Carlton in the Media (articles, podcasts etc) - Part 3

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It all depends. The English language is a sophisticated tool and if the "extra" words make for more compelling, specific, amusing or elegant expression, they are not wasted words in my opinion. Sometimes brevity is more elegant but other times it's just laziness or lack of care to express oneself fully.
Of course if the "extra" words just amount to nonsense, bluster, drivel or pointless repetition, then it is indeed wearisome to read or listen to.
Oh absolutely. I’m not a fan of someone saying, “Nope.” I like to hear/read thorough and articulate arguments from people.

What I can’t stand (and this really emerges at sporting clubs after several bevies) is dialogue such as this:
“Do you know what I reckon? I’ll tell you what I reckon because people need to hear this. This is something we’ve struggled with for years. I’ve been saying this for years and it’s been a problem the whole time. The whole time! We’ll never get anywhere until we solve this problem. What I reckon is - and this might shock you - what I reckon is ... (something boring, obvious, dubious and overly simplistic).”

The worst thing about build ups such as these is you just know it’s not going anywhere interesting from the outset, you just have to sit back and endure the long winded rant as the person enjoys having a bit of spotlight and attention and wants to drag it out as long as possible.

Bordertoon, I’ve never noticed you as being particularly long winded.



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AFL 360 last night SPS won the 'Rascal' Award. Funny footage from after our game where SPS forgets to wait for the team and heads down to the rooms. He then realizes his mistake, but decides to stay in the rooms rather than go back up the race. Worth looking at if you can.
I thought it might've gone to Gibbons, not sure if anyone noticed it but as a ball went out of bounds and Daniel had to run through our bunch (momentum taking him over) Gibbons gave him a little whip with a towel
 

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She sh!ts me at times, but objectively I think that as a female she does a great job in an industry dominated by blokes. Not just blokes, but a lot of them retired player alpha male types who would be ready to nod and wink knowingly if she were to show any chinks in her armor. She is aware that she can't afford to readily concede ground to these guys. Not even our Juddy. I don't blame her.
I think she perhaps needs to refrain from making comments on the actual act of playing the game, though. Most of the time when she criticises on field stuff she gets it wrong.

Back room AFL/club politics and the business side of things I think she's quite good. But on field stuff she misses the mark a fair bit.
 
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Can’t think why I’m blushing atm :relaxed: ... Tbh, on this board I often post a lengthy contribution, only to have someone else cover the exact same point with half the words, or less. Hopefully, I’ll improve with practice and time.
yep
 
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AFL 360 last night SPS won the 'Rascal' Award. Funny footage from after our game where SPS forgets to wait for the team and heads down to the rooms. He then realizes his mistake, but decides to stay in the rooms rather than go back up the race. Worth looking at if you can.
sps getting ahead of themselves.....
 

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My eyes must have played tricks on me then, I watched the game twice too.
Glad to know I'm not the only one who had to watch that game multiple times.

Had to double check just to make sure we actually did win and my mind wasn't playing tricks on me...
 

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Oh absolutely. I’m not a fan of someone saying, “Nope.” I like to hear/read thorough and articulate arguments from people.

What I can’t stand (and this really emerges at sporting clubs after several bevies) is dialogue such as this:
“Do you know what I reckon? I’ll tell you what I reckon because people need to hear this. This is something we’ve struggled with for years. I’ve been saying this for years and it’s been a problem the whole time. The whole time! We’ll never get anywhere until we solve this problem. What I reckon is - and this might shock you - what I reckon is ... (something boring, obvious, dubious and overly simplistic).”

The worst thing about build ups such as these is you just know it’s not going anywhere interesting from the outset, you just have to sit back and endure the long winded rant as the person enjoys having a bit of spotlight and attention and wants to drag it out as long as possible.

Bordertoon, I’ve never noticed you as being particularly long winded.



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Nope.

 

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Had a listen. Far out these guys can waffle and talk over eachother. But a good bit of fun and great to hear passionate Carlton people talking about Carlton like real people do with a bit of "what the **** are you talking about?" thrown in. Will listen again.
The amount of dead air when Baz speaks does gripe me a little bit. He'll interrupt one of them, half say 2 words then pause for 5 seconds before finishing his thought.

Outside of that though I find it a comfortable listen. All casual and you know it's just 3 fans and no official club media so no censoring of how critical they can be. Maher has a few inside tips, though, which adds to it.
 

