Mega Thread The Adam Goodes Megathread - Now with Added Poll!

Why are crowds booing Goodes?

  • Racism

    Votes: 565 29.9%
  • He's perceived as a dirty player

    Votes: 563 29.8%
  • He's perceived as making a team game all about himself

    Votes: 758 40.1%
  • Because everyone else is booing, I thought I'd join in - like a Mexican wave thing

    Votes: 268 14.2%
  • Because Gillon doesnt want them to

    Votes: 135 7.2%
  • I have no idea

    Votes: 74 3.9%
  • Other

    Votes: 183 9.7%
  • His onfield message is at odds with his off field one

    Votes: 233 12.3%
  • He can do no wrong with the MRP

    Votes: 164 8.7%
  • I was saying Boo-Urns?

    Votes: 61 3.2%
  • Jack Watts

    Votes: 56 3.0%

  • Total voters
    1,888

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That's a false equivalency.

It's fine to remember bad historical events, but they should be kept as history, not dominating the current and future policies and certainly not sport.

We don't demand that Turkey or Indonesia say sorry or demand compensation decades later. We've moved on.

Did we boo the Indonesian soccer team when they played in the Asian Cup here? Was there uproar when Harry Kewell joined Galatasaray?

No. We keep those kind of politics outside of sport. Aboriginal race relations have no place in AFL as well - whether that be players doing war dances or fans booing. Save it for Q&A.

I think the big mistake in the whole thing is Goodes receiving his Australian of the Year award while still playing. Mark Taylor, Steve Waugh and Pat Rafter didn't receive the honour until after they retired. The award sadly brought politics into the sport.
 
That's a false equivalency.

It's fine to remember bad historical events, but they should be kept as history, not dominating the current and future policies and certainly not sport.

We don't demand that Turkey or Indonesia say sorry or demand compensation decades later. We've moved on.

Did we boo the Indonesian soccer team when they played in the Asian Cup here? Was there uproar when Harry Kewell joined Galatasaray?

No. We keep those kind of politics outside of sport. Aboriginal race relations have no place in AFL as well - whether that be players doing war dances or fans booing. Save it for Q&A.

I think the big mistake in the whole thing is Goodes receiving his Australian of the Year award while still playing. Mark Taylor, Steve Waugh and Pat Rafter didn't receive the honour until after they retired. The award sadly brought politics into the sport.
So we shouldn't have the Anzac day match? Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
 
I think you may have missed my point, I am saying that the fact that he is indigenous has nothing to do with the fact that I personally don't like the bloke.
My view is just that he is a tosser. In saying that though, I believe you can have a dislike for a person and not be a spiteful prick, which sadly this constant booing is making people seem.
Should he be cheered by every person when he touches the ball? NO
Should he be constantly booed every time he touches the ball? No, surely as "football lovers" we are better than that.
Like the guy or not, just let him play the game we all enjoy, because seriously, it is making our game seem petty and our fans foolish.
The thing that gets me about this type of post, and there have been many, I just don't like the guy, is that you have never spoken a word to him and only know what the media tell you. I fyou actually had a relationship, private, business, whatever, I might be inclined to believe you, but you don't, and as such have no right to make any kind of assessment on character, in short, you're one of teh sheep
 

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The thing that gets me about this type of post, and there have been many, I just don't like the guy, is that you have never spoken a word to him and only know what the media tell you. I fyou actually had a relationship, private, business, whatever, I might be inclined to believe you, but you don't, and as such have no right to make any kind of assessment on character, in short, you're one of teh sheep

You don't have to have met someone to not like them.
 
What exactly in that opinion makes it a rant? What are the defining characteristics of a "rant"?

maybe this isn't a rant per se. but he's been ranting a lot lately so everything he does is perceived as a rant.

kind of in the same way any right wing commentator is ranting when they giving their opinion...
 
The thing that gets me about this type of post, and there have been many, I just don't like the guy, is that you have never spoken a word to him and only know what the media tell you. I fyou actually had a relationship, private, business, whatever, I might be inclined to believe you, but you don't, and as such have no right to make any kind of assessment on character, in short, you're one of teh sheep
Mate football is sports entertainment these days. Like it or not players are divided down tribal lines where there are heroes and villains. Your favorite player who can do no wrong, is seen as a jerk by opposition fans.
We see more of the players than just 3 hours on a sunday. they are in the 24 hour news cycle and rewarded quiet handsomely for it. If Goodes doesn't like the image he has created with the wider football public maybe he should figure out why and work on that.
 
So we shouldn't have the Anzac day match? Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

We really shouldn't, not as a special event anyway. I guess we can blame Sheedy for politicizing the game back in 1995.

Although that match has managed to form it's own tradition, as have other non-political matches like Queens Birthday and Easter Monday (and Boxing Day for cricket), so I doubt it will be changed now.

Imagine if they decided to play a game on Good Friday but only if all players perform a prayer before the bounce. Talk about politics in sport!
 

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blanketing a large crowd by the actions of one or two is the heart of this issue isn't it?
You basically drew a line below which racist abuse is not worth worrying about.

I'm trying to figure out where that line is. At what point do you think it should not be challenged?

EDIT: No it wasn't you, it was Santana . You just jumped in with an irrelevant comment.
 
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Really? So you walk around Melbourne going up to random people and call them flogs?
Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

i did it last week. i did it to 5 grown men. each one punched me in the face.

i did it also to a little girl and she cried to her mommy. she was emotionally distressed apparently...
 
I'd love to see the cats players get right behind Goodes if he continues to get booed this week. If the crowd boos when Goodes marks the ball or kicks a goal all the cats players should walk over and shake his hand or pat him on the back to show the crowd that their own team supports an end to this blight n the game
 
maybe this isn't a rant per se. but he's been ranting a lot lately so everything he does is perceived as a rant.
Can you point me to any rants of his? Do you mean his opinion pieces on TV, where he is paid to consider an issue and present a response?
 
You basically drew a line below which racist abuse is not worth worrying about.

I'm trying to figure out where that line is. At what point do you think it should not be challenged?
It already has been challenged, some are taking offense.
The booing should stop, not because it's racist to boo, but it is seen as bullying one particular person.
But to tell people if they boo they are racists, is just crazy out of this hemisphere (racist against martians)
 
Can you point me to any rants of his? Do you mean his opinion pieces on TV, where he is paid to consider an issue and present a response?

youtube it man. it's become a weekly thing with him.

he's not as bad as charlie pickering but he's becoming very obnoxious the way he delivers his opinions. why can't everyone be like peter helliar?
 
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