Mervyn Beasley
3 Jun 2008, 14:00
To all of you on here getting upset about what is being reported about our club, its player(s), and it 's coach I hope that at no point in time you have read with enjoyment, without care, or even with any interest in, any other sensationalised footy story about players from other clubs.
Eg
Didak, Carey, Fevola, Kerr, Cousins, Gehrig, Milne and Montagna, Chad Fletcher, Voss and his mates at the Prince of Wales etc etc etc.
If you have, and you have your nickers in a knot over Buddy, then you are being hypocritical.
How many of us have posted about the culture at West Coast, St Kilda, Collingwood etc ??
Furthermore, would you be having a little giggle if it was Dale Thomas or someone similar in Buddy's shoes at the moment??
I read Greg Baum's piece with my objective eyes and I actually had a bit of a laugh.
That said though I am not a fan of sensationalist media and nor do i think that whatever Buddy did is newsworthy.
However, we know what todays footy media is like, we know that Buddy is by far the biggest name in the game and that any slip up is going to be jumped on by the media. They jump on it because they know how insatiable their readers (including you and me) are for this sort of stuff.
Whatever it is that Buddy actually did, it is obviously not as bad as the behaviour of some of the players listed above, but remember he is Buddy Franklin, the most recognisable footballer in the country, and without doubt the best young footballer in the country. He plays for our club and he brings us much enjoyment. None of us will deny however, that we would all just quietly be wishing that he would keep a bit of a lower profile.
If you are not wishing the above then you will just need to take the good with the bad, because these types of stories are not going to go away. Especially if you are one of the 1000's of people that are happy to read about players from other clubs. If you are not happy reading them then I hope you go in to bat for the next badly behaved player and or repeat offender no matter whom they play for.
Eg
Didak, Carey, Fevola, Kerr, Cousins, Gehrig, Milne and Montagna, Chad Fletcher, Voss and his mates at the Prince of Wales etc etc etc.
If you have, and you have your nickers in a knot over Buddy, then you are being hypocritical.
How many of us have posted about the culture at West Coast, St Kilda, Collingwood etc ??
Furthermore, would you be having a little giggle if it was Dale Thomas or someone similar in Buddy's shoes at the moment??
I read Greg Baum's piece with my objective eyes and I actually had a bit of a laugh.
That said though I am not a fan of sensationalist media and nor do i think that whatever Buddy did is newsworthy.
However, we know what todays footy media is like, we know that Buddy is by far the biggest name in the game and that any slip up is going to be jumped on by the media. They jump on it because they know how insatiable their readers (including you and me) are for this sort of stuff.
Whatever it is that Buddy actually did, it is obviously not as bad as the behaviour of some of the players listed above, but remember he is Buddy Franklin, the most recognisable footballer in the country, and without doubt the best young footballer in the country. He plays for our club and he brings us much enjoyment. None of us will deny however, that we would all just quietly be wishing that he would keep a bit of a lower profile.
If you are not wishing the above then you will just need to take the good with the bad, because these types of stories are not going to go away. Especially if you are one of the 1000's of people that are happy to read about players from other clubs. If you are not happy reading them then I hope you go in to bat for the next badly behaved player and or repeat offender no matter whom they play for.