**** off Damn-ian Barrett you oxygen thief

[Cannon82]

Basic standards of professional journalism in Australia have slipped so far they're virtually non-existent. The whole artifice of major Australian news outlets has been disfigured, to the point where it's all basically just an echo chamber now. A monkey for the organ-grinders, as it were.

Not just here. Following the Premier League in England and the millions of rumours that get spun into their daily transfer gossip is like wading in rivers of sh*t. Peddle outrageous gossip, and if flagrantly wrong or lies, print retraction on corner of page 39 five days later. Journalism and Meteorology - career choices where it's acceptable to be wrong more often than you're right.

 

[TJLibby]

Barrett, Wilson and co. epitomises all that is wrong with mainstream journalism.

 

[KickLongTackleHard]

Barrett, Wilson and co. epitomises all that is wrong with mainstream journalism.

And they are both really, really ugly. I think this has something to do with it...

 

[ponsdale]

Just buy him a wounded puppy he can kick around at home and he'll probably drift into oblivion...

I wouldn't inflict that on a puppy. Imagine having to live with Barrett!

 

[MAXIMUM GRUNDAGE]

THIS is the problem with half of the 'AFL' Journalists. They lack the capacity to discuss or dissect a football game so they discuss issues they have some understanding of & sadly thats 'days of our lives' type reporting.

Not defending Barrett by any means, but having his head permanently up his arse makes it difficult for him to view and dissect AFL matches.

PS- Or as I just did to that ManOfClay troll on the MB, with a little unexpected assistance from FP

Hahaha! I'd be upset too if Setanta O'hAilpin kicked a bigger score than my team on the weekend.

 

[youngbear]

Not defending Barrett by any means, but having his head permanently up his arse makes it difficult for him to view and dissect AFL matches.

Problem is, he doesn't dissect the game. He dissects people in the game. Barrett and Carowine (also you can add Jon Ralph to this group)... They all think they know footy; but all they know is how to make people's personal lives as public as possible.

 

[Dory_77]

Just to reaffirm what a giant rusty dildo Barrett is: http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-04-26/sliding-doors (see Melbourne).
Granted, we've been pretty appalling this year, but I don't think the celebrations of last weeks win was too exaggerated. Watch the lads after the final siren, there was no jumping up and down, high fives and carrying on. There was a lot of relief amongst fans and the club, rather than chest puffing and bleating about how good we are. What's wrong with enjoying a win (albeit against GWS)? We're not pretending we're premiers Barrett you farkwit, just glad to see our team win and avoid the immense shitstorm a loss to the Giants would've caused. A win against the Lions would be even better; on the road, against a similarly placed team many believe to have improved more than us (although their injuries will hurt them).

 

[raven echo]

He is scum

 

[Topkent]

What makes me laugh is these media people criticize the players every off field move and say the are over paid brats ya da ya da... But if they were all off field angels these guys would have nothing to write about

These guys are just gossip Colomnists who should be working for dolly magazine

 

[Bluelegs]

What makes me laugh is these media people criticize the players every off field move and say the are over paid brats ya da ya da... But if they were all off field angels these guys would have nothing to write about

These guys are just gossip Colomnists who should be working for dolly magazine

You're not wrong about the dolly magazine crap. Reporters were asking about Jack Watts shaving yet again the other day. Neeld basically answered with his own variation of "are you guys for real?"

 

[Topkent]

Yeah forget about asking what he plans to do to get the best out of jack watts , **** that we wanna know where he buys his pants from !!!

 

[themonkeybutlers]

Just to reaffirm what a giant rusty dildo Barrett is: http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-04-26/sliding-doors (see Melbourne).
Granted, we've been pretty appalling this year, but I don't think the celebrations of last weeks win was too exaggerated. Watch the lads after the final siren, there was no jumping up and down, high fives and carrying on. There was a lot of relief amongst fans and the club, rather than chest puffing and bleating about how good we are. What's wrong with enjoying a win (albeit against GWS)? We're not pretending we're premiers Barrett you farkwit, just glad to see our team win and avoid the immense shitstorm a loss to the Giants would've caused. A win against the Lions would be even better; on the road, against a similarly placed team many believe to have improved more than us (although their injuries will hurt them).

He also mentions in this article that if GWS don't beat the Suns this week, then their only chance of a victory in 2013 will be in Round 19. Guess who plays them then?

 

[MAXIMUM GRUNDAGE]

And just for good measure, throws in a reference to the Geelong match against us in 2011 - in a match we're not even involved in. Nob.

 

[Bluelegs]

He also mentions in this article that if GWS don't beat the Suns this week, then their only chance of a victory in 2013 will be in Round 19. Guess who plays them then?

Which is simply a bizarre statement. "If GWS can't beat a team they play later in the year their only chance at a win is against a team they lost to and play again later in the year."

 

[Crimson Azure]

Title needed a touch up.

 

[MAXIMUM GRUNDAGE]

Just noticed in that article that he has a crack at Caroline Wilson for potting his beloved North at every opportunity, yet has no problem doing it to us. Pot and kettle, Damien.

 

[Klyntonius]

He's a flog, nothing more than a gossip columnist. I don't mind opinion pieces if they can at least put up an argument behind what they believe. His arguments are "guess what I heard".

 

[Dory_77]

He also mentions in this article that if GWS don't beat the Suns this week, then their only chance of a victory in 2013 will be in Round 19. Guess who plays them then?

But it's being played at 'Fortress Skoda'; Of course GWS will win that one!

 

[Bluelegs]

But it's being played at 'Fortress Skoda'; Of course GWS will win that one!

I thought it was at manuka?

 

[Captain Jack]

Just to reaffirm what a giant rusty dildo Barrett is: http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-04-26/sliding-doors (see Melbourne).

One of the worst articles of all time. Nothing but wild speculation for the sake of it. And the few clubs he doesn't take a cheap shot at, he just makes simple and obvious statements about win-loss ratios. He even makes the same comment about Grant Birchall twice.

Zero football knowledge, don't bother you idiot.

 

[Dory_77]

I thought it was at manuka?

Nope, Skoda this year. http://www.afl.com.au/fixture?venueId=CD_V43#tvenue

 

[hoddo]

At 3/4 time against GWS the 3AW commentary team made the observation that so many football "journalists" were at the game and how unusual that was for a match between two bottom teams. The comment was made that it would be a big story if we won and an even bigger one if we lost. Wilson and Sheehan were mentioned by name as being there. Barrett wasn't mentioned, but you can sure he was there amongst them .. like vultures waiting to pick at a rotting corpse. Happily our players got it together in sensational fashion, we won easily and they were all denied the chance to sink the boot into us again. The win and record quarter score were great stories, but not the story the journos craved. We've seen the result of their sour grapes in everything they've written since .. Barrett being the prime example.

 

[youngbear]

I don't know how to put the video on here... but, here's Eddie Maguire responded to the shit dribbled from Barrett's mouth:

http://www.triplem.com.au/melbourne...-says-damian-barrett-should-pull-his-head-in/

I love Eddie (sometimes)...

 

[CowboyFromHell]

He makes Hutchy look good. That's how bad he is.

 

[Bluelegs]

He makes Hutchy look good. That's how bad he is.

That's a bold claim from you CFH... and a cheap shot.