Oppo Camp Non Geelong football (AFL) discussion 2021

[ATSAM]

I don't get why Harry Lumumba did not speak out and say something when he was at training at the time and was being called "chimp". He has always been a fiercely proud and independent person. It would have been in his nature to voice his anger/frustrations to being called such a thing.

Very hard to call out any sort of abuse when you are the lone voice in the 'crowd'

 

[goyoucatters]

Very hard to call out any sort of abuse when you are the lone voice in the 'crowd'

Agreed. And, on the flip side, it's ridiculously easy to gaslight someone who is the lone voice in the crowd.

'C,mon champ, surely you're making a big deal out of nothing here. Nobody else seems to think it's an issue.'

 

[you pick one]

Very hard to call out any sort of abuse when you are the lone voice in the 'crowd'

There is a bit to weigh up too when considering biting the hand that feeds you.

 

[Spazz Cat]

Well, Eddie may have done some major sucking up back when he was a rookie in the boy's club

But at least he got down there and sucked himself. Didn't hire a fluffer

 

[David the Cat]

But at least he got down there and sucked himself. Didn't hire a fluffer

LOL......you don't need a fluffer when you are one...

 

[ATSAM]

Agreed. And, on the flip side, it's ridiculously easy to gaslight someone who is the lone voice in the crowd.

'C,mon champ, surely you're making a big deal out of nothing here. Nobody else seems to think it's an issue.'

And surely others should do the calling out. It seems in this instance that wasn't the case. As has not been in the several cases of bullying when the 'bullied' commits suicide

 

[David the Cat]

I was in Brisbane working on flood relief and the gravel barge stuck under the Centenary bridge.

I was on the Gold Coast sand bagging my parents house to keep the floodwaters at bay...thankfully with success.

Different time frame of course, but both significant life lessons for me.

 

[goyoucatters]

And surely others should do the calling out. It seems in this instance that wasn't the case. As has not been in the several cases of bullying when the 'bullied' commits suicide

It's hard to believe that some are still questioning Lumumba's veracity when, aside from any consideration of his situation, the club he played for over ten seasons has just been acknowledged in an independent report as being culpable for systemic racism across its operations.

Occam's Razor would then seem to be the sharpest tool one could employ in arriving at your conclusion as to whether Heritier would have experienced racism while playing for the Collingwood Football Club.

 

[you pick one]

I was on the Gold Coast sand bagging my parents house to keep the floodwaters at bay...thankfully with success.

Different time frame of course, but both significant life lessons for me.

Life changing year for me I never returned permanently to Geelong ever again,I was hooked sun surf and the Tallebudgera Playroom.Closest I'll get to heaven.

 

[cats_09]

Life changing year for me I never returned permanently to Geelong ever again,I was hooked sun surf and the Tallebudgera Playroom.Closest I'll get to heaven.

I'm the complete opposite

GC born, spent the first 4.5 years of my life there until my parents decided to return to Geelong (it's where my dad was from and he's extended family lived), and growing up I vowed that when old enough I'd be heading back up north at the first available opportunity

After multiple trips to visit mums side of the family that still lived around Brisbane & GC regions, I made decision that I had no interest in moving back there long term

I enjoy going back for the odd holiday, but happy to live in Geelong

 

[Drunkcat]

I won't knock ED us broady boys stick together

 

[winty]

Apparently Mason Cox

46

Mason Cox

Age

33

Ht

211cm

Wt

110kg

Pos.

F/R

Career

Season

Last 5

D

8.7

2star

K

5.2

2star

HB

3.5

3star

M

4.0

4star

T

1.6

4star

G

1.2

4star

D

6.0

1star

K

3.0

1star

HB

3.0

2star

M

2.3

2star

T

0.3

1star

G

1.0

4star

D

9.0

3star

K

5.4

2star

HB

3.6

3star

M

2.6

3star

T

2.4

4star

G

1.8

5star

is elite according to this.



What a joke this list has become.

 

[Down at K Park]

I won't knock ED us broady boys stick together

He wouldn’t piss on anyone from broady these days. Entrenched toorak toff now.

 

[Jimmy Willis Jawline]

 

[Spearman]

Christensen comes out strong and articulate ...

Collingwood boss Eddie McGuire should have been ousted in 2013, Allen Christensen

3

Allen Christensen

Age

33

Ht

176cm

Wt

79kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.4

5star

K

10.0

4star

HB

8.4

5star

M

3.4

3star

T

3.4

5star

G

0.9

4star

No current season stats available

D

9.4

3star

K

4.2

2star

HB

5.2

4star

M

3.0

3star

T

1.8

4star

G

0.4

3star

says

 

[winty]

Even Cox was bemused. Have to like his self-deprecating humour too...

 

[cats_09]

Even Cox was bemused. Have to like his self-deprecating humour too...

He's actually pretty good value on Twitter and doesn't necessarily take himself too seriously

 

[Jimmy Willis Jawline]

Eddie and Bucks cant bring themselves to apologise, but...

 

[Down at K Park]

Eddie and Bucks cant bring themselves to apologise, but...
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Why would eddie need to apologise? He has never done a single thing wrong in his entire life

 

[Jimmy Willis Jawline]

He's actually pretty good value on Twitter and doesn't necessarily take himself too seriously

 

[David the Cat]

Looks like she stumbled onto Jonathon Paton's WhatsApp.....

 

[winty]

Looks like she stumbled onto Jonathon Paton's WhatsApp.....

Either that or she saw my bank balance...

 

[David the Cat]

Either that or she saw my bank balance...

I'll let you in on a secret Winty.....but don't tell anyone....

I slept with Paris....thats right..spent the night with her....



mind you...she was in seat 5A and I was in 7B,

 

[00VicWard001]

People need to understand what McGuire is, and who he wants to be.

He's first and foremost a frustrated fan. A wannabe. Desperately wants to be a star Collingwood player, but being fat and untalented that was never going to happen. So the next best thing - journalist. In the late 1980s. Heavy, heavy boys' club. Perfect for him. Then gets into footy media. Even better. Even more of a boys' club. Then gets involved with a footy club, even better again.

Life to him, and to half the cretins in the footy media, is either the bar or a locker room. That's all he understands. It's actually great that he's president at another club. It's hypocrisy in 100 foot high letters.

Good insight. No matter what he does in life, he can’t escape who he is inside. The guy has power and influence, yet fawns in the company of Buckley. A strange symbiotic relationship.

 

[dazbroncos]

Eddie and Bucks cant bring themselves to apologise, but...
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i respect the playing groups move to do this.

Makes the chasm between what the dog and pony show of the other day and what should have been said even wider however IMO.

GO Catters