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Matthew Knights on continuing to play attacking footy:
"You could play two or three numbers behind the ball, and you could get rolled over 12 goals to eight, and that's all good and well. Or you could encourage your players to play a pretty direct style of football, try and link up and take the game on, but at times if you don't get that right, you're going to pay the price."
Matthew Knights on not wanting to be over-defensive:
"I would certainly be keen for my players to keep playing against better and stronger opposition and learn the game. I don't think it will help in two or three years time if we put numbers behind the ball. I don't think they'll learn anything. That's my view on it."
Matthew Knights on being undermanned:
"We came here today to win the game, no matter whether we were putting a young team out or an experienced team. It didn't come off, and that's the reality of it. We didn't win, we weren't good enough, and were clearly outplayed by Port Power. That's irrelevant with the players out. If you haven't got the players because of injury, you can't do a lot about that."
Matthew Knights on being outplayed by Port Adelaide:
"They were first at the ball, first at the contest, and I think it was about five goals to one at quarter-time. We were certainly on the back foot from that point. At different stages in the game, I thought we applied decent pressure to try and get some momentum, but just some basic errors at times cost us."
Matthew Knights on Port Adelaide punishing their turnovers:
"We turned it over and then they went down and capitalised. When you're playing a side like Port Adelaide that is pretty skilful, they will capitalise on your errors, and that's what happened at times."
Matthew Knights on asking captain Matthew Lloyd to speak to the umpires:
"I asked Matthew to go over and ask for a clarification, but the umpire sent him away. Obviously it had to be after the quarter-time break for that to happen. I'm going to have to speak to Jeff Gieschen."
Matthew Knights on being puzzled by the holding the ball rule:
"From my perspective, whether it's my game today or other games, there doesn't seem to be a holding the ball rule anymore, or prior opportunity. It just seems to be that part of the game, you make tackles, and even if there is prior opportunity, it's just a restart. It's a bounce."
Mark Williams on the win:
"There is a mile of footy to go but we are back in among the group. We expected to win and we expected to play well and we did. All you can do is deliver on those expectations."
Mark Williams on Daniel Motlop kicking seven goals:
"He does some of the things that bring people to the football. Everyone underestimates what he does for our club and he’s a brilliant team player."
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