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lloyds farewell...too much?
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- May 28, 2008
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Hahaha, and the idiots take the bait again.
Why?
People bitching and moaning and they won't even be there,clueless.
- May 28, 2008
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Yep, and more to the point bitching and moaning about a sensationalized article from the HUN.
You gotta love it.
No, I for one have my teeth, and secondly, I have stated that I am happy to name that end of the ground when Essendon play, the 'dead end' in honour of Lloyds personalityHilarious the sooking from the Pie tooth wanderers that the Coventry End will be renamed after Lloyd for bomber games.
Actually Fu, I reckon Lloyd is a far better media/public performer than I gave him credit to be.
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He goes allright, better than Robert Walls for example.
His voice is mono toned and sounds monotonous ( obviously) and I havent found him to be witty or anything that grabs my attention in terms of content. His appearances on the Footy Show were bland and uninspiring, much like most ( when is Cooney going to get a regular gig?). but he may have gotten better.
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I don't think he even follows Aussie Rules, nearly all his posts are on rugby & cricket.
*cough* Edwin Flack Oval renamed Bob Rose Oval before Vic govt stepped in *cough*
This didn't get the attention it deserved.
I can't understand the outrage over an Essendon initiative to honour an Essendon champion at Essendon home games at Essendon's home ground.
I think the ceremonial 300th goal is a nice touch.. but it should be proceeded by a ceeimonial 10,000th dive, and ceremonial 20,000th soft free kick. It wouldnt make sense otherwise. All the little bomber children would get confused.
Just drive around the ground (which wouldn't take 4 minutes) and get off the park. wtf are they going to do over 40 minutes, it is excessive.
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Your club is doing it by overwriting the name of a player who achieved 10 times more than Lloyd did in his career. In practise I don't really care that much, cause hell I won't be there to see it, but honoring your players by renaming things is silly, even more so when the player who you're trying to take the name off was better.
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we could fill the pool with the blood of all the hawks players lloyd has made bleed.
Riiiight.
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Up to 15 pages of jealousy now
We will never see another Matthew Lloyd, no current player will come close to his 926. Looking forward to sending him off in style.
I think everyone's bemused that Lloyd has agreed to all this, to be honest. Does it say something about his mentality? Or perhaps he is embarassing himself to help his club sell those medallions? If so, I applaud him for his loyalty . . .
It's just difficult to understand what the thinking is. It's bizzare stuff.
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Only 6 players in the game's history have kicked more goals than him (and nobody kicked more in the last 15 years), so he deserves all the kudos that come his way. I'm willing to compromise on the renaming of the end. It's only for Essendon home games anyway, so Collingwood will probably never be involved (as we usually play the Dons at the MCG, no matter whose home game it is).
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****ter boy gets a 40 minute farewell, gee there must be something in this diving capper, I wonder what Riewoldlt will get when he's had enough of diving and cries his goodbye.
I will say though that the Coventry family should have been consulted from the start. That part of all this hasn't been handled all that well by all involved.
Any less bizarre than motorcylce jumps on the MCG?
It's a publicity stunt; gives 299 people the chance to get the ground before the game (how evil and bizarre is this club!); fills some dead time before the game.
See my earlier post:
Also, Collingwood have had 7 months to say something about re-naming the Coventry end. No point crying about it 3 days before the event.
Am I right in thinking the Bulldogs have re-named the ends for their home games at some stage too?
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