{"id":29651,"date":"2017-05-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/fitzy-remembers-a-port-coach-copping-a-bake-as-a-player\/"},"modified":"2017-05-19T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-05-19T00:00:00","slug":"fitzy-remembers-a-port-coach-copping-a-bake-as-a-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/fitzy-remembers-a-port-coach-copping-a-bake-as-a-player\/","title":{"rendered":"Fitzy remembers a Port coach copping an A+ bake as a player"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Ryan Fitzgerald recalls the time his then Swan teammate (now Port Adelaide assistant) Matthew Nicks copped a spray from notoriously fiery coach Rodney Eade.<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/au\/podcast\/david-and-will\/id1167323375?mt=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>David and Will podcast on iTunes here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was talk that [Nicks] was talking with the Crows at the time in getting a trade at the end of the year\u2026 it was only whispers,&#8221; Fitzy told David and Will on FIVEAA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe played a bad game, and Rocket in front of everyone after the game: \u2018Matty Nicks &#8212; and there\u2019s talk that you want to go to Adelaide. Go to Adelaide! We don\u2019t want you, pi** off!\u2019 &#8212; in front of everyone. It was full on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fitzy himself also caught Eade\u2019s eye a few times:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cHe always used to say, \u2018Ryan Fitzgerald\u2026 the bloke that failed plasticine in kindergarten.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe had some rippers\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStefan Carey was \u2018105kgs of fairy floss\u2026 if I had a baseball bat I would take it to your head right now\u2019 &#8212; and that was at training!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/au\/podcast\/david-and-will\/id1167323375?mt=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>David and Will podcast on iTunes here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>MOST POPULAR<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/david-and-will\/david-and-will-break-some-news-to-eddie-betts-on-fiveaa\">\u201cREALLY?\u201d DAVID AND WILL BREAK SOME GOOD NEWS TO EDDIE BETTS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/more-unemployed-in-sa-than-could-sit-in-adelaide-oval\"><strong>IT\u2019S HAPPENED AGAIN &#8212; BAD NEWS FOR SOUTH AUSTRALIA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ryan Fitzgerald recalls the time his then Swan teammate (now Port Adelaide assistant) Matthew Nicks copped a spray from notoriously fiery coach Rodney Eade. 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