Tredders tackled Rowey on the FIVEAA sports show:<\/p>\n
\u201cHave you got an apology to make? [To] Port Adelaide fans. For clipping them. Yesterday I heard it — \u2018deplorable\u2019. The crowd. Come on.<\/p>\n
\u201cWere you in Adelaide on Sunday? I\u2019m dead set serious on this. Hawks v GWS: 14,000, MCG. That\u2019s a club with 70,000. Weather was fine.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat I saw there — rusted on 27,000. This is a club that\u2019s come from 12,000s and 13s in the horror stages. It\u2019s an easy hit and an easy cheap shot on them. You\u2019ve got to think beforehand. Gold Coast they\u2019re playing. Midday. Torrential rain.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re playing Gold Coast who\u2019s got the smallest membership in the comp. Channel 9 more or less said Armageddon is coming, and then you get there and Armageddon actually does bloody rock up. I just think its easy to clip on 27.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
But Rowey wasn\u2019t backing down:<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m telling you… I\u2019ll eyeball you. Kochie, your board, Keith and his executive are very concerned about your numbers, your membership, and your corporate inventory at that oval. You are bleeding — way down on last year. Go and do some math work\u2026 if you\u2019re happy with 26,000 on a Sunday then you\u2019re in a world of pain.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf Port people are a bit sensitive, get stuffed. 26,000 is deplorable. You need bigger crowds or you\u2019ll go bust and bring out the tarps.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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