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I watched Fox Footy News the other day, and happened to come across a small interview following the game against Brisbane.

Kenny McGregor was talking and he said, (and I quote) "The coaching staff are not responsible for our performances".

Instead, Kenny said that it is the players themselves who are letting the fans down, and they know this. He said they will do their best to rectify the situation.

I though Kenny spoke well, and he looked to be telling the truth.

Your thoughts?
 

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Personally, I don't believe all this garbage that is around the traps that the players are not on the same page as the coach. There is unrest at AFC. Its a load of crap and a poor attempt by a pathetic journo to dig up some dirt so he can feed his monsterous ego.

I find it rather interesting that one tool named Michaelangelo Rucci is asking all the questions and indicating there is more to it than we are let to believe. His snipes over the years have been pathetic to say the least. There was a bloke who sent a fax to 5AA yesterday having a go at Rucci's snipe at Adelaide getting Carey in yesterdays paper. He was "hinting" that Adelaide should have recruited Carey as an assistant coach. The bloke had a crack back saying that maybe Power should get themselves a finals coach and keep Choko as a home and away season, finishing with shove that up your black, white and teal pipe and smoke it :D

We have hit a bad patch and we are not as far advanced with our skills as we were in the last couple of years. We also made changes to our game plan and for some reason it all hasn't gelled yet. This will lift eventually. We will be alright.

I find it interesting that whenever we hit a bit of a slump the knives are out and its always the same old story. The players are not playing for coach and all that crap. We went throught the same bloody thing back in 2001 with our 0-3 start and we beat a highly rated Carlton side in some of the worst conditions I have ever seen.

We will click sooner than later and I wouldn't be surprised if we upset Freo at Subi on easter sunday.
 

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Stiffy, that's exactly what I was thinking.

We will become better in time, and I wouldn't be surprised if we suprise those who have really doubted us.

I would love to see us succeed, but some people just don't believe we can. I am not one of these people, and as I can see, you are not either Stiffy.

Fantastic post by no.18

Does anyone share this view, or does someone have a different opinion?
 

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Originally posted by Stiffy_18

We will click sooner than later and I wouldn't be surprised if we upset Freo at Subi on easter sunday.
I hope so Stiffy, but it won't happen if we start the game off as we did against Brisbane.

The disturbing thing is that our last two games are a continuation of the end of last year. Worse than that was our insipid first quarter against the Lions after a p*ss-poor performance against the Roos in the opening week. Any red-blooded player with self esteem should have come out right from the start with all guns blazing!!

We just appear to lack character at the moment - I hope we rediscover it sooner than later!!
 

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Originally posted by macca23
I hope so Stiffy, but it won't happen if we start the game off as we did against Brisbane.

The disturbing thing is that our last two games are a continuation of the end of last year. Worse than that was our insipid first quarter against the Lions after a p*ss-poor performance against the Roos in the opening week. Any red-blooded player with self esteem should have come out right from the start with all guns blazing!!

We just appear to lack character at the moment - I hope we rediscover it sooner than later!!
Again, I think this will turn around eventually.

Good players don't forget how to play footy over 1 pre-season. The thing with us is that senior players are down but younger players and "rookies" are standing up.

I don't know about you but making at least a 76 point turn around in a space of a week is a pretty big ask. I think we can take some positives from the game against Lions. At least we had a better outing than we did against Roos. At least we had more players picking up the slack. I think that there is every chance that this week we will be better.

Its a tough ask going over to subi, even tougher when you are 0-2. However, Freo are coming off a pretty long trip to Sydney and that might make them a bit flat. We will need to get the structure right and match ups right. I think we will get a response from senior players this week and the youngsters will continue playing solid footy.

I don't think its all gloom and doom. We got to take positives out of everything no matter how small they are. I think the fact that we played OK after QTR time against Lions is a positive that we can build on.

I am sure we will put on a better show against Freo and I wouldn't be surprised if we pinch a win ;)
 

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Originally posted by Bockchoy67
Kenny McGregor was talking and he said, (and I quote) "The coaching staff are not responsible for our performances".
Sounds like the sort of thing a player would say when the coach is under pressure.
 
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Originally posted by Bockchoy67

Kenny McGregor was talking and he said, (and I quote) "The coaching staff are not responsible for our performances".
:eek: :eek: :eek: Isn't that always said by players, shortly B4 the coach is sacked.
 

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Re: Re: Kenny replies to critics...

Originally posted by Wayne's-World
:eek: :eek: :eek: Isn't that always said by players, shortly B4 the coach is sacked.
I hope so :p

Nah thats only when a club comes out and says that the board is 100% behind the coach.
 
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Re: Re: Re: Kenny replies to critics...

Originally posted by Stiffy_18
I hope so :p

Nah thats only when a club comes out and says that the board is 100% behind the coach.
We should pull together all the cliches, said when clubs are about to change coaches.
The two named are a good start.

I think the comment " winning is not the most important thing at the moment" almost qualifies.:)
 

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Kenny replies to critics...

Originally posted by Wayne's-World
We should pull together all the cliches, said when clubs are about to change coaches.
The two named are a good start.

I think the comment " winning is not the most important thing at the moment" almost qualifies.:)
Yep that one qualifies as well.
 

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Originally posted by macca23
We just appear to lack character at the moment - I hope we rediscover it sooner than later!!
This is what really concerns me at the moment along with the fact that the players don't appear to be enjoying their footy. The 2 are probably related.

When we are at our best we have midfield dominance, but at the moment it has gone missing. Goody has been OK & hopefully Roo will be once he has recovered from gastro. However the likes of Macca & Burton are having little influence. We need them to pick up their games, as we have far too little contributors to play consistent footy at the moment.
 

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I thought that we performed creditably after 1/4 time and it looked an even contest although you always had the feeling that Brisbane were likely to do something special at the right time to hurt us. I guess those 2 Notting goals are one example.

We certainly lacked some skill under pressure, but I also thought that Brisbane were able to do the right team thing at the right time as well. If you look at those 2 great knock-ons from Craig McCrae that typifies how they played. We never really did anything like that.
 
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Originally posted by dezzmo
I thought that we performed creditably after 1/4 time and it looked an even contest although you always had the feeling that Brisbane were likely to do something special at the right time to hurt us. I guess those 2 Notting goals are one example.
They took the foot off the peddle, played with us, and were in complete control.
Thats the part that was so disappointing, was that we couldn't put enough pressure on them, to take us seriously.
Pure arrogance on their behalf - and how I admire that arrogance
 

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You look at the their team and they have great skilfull players, but they are all so footy-smart too and switched on to everything - sometimes I dont get that feeling with our guys - and a few other teams as well.
 

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Originally posted by Wayne's-World
They took the foot off the peddle, played with us, and were in complete control.
Thats the part that was so disappointing, was that we couldn't put enough pressure on them, to take us seriously.
Pure arrogance on their behalf - and how I admire that arrogance
Agree 100% - Brisbane were always going to win & only did what was necessary to keep control in the last 3 quarters. Watching the difference in ball movement between the teams was like a SANFL side playing an AFL side. They were so clinical in their ball use & finishing, whilst we struggled to get a goal.
 
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Originally posted by Kane McGoodwin
Agree 100% - Brisbane were always going to win & only did what was necessary to keep control in the last 3 quarters. Watching the difference in ball movement between the teams was like a SANFL side playing an AFL side. They were so clinical in their ball use & finishing, whilst we struggled to get a goal.
Was was disappointing Kane, was I haven't seen us play like that since Ayres first year at the club, when he was trying to get the players to play "my style" of football.
 
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