Williams: Tigers ugly
05 May 2003 Herald Sun
By ANDREW CAPEL in Adelaide
IT was not pretty. At times it was downright ugly.
And Port Adelaide coach Mark Williams wanted Power fans to understand his side was not responsible for the shocking display of football at AAMI Stadium on Saturday night.
"Hopefully you learned gentlemen (the media) would understand that we were the good guys in that display tonight," Williams said, taking a swipe at Richmond.
"We didn't set out to play like that, but because Richmond played like that, we had to play a little bit similar to get the same result."
Port broke the game open with its brilliant skills early, kicking five goals in the opening 20 minutes to move out to a 28-point lead.
After that, the game became unsightly. Richmond stacked its defence and tried to score goals on the rebound, only to find there were no tall targets to take a mark when it got the ball into attack.
Despite briefly taking the lead in the third term, the Tigers never looked like winning.
"They'd won (last week), so you'd think they'd be coming here with a bit more of a positive attitude, but they didn't," Williams said.
Richmond coach Danny Frawley hit back, pointing out that Port started the match with only five forwards.
"We had seven forwards for most of the night, and they had five," he said. "So if you call that flooding, I'm not sure where that's at."
05 May 2003 Herald Sun
By ANDREW CAPEL in Adelaide
IT was not pretty. At times it was downright ugly.
And Port Adelaide coach Mark Williams wanted Power fans to understand his side was not responsible for the shocking display of football at AAMI Stadium on Saturday night.
"Hopefully you learned gentlemen (the media) would understand that we were the good guys in that display tonight," Williams said, taking a swipe at Richmond.
"We didn't set out to play like that, but because Richmond played like that, we had to play a little bit similar to get the same result."
Port broke the game open with its brilliant skills early, kicking five goals in the opening 20 minutes to move out to a 28-point lead.
After that, the game became unsightly. Richmond stacked its defence and tried to score goals on the rebound, only to find there were no tall targets to take a mark when it got the ball into attack.
Despite briefly taking the lead in the third term, the Tigers never looked like winning.
"They'd won (last week), so you'd think they'd be coming here with a bit more of a positive attitude, but they didn't," Williams said.
Richmond coach Danny Frawley hit back, pointing out that Port started the match with only five forwards.
"We had seven forwards for most of the night, and they had five," he said. "So if you call that flooding, I'm not sure where that's at."
