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Retired #45: Conor McKenna ☘️ - Returning to the AFL to play with Brisbane - 17/11

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DERO said:
The ups and downs huh? I’m getting a bad feeling about this year, Ants.
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I have set my expectations low . Now who will be available in the top end of the draft? 😆
 
ant555 said:
I have set my expectations low . Now who will be available in the top end of the draft? 😆
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I reckon we may have some space in the cap too.
 

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Debacle
 
andleanback said:
Are you sure I didn’t seen him in any of the photos
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I had thought I saw him in this photo top row second from back. But on investigation may have been (is) the other Irish dude. Permission to panic.
 
Rebellya said:
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I had thought I saw him in this photo top row second from back. But on investigation may have been (is) the other Irish dude. Permission to panic.
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Merrett is meant to be sitting between Shiel and Fantasia anyway, so maybe he's just standing where McKenna is meant to be while he runs to the loo...

#desperation

(No really, Merrett should be sitting. Fujitsu jumpers have to sit.)
 
Howard Moon said:
Let me ask you this....

(he asks rhetorically without actually specifically addressing anybody which generally leads to a stream of consciousness)

Our game has become professional, but more to the point the standards that players are held to have not only risen, but they are uninformed across the board. Teams have these ethics..these tag lines, one in all in, driving team standards, leadership groups shelling out penalties for non line towers.. lots is about optics, how the team looks to outsiders.

Last time i checked the individual was still a thing, i mean just because you join a team does that take away your sovereignty? does it take away your individual personality? - because my mind casts back only a generation to blokes in teams who each had differing styles on the field and off it, players had different ways of preparing to play.

Crucially you had coaches who were willing to work within these parameters and treated each player as they needed to be treated. Your paul van der haars of this world had a unique preparation of beer and cigarettes, nobody could argue he didn't turn up on match day. That was his way. Ablett sn wouldn't train a drum - no matter, leave him be, nobody could argue he didnt rock up on match day and tear the league apart.

The art of coaching and man management is lost, it was your skill to get the best out of each bloke knowing each was different in their own way and needed to be treated as such.

These days the coach walks in, gets his leaders to set some rule book of standards so they can lead by proxy while he addresses a mass of faces. Easy job.

Its too easy to forget each of these blokes has their own lives and issues and personalities and quirks - stop trying to mash them into a cube and call them a team!

If player a needs to spend time with his family in the OFF season, let it be.. if he turns up to play, if player b needs to micro brew beers and go to weird music festivals let it be, same goes.

Way to drain each bit of fun and life out of a players game then throw your hands in the air when they drop off left and right with mental health issues or want to try a new life in another state or want to go home sick
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admit it, you were player B, weren't you Howie

agree with your sentiment to some extent in that coaching & support needs to be individualised.
but see how far you get when other teams have 40 automatons and you're the one letting half your squad have three weeks off in feb.
the game is as professional as the most professional team. to compete well coaches have to get the best from the squad not just individuals.
so if we like to celebrate wins we might need to accept/welcome some cubism. ie healthy compromise that errs on the side of discipline.
 
Mr Mojo Risin said:
Isn't that him top row second from left?
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Townsend & Gleeson?
 

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fairbump_playon said:
admit it, you were player B, weren't you Howie

agree with your sentiment to some extent in that coaching & support needs to be individualised.
but see how far you get when other teams have 40 automatons and you're the one letting half your squad have three weeks off in feb.
the game is as professional as the most professional team. to compete well coaches have to get the best from the squad not just individuals.
so if we like to celebrate wins we might need to accept/welcome some cubism. ie healthy compromise that errs on the side of discipline.
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I reckon by default 95% would be driven and focused, it's the 5% outliers that need the special care
 

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after reading ,many comments trying to draw up a conclusion....in my opinion...he knew 5-6 years ago and was excited about potentially becoming a good afl footballer...the thought of being homesick wouldnt even had crossed his mind....this oopotunity comes rare for anyone let alone an irishman who wasnt bought up on ur game.....connor u have plenty of time to be with your family...and u have every off season also....become what u set out to be and demand high finanicail deal....but your an idiot if u just walk out on a game that could set u up for the rest of your life....sorry but i think his mindset is a bit soft....he as a player is certainly not soft.....sounds a bit dame beams to me....jmo
 

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Retired #45: Conor McKenna ☘️ - Returning to the AFL to play with Brisbane - 17/11

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