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Selwood's offensive comments......
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larrikin
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Again, the Eagles never said this. In fact they said they were aware of Ben's "issue" from last July. Because they never dealt with it in public doesn't mean they nevre dealt with it.
But hey, this is way of issues. And after all, slinging mud at the Eagles seems to be the passtime at the times, although the club seems to be giving the opposition plenty of sand and water.
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So is it true benny is coming back to play after the split round?
Doesn't anyone here know the difference between a sledge and a claim of criminal activity? You don't say "hey i r*ped your mum" as a sledge you say "hey i ****ed your mum and your grandmother". Saying you ****ed a kid is admiting to a criminal activity.
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So how does that work, does he play ressies, or slot right back in to the team?
I think what headland did, if the comments reported are true, was the least he should have done. In fact I'd find him off the ground and really continue it.
So do you find jokes about the most henious crime of all acceptable?
does anyone else think the girl in his picture is the closest he will ever get?
Which, strangly enough, he didn't want to do, as he went to shake his hand after the final bounce.
No, child molestation should not be taken lightly. However, this is merely an offensive sledge on the football field and should therefore be taken as lightly as possible.
I don't know why you are concentrating on the child molestation part anyway, that is the most alleged bit of all. Des seemed more pi$$ed (judging by what that Fox cameraman said) at the $lut comment.
if the reported comments are true, then Selwood should have dropped the whole issue after being told it was a 6yo.
but instead he alledgedly ramped it up and continued the insinuation with the s*** comment. Selwood should be ridiculed for a life time. And probably will if these comments are borne out
How many hard ball gets have you got on the footy field? Or off it for that matter. Guess you are one of those rubbish local league footballers that relies on trash talk cos you cannot get a kick yourself. Sledging is used by individuals who need some sort of weapon to compete with their opponents cos they're nowhere near as talented as the people they're up against, true fact!
Your previous post about mum jokes also proves you have no idea about the difference in the two. In your eyes calling an aboriginal player an abbo to get him off his game would be fair game too, obviously. You bogans have no idea!
Mate that's the worst thing about this whole sorry episode
The acceptance by some people on here of the alleged comments made by Selwood concerning a 6 year girl is sickening to the extreme.
& i don't care if Embers & his cronies call me a wowser etc but surely it's not hard to admit to themselves that there are certain boundaries in life that normal decent people should never cross.
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Personally I'm enjoying all this stuff the Eagles are doing. They are losing respect left right and centre and I'm lovin' it
Surely you can't be for real ?
thanks for analysing me just wat i needed
so calling me a bogan wat was the intended effect of that comment?
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And that is a major part of the whole discussion for me.
I would have thought that given the amount of dramas that the Eagles had gone through in recent times, that management and the coaching staff would have issued a strict edict to the players for exemplary public conduct - crossing "t"'s, dotting "i"'s and not putting a foot out of line at all.
Instead, we have Braun "forgetting where he is" (we know the rest of the story there) and now we have this (which admittedly probably would not have come to light if not for Headland's reaction). All they have done is provide more ammunition to the critics whilst simultaneously doing more damage to the club (definitely in the case of Braun and now also for Selwood, even though they are allegations at this stage). The club's public image has certainly been tarnished of late, why make it worse through carelessness?
As has been pointed out earlier by other posters, you can manage to suppress the dramas when you are winning, but if things go skewiff on the field (which can happen a lot easier than many may think), that is when the cracks could really start to appear.
You would hope that the entire playing group at the Eagles has now got the message and from now on conducts itself in a way which can only benefit the club, not tarnish it.
