Mantis
23-08-2011, 08:59 PM
How did we miss this one?
Ashley Porter, Adelaide
August 23, 2011
AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou gave the battered Port Adelaide fans some heart yesterday by praising the club's young players.
''You watch the game - and I might be wrong about this - but over the last three quarters Port Adelaide really matched it with the Bulldogs,'' Demetriou said.
''I think it was 63 to zero and they only lost by 60 points, so for three quarters they matched the Bulldogs, which is a pretty good effort.
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''They [Port players] were a bunch of young lads playing that game who have been thrown to the wolves. The Bulldogs are a very good team. It is time to look forward about the Port Adelaide Football Club and not to look back.''
The AFL has reassured Port Adelaide it has a place in the competition.
Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/power-will-hit-back-afl-boss-20110822-1j6qa.html#ixzz1VqPEb091
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Did AD miss the fact that we had 'sacked' our coach just 4 days before this game because we have had a poor year and had a bunch of kids running around?
Ashley Porter, Adelaide
August 23, 2011
AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou gave the battered Port Adelaide fans some heart yesterday by praising the club's young players.
''You watch the game - and I might be wrong about this - but over the last three quarters Port Adelaide really matched it with the Bulldogs,'' Demetriou said.
''I think it was 63 to zero and they only lost by 60 points, so for three quarters they matched the Bulldogs, which is a pretty good effort.
Advertisement: Story continues below
''They [Port players] were a bunch of young lads playing that game who have been thrown to the wolves. The Bulldogs are a very good team. It is time to look forward about the Port Adelaide Football Club and not to look back.''
The AFL has reassured Port Adelaide it has a place in the competition.
Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/power-will-hit-back-afl-boss-20110822-1j6qa.html#ixzz1VqPEb091
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Did AD miss the fact that we had 'sacked' our coach just 4 days before this game because we have had a poor year and had a bunch of kids running around?