Katrina StokesMark Williams “choking” gesture out of line
May 21st 2008 07:05
Port Adelaide Football Club skipper, Warren Tredrea says there’s no merit behind the “choking” gesture by Hawthorn’s, Mark Williams during their clash at the weekend.
Hawthorn’s Williams made the famous choking gesture after kicking a goal which sealed their win against Port Adelaide. The choking gesture was first used by Port coach, Mark Williams, following their Grand Final win after critics ever doubted he would led the Power to a Premiership win.
Tredrea said he had “no idea” what Williams was thinking when he made the gesture on the weekend.
“I daresay he [Williams] is sitting there regretting it, considering he’s tried to call half my teammates to apologise,” he said.
“I think if he had his time again, he would do it differently.
“The gesture was a form of sledge, but you don’t know what context he was actually meaning to do it in.”
The media asked Tredrea whether or not he thought Port Adelaide “choked” the game on the weekend after being ahead. “Yeah, we had a lead on Saturday and lost the match, but I wouldn’t have thought it was a form of choking.”
Tredrea has been under similar media scrutiny in the past after he performed a bow to the crowd after a goal he kicked last season.
Tredrea said the two gestures were very different from one another.
“In AFL football these days, if you do those things, you get questioned. In the preliminary final last year I bowed to the crowd because we had a big turnout and we were up and going into the Grand Final,” he said.
Hawthorn’s Williams made the famous choking gesture after kicking a goal which sealed their win against Port Adelaide. The choking gesture was first used by Port coach, Mark Williams, following their Grand Final win after critics ever doubted he would led the Power to a Premiership win.
Tredrea said he had “no idea” what Williams was thinking when he made the gesture on the weekend.
“I daresay he [Williams] is sitting there regretting it, considering he’s tried to call half my teammates to apologise,” he said.
“The gesture was a form of sledge, but you don’t know what context he was actually meaning to do it in.”
The media asked Tredrea whether or not he thought Port Adelaide “choked” the game on the weekend after being ahead. “Yeah, we had a lead on Saturday and lost the match, but I wouldn’t have thought it was a form of choking.”
Tredrea has been under similar media scrutiny in the past after he performed a bow to the crowd after a goal he kicked last season.
Tredrea said the two gestures were very different from one another.
“In AFL football these days, if you do those things, you get questioned. In the preliminary final last year I bowed to the crowd because we had a big turnout and we were up and going into the Grand Final,” he said.
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