NO TROLLS Collingwood Football Club is guilty of systemic racism, review finds

[Woody15]

This is up there with one of the worst press conferences I have ever seen.

Staggering stuff.

Take your medicine.

 

[Richard Pryor]

LOL

"We were meeting this week to make announcements". What an unfortunate turn of events! Leaked the exact week you were going to announce it yourselves, such bad timing.

 

[Obeanie1]

His position for mine seems untenable. If it isn't already, he's one slip up away from it.

I guess they have to ask themselves, what's the benefit of replacing him now vs the risk of waiting until October?

Benefits of not giving Eddie a 'lap of honor'?

Actually doing something about the failed leadership of the club as opposed to pretend you are doing something and letting the President off the hook.

Collingwood can get some closure on this before the season starts. Not be distracted by it and Eddie remaining throughout the season.

Its the right thing to do.

 

[JayPea14]

This is the biggest amount of drivel I've heard in a presser...they shouldn't need a report to recommend to not be racist. Pretty straight forward concept one would think!

 

[Richard Pryor]

This is the biggest amount of drivel I've heard in a presser...they shouldn't need a report to recommend to not be racist. Pretty straight forward concept one would think!

I did like when the old bloke was going on about how they're all great people, but they fall short, so they need to put systems in place to make sure that doesn't happen. Such a weird line of thought from an optics perspective.

 

[Woody15]

For a such a proud day, Eddie looks cooked.

* him. Absolute tosser. Good riddance you *******. Itll be a proud and historic day when you walk your ass out the door.

 

[JayPea14]

"It's a day of pride" what a flowering coward

 

[F_therest]

Proud day is it Eddie?

Almost as proud as he was about the Sidebottom incident?

 

[HBF]

"Look at all the other seventeen clubs to see what we can all do".

Such a naked strategy of downplaying and whataboutism. Overlooking that they didn't want to release it. Eddie needs to shutup if they have a hope in hell of pulling this off, because he's blowing the cover.

Nobody is falling for this. Eddie is the king of spin.

 

[Richard Pryor]

Don't want to talk about specific issues or semantics, but also want the credit for addressing specific issues .

"We didn't do anything wrong, but we're so proud of looking at what we did wrong and being better".

 

[Woody15]

'Mishaps'

 

[Saucery]

Can someone explain to ED the Head what egregious means?

 

[Richard Pryor]

"I haven't brought the thesaurus with me". Haha what a dickhead!

 

[Shane Heard]

McGuire’s legacy is now on par with the other overbearing loud mouth CFC President before him...a tainted reputation with a long list of “inappropriate gaffes” spoken.

Interesting to note that on this website there’s no mention of the actual words McAllister uttered during that infamous day in AFL/VFL history. Not sure if has links directly to the club itself, but it says something about the covering up of Collingwood’s disgraceful past.

“His biggest gaffe came when he was embroiled in a racial storm after making remarks about Aborigines on television, which, for a time, did the president and his club serious damage. To try to repair some of the ill-will, he paid for a tour of the Top End in an effort to rebuild the bridges.”


“One of McAlister’s first tasks as interim president was to convince the banks to let the Collingwood Football Club trade its way back into the black again. He was also determined to show the league that Collingwood still had plenty of influence to assert, despite the difficulties it experienced in the mid-to-late 1980s.

“I never set out to be outspoken on issues because it is not in my nature, but I became sick of the way Collingwood was treated at some of the meetings (with the league),”McAlister said in reflection. “I was hurt that this great club had no influence or say in matters. I realised I had to assert authority and make sure we would become a force again.”

The Presidents: Allan McAlister

Allan McAlister was the President of the club from 1986 to 1995.

forever.collingwoodfc.com.au

 

[Northernsoul74]

Jesus they want to lead the football industry and society on the matter.

 

[F_therest]

How many times has Eddie said the word 'proud' or 'pride'?

 

[JimmyBC]

They are gonna be wOrLd LeAdErS in this guys

 

[J Shuttlesworth]

"Look how good we are because we asked for a review"

Yeah sorry, that ain't it Ed.

 

[Jimmybob]

Oh there's nothing new in the report. Nothing to see here guys

 

[Obeanie1]

Has Collingwood brought the game into disrepute?

Cousin's as an individual was found to by being a party drug taker. One man taking party drugs was crucified when many other players were doing the same thing.

Now we have a club found to be allowing systematic racism over a long period.

So which is worse?

A single player with a drug habit?

A club proven to harbor and ignore systematic racism over a long period of time?

 

[Catsnlakers]

Eddie is a master of

 

[Woody15]

 

[Sassermon]

Weird collection of things to be proud of in the last 12 months Ed. Proud of Buckleys blatant breach of covid restrictions, proud of Sidebottoms half naked drunken Covid breach now proud of this. Are we really pretending that Collingwood has set the moral bar after having so many problems with racism that they had to get an independent review to tell them how bad their racism problem is?

 

[Richard Pryor]

I love how Eddie is swinging from sanctimonious to pissed off the second he gets asked a question.

 

[jarrod_island_doggies]

Hope we get everyone talking about their own issues - Eddie 'Mandela' McGuire