Roast 50/50-Rong Rucci Reckoning - The R-Files

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Nathan, the two of us need look no more
We both found what we were looking for
With a friend to call my own
I'll never be alone, and you, my friend, will see
You've got a friend in me
Nathan, you're always running here and there
You feel you're not wanted anywhere
If you ever look behind and don't like what you find
There's something you should know, you've got a place to go
 

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Awww

Rucci is upset at the "appalling fans forums on the internet "

No mention that he contributed to them !!!!
Bahahaha
BigHawk Black Swan UglyTracksuitMan !!!!

Where's the gratitude Roach ?
We're as close to "being in the loop" you get these days.

Riveting stuff floggo - an article based on Mark Bickleys in box ?
Fabulous journalism - fabulous !:D
I know the first 2 but uglytracksuitman? Did I miss that one?

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"Greenwood baskets contract extension"

To me, if you 'basket' something you are generally putting it in the waste basket -the waste paper bin. Anyone else have a heart attack thinking 'good god, another non-signing'?

Why didn't the Portshitvertiser use the headline "Greenwood nets contract extension" instead? - which removes any ambiguity and is just as clever trying to tie in the whole basketball thing.

...Oh I know, because that would sound immediately positive. Can't have that while referring to the Crows.

Ok, I know my views on this are biased, but nobody will convince me this wasn't planned as a way to get up the noses of Crows supporters.

I can see it now, Rootch and some work experience Power-supporting kid leaning on the Gestetner, coffee in hand, congratulating each other on coming up with the wittiest of headlines that would a) relate to basketball (so clever) b) would also niggle Crows supporters by being ambiguous while at the same time giving them an out, in that however thin their argument might be, they could still argue that they meant nothing by it.

****ers!


Yeah I know. I have way too much hate, and too much time to express it.
 

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Awww

Rucci is upset at the "appalling fans forums on the internet "

No mention that he contributed to them !!!!
Bahahaha
BigHawk Black Swan UglyTracksuitMan !!!!

Where's the gratitude Roach ?
We're as close to "being in the loop" you get these days.

Riveting stuff floggo - an article based on Mark Bickleys in box ?
Fabulous journalism - fabulous !:D
Got be creative when you have zero sources (well apart from Bevo of course).
 

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"Greenwood baskets contract extension"

To me, if you 'basket' something you are generally putting it in the waste basket -the waste paper bin. Anyone else have a heart attack thinking 'good god, another non-signing'?

Why didn't the Portshitvertiser use the headline "Greenwood nets contract extension" instead? - which removes any ambiguity and is just as clever trying to tie in the whole basketball thing.

...Oh I know, because that would sound immediately positive. Can't have that while referring to the Crows.

Ok, I know my views on this are biased, but nobody will convince me this wasn't planned as a way to get up the noses of Crows supporters.

I can see it now, Rootch and some work experience Power-supporting kid leaning on the Gestetner, coffee in hand, congratulating each other on coming up with the wittiest of headlines that would a) relate to basketball (so clever) b) would also niggle Crows supporters by being ambiguous while at the same time giving them an out, in that however thin their argument might be, they could still argue that they meant nothing by it.

****ers!


Yeah I know. I have way too much hate, and too much time to express it.
I agree
100%

Basket implies rubbish

It's his attempts at this passive aggressive bullshit that makes me laugh
He's not smart enough to pull it off
properly
It only reinforces what a truly "little" man Roach is
 

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#weflyasone
"Greenwood baskets contract extension"

To me, if you 'basket' something you are generally putting it in the waste basket -the waste paper bin. Anyone else have a heart attack thinking 'good god, another non-signing'?

Why didn't the Portshitvertiser use the headline "Greenwood nets contract extension" instead? - which removes any ambiguity and is just as clever trying to tie in the whole basketball thing.

...Oh I know, because that would sound immediately positive. Can't have that while referring to the Crows.

Ok, I know my views on this are biased, but nobody will convince me this wasn't planned as a way to get up the noses of Crows supporters.

I can see it now, Rootch and some work experience Power-supporting kid leaning on the Gestetner, coffee in hand, congratulating each other on coming up with the wittiest of headlines that would a) relate to basketball (so clever) b) would also niggle Crows supporters by being ambiguous while at the same time giving them an out, in that however thin their argument might be, they could still argue that they meant nothing by it.

****ers!


Yeah I know. I have way too much hate, and too much time to express it.
It's hard not to get sucked in by rucci's trolling, but I find it is better to take any of his comments with this:
 

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"Greenwood baskets contract extension"

To me, if you 'basket' something you are generally putting it in the waste basket -the waste paper bin. Anyone else have a heart attack thinking 'good god, another non-signing'?

Why didn't the Portshitvertiser use the headline "Greenwood nets contract extension" instead? - which removes any ambiguity and is just as clever trying to tie in the whole basketball thing.

...Oh I know, because that would sound immediately positive. Can't have that while referring to the Crows.

Ok, I know my views on this are biased, but nobody will convince me this wasn't planned as a way to get up the noses of Crows supporters.

