No Oppo Supporters 2021 General AFL Discussion

[Kiama Chris]

Collingwood Football Club is guilty of systemic racism, review finds

A review commissioned by the Collingwood Football Club describes an organisation more likely to react to media coverage about a racist incident than to complaints made within the club.

www.abc.net.au

No surprises here....time to go Eddie.

Reckon it's the whole board. Probably Bucks too.

 

[GotTheGoodes]

God I can't believe I'm about to say this....but over to the COVID thread if you all want to chat further please

I annoint Ticky009 honorary mod for the media & general discussion threads. What she says goes.

 

[Kiama Chris]

Pretty sure (99.99999%) that we've had AFL umpires come up from Melbourne during the pre-season for many years...even to the point where SwansTV interviewed Leigh Fisher either last year or the year before about the whole process.

We had an umpire at our first match sim. No idea where from.

 

[SwansProudly]

We had an umpire at our first match sim. No idea where from.

Thanks Kiama Chris and strauchanie59 I did not realise we had AFL umpires.

 

[Tedeski]

We had an umpire at our first match sim. No idea where from.

We borrowed him from the Footscray Football Club & we lost the match sim.

 

[JackSwans]

Thanks Kiama Chris and strauchanie59 I did not realise we had AFL umpires.

Yep, happens most years now, especially with how often the rules change, umpires need a preseason too!

 

[hairy biker]

McGuire skewered;

Eddie McGuire's trainwreck of a spin job only reinforces damning Collingwood report

"This is a historic and proud day for the Collingwood Football Club." So said Eddie McGuire mere hours after a report was published which…

www.theroar.com.au

 

[bedford]

McGuire skewered;

Eddie McGuire's trainwreck of a spin job only reinforces damning Collingwood report

"This is a historic and proud day for the Collingwood Football Club." So said Eddie McGuire mere hours after a report was published which…

www.theroar.com.au

Proud !

 

[Olian]

McGuire skewered;

Eddie McGuire's trainwreck of a spin job only reinforces damning Collingwood report

"This is a historic and proud day for the Collingwood Football Club." So said Eddie McGuire mere hours after a report was published which…

www.theroar.com.au

Not sure “historic and proud” is the best opener to the findings of a racism rife within an organisation.

 

[GoTheSwannies]

Just another episode of Eddie refusing to acknowledge his failings.

I knew Eddie would come undone eventually. Hope the media latch onto this and the club has no option but to turf him out.

 

[GoTheSwannies]

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

Wow

 

[Punts]

Spewing about Scully

 

[bedford]

Spewing about Scully

Depends on the rumours

 

[Punts]

Depends on the rumours

Shit gets spoken about personal stuff to much , like your mate Hardwick who done the dirty.
Just taking footy ands it’s a loss

 

[Tedeski]

I'm happy for the Hawks.
Another great list decision following on from Patton.
If the deal sounds too good to be true, IT IS too good to be true!

It happens to us all, even the "great, great" Hawthorn Football Club.

 

[DeadlyAkkuret]

Who the hell would care if this happens to anyone at Hawthorn? So the spare parts idea has fallen apart, and I couldn’t be happier. Sorry Hawks, looks like you need to rebuild like everyone else.


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[Ticky009]

I think Rohan Connolly sums it up best

Tone-deaf Eddie pours further fuel on Pies' racism fire

Eddie McGuire's clumsy and tone-deaf response to the leaking of an independent report into alleged systemic racism at Collingwood fooled no one, and took the gloss off what the club is actually trying to do to improve its culture, writes Rohan Connolly.

www.espn.com.au

What is important in the AFL big fish small puddle environment - is how the AFL commission handle any future dealings with McGuire. Any chance of Eddie appearing on future committees or commissions should skinned & boned and tossed out in the trash where it belongs.

 

[caesar88]

LOL

Eddie McGuire: No need to thank me for ending racism globally

When historians pinpoint the exact moment racism suffered a mortal blow, it will be 1 February 2021, when the report finding systemic racism at the Collingwood

www.titusoreily.com

 

[Bonz]

Depends on the rumours

Rumours on Scully aren't true.

It's due to family issues.

 

[hairy biker]

What is important in the AFL big fish small puddle environment - is how the AFL commission handle any future dealings with McGuire. Any chance of Eddie appearing on future committees or commissions should skinned & boned and tossed out in the trash where it belongs.

And to the surprise of no one polo Gill backs McGuire;

'I got it wrong': McGuire says he shouldn't have said he was 'proud' after Collingwood report revealed

Collingwood president Eddie McGuire concedes he should have chosen his words better when speaking about the report into systemic racism at the AFL club.

www.abc.net.au

"I'm disappointed that the focus today was the way that the report was talked to, rather than the report itself," he (McLachlan) said.

" McLachlan said he had hoped the discussion would have been more about the affirmative action Collingwood was taking, rather than the club's public response."

"I know from the conversation that I had with Ed that he's committed to taking the club forward

Just a reminder for Gill that the report stated there was systemic racism at the club.
The club McGuire has been president of for 20+ years.

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

Really is untouchable, any other sporting code McGuire would of been tossed in the heap for his comments over the years.

AFL administration really is pathetic.

 

[Ticky009]

Seriously Gil...WTF?
His response is possibly even worse than Eddie's. Disgraceful from the head of sporting code.

 

[scaryness]

sh*t gets spoken about personal stuff to much , like your mate Hardwick who done the dirty.
Just taking footy ands it’s a loss

Too right.

If his retirement reason was any of our business it would have been published. Wanting to dig deeper or creating/spreading rumours is just unnecessary and almost obsessive imo.

I don't see the appeal of trying to pry open the private lives of public people.

 

[Mister B]

Can we agree that McGuire is the mother of all campaigners?