Mick Malthouse...annoys me!!!

[johnno]

I just have to vent here a little, Mick Malthouse annoys me when he comments about the Swans these days in his new role in the media.

It seems to me that he likes to talk about us in a manner that he knows us inside out, that he is an absolute authority on us, and because he feels this way about us, he's always very dismisive of our performances and our chances of success, he always dissmisses(sp?) our chances of being a legitimate threat for a premiership, regardless of how well we play and who we beat.

His latest comments about us, which I saw on Football classifieds was that he worries about our fitness because of our recent fadeouts against Geelong and Essendon, and thats the reason why he doesnt rate our chances this year, it took Grant Thomas(one of the few people in the media who doesnt speak crap when it comes to all things AFL, knows what he is talking about and doesnt mind laying into the administration, umpires, coaches or other media personalities when they speak rubbish) to clarify and say that Mick Malthouse doesn't know what he's talking about here. Grant said that the human body can only take so much, there is only so much fitness you can squeeze out of or into a human body, and because of the way the swans are playing these days, playing at such a high intensity right from the start, its only natural for even the most supreme athlete to run out of fitness by the end of the game if you play at such a high intensity from the start and try to sustain it till the end. It doesnt mean that they are unfit at all.......Thank you Grant Thomas and F.U. Mick Malthouse.

Yes, yes, I know Collingwood have this hold on us when Malthouse was coaching them, but god, anytime he talks about us in the media, he is ALWAYS talking us down and talking about us like he knows us better than ANYONE possibly could....@@@@s me to no end!!!

[dimelb]

Disses us and dismisses us - how's that?

[BillyRayCypress]

Don't worry about it Johnno.

He's paid to say something controversial.

It is a worry though that the Swans don't seem to have a plan B to shut down the other side when they get a run. I suppose hard enough to do when everyone is fresh.

[Melbourne_Blood]

Grant Thomas talks a fair bit of @@@@ too IMO, got it in gor Eoss Lyon big time and needs to let go. but yeah Mick doesn't think much of us. Who cares

[Cpt. Kirk]

Grant Thomas talks a fair bit of @@@@ too IMO, got it in gor Eoss Lyon big time and needs to let go. but yeah Mick doesn't think much of us. Who cares

If mick was still coaching i suspect we would have beat them this year he would be making the players watch 2005-2006 footage saying that is how we play and we havent changed and we would come in and destroy them with the slingshot defence. He is still butthurt about being taken out of a team that he built only for another to claim his success as his own(which is fair enough).

[johnno]

If mick was still coaching i suspect we would have beat them this year he would be making the players watch 2005-2006 footage saying that is how we play and we havent changed and we would come in and destroy them with the slingshot defence. He is still butthurt about being taken out of a team that he built only for another to claim his success as his own(which is fair enough).

Thats it!!!!

Thats what annoys me, I have heard being interviewed about us and he often says, in a smug manner, that we are very beatable because we are veery predictable...its almost like he's taking pot shots at Roos!!!

[ShockOfHair]

If anyone has the right to take a shot at the Swans it's I guess it's Bitter Mick. I doubt he's even seen us win a game for ten years.

But he annoyed me at the start of the year when he dissed our allegedly too-defensive game style. Every team now puts a premium on defensive pressure. Plus he's wrong.

To quote one coaching legend against another: Leigh Matthews during the Geelong game: "I haven't seen the Swans much this year but the big difference is their outside run."

[wolftone57]

I'm sure every Hawk, Demon & Saint Supporter would agree with you. He has a habit of rubbing supporters up the wrong way. He does the same thing to authority.

[Wazza]

I just have to vent here a little, Mick Malthouse annoys me when he comments about the Swans these days in his new role in the media.

It seems to me that he likes to talk about us in a manner that he knows us inside out, that he is an absolute authority on us, and because he feels this way about us, he's always very dismisive of our performances and our chances of success, he always dissmisses(sp?) our chances of being a legitimate threat for a premiership, regardless of how well we play and who we beat.

His latest comments about us, which I saw on Football classifieds was that he worries about our fitness because of our recent fadeouts against Geelong and Essendon, and thats the reason why he doesnt rate our chances this year, it took Grant Thomas(one of the few people in the media who doesnt speak crap when it comes to all things AFL, knows what he is talking about and doesnt mind laying into the administration, umpires, coaches or other media personalities when they speak rubbish) to clarify and say that Mick Malthouse doesn't know what he's talking about here. Grant said that the human body can only take so much, there is only so much fitness you can squeeze out of or into a human body, and because of the way the swans are playing these days, playing at such a high intensity right from the start, its only natural for even the most supreme athlete to run out of fitness by the end of the game if you play at such a high intensity from the start and try to sustain it till the end. It doesnt mean that they are unfit at all.......Thank you Grant Thomas and F.U. Mick Malthouse.

Yes, yes, I know Collingwood have this hold on us when Malthouse was coaching them, but god, anytime he talks about us in the media, he is ALWAYS talking us down and talking about us like he knows us better than ANYONE possibly could....@@@@s me to no end!!!

Given his record against us I would say outside of our coaches he probably does know us better than anyone. He is in the media to speak his opinion. I think he may have an inkling of what he is talking about, you dont have to agree with him.

Cheers

Waz

[ernie koala]

Given his record against us I would say outside of our coaches he probably does know us better than anyone. He is in the media to speak his opinion. I think he may have an inkling of what he is talking about, you dont have to agree with him.

Cheers

Waz

I agree.

[bennyfabulous]

Johnno are you Grant Thomas?

[johnno]

Johnno are you Grant Thomas?

Used to hate Grant Thomas, now I think he's one of the very few who make sense.

[Dosser]

Let's not get precious here. Just let Mick keep talking us down and we will continue to get better odds with Mr Waterhouse. Seriously, the more we are talked down here, the more motivation our players have and the more the rest of the world underestimates us. I say let him talk and encourage other commentators to put us down as well.

[Industrial Fan]

Meh, he is just a pundit who is paid to give an opinion. I dont mind his views as theres no point living in rainbow land - if he identifies a weakness then its something we can work on. There is always room for improvement.

He is light years ahead of Robert Walls on the other hand. He dribbles to camera and on paper, invariably that an out of form player needs a "spell in the ruck". Prefer Mick anyday of the week.

[magic.merkin]

Given his record against us I would say outside of our coaches he probably does know us better than anyone. He is in the media to speak his opinion. I think he may have an inkling of what he is talking about, you dont have to agree with him.

Cheers

Waz

Yep.