Player Watch Jeremy Finlayson

[Brett Cummings]

Doesnt take much to trigger lefties lol.

 

[Duckimus Prime]

Why would you have a podcast segment that asks for someone to say something offensive? Why would you ask a footy player to answer that knowing how scrutinised footy players are? Why would you ask your partner to answer that knowing how scrutinised they would be? Why would you choose to answer it knowing how scrutinised whatever you answer will be? Why would you talk about your suspension in any way?

In a story that's already painting Finlayson in a bad light this does nothing to help it. Very stupid stuff

Except thats not what the segment is doing.

Its the same kind of things as a "Good, Bad, Ugly" or Big Footy's Like, Learnt, Hated.

Opinion - AFL 2024 Round 5 - Liked, Learnt, Hated

Liked - The Crows win (with apologies to my Carlton friends). Can't imagine how frustrating it must have been as an Adelaide supporter over the first 4 rounds watching your team move away from everything they did well last year. They're not 'back' yet but it was a big step in the right...

www.bigfooty.com

 

[Teal Leviathan]

This whole thing is weird really. The Finlaysons trying to run their own PR when the best thing to do would be stay quiet. The club was probably stupid enough to tick it off as well.

All of Finlayson's public statements since the incident have been awkward and open to misinterpretation. Definitely seems like either a PR failure from the club or a player who is unwilling or unable to heed advice. And before anyone jumps down my throat about "putting words in Jeremy's mouth" or "not being genuine", it isn't about that. It's about avoiding foot-in-mouth scenarios like this one.

 

[Contested Marx]

Doesnt take much to trigger lefties lol.

Who's being triggered, champ? Looks a lot like this guy here:

FFS you say it in your own words it's a media lynching, and all the high horse Betty's get uppity and criticise him instead of looking at their own pissweak existences.

If you haven't bothered to look into any context where the sydney stabbings are relevant in his interview, move on, or look it up yourself for context.

But no, just run with the media line and your media driven existence.

 

[MrMeaner]

News Ltd, a known haven for lefties

 

[Brett Cummings]

Who's being triggered, champ? Looks a lot like this guy here:

Snowflakes calling him a homophobic cos he said he was pissed off that he got 3 games. They need to touch grass.

 

[Contested Marx]

Snowflakes calling him a homophobic cos he said he was pissed off that he got 3 games. They need to touch grass.

where has this happened

 

[Brett Cummings]

where has this happened

In this beautiful.beauriul world called twitter.

 

[sobrave]

Doesnt take much to trigger lefties lol.

What are you even talking about you dickhead? Piss off back to your own board.

 

[Brett Cummings]

What are you even talking about you dickhead? Piss off back to your own board.

Love your name.

 

[PAFC66]

No he had to clarify things because he did such a piss poor job of expressing himself initially.

Really ? The majority thought he was pissed off re the length of the ban over his conduct which got him suspended? Says more about everyone else and the medias narrative really. Even if he was pissed of re the length of ban , so he ****en should be. The entire AFLPA was and they made those comments public from Paul marsh.

 

[MrMeaner]

In this beautiful.beauriul world called twitter.

Also a known haven for lefties these days.

If you want to make it seem more credible, try Mastodon or Bluesky

 

[Macca19]

Just don't say anything. Do your three weeks.

 

[PAFC66]

Also a known haven for lefties these days.

If you want to make it seem more credible, try Mastodon or Bluesky

Lol wtf? Not anymore.
Elon Musk runs it along with other Zionists.
Hardly lefties.

 

[agmsy]

Even if he was pissed of re the length of ban , so he *en should be. The entire AFLPA was and they made those comments public.

There is nuance.

The AFLPA can (and should) complain that Clarkson's punishment was too light, not that Finlayson's punishment was too severe.

Finlayson should have known better than to say anything more about the incident (and the club should have made that inescapably clear, instead of writing and publishing more statements for him to read). Even if only to avoid more stories like this.

 

[PAFC66]

There is nuance.

The AFLPA can (and should) complain that Clarkson's punishment was too light, not that Finlayson's punishment was too severe.

Finlayson should have known better than to say anything more about the incident (and the club should have made that inescapably clear, instead of writing and publishing more statements for him to read). Even if only to avoid more stories like this.

He refused to talk further about the incident other then he's pissed off he's out for 3 weeks (which is fair) , ideally context provided might have stopped the media vultures but he's allowed to speak on his wife's podcast. Who's he truly hurting ? Nobody.

What's the AFL going to do with those comments, give him another 5 weeks? If the AFL has asked the club to provide a statement because of a few headlines. Shows what a embarrassing state our competition is at the moment.

 

[chiwigi]

In this beautiful.beauriul world called twitter.

Ah that lefty haven of twitter/X .

