Bourkey has a ton of credibility inside and outside of his place of employment. Poor form
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I’ve said this before but Castlemaine people (and I suspect the other country clubs as well) don’t share any love for the addy.
We have long memories and the coverage over the years has been incredibly pro Bendigo, and often disrespectful and condescending towards us.
You’ll find very few Castlemaine people shedding a tear at the demise of the addy.
You are closer than anyone to the truth.
They’ve lost a bunch of people who’d had a gutful of the place and it’s for want of a better word ‘direction’ - more like lack of direction.
Australian Community Media, which owns the Addy and owned plenty of other mastheads, has managed to oversee the closure and eradication of more than 60 mastheads from their portfolio over the last four years with a business model that clearly does not work. Staff want change, management are too busy patting themselves on the back for at best modest successes.
The Addy will be lucky to survive another 24 months.
On Bourkey - not his doing - but barely on the clock over the past four years. His long service leave was being exhausted against his will.
How would you be spending 20 weeks of long service leave during COVID at home, unable to go out the front door due to lockdown? Yeah, thanks for your 20 year contribution, how about spending 20 weeks in your lounge room???
His treatment by the Addy was nothing short of despicable.
The better question is why the Addy blatantly disregards and has no affinity for their own audience and is content to produce a newspaper that resembles a leaflet each day?
Bourkey was all class!
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My favourite Addy story is from some years ago when the Saturday preview had a bit of a shot at the Magpies effort the week before.
Come Monday morning the then coach, who was a fiery customer on the field, turned up at the office ready to make his point verbally, physically or otherwise.
The catch was the article didn’t have a byline and they reckon the boys couldn’t point the finger at each fast enough.
Same coach went on to have a very one sided altercation with a prominent radio personality as well, popped him down with a short right hand and when others in the box spoke up he asked who wanted the next one. Apparently they all instantly lost their voices.
All part of the great tapestry of country footy, things were so much better in those days!
Come Monday morning the then coach, who was a fiery customer on the field, turned up at the office ready to make his point verbally, physically or otherwise.
The catch was the article didn’t have a byline and they reckon the boys couldn’t point the finger at each fast enough.
Same coach went on to have a very one sided altercation with a prominent radio personality as well, popped him down with a short right hand and when others in the box spoke up he asked who wanted the next one. Apparently they all instantly lost their voices.
All part of the great tapestry of country footy, things were so much better in those days!
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You are closer than anyone to the truth.
They’ve lost a bunch of people who’d had a gutful of the place and it’s for want of a better word ‘direction’ - more like lack of direction.
Australian Community Media, which owns the Addy and owned plenty of other mastheads, has managed to oversee the closure and eradication of more than 60 mastheads from their portfolio over the last four years with a business model that clearly does not work. Staff want change, management are too busy patting themselves on the back for at best modest successes.
The Addy will be lucky to survive another 24 months.
On Bourkey - not his doing - but barely on the clock over the past four years. His long service leave was being exhausted against his will.
How would you be spending 20 weeks of long service leave during COVID at home, unable to go out the front door due to lockdown? Yeah, thanks for your 20 year contribution, how about spending 20 weeks in your lounge room???
His treatment by the Addy was nothing short of despicable.
The better question is why the Addy blatantly disregards and has no affinity for their own audience and is content to produce a newspaper that resembles a leaflet each day?
Bourkey was all class!
A good summary Wooden Robot. Yes regardless of what we think he was treated terribly in his last days with the advertiser. I was told how he was treated upset and hurt him greatly. He didn’t deserve it after years of good service to the community. The demise of the addy was started with the new owner, consolidation of newsrooms as seen by the articles that have no relevance/ interest to the region on the addy website and the departure of Nicole Ferrie who was staunch and passionate about local journalism.
Unfortunately in recent times the paper was being run from god knows where. Our club always had a good relationship with the addy but the quality of reporting declined significantly and we as a club were often not approached directly to provide comment on a story involving Maryborough FNC.
We are still fortunate here with the Maryborough Advertiser who still do a pretty good job covering local news and sport and not owned by one of the conglomerates. Whilst we may not always agree with their reporting, they are still based in town and get out into the community for their stories.
Unfortunately local newspapers across the country have been ruined as a result of the internet and the loss of many quality journalists.
Can I offer a contrary view.
The Warrnambool Standard, owned by the same group, has an outstanding coverage of the Hampden league. And other comps in south west. The Border Mail coverage also very good. And an ACM paper.
Just observations, feedback you hear around the traps.
The Warrnambool Standard, owned by the same group, has an outstanding coverage of the Hampden league. And other comps in south west. The Border Mail coverage also very good. And an ACM paper.
Just observations, feedback you hear around the traps.
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Some big signings in the Riddell comp ! Showing the way by the looks
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Close to Melbourne and there's plenty of good sponsors around the macedon Ranges to help and people naturally move there
Geelong addy does a pretty good with sport
If it was true then why can't the report the truth? Why couldn't the coach take it on the chin, you're allowed to have an opinion aren't you?
