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Regardless of the accuracy or otherwise of last week's report, you have talent as a writer Willie_bee, so keep writing.
Just checked the selected team for round 1 and Michael was not in the team.
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That's nice to know. The VAFA website had him in the senior 22 on the Sunday after the game though.
Haha, if it means that much to you, I'll personally give Mal a call and explain myself. I wrote the article on the Monday following the game, Mal was in the list as playing (No. 15). Was obviously adjusted later in the week. What do you expect me to do big fella? I volunteer for this; I study, I play footy, I write for several other websites, I have a social life and I work over the weekend. In addition to this, the website is still being developed and only two clubs email me. Give it a rest mate.
Perhaps you are over extending your resources, just a little bit. In past volumes of the Amateur Footballer, the division scribes went to the effort of building lines of communication with clubs in their competition. Attended games, contacted coaches and enthusiastic club members. They had the ability to call a mate at such and such a club and get a bit of gossip. Hyperbole or fact. At least they were in touch with the competition. Yeah, they were volunteers also, but they made a fist of it. Followers of the competition hung out for the weekly tome to get the info they craved. What we have today is, sadly, a rehash of the results. Scant analysis and merely lip service. If you're TOO busy, Fcuk off and give a gonzo journalist the gig. Don't rely on your sycophantic connections to constipate the reports. M'kay? End of rant.
Oh look, sarcasm. Wonderful!
Firstly, you're a tosser. If you'd read the thread you'd realise that he plays so he can't attend games. I remember chatting checking the VAFA website on the Sunday and it had him in the 22 still.. If you're still bitter about the M Michael thing then being it up with the VAFA you miserable bloke. End of conversationPerhaps you are over extending your resources, just a little bit. In past volumes of the Amateur Footballer, the division scribes went to the effort of building lines of communication with clubs in their competition. Attended games, contacted coaches and enthusiastic club members. They had the ability to call a mate at such and such a club and get a bit of gossip. Hyperbole or fact. At least they were in touch with the competition. Yeah, they were volunteers also, but they made a fist of it. Followers of the competition hung out for the weekly tome to get the info they craved. What we have today is, sadly, a rehash of the results. Scant analysis and merely lip service. If you're TOO busy, Fcuk off and give a gonzo journalist the gig. Don't rely on your sycophantic connections to constipate the reports. M'kay? End of rant.
Tosser? Miserable? I said nothing, nothing about Michael. Get your facts straight before you get on the idiot juice. And, keep it real!
Tosser? Miserable bloke? I made no reference to M.Michael. Not at all. Get your facts straight before you get on the lunatic syrup! I simply made comment about the paucity of good reporting in the Amateur Footballer. Unless you're sharing a bed with the D1 scribe.
Perhaps you are over extending your resources, just a little bit. In past volumes of the Amateur Footballer, the division scribes went to the effort of building lines of communication with clubs in their competition. Attended games, contacted coaches and enthusiastic club members. They had the ability to call a mate at such and such a club and get a bit of gossip. Hyperbole or fact. At least they were in touch with the competition. Yeah, they were volunteers also, but they made a fist of it. Followers of the competition hung out for the weekly tome to get the info they craved. What we have today is, sadly, a rehash of the results. Scant analysis and merely lip service. If you're TOO busy, Fcuk off and give a gonzo journalist the gig. Don't rely on your sycophantic connections to constipate the reports. M'kay? End of rant.
Perhaps you are over extending your resources, just a little bit. In past volumes of the Amateur Footballer, the division scribes went to the effort of building lines of communication with clubs in their competition. Attended games, contacted coaches and enthusiastic club members. They had the ability to call a mate at such and such a club and get a bit of gossip. Hyperbole or fact. At least they were in touch with the competition. Yeah, they were volunteers also, but they made a fist of it. Followers of the competition hung out for the weekly tome to get the info they craved. What we have today is, sadly, a rehash of the results. Scant analysis and merely lip service. If you're TOO busy, Fcuk off and give a gonzo journalist the gig. Don't rely on your sycophantic connections to constipate the reports. M'kay? End of rant.
Couldn't agree more richo. How you think you can attack the guys that do this for free when you don't offer to do the role yourself is just arrogant. You make out like you know everything about the vafa but apparently respect for the great volunteers that make this a great league was a class you missed
Scribe this isn't court. Much easier just to say sidewinder stop being such a tosserOk, I'll bite.
1. Will fell for the trick of trying to write in a bit of a vacuum, as he obviously presumed Michael played at the time he wrote his article. Hardly an offence which deserves a lynching in my book, but I'm only one of several keyboard warriors who are happy to type posts here, so everyone's entitled to an opinion.
NB: I was forced to do the same once in late 2006 (as I missed the C Grade GF due to a family function, and my highly reliable Ajax contact understandably went to ground after the game, and no one from STBMT ever contacted me once, not once, during the year). I copped heaps from the winning club, as I had to write a fictitious account of a game I never saw, and had no real information on, and you know what ? - it made me feel like sh!t.
2. Deadline for AF columns is traditionally 10am on Tuesday, so we used to write them Sunday/Monday based on what info we could garner from our contacts, club websites, and sometimes simply the results.
3. I got to the stage of not writing about games where neither club gave me info. Frankly, if they opened up the AF and didn't get a run down of their game, it usuallygot someone into the habit of corresponding. If not, I thought bugger it, I'll write about the games/clubs who do the right thing and give me info.
4. Week 1 was a monumental balls up for the website, and at the time columns were due, up to date info re: final sides may not have been available. So Will's error is understandable, but still not his finest moment.
5. In the time it has taken probably 30 people aligned with maybe 6 or 7 D1 clubs, who may well be at their games tomorrow, to read this drivel, they themselves could SO EASILY type a 2 paragraph run down of their game and PM it to Will on Sunday morning. That way, he will have 6 or 7 accounts to use for his column, thereby ensuring accuracy and reader satisfaction.
Go on, I dare ya. [emoji14]
Sweet mate
He was in the selected team on Monday.
Perhaps you are over extending your resources, just a little bit. In past volumes of the Amateur Footballer, the division scribes went to the effort of building lines of communication with clubs in their competition. Attended games, contacted coaches and enthusiastic club members. They had the ability to call a mate at such and such a club and get a bit of gossip. Hyperbole or fact. At least they were in touch with the competition. Yeah, they were volunteers also, but they made a fist of it. Followers of the competition hung out for the weekly tome to get the info they craved. What we have today is, sadly, a rehash of the results. Scant analysis and merely lip service. If you're TOO busy, Fcuk off and give a gonzo journalist the gig. Don't rely on your sycophantic connections to constipate the reports. M'kay? End of rant.
