Can I somehow like this 1000 times. AFL is a shadow of what it was (imho).
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Round 1 (2022) - other games
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We might have but we didn't so we weren't.
Tell me I didnt dream we won the premiership?
if it was a long dream,
only 1 side who wasn't the best has won the flag in the last 10 years. 2018
The Dogs won in 2016 and in no way were they the best team all season. Still no-one remembers who topped the ladder much but you do remember who won the flag.
Yeah the more I think about it the more I believe Bevo came off looking like a goose last night. He basically claimed that as Morris is a Melbourne supporter he was deliberately trying to undermine the Bulldogs. That is laughable; name one AFL journalist who doesn't support a particular team. That was an amateurish schoolyard retort from Bevo.
I have no interest in defending Morris; don't like him much myself. But Bevo lost the plot last night. As Jazz said I reckon he's trying to deflect attention and blame from issues inside the club.
Demonstrates totally my point - one guy said that, Grant Thomas I think? The absolute hysteria, meltdowns and fixation on what other people say or don't say about us is one of the longest running jokes in PRE as far as I'm concerned.
I live my life not really giving a crap about what other people think or say about me, and I'm pretty glad our club doesn't really seem to care either. Over-sensitive fans though? We have plenty of those.
The Club cares.
'Don't write us off' Jack Riewoldt
'Criticism of our Captain has been unfair' (pre '17) Damien Hardwick
'People who criticise Tom Lynch do not understand his role' Damien Hardwick
etc etc etc
Parallel but slightly different points I think.
I would say we didn't get enough respect after winning 2017, but I would also say I really don't care that much.
Still, provides an opportunity to throw some mud back at the AFL media, considering they are a massive mud chucking machine, not to mention a bunch of obsequious suckholes, I'm not one to let the opportunity pass.
DS
Yeah what did Morris actually do that was so wrong? Is it only the fact that he didn't get a comment from Beveridge?
my guess is the AFL go with a suspended suspension. Send a message that the next one will be a serious whack.
A typical fence-straddling move by the honchos
I don't know why any coach would think they're entitled to expect objectivity from a representative of an AFL-endorsed media. It's a socialist media, for lack of a better term. The basic idea of even thinking to argue about their objectivity publicly is a poor look for any coach.
As for diverting attention away from a loss, I just see it as a sign of weakness. To me, it's an attempt at public perception manipulation that exposes a coach's lack of confidence in his team, as he thinks he needs to adopt underhanded tactics to give his club a leg up, which implies deep down he thinks they're not good enough to succeed without some form of a leg up. Thankfully, it's never been a trend in Dimma's coaching game.
That Grant Thomas quote gets trotted out but you needed to hear it in context. He was full of praise for the RFC and said the team and club should be what others, especially the Saints aspire to be. It was quite a complimentary spiel.
Yes, which is the best attitude to have.
But if you really don't care you don't need to throw mud back right?
im not sure I buy the best all season thing.
the premier is the side who is better than half the competition for 5 months,
and then better than everyone left for 1 month, at the finish line.
I get the best all season idea, and I think I used to buy it.
but I dont think I do anymore.
Verry Elegant wasn't the best horse for all 3200m in the Melbourne Cup,
but she was vastly superior for the last quarter of the race.
I think putting yourself in contention for the flag in August, then being able to build momentum towards the finish line,
makes you the best*
*except WC 2018, who won when the best was knobbled.
He reported inside info on team news that proved to be correct. Bevo seemed to say this was just a continuation of Morris using this inside info for a few months now.... I still don't see the problem, if a journo has an inside source they will use it.
As for the journo being a Melbourne supporter, big deal. That was particularly weak of Bevo to make a big deal over that.
End of the day, the team that wins the Granny is the team that gets the glory. You are right though.. we topped the ladder 2018 but were just scraping wins at the end, clearly out of steam and then the Pies got us in the Prelim or whatever it was.
I thin we need context,
and I'm taking Bevos reaction as a pointer that the context is grubby.
For example, the leak could have staggered pissed out of a nightclub, and rapidfired the inside info off the record after Morris racked up 5 lines of coke for him on the bonnet of his Landrover?
damn weak oversensitive club then
Fair point though TS, at times the club does come out and "correct" things they don't like in the media.
I think that adds context too,
because Melbourne Supporters are all irrelevant Hooray Henry, landrover driving, fair weather suckholes
there is also the notion of subterfuge, gambling and inside trading to be considered
Woah, just had my mind blown by this line. The significance has me awestruck.
Can imagine watching the golf at Augusta. The commentator is at the first green in the first round watching the first group. The player sinks the putt for a birdie and takes the lead. In a hushed and reverent tone the commentator announces "There's our clubhouse leader."
You can't teach journo's this level of wordsmithery. You are either born with it or you're not.
But what if the context is just that someone in Bevo's inner sanctum doesn't like him and is white anting him by continually leaking to a journo, in this case Tom Morris? Why wouldn't Morris report what he's being told. And it's only about team selection; not exactly the sort of stuff that will bring the club to its knees.
Bevo went off tap last night and looked a goose in doing so. On face value you can only think that he's trying to compensate for and deflect from shortcomings in his organisation.