At least 4 ex AFL players
Marlon Pickett
Andrew Gaff - I’m hearing is 98% locked in at Kyneton for a handful of games at least.
Sam Darley
Brad Mangan gone to Giants after turning down Gisborne Bulldogs
Cameron Cloke ( yes he’s probably passed it)
5-6 EDFL premier league players
Diggers rest close to announcing 3-4 previous WAFL/SAFNL players
Would there be a time in history that RDFL recruits are significantly in front of BFL during an offseason
Marlon Pickett
Andrew Gaff - I’m hearing is 98% locked in at Kyneton for a handful of games at least.
Sam Darley
Brad Mangan gone to Giants after turning down Gisborne Bulldogs
Cameron Cloke ( yes he’s probably passed it)
5-6 EDFL premier league players
Diggers rest close to announcing 3-4 previous WAFL/SAFNL players
Would there be a time in history that RDFL recruits are significantly in front of BFL during an offseason
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Where can you see that
Could that have anything to do with district leagues being notorious for out spending BFNL teams... Majority of BFNL teams follow the salary cap a lot more than the district leagues.
Sam Darley …could play for 4 clubs in a season !
In a month !!
Is plowman playing ? Maybe they could get Grimsey to qualify for finals and is Matt dick still playing, former Carlton player too and Hines at diggers rest?
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The Standard have an editor and deputy editor who have long been a part of their local
community and know and appreciate the value of grassroots sport and see great value in it.
The Addy's management has no affiliation to this city, was parachuted in to do the job and has no appreciation for sport or understanding of the role it plays in country communities and feels the future of the Addy lies in chasing ambulances and getting web hits from car accidents and fatalities.
PS The Standard support racing and soccer and a whole lot of sports the Addy doesn’t anymore and have a commitment t to more than two sports stories a day.
The Addy has a mere two sports reporters It doesn’t take much guesswork to understand that as a six day a week paper and seven day a week operation, it is not even manned some days of the week in the sports department. On a hiding to nothing operating like that.
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Sorry I was just reffering to players coming into the RDFL next year
Jake Carlisle and Matt Dick are the current players who have been on an AFL list
Andrew Gaff brother plays for Kyneton - looks like he was runner up in the best and fairest this year. Is a one pointer it seems so he must have been there for a few years
Ran into a old school mate the other day who is heavily involved at Kyneton
He believes they will be a 10-12 goal better side next year than the side that played in the final year in the BFL, and they are spending about 40% of what they were paying then on players.
They genuinely must have been having to recruit blokes who were just no good and pay massive overs to just run out with a side.
He was against the move when it originally happened but with everything that’s happen in BFL since and watching a year or RDFL, believes it’s the best thing the club could have ever done.
I’m hearing Gisborne Giants are throwing some huge $ around to the Gisborne 18s and good reserves players, will be interesting to see if they can pull any off and the effect it will have on Bulldogs depth
Jake Carlisle and Matt Dick are the current players who have been on an AFL list
Andrew Gaff brother plays for Kyneton - looks like he was runner up in the best and fairest this year. Is a one pointer it seems so he must have been there for a few years
Ran into a old school mate the other day who is heavily involved at Kyneton
He believes they will be a 10-12 goal better side next year than the side that played in the final year in the BFL, and they are spending about 40% of what they were paying then on players.
They genuinely must have been having to recruit blokes who were just no good and pay massive overs to just run out with a side.
He was against the move when it originally happened but with everything that’s happen in BFL since and watching a year or RDFL, believes it’s the best thing the club could have ever done.
I’m hearing Gisborne Giants are throwing some huge $ around to the Gisborne 18s and good reserves players, will be interesting to see if they can pull any off and the effect it will have on Bulldogs depth
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Cloke and mangan are in their late 30s. Gaff and darley will be part time at best. Don’t think BFL clubs are missing out on a whole lot there. I’d say Pickett will still be handy, so I’ll give you that one.
Remember when the addy had the the best footy preview in regional Victoria. It would have comprehensive write ups of local leagues.. with senior, reserves and 3rds line ups.. the occasional best 25 BFL players. Took me all morning (sometimes would carry into Sunday
) to read. Ahh the good ole days
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Being serious again for a moment, I accept there’s been huge changes in the industry which is slowly dying and they are working against the tide.
However there are still reporters in place and they are churning out a few stories each week. The issue I have is they are happy to do puff pieces on recruiting, personalities etc but yet something like the South debacle is still not mentioned.
What I would love to know is if the armchair ride being given to AFL CV is a management directive or a choice of the individuals. Either way it’s incredibly poor journalism.
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Perfect example just landed.
Westy puts out a cut and paste of the off season and skims over Southgate with something that could politely be described as a half truth.
Westy puts out a cut and paste of the off season and skims over Southgate with something that could politely be described as a half truth.
