News Media Thread, 2023: Insightful, Inciteful and Incomptent

[WCEswift]

We play one behind the ball they run it out of the contest and have a shot from 40?

If Niz aint on the phone blasting the campaigners he needs to go

 

[amazingjoshy]

Exhibit A for anyone saying the Vic media are being completely rational and normal at the thought of us getting Harley Reid

 

[ziad]

Is it compulsory to have a sub 50 IQ test score to get a guernsey on these Victorian footy chat shows, or merely highly desirable?

multiple head knocks help

 

[ziad]

Gets people talking and gets the clicks so I guess it works exactly the way they want it to

thats their job.
why listen?

 

[Godfather32]

would be funny if they bring in a lottery in a few years just as we're scraping ourselves off the bottom only to win pick 1 with some slim percent chance. that would be the end of that caper.

They changed the NBA draft from a straight lottery to a weighted lottery after Orlando drafted Shaq, shot up the standings and nearly made finals and then got pick 1 again (drafted and traded Webber to GSW and ended up with Penny Hardaway).

 

[Mop]

Kane Cornes and Caro as the voices of reason. Fold the Vic Media

 

[YeoGabbaGabba]

This is just f**king pathetic journalism = the perfect standard for that rubbish. Kane is a biased flog, I wonder what would happen if Port were in that scenario? Go on all year about us being no good, but when we try and come close we’re tanking apparently. Well which is it? Did we tell our players to get “out of shape” so they could intentionally get injured? Stick to “moral” victories for Port Power Kaneo, the Piers Morgan of Australia

 

[bzparkes]

This is just f**king pathetic journalism = the perfect standard for that rubbish. Kane is a biased flog, I wonder what would happen if Port were in that scenario? Go on all year about us being no good, but when we try and come close we’re tanking apparently. Well which is it? Did we tell our players to get “out of shape” so they could intentionally get injured? Stick to “moral” victories for Port Power Kaneo, the Piers Morgan of Australia

That's great but it was actually Hutchy who was insinuating the tanking.

 

[Cornelius Roy]

Our match on the weekend should have been used a perfect example of why a lottery system isn't needed. Umpires call either of the blatant Long or Allen infringements and eagles win the game and bypass access to the clear number one pick. But lets go vic media and cherry pick the examples of lack of defence that have plagued this team all year.

It's not like we did something as stupid as a boundary infringement, one guys entire job, to lose a game. Get that speccy git Damo to break that down and claim tanking. Biased ****wits.

 

[YeoGabbaGabba]

That's great but it was actually Hutchy who was insinuating the tanking.

Needed to get it out of my system anyway

 

[bzparkes]

Needed to get it out of my system anyway

Yeah, that's fair.

 

[YeoGabbaGabba]

Our match on the weekend should have been used a perfect example of why a lottery system isn't needed. Umpires call either of the blatant Long or Allen infringements and eagles win the game and bypass access to the clear number one pick. But lets go vic media and cherry pick the examples of lack of defence that have plagued this team all year.

It's not like we did something as stupid as a boundary infringement, one guys entire job, to lose a game. Get that speccy git Damo to break that down and claim tanking. Biased *******s.

No mention of tanking from the VFL media when North used an extra interchange. I wonder why that happened?

 

[Goroyals22]

Here is the on the couch segment that kicked it all off


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[Bender_]

Buckley tanked the GF by putting De Goey in the goal square instead of behind the ball.

 

[Nuffington Post]

Apparently Simmo refused a plus one behind the ball


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[Tugga27]

I think it just burns those media flogs that we haven't sacked Simmo and burnt the place down.

 

[bzparkes]

Apparently Simmo refused a plus one behind the ball


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Yeah, should've pulled out an interchange infringement in the last 30 seconds instead

 

[RookiePick]

We already put a "BIG FOUR" team "PUSHING FOR FINALS" on tilt. At the back end of a historically poor year.

We're in the box seat for Harley and our midfield and forward line look like they are almost already set for a flag tilt in 3-5 years.

The Pricktorian's are scared. We've won 4 games in 2 seasons and they are scared.

BIG BIRDS living rent free since '91

 

[Chris_6678]

Geee Simmo is attacked for being a coach with a horrible record since 2021, then gets attacked for having 2 HJ resturants , cops it for almost losing to North and now is being accused of tanking from 30 points down? wow wee

 

[Coasters7]

Here is the on the couch segment that kicked it all off


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The hilarious part about that is the thumbnail actually disproves it. We’d won the ball forward from the centre bounce and both wingers were nearly at half back equalising the numbers. We had as many back as I’d want for a ball up on half forward where we’re one clearance away from another inside 50 and potential score.

If Kelly or Petch were cleaner from the CB we have an inside 50 and probably never hear of this again. We just lost the clearance and that was that.

 

[ziad]

I think it just burns those media flogs that we haven't sacked Simmo and burnt the place down.

And to throw fuel on the fire we will Draft Reid.

 

[Ishmael_]

I think it just burns those media flogs that we haven't sacked Simmo and burnt the place down.

I think so too. Even if they aren't self aware enough to admit it.

Imagine the blue balls on these guys, going hard every week and nothing happening. It's a pretty boring story.

Maybe some half arsed tanking chat will bring some spice, but you can tell their hearts aren't in it.

West Coast's stubbornness has been one of funnier bits this season.

 

[Rowan18]

The hilarious part about that is the thumbnail actually disproves it. We’d won the ball forward from the centre bounce and both wingers were nearly at half back equalising the numbers. We had as many back as I’d want for a ball up on half forward where we’re one clearance away from another inside 50 and potential score.

If Kelly or Petch were cleaner from the CB we have an inside 50 and probably never hear of this again. We just lost the clearance and that was that.

Not to mention the ump throws the ball directly to the Bombers mid at the ball up. Makes it pretty hard to win a clearance.

 

[Rowan18]

I think so too. Even if they aren't self aware enough to admit it.

Imagine the blue balls on these guys, going hard every week and nothing happening. It's a pretty boring story.

Maybe some half arsed tanking chat will bring some spice, but you can tell their hearts aren't in it.

West Coast's stubbornness has been one of funnier bits this season.

It's a master-class in how to handle the media when you know you have loyal supporters. Just give them nothing.

Carlton finally seems to have learnt the trick too. There were calls to sack Voss mid-year and Cook ignored them. Now they're looking like earning a home final.

 

[Pwani Magharibi]

"Evil WA club employs sinister last minute tanking tactics as part of ploy to kidnap talented Victorian teenager and force him to live in a remote hellscape and play for a team that is the worst in the history of football yet had to tank to lose away from home to a finals contender something something arrogant something something drug culture."

Am I doing this right?