Players told not to read Bigfooty & other fan websites - Herald Sun

[clobba]

You're obviously a paint by numbers sort of guy.

I'll stick to formulaic use of language in future so as not to upset you.



You know as well as I do what I'm talking about. Anyone who's been here long enough to read those threads does.

I cant remember much rabid stuff, the odd yokel putting his non PC view across but thats about it.

To my mind I remember more "your only saying that because he's black" from PC Fuhrer's than any obvious racism, and whilst it may be true of some I feel its grossly generalised bit of racism to relate any criticism just to a players race....they may well be a friggan ******ed, thuggish sniper regardless of skin colour who their fans having no real evidence to rebut just go "your only saying that cause your a racist".

Did I use racism enough lmao

 

[morgoth]

Why should we listen and belive what he writes.

Could be just a shot at us who are smarter to him

If you have ever heard this bogan on SEN then it is quite comical that he is critical of on-line sites given the amount of shite that pours forth from his mouth.

Did you notice the HUN is now running fan blog sites under its footy section? They are trying to capture some of this market yet are more than happy to bag it.

 

[Ripper]

Its happening all over the world.

That is the "traditional media" trying their best to discredit blogs and forums etc

And Robbo has just pointed out Bigfooty to large number of his readers who probably were blissfully unaware of its existance.

 

[Bobby Giovanni]

Point #1: Did anyone see Robbo's blogging effort the other week, with typos so bad, they could only be attributed to his fat Zeke-esque sausage fingers mashing at a normal human's keyboard?

Point #2:

If players do read this, please pass on a message to Shannon Byrnes & Kane Tenace for me:

DELIST YOURSELVES IMMEDIATELY.

 

[SuperDude]

If you have ever heard this bogan on SEN then it is quite comical that he is critical of on-line sites given the amount of shite that pours forth from his mouth.

Did you notice the HUN is now running fan blog sites under its footy section? They are trying to capture some of this market yet are more than happy to bag it.

Show what Idiots the Jurno's are

 

[itsintheblood]

good move, if the likes of Anthony Rocca/Zac Dawson ever stumbled upon bigfooty...

Or poor richard tambling.

 

[Syd]

yze_magic

Kinda miss him.

 

[zero]

hopefully rowan jones never read bigfooty

by the standards of proof common to bigfooty, i think we can now say with 110% surity that rowan jones retired early because of the abuse he received from west coast supporters on bigfooty and eaglesflyinghigh

 

[clobba]

We definitely need to pander to the more sensitive types and get some more womens influence in our game.

Hard to believe a few weeks ago a high profile player got hauled for simply sledging a guy in a minor blue. Nothing racist, nothing demeening or sexist but STILL out of order apparantly. Just a good fast funny line in the heat of the game and the new age twits even wants THAT outlawed.

Robinson is just another toe the line media hypocrite that wont risk being left out of the circle JERK.

editted for accuracy

 

[Omegaman]

good move, if the likes of Anthony Rocca/Zac Dawson ever stumbled upon bigfooty...

...or Bryce Gibbs and Richard Tambling

 

[Ant_]

Like WallyMatera's effort on the Richmond board

Wally, Oxx and one other are a disgrace

 

[lazy]

AFL players have been banned from scouring fan websites, for fear the vicious player appraisals could lead to depression. Have they? All of them? How are they policing this?

At one club, support staff also have been threatened with the sack if they are caught blogging or leaking valuable information to the websites.

Labelled "cyber bullying" and "big brother" blogging by the AFL Players' Association, clubs have taken the drastic step of encouraging a boycott of the popular fan sites. Have they who? Many seem to be embracing and encouraging it

"I wouldn't encourage any players to use them. I think it's for bloggers, and I think it's mostly for titillation rather any decent feedback," AFLPA general manager of psychology, people and culture, Pippa Grange said yesterday. WTF is your title? I have read better feedback on this site than in most papers

"It's more your big brother-type trivia. Which means what exactly?

"I would agree with coaches telling players not to look, but I would also encourage the players not to think of it in any way as criticism - it's just a random sample of people with not much better to do." Isnt a football game on the weekend made up of a random sample of people with not much better to do? Have you heard the term "target audience"?

Most football clubs have independent supporter websites, including Saintsational, TalkingCarlton, Demonology, Punt Road End, Nick's Collingwood Page and and Bomberblitz.

One of the most popular is BigFooty. Thanks for the free advertising

On them, anonymous bloggers ritually attack players for their performances, and the criticisms sometimes carry racial and sexual overtones. Do they? Examples please. Maybe 1 in every 10 thousand posts

One coach, who did not want to draw attention to his players, yesterday said: "They get real nasty." Thanks Wallet - Have you read the threads on your good self?

The coach said he was aware of one player receiving "particularly scathing" criticism and he had approached the player and asked if he was aware of it. Good thinking, now Tambling is gonna go straight to the site. Great work Wallet

"Thankfully, he said it didn't matter because he didn't read it, but bloody oath, it could affect the player," the coach said. "It's a serious issue, a major issue. Bloody oath it could

"Even if one player gets depression, or his form falls away, it could end his career." Cant someone think of the children? What about a negative article in the HUN, what could that do to the player?

One club official last night confirmed the coach had directed some of his players to stop reading sites.

"Yes, we have suggested to some players they avoid online fan sites," the official said.

A football manager from another club said he had addressed the issue with the players.

