Opinion Clarko and the idiot

cj_09

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So drunk twat yells "go the Power" next to Clarkson's face (not directly in his face) and Clarkson throws a punch (it wasn't a push).

Most people probably would have done the same. Was it the right thing to do, probably not.

If the guy is a Port supporter should he get a ban, no.

Any further action taken against Clarkson, probably not.

Both should get together, apologise, shake hands and move the * on.
 
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Btw, the tabloid media taking the moral high ground on this is just a touch hypocritical, don't you think? Their entire industry is built on invading the personal space of people. From Frank Pangallo chasing down some dodgy builder to the French paparazzi chasing Dodi and Di to their deaths, their industry is about the last that should be pointing fingers.
 
Btw, the tabloid media taking the moral high ground on this is just a touch hypocritical, don't you think? Their entire industry is built on invading the personal space of people. From Frank Pangallo chasing down some dodgy builder to the French paparazzi chasing Dodi and Di to their deaths, their industry is about the last that should be pointing fingers.

Old Ford saying 'Where there is no shame there is no hypocrisy'.

One week 'We show you the cheapest places in Bali to get a boob job for a quarter of what it costs in Australia' Next week 'We bring you the story of the girl hospitalised for months in Bali after getting an infection from a botched boob job'

One week 'Check out the latest wonder diet' Next week 'Numbers of young girls with anorexia on the rise as pressure on them to follow fad diets unbearable'

The AFL 24/7 media build up coaches and players into public commodities by continual exposure and prying into all corners of their lives then tut tuts when people act as if they own them.

Self-fulfilling prophecy? George Bernard Shaw, you ain't seen nothing.
 

SuperEgz

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I am looking forward to this incident receding into the past so we don't have to talk about it. I hope this doesn't discourage people from visiting Adelaide Oval like some have suggested.
 
I mean, I'm sure in the pre Internet age even the likes of Jon Raloh, Damien Barrett and Robbo got in their share of people's faces to try and get the big story. Of course these days all they do is read Big Footy for that big scoop.

You mean like this? :D

 
If I had Jon Ralph or Barrett following me around it wouldn't take much for me to channel my inner Sean Penn, I must admit.

Why would they be following you around?

Do you smell like food?
 
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Footy is such an emotional game that umps walking around unescorted not long after the game finished ( as reported in an earlier post ) is a recipe for disaster ( regardless of the city ), it only takes one drunken yobbo to throw a punch.

At this stage it hasn't been confirmed the bloke who had the altercation with Clarko is a Port member or was even at the game.

There was an ugly incident back in the late 60's where a dickhead jumped the fence at Adelaide oval just after the final siren at a norwood / sturt game and jostled the ump, it turned out he didn't support either team and was from WA.
 

Adz2332

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still the outcome of this will show how i can deal with drunken opposition supporters on the way back to my car. lots walk past in your face etc when you loose and shout something... heres hoping clarko gets cleared so i can snot people...... happy days!! (alot of tongue in cheek)
 
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If this is true, I think the club should demand a full retraction and a public apology from Jon Ralph.
 
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Young Cooper looks like a Geelong fan too....
Yep & there was talk one of the guys involved was a Cats fan so it looks like it's the same group of mates

Funny that all the crap that got slung at our club Ralph & Robbo saying it was 3 Port Adelaide fans before even getting their facts straight & it looks just as most of us thought, that the people that were linked to our club didn't even go to the game.
 

LFC2010

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So this fan has apparently made a complaint to SAPOL... What an immature goose!
this idiot needs to named and shamed by this club and IF he is a club member his rights as a member should be removed IMO.

Yes Clarko should've handled it better, but the fan shouldn't have had been a dick cause they (hawthorn staff) didn't want to have some photo's taken with him and his mates.
 

Trewth

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It's already been established that they aren't PAFC members. It's murky that they are even supporters, one of them goes for Geelong. They weren't at the game. This has no link to our club.
 
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It's already been established that they aren't PAFC members. It's murky that they are even supporters, one of them goes for Geelong. They weren't at the game. This has no link to our club.

Too late. Jon Ralph has already labelled them "Port Adelaide members who were at the game". The damage is done.
The club really needs to go after that despicable worm Jon Ralph over this.
 
What really alarms me is the amount of people across bigfooty saying "most people would have done the same". just to clear this up, I and many others would not jab a stranger twice in the neck if he yelled "carn the Hawks" at me and put an arm around me. I am not an angry psychopath and I'm sure most aren't. cl

Clarko... is genuinely an angry little man
 
Too late. Jon Ralph has already labelled them "Port Adelaide members who were at the game". The damage is done.
The club really needs to go after that despicable worm Jon Ralph over this.

Has anyone that isn't blocked twitterbooked him and taken him to task over this?
 

rogerjames

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The club needs to make this clear on Afl360. Keith Thomas as always has handled this with dignity. I hope he gets the chance to point the facts out to clear the club. The media loves to taint clubs and sometimes some of it sticks
 
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