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Eddie goes bang
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Scodog10
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Yet another example of Ed shooting from the hip. Getting ****ing tired of it myself now...
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So will this be a day when we say "good stuff, go for it Eddie" or a day when we say "wish Ed would just shut up"?
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2nd one.
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Nah mate, good on him. I am more than happy for him to get stuck into people based on defending our club. It is all the other stuff that has nothing to do with our club that I am happy for him not having a public spat about.
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Meh, I have no issue with it. Ed's perfectly entitled to defend the club and it's decisions, particularly when the criticism is coming from a club that's done nothing to justify getting chirpy just yet.
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Sigh. Sometimes it's a good strategy to ignore the jibes and provocations. Rise above it and all that. Be statesmanlike. Just sayin...
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I don't blame ED Firing Back at all
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Exactly - The MelbourneFC comments were not way over the top or anything. I wouldn't have made them in their position, but it's not a big deal in my opinion.
Ed took it personally as always & he seems to have trouble with any form of criticism.
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That's right 'sometimes'...other times it requires standing up to things. I am happy he did on this occasion.
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That's the thing though and why I'm getting tired of it. Were Jackson wrong there's no need to go back at him. I'd like to see him focusing more on fixing the ills we currently have than defending how we got to this point...
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Melbourne have a bit of history about doing this sort of thing
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Ignoring it also makes us look better than them, and kills the story. Unless the story is 'Eddie doesn't respond to a jibe from Melbourne', which in the footy media is entirely possible.
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He is probably capable of doing both.
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In fact, we won a flag maybe only a year or two later I believe.
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A piss ant Club like Melbourne is having a go at Collingwood......FFS
Eddie's response was tame IMO.
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Probably, but that doesn't mean he needs to!
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Ahhhhh Gary Lyon 2008?
"The symbolism of today shouldn't be lost on anyone," Lyon said.
"I think you will enjoy the fact that whilst tonight is the rebirth of this great footy club, our greatest rival is in disarray.
"The Collingwood footy club is going down the plughole as the Melbourne footy club re-establishes itself as a power."
2 years later we were premiers.
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That's our point of difference. I think he did need to on this occasion. My opinion is based on the narrative around the transition being consistently written in a way to slag off our club, so I'm glad that it gets challenged.
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Ed was spot on. Why shouldn't we fire back?
Vicky Park
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Ahhhhh Gary Lyon 2008?
"The symbolism of today shouldn't be lost on anyone," Lyon said.
"I think you will enjoy the fact that whilst tonight is the rebirth of this great footy club, our greatest rival is in disarray.
"The Collingwood footy club is going down the plughole as the Melbourne footy club re-establishes itself as a power."
2 years later we were premiers.
This demonstrates the folly of making Big Statements and Grand Predictions, which our own club is regularly guilty of. I prefer the humble and modest approach myself, coupled with smashing sides on the field of play.
