Isaac Heeney is choosing to prioritise short-term memory as Sydney bid to reverse a terrible record against Ken Hinkley’s unpredictable Power on Friday night.
After two years of finals heartache,Taylor Adams is in danger of enduring more pain in September,no guarantee to replace injured Swans skipper Callum Mills,who hurt his hamstring last week.
One minute,an opposition can be your ‘bunnies’;the next,they’re your ‘bogy team’. Just ask the Swans,who have lost their last eight matches against the Power,a streak they will be desperate to end in Friday night’s preliminary final.
The Hinkley-Ginnivan imbroglio was unedifying,but the footy world has been a bit precious about the words that started it.
The Power are privately seething over the fine handed out for Hinkley’s behaviour towards Hawks players,but the coach is locked in for next year.
Ken Hinkley’s post-match sparring with Jack Ginnivan and James Sicily on Friday night was great. Less so the reaction from some ex-Hawks in the media.
The AFL has handed out a hefty fine over the Power coach’s sledge of a Hawks player on the Adelaide Oval surface after Port’s narrow win on Friday night.
The Swans ruckman could not have imagined a celebratory Instagram post after the win over GWS would lead to a war of words between Port Adelaide and Hawthorn.
Ken Hinkley ignited the Hawks’ fury,and drew heavy criticism,for his confrontation with Jack Ginnivan and James Sicily,and the league has demanded an explanation.
Port Adelaide,pumped and primed to atone for their embarrassing display against Geelong,gave Hawthorn precisely what they didn’t experience against the Western Bulldogs one week earlier.
The most lenient view of the Ken Hinkley invective towards Jack Ginnivan is of an old-school coach unable to abide the look-at-me antics of modern footballers.