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Glad to know I'm not the only one who had to watch that game multiple times.

Had to double check just to make sure we actually did win and my mind wasn't playing tricks on me...
Am going to watch it again tomorrow instead of scum vs filth
 

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Oh absolutely. I’m not a fan of someone saying, “Nope.” I like to hear/read thorough and articulate arguments from people.

What I can’t stand (and this really emerges at sporting clubs after several bevies) is dialogue such as this:
“Do you know what I reckon? I’ll tell you what I reckon because people need to hear this. This is something we’ve struggled with for years. I’ve been saying this for years and it’s been a problem the whole time. The whole time! We’ll never get anywhere until we solve this problem. What I reckon is - and this might shock you - what I reckon is ... (something boring, obvious, dubious and overly simplistic).”

The worst thing about build ups such as these is you just know it’s not going anywhere interesting from the outset, you just have to sit back and endure the long winded rant as the person enjoys having a bit of spotlight and attention and wants to drag it out as long as possible.

Bordertoon, I’ve never noticed you as being particularly long winded.



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Long winded post that...thought you would never stop......:p
 

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Oh absolutely. I’m not a fan of someone saying, “Nope.” I like to hear/read thorough and articulate arguments from people.

What I can’t stand (and this really emerges at sporting clubs after several bevies) is dialogue such as this:
“Do you know what I reckon? I’ll tell you what I reckon because people need to hear this. This is something we’ve struggled with for years. I’ve been saying this for years and it’s been a problem the whole time. The whole time! We’ll never get anywhere until we solve this problem. What I reckon is - and this might shock you - what I reckon is ... (something boring, obvious, dubious and overly simplistic).”

The worst thing about build ups such as these is you just know it’s not going anywhere interesting from the outset, you just have to sit back and endure the long winded rant as the person enjoys having a bit of spotlight and attention and wants to drag it out as long as possible.

Bordertoon, I’ve never noticed you as being particularly long winded.



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Anyone else read this bit in Dermott Brereton's voice?
 
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Oh absolutely. I’m not a fan of someone saying, “Nope.” I like to hear/read thorough and articulate arguments from people.

What I can’t stand (and this really emerges at sporting clubs after several bevies) is dialogue such as this:
“Do you know what I reckon? I’ll tell you what I reckon because people need to hear this. This is something we’ve struggled with for years. I’ve been saying this for years and it’s been a problem the whole time. The whole time! We’ll never get anywhere until we solve this problem. What I reckon is - and this might shock you - what I reckon is ... (something boring, obvious, dubious and overly simplistic).”

The worst thing about build ups such as these is you just know it’s not going anywhere interesting from the outset, you just have to sit back and endure the long winded rant as the person enjoys having a bit of spotlight and attention and wants to drag it out as long as possible.

Bordertoon, I’ve never noticed you as being particularly long winded.



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Thanks C2K - I hope it stays that way. Maybe I’m comparing myself too much to Thylacine60 - the Master of Minimalism! Thy reminds me of a cricketer who keeps the scoreboard ticking over with cheeky singles that drive the fielding team mad. Other racially-neutral batspeople (trying to deny you the quick single there Thy :p) come and go, attempting all sorts of extravagant shots, but by the end of the innings Thy is the one left standing, with a ton (or 81,000+ posts) to their name (please note my grammatically incorrect but gender neutral language, which is designed to deny Thy yet another quick single :thumbsu:).
 
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I've got to say I love The Carlton Show. Part of what I like is that it does go for up to 90 mins and allows some in depth discussion. I have a 35 min drive home so tend to listen to it in chunks but in dark moments like we've had in the last few years it's been therapeutic for me.

He can waffle a bit but Baz is pretty switched on with his stats and analysis.
 
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AFL 360 last night SPS won the 'Rascal' Award. Funny footage from after our game where SPS forgets to wait for the team and heads down to the rooms. He then realizes his mistake, but decides to stay in the rooms rather than go back up the race. Worth looking at if you can.
Haven’t seen that 360 episode yet, but did Connor Rozee make the Rascal shortlist for joining the Eagles huddle, and then kicking a beautiful goal not long after they’d aggressively pushed him away? It was very funny.

Rozee is some player but imo, for someone with a tiny handful of AFL games to his name, he needs to work on lifting his confidence levels just a tad ;)
 
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