He also revealed he had warned support staff that if they leaked information to websites, or people knowingly connected to the websites, they would be sacked. Fair enough - it should be kept inhouse

"We have said, 'Whatever you know is not to be passed on to people outside the club'," he said.

He said players had to avoid any scathing critiques.

"It's like critical fan mail, it could do your head in, and it's the same thing with websites. So whats the problem, instead of letters people use the internet. What has essentially changed?

"You should read some of it, it's rubbish. Have you read the HUN, some of its rubbish too

"You've got to understand the ego of players and fragility comes with that as well."

Grange yesterday said AFL footballers were in the "culture of celebrities".

"And there's a lot of nasty stuff out there," she said.

She likens it to cyber bullying at schools, where there are alarming cases of bullying bringing on forms of depression and even attempted suicide. OK, so now we are suggesting that fan sites = bullying = suicide, This is serious people...

"There's no restriction of what people are able to do with the internet," Grange said. Isnt there? I cant make it beam me into the past

"Blogging on websites about players is a form of bullying, it's public bullying of people in celebrity positions.

"And the footy players, unless they personally take some course of investigation, have got absolutely no comeback." Are they not free to come on here and refute whats being said? Isnt that a really good comeback?

Grange said public criticism of players had been addressed, although cyber criticism hadn't specifically been on the agenda.

"We talk to the players about building resilience about feedback and what they need to let through to the keeper, and what's actually value for them and how they make a choice about each," she said.

"We don't specifically focus on websites, but that's going to happen with our digital lifestyle at the minute."

More serious, she said, were players' identities being taken by bloggers.

"The biggest thing I've encountered in my role where it's been a problem is where people take the identity of the player and claim to be making comments on behalf of the player," she said.

"They get obviously quite upset about that."

ANYONE with personal problems can call Lifelineon 131 114; Victorian Statewide Suicide Helpline on 1300 651 251; or Mensline Australia on 1300 789 978. haha - just to show how serious this so called problem is lets list some suicide help lines

This is the such a peice of tripe... Try again Robbo

 

[Omegaman]

Seeing that its only players that read BF, and not umpires, Im gonna have a crack at all you people from every 'other' team that hate and attack umpires relentlessly! Why cant you be like us Swan supporters and show some class? We have nothing but praise for these great men of our game, they do a fantastic job, and no one gives them any credit! All you supporters from 'all' the other teams, should hang your heads in shame! Umpires do a great job, and we here at the Swans, would like to distance ourselves from you mean and cruel supporters, from other clubs! Go the Umps!..

Lets not forget the tribunal too, wonderful service

 

[Stoner08]

http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showthread.php?t=444728

http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showthread.php?t=440614


It's either Wallace or Mark Harvey.

My money would be on Wallace.

 

[rusdid24]

I suspect there are two possible clubs that have become known for whinging: Collingwood or Richmond, that are likely at the source of this.

Considering Lord McGuire is a known poster on Nick's, I doubt it.

 

[T-Pain]

who was the coach? my money is on mark harvey. squib.

 

[Ant_]

who was the coach? my money is on mark harvey. squib.

Either that or its Terry Wallace after reading that racist attack on Jordan McMahon by the Tigers supporters.

 

[Gopies 2002]

Hmmm - last week Mark Robinson has thread on Big Footy dedicated to his inaccuracies over a column he wrote.

This week, Mark Robinson writes article implying criticism of Big Footy.

This was the first thought that occured to me as well. If your getting depressed Robbo, there is help out there for you. Maybe you should follow the advice from your own article and stop reading.

The HS do realise they have sourced at least a number of their club bloggers from footy forums don't they ?

 

[T-Pain]

HS uses crannypete don't they?

 

[Bollox]

Robinson's just miffed his credibility and circulation has gone down the gurgler. He probably thinks he can fight the losing battle with the future by trying to discredit other forms of information and entertainment.

One of the most trashy and pathetic invented stories we'll see for awhile.

Robinson isnt even a respected opinion anymore. Its just a cry for attention.

 

[Stoner08]

This was the first thought that occured to me as well. If your getting depressed Robbo, there is help out there for you. Maybe you should follow the advice from your own article and stop reading.

The HS do realise they have sourced at least a number of their club bloggers from footy forums don't they ?

What was the thread?

 

[JUBJUB]

HS uses crannypete don't they?

They really are scraping the bottom of the barrel

 

[PUSSIES_07_FLAG]

Bombers,Saints,Richmond and Pies sites mentioned.

The Saints one is a known feral-hot spot. I know Saints fans whom even refuse to read the filth posted there.

 

[Beckers]

http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showthread.php?t=444728

http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showthread.php?t=440614


It's either Wallace or Mark Harvey.

My money would be on Wallace.

After reading those threads it is Terry Wallace for sure!!!

Richmond fans have a reputation for turing on their team but i thought the same thing when i saw the named player turn the ball over very softly twice within 2 minutes trying to pinpoint passes during heavy rain on Saturday. Very dumb football!

 

[Ant_]

After reading those threads it is Terry Wallace for sure!!!

Richmond fans have a reputation for turing on their team but i thought the same thing when i saw the named player turn the ball over very softly twice within 2 minutes trying to pinpoint passes during heavy rain on Saturday. Very dumb football!

Yeah dumb football and criticising that is fine, what those Tigers supporters said was very poor.