peternorth
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- May 6, 2005
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Add liberal doses when discussing it of " He has to be better than that".
"And he knows that, he'd be the first to admit that".
BUllshit
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Add liberal doses when discussing it of " He has to be better than that".
Every year the size of the footy industry grows, and every year it gets worse. A coach will be asked 20 questions and the media will focus on a single answer and make that the huge breaking news of the day and scour the lands to find some outraged ex-footballer who's ego hasnt accepted that they are no longer relevant.
Okay fine, Im talking about Robert Walls and his bitching and moaning about Clarko despite having exactly zero clue what Clarko and Gil talked about. But that didnt stop him getting up on the high horse and talking about how things were done in his day (minus the brown paper bag payments of course).
Worst is the 'fake news' concocted by journos in retaliation because a certain club didn't give enough 'access'
The game has the media it deserves. Because of the way the game is played now, it has given rise to tactical analysis, endless dribble of meaningless statistics, etc, and who better to present this then a group of over-confident people with massive egos who think they know more about the game's tactics than the coaches, and try to impress everyone with their knowledge.
Who else cringes when they talk about commentators in the LAB? Woah!!!!
Don't you just love this "Player X should have been there, player Y should have been over here, and then player Z should have been circling around behind them, blah, blah, blah" .... better than laxatives. You've got 18 players running all over the ground, players being rotated, they're not always going to be in the precise position every time, especially when there's been a turnover. It's becoming just like American sports where they have a useless statistic for every occasion, as if they actually mean anything.
What I'd prefer to see is analysis of why Player X just missed an easy shot for goal from 20 metres out straight on front. That would help the game more than the waffle they carry on about.
Bring back The Winners with Drew Morphett..
I'm more surprised they could read so wellMost unwatchable/unlistenable.
I listened to Ling and Richo wrap up the Melbourne v Adelaide game on 3AW and their analysis was even more shallow than when they are on Seven. They literally just listed the highest possession getters as the best players. No mention of Lever who was almost certainly one of the best three or four players on the ground. But his 15 possessions didn’t leap off the page so no mention.
Who were the best players for Adelaide? The two highest possession getters.
What illustrated Melbourne’s dominance? The difference in disposal numbers.
A six year old could read a stat sheet and pick out the highest number of disposals. It’s actually embarrassing that they think this garbage passes as analysis.
"Robbo" is held up as some sort of voice of football. How have we arrived at this point ? He was cringeworthy last night at the hall of fame. Surely we can do better than him ?
"Robbo" is held up as some sort of voice of football. How have we arrived at this point ? He was cringeworthy last night at the hall of fame. Surely we can do better than him ?
Or just the blatant spin and bullshit to try create a story out of nothing. .Worst is the 'fake news' concocted by journos in retaliation because a certain club didn't give enough 'access'
and the little turd got his quota of clicks and re-tweets for the week.Or just the blatant spin and bullshit to try create a story out of nothing. .
Take McClueless and the Geelong/Richmond game in Geelong last year for example.
McClueless runs with the story that the AFL is seriously considering moving the game to the G, has comment from Richmond who naturally are all for it. If you listen to what he actually says that he mentioned the AFL wouldn't rule it out when asked about it.
I'm no media expert but I figured out pretty quickly how he got his story - asks the AFL spokesman a generic question about would you ever consider moving the game, they wouldn't have said no and said they would always consider all options (as if the Cats asked for it to be moved they'd likely entertain the idea), he then asks Richmond who are all for it, he has a quote from them on the record then to run with.. Spins it as that the AFL are seriously considering it as they couldn't and wouldn't have shut it down directly with how he likely asked the question .. And then headlines and SEN all day night with the fact that the game may be moved.
The AFL categorically squashes the idea on breaky radio the next day and it's all forgotten about.
But that is just one example from one journo... And they all do it.
3/4s of the 'news' the report isn't even news, just twisting the answers or manipulating the answers to suit making it more of a story.
TL;DR the new wave of journos are all lying campaigners
Problem is, clicks and re-tweets are all they care about.. There is no accountability for them at all.and the little turd got his quota of clicks and re-tweets for the week.
good analysis Willo, spot on
its a brave new world isn't it, this information ageProblem is, clicks and re-tweets are all they care about.. There is no accountability for them at all.
They make s**t up, it doesn't eventuate and they just move on and pretend it never happened
Loltoe a party line