 

[Contested Marx]

In this beautiful.beauriul world called twitter.

aha and all i see on there are overly sensitive "champions of free speech" crying over the world being too woke for them

 

[PAFC66]

aha and all i see on there are overly sensitive "champions of free speech" crying over the world being too woke for them

Free speech warriors who want to stop peace protests strawmanning a majority. It's gold.

 

[ClintEastwood]

There's a limit to people's patience. So frustrating to have the club serially embarrassed. He has no impulse control and is clearly not the sharpest tool on the rack.

 

[Schulzenfest]

What are you even talking about you dickhead? Piss off back to your own board.

Imagine being so passionate about the right to use homophobic slurs without repercussions that you visit another club's board just to make sure everyone knows about it.

 

[agmsy]

He refused to talk further about the incident other then he's pissed off he's out for 3 weeks

Look! He hasn't spoken about the incident other than those times he spoke about the incident! That's basically the same as not saying anything at all! Yay Jeremy!

ideally context provided might have stopped the media vultures but he's allowed to speak on his wife's podcast.

I reckon he had every opportunity to provide that context on the podcast. Or they could have taken that segment out. Or re-recorded it. These are not just unfortunate nasty things that keep happening to poor old Jeremy. These are things he's doing.

Who's he truly hurting ? Nobody.

He's hurting himself and the club. Given the reports of abuse being directed at his wife, and of rocks being thrown at their house, it sounds like he's hurt his family as well.

Anyone who abused his wife or threw rocks is of course a worthless coward, but why invite them for another go?

What's the AFL going to do with those comments, give him another 5 weeks?

The AFL stated very clearly that Finlayson would have been suspended for longer but for the immediate contrition he showed.

His comments on the podcast make his earlier contrition seem insincere. If the AFL forms that impression, they'll be furious. They might take further action. If a player lies to an AFL investigation, then brags about or otherwise discloses that they lied, they can probably slap the player with a penalty for bringing the game into disrepute.

I'm not saying Finlayson lied or that he is not contrite (but I do believe he was whinging about being hard done by), but why would he invite the question?

If the AFL has asked the club to provide a statement because of a few headlines. Shows what a embarrassing state our competition is at the moment.

The AFL hasn't asked the club to do anything. The club has written a statement for Jeremy to read because he couldn't manage to either shut up about the incident or at least make sure that every comment he made was inescapably clear.

If the incident is something about which he feels deep shame and remorse, I'm surprised he wants to publicly comment on it at all. If he feels like he let his teammates and the club down, then he could have said exactly that in the first place.

 

[johnnysix]

All of Finlayson's public statements since the incident have been awkward and open to misinterpretation. Definitely seems like either a PR failure from the club or a player who is unwilling or unable to heed advice. And before anyone jumps down my throat about "putting words in Jeremy's mouth" or "not being genuine", it isn't about that. It's about avoiding foot-in-mouth scenarios like this one.

The thing is though... Is anyone genuinely offended by what he said (this time) or is everyone just anticipating offence or looking at it from a publicity perspective? A lot of people saying "it's not a good look" or "it's a PR failure".... But where are the people who are genuinely hurt or impacted by what he said? Or is it just a bunch of people worrying about it on somebody else's behalf?

 

[johnnysix]

His comments on the podcast make his earlier contrition seem insincere. If the AFL forms that impression, they'll be furious. They might take further action. If a player lies to an AFL investigation, then brags about or otherwise discloses that they lied, they can probably slap the player with a penalty for bringing the game into disrepute.

Have you actually heard it? The actual audio? Sincere question.

 

[jdeezy]

He refused to talk further about the incident other then he's pissed off he's out for 3 weeks (which is fair) , ideally context provided might have stopped the media vultures but he's allowed to speak on his wife's podcast. Who's he truly hurting ? Nobody.

What's the AFL going to do with those comments, give him another 5 weeks? If the AFL has asked the club to provide a statement because of a few headlines. Shows what a embarrassing state our competition is at the moment.

He brought it up though. He wasn't even being asked about the suspension and got backed into a corner. He could've talked about whatever in this stupid segment. For that matter it wasn't a live interview either so at some point he or his wife could've listened to the audio and went "yeah this isn't necessary to mention".


I honestly don't think there's a single person in this thread who thinks a bloke saying he is pissed off is offensive. Most people would assume he was referring to being pissed off with himself not with the sanction. But why even mention it? Even if there wasn't the slightest grey area in his wording, why even go back to the topic? We all know how the AFL media works, it runs with a story and collects whatever collateral damage it does along the way, but then something else comes up and the media moves on. He's already had his name dragged. But then the media moved on. Why do something that risks the story starting again? Because lo and behold, that's exactly what has happened now. Its just so ****ing stupid.