I can see it now, Rootch and some work experience Power-supporting kid leaning on the Gestetner, coffee in hand, congratulating each other on coming up with the wittiest of headlines that would a) relate to basketball (so clever) b) would also niggle Crows supporters by being ambiguous while at the same time giving them an out, in that however thin their argument might be, they could still argue that they meant nothing by it.

****ers!


Yeah I know. I have way too much hate, and too much time to express it.
Wouldn't Rucci claim he has nothing to do with the headline?

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Will be interested to listen to Rucci tonight on 5AA. Will the focus of his half hour be on how good the Crows were and what went wrong for Port or will it be on the supposed Crows fan who racially abused Impey on social media?
 

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Will be interested to listen to Rucci tonight on 5AA. Will the focus of his half hour be on how good the Crows were and what went wrong for Port or will it be on the supposed Crows fan who racially abused Impey on social media?
Why should the Crows get a mention? The world (and that includes China) is desperately interested in the Pear, as the post Showdown media saturation shows !
Hmmm maybe there could be some constructive Crows stuff based on Lever and McGovern.
 

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Excellent sports reporter

Actually "reported "
Easy to say that now. In his era he wasn't dealing with the 24 hour news cycle that we have now which demands a constant stream of news, and if there is no news then it just demands "news" instead. The concept of writing nothing if you have nothing to write about does not exist in modern footy journalism.

I guarantee you that if Agars was writing today, he'd have to be just as much of a flog as Rucci in order to meet the required word count each and every day. Hell, maybe if Rucci was around back in the 50s/60s/70s, he might have been a decent journalist, too. No way of knowing.
 

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Easy to say that now. In his era he wasn't dealing with the 24 hour news cycle that we have now which demands a constant stream of news, and if there is no news then it just demands "news" instead. The concept of writing nothing if you have nothing to write about does not exist in modern footy journalism.

I guarantee you that if Agars was writing today, he'd have to be just as much of a flog as Rucci in order to meet the required word count each and every day. Hell, maybe if Rucci was around back in the 50s/60s/70s, he might have been a decent journalist, too. No way of knowing.
Sadly ....
Perhaps you're right

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Read a copy of the paper today whilst having lunch in a cafe (so didn't pay for it)

Rucci up to his old tricks. One article is about players leaving and that we should all be mature enough to have discussions about them meeting with clubs etc. Mentioned Lever (surprise, surprise)

Then has another article about Port's free agents and slips the line in about a "The club that is able to hold onto their free agents" and reference Trengove and Pittard

Here's a hot tip Rucci: NO ONE WANTS SPUD PLAYERS WHICH PORT HAVE IN DROVES. ADELAIDE DRAFTS BETTER PLAYERS, WE DEVELOP THEM INTO BETTER PLAYERS SO THEY ARE MORE IN DEMAND THAN YOUR PACK OF SPUDS WHO CAN'T BEAT A TOP 8 TEAM IF THEIR LIFE DEPENDED ON IT

That's why our players get poached and Port's don't!
 

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Read a copy of the paper today whilst having lunch in a cafe (so didn't pay for it)

Rucci up to his old tricks. One article is about players leaving and that we should all be mature enough to have discussions about them meeting with clubs etc. Mentioned Lever (surprise, surprise)

Then has another article about Port's free agents and slips the line in about a "The club that is able to hold onto their free agents" and reference Trengove and Pittard

Here's a hot tip Rucci: NO ONE WANTS SPUD PLAYERS WHICH PORT HAVE IN DROVES. ADELAIDE DRAFTS BETTER PLAYERS, WE DEVELOP THEM INTO BETTER PLAYERS SO THEY ARE MORE IN DEMAND THAN YOUR PACK OF SPUDS WHO CAN'T BEAT A TOP 8 TEAM IF THEIR LIFE DEPENDED ON IT

That's why our players get poached and Port's don't!
Paying Trengove $750,000 a year and then bragging that he doesn't want to go anywhere. Yea, I wonder why?
 

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Paying Trengove $750,000 a year and then bragging that he doesn't want to go anywhere. Yea, I wonder why?
Surely someone getting paid $750000 would be highly touted and a bidding war would ensure with the other clubs, sarcasm off
 

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Read a copy of the paper today whilst having lunch in a cafe (so didn't pay for it)

Rucci up to his old tricks. One article is about players leaving and that we should all be mature enough to have discussions about them meeting with clubs etc. Mentioned Lever (surprise, surprise)

Then has another article about Port's free agents and slips the line in about a "The club that is able to hold onto their free agents" and reference Trengove and Pittard

Here's a hot tip Rucci: NO ONE WANTS SPUD PLAYERS WHICH PORT HAVE IN DROVES. ADELAIDE DRAFTS BETTER PLAYERS, WE DEVELOP THEM INTO BETTER PLAYERS SO THEY ARE MORE IN DEMAND THAN YOUR PACK OF SPUDS WHO CAN'T BEAT A TOP 8 TEAM IF THEIR LIFE DEPENDED ON IT

That's why our players get poached and Port's don't!
Spot on. Don't see any teams banging down the door to get Port's free agents. Seriously Rootch, which team in their right mind would pay anything for Pittard or Trengove. Two overrated very ordinary players, both capable of turning the game in favour of the opposition. Absolute spuds.
 
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