Re: Re: Re: Re: AJ roasts McLeod
Originally posted by Jars458
Jars gave 100% every week for the AFC which can't be said about Andrew McLeod.
I disagree. I can recall several occasions where he provided far less than 100%.
Some of the stuff he did at AFC is far worse that McLeod’s form slump.
Late 93 I remember him on SAFM stating that he turned up to pre season training “as big as a whale”.
In early 94 he was questioned about his weight on 5AA. AJ disregarded the comments saying he “needed a bit of fat there to protect him going in for the ball”.
For mine, it was a great display of how complacent the Crows were.
Early in the 94 season he was unhappy with Cornes playing him in a forward pocket due to Cornes concerns with the pace of the side. Cornes also thought that by playing him in a pocket he could help Mods.
It was a fairly sound plan. If it had of worked, we could have got 40 – 50 goals out of him.
AJ just wouldn’t put in for the team and he got dropped back to Norwood.
I remember all the drama that it caused. KG' ran his "ya cant drop a champion" campaign in AJ’s defence on 5AA.
This campaign was designed to not only keep him in the side (which failed) - but also to keep him on the list!
There were rumours as early as May he was trade bait!
The only decent game AJ played that year was the State match.
Then there was 96.
He started really well, but after the Jarmans Channel 9 news report was axed due to the fact that was in breach of Team Rules he turned to ****.
He eventually got dropped back to Norwood and as previously mentioned refused to play.
I hated that, it really hurt!
He was not my fave player, but I lost a lot of respect for him when he refused to play.
Can I just ask - what did AJ suggest AFC and Andrew had to do to improve?
Did he just bag them or did he actually provide constructive advice?
What's his answer to our problems?
Did he provide any?