Opinion Commentary & Media II

[Jindrrk]

granted i'm a north supporter but i have seen at least 4 articles saying we're tanking - one on the afl website itself, go to giantroo's twitter and see for yourself. every journo has said we're not tanking!? i don't know what planet you're on.





these kinds of statements are so basic, out of context and quite frankly, childish. it's the equivalent to opposition posters saying we're broke and moving to tassie, it's disappointing to see this from you.




i already said why it's a big deal in another post i replied to you about. you obviously must live a sheltered life where these things don't piss you off, and like i said before, these articles are unwarranted, other clubs rarely have to put up with the shear BS these journo's make up (other than trade talk).

the relevance part sounds like you must be a journo yourself, i couldn't care less about relevance, i'd prefer to silently build towards a 5th premiership and not hear utter BS about our club all the time.

I'd suggest to avoid the BBB thread in that case then rofl

 

[Unity-28]

How many articles have been written saying we are tanking? Wasn't it Greg Denham that first suggested it and then after that pretty much every journo (including the ex footballers) have said we are not tanking.



So you're saying we are building a culture of losing honorably? Personally I'd prefer the winning one.

You can still "tank" while bringing the effort. That's what Denham was trying to say. We aren't trying to lose, we're just making selection decisions that have more positives than winning games. ie, resting injured players, giving kids a taste of AFL and trying different combinations in the backs, mids and forwards to see what works best. The only way anyone could categorically say we are tanking is if we make very unusual moves during games because everyone knows Scott is very reluctant to do this normally.

At the end of the day, journos are paid to stir the pot and provoke conversation. On this occasion it has worked a treat, because too many of us are complaining that a bit of milk has splashed out and soiled our shoes. **** it, wipe it off and go back to the fire with a nice single malt and wait for the season to finish. Its no big deal.

Personally I think its good that despite the fact we are sitting second bottom we are still at the forefront of media attention. At least we not irrelevant like Brisbane, Melbourne, Carlton or St Kilda.

this is utter crap.
Denhan said straight out that we are tanking, and when asked the question, of who should have been in the team that wasnt last week, he said, zeibell and goldy for starters, and hansen. when pointed out to him that zeibell had been injured for a number of weeks, and goldy would have struggled to play for the beaconsfild thirds, he then contradicted himself by saying "well they should have been dropped weeks ago then"

no player played out of position, no player didnt try. for ****s sake, we got closer to a win against the drug cheats, than the Aints, that fielded their best team....

 

[Mav]

there is the original article by dunham or whatever his name is
sliding doors article
afl exchange
footy classified
afl 360
talking footy

you certainly do analyse basic analyses without looking much further into it that's for sure.

close but a little too sarcastic this time, your previous melts about people melting were more convincing and ironic - now you're just trying too hard.

but judging from how you're talking about people being precious here and the rest of you very basic analyses, i'm guessing you are in fact barrett? if not, i'd take that as an insult and have a good hard look at yourself.

This is actually very funny. You are having a go at my analysis??!! Too funny.
Sliding doors says don't be precious about it.
AFL exchange was tongue in cheek...and if you can't see that that then it explains your lack of comprehension.
FC, TF and 360 all said we WEREN'T tanking. They were STICKING UP for us! Robbo is now on 5AA saying we aren't tanking. The media is on our side!!!

Your complete lack of ability to look at the facts makes you look far more Barrett than I do!

 

[Mav]

this is utter crap.
Denhan said straight out that we are tanking, and