have players like Bishop and Murray and Thurstans trying their bloody hearts out to get a game for us, yet he gets a game week in week out and does *** all week in week out. He is a pansy just like his father....at least his little brother puts his body on the line for the football.
It took him getting 'injured' for him to come off the ground today...and it wouldnt surprise me if he broke a nail and thats his 'injury'.
I just hope he gets dropped sometime soon, and put Lockwood or Thurstans in the side
i think by the game he played today this point has been proven even more. He just cost us a goal just then by dropping the easiest of marks and then handballing it straight to a hawk which resulted in a goal. Its amazing how he is on the ground all the time for so little impact, yet his brother so far (3/4 time) has 3 times his possesions and has only been on for a few minutes
Macca, he took a couragous mark in the last quarter
Got into the gae sorta, ended up wth 5 possies :D
Anwyay great win today for you guys.......made Hawthorn look like ********
blackdiamond
28 Jan 2005, 20:22
Looking back at a few old posts is a bit of fun, its nice to see how Chad Cornes has evolved into the player he is today.
Paralowiepower
28 Jan 2005, 20:28
Looking back at a few old posts is a bit of fun, its nice to see how Chad Cornes has evolved into the player he is today.
That's not what you told me Scott. It was more like hahaha look what Macca19 wrote :p
Powerstufff
28 Jan 2005, 21:11
A. The trouble with resurrecting old posts like this is the distorting effect before you realise their age. I don't like the way they are not obviously flagged. It's like my peevish complaint that the cricket replays do not include 'REPLAY' across the bottom of the screen.
B. In 2001 you would have been absolutely within your rights to complain about Chad. He was half-hearted and wasn't much of a forward. He was improving in his attitude and effectiveness in 2003 but even if, as some say, CHB is not his perfect position it is a hell of a lot better than when we relied on him kicking for goal.
portentous
29 Jan 2005, 08:53
Some people have far too much time on their hands, dredging up threads that are over 3 years old. COMEON!
PortProudWA
29 Jan 2005, 10:46
PMSL.....when i first read it i thought far out.....Macca has been taken some serious drugs :p .....then I saw the date.
Scott your a shocker LOL :p
P.S Has Macca eaten his words yet :p
Macca19
29 Jan 2005, 12:25
I stand by my call at the time. At the time he was incredibly soft, wouldnt chase, whinged a lot and spent a lot of time on the ground without seeing much of it. The year after he had a big pre season and had an outstanding season...dropped a bit in 03 and then went to new lengths in his new posie in 04.
But back then he was easily my most frustrating player.
blackdiamond
29 Jan 2005, 14:49
That's not what you told me Scott. It was more like hahaha look what Macca19 wrote :p
You are going to get me in more trouble than what it is worth Shane. :rolleyes:
All I was doing was reminiscing on the player than Chad once was to the player we respect today.
Hell in one thread back in 2001 I questioned which players were under the pump, of about the six I listed I came up with one Josh Carr.
He was under the pump and Mark Williams was questioning where he was going to fit in but didn't Josh make us eat our words?
Its just interesting to have a look between now and then, just when we were establishing ourselves as a good football side.
Paralowiepower
29 Jan 2005, 21:38
You are going to get me in more trouble than what it is worth Shane. :rolleyes:
Scott, you can't see the :p face?
blackdiamond
30 Jan 2005, 11:11
Scott, you can't see the :p face?
Yeah I could see it, just everyone else thought I was trying to cause trouble, I think my next post resolved everything. I wasn't bagging what we may have been thinking back then, just showing how players have evolved over the journey.
PAfolwr
30 Jan 2005, 11:16
... I wasn't bagging what we may have been thinking back then, just showing how players have evolved over the journey.
Bishop is another player in that category.
AngelEyes
30 Jan 2005, 11:53
I always thought of Chad a a lazy player, but last year he stood up...and about time to. Previous remarks about Chad were understandable, because of his performance.
portentous
30 Jan 2005, 12:28
I always thought of Chad a a lazy player, but last year he stood up...and about time to. Previous remarks about Chad were understandable, because of his performance.
How long do you think you're gonna keep that avatar for and why are you posting here? :rolleyes:
CaptainDangerfield
30 Jan 2005, 13:12
Woops - :o :o
I stand by my call at the time. At the time he was incredibly soft, wouldnt chase, whinged a lot and spent a lot of time on the ground without seeing much of it. The year after he had a big pre season and had an outstanding season...dropped a bit in 03 and then went to new lengths in his new posie in 04.
But back then he was easily my most frustrating player.
Totally agree. Chad Cornes was far too enigmatic and precious in the early years of his career - and from a top-10 pick the very least you should expect is effort and hard work, even if the form and development is slow in coming.
Incidentally, I didn't rate Ken McGregor at all up until very recently (within the past 2 seasons) because he looked every bit like a complete unco hack. Happy to be eat humble pie now, but the call was right at the time.
I think it's good to bring back topics like this. It was obviously true at the time, and it is great how Chad has improved from this and turned into the player that he is today. Of course he could have gone the other way and lived on his name, but luckily for himself (and for Port) he picked up his game.
For what it's worth, Chad frustrated the hell out of me in 2001, and I thought he was hugely over-rated. It's almost hard to remember that now!
portentous
30 Jan 2005, 19:24
I used to wonder "which Chad" would turn up back then-the one on our planet or the one totally off the planet! He frustrated the hell out of me. Guess maturity has something to do with it, and a change to the backlines, though he still sometimes frustrates the hell out of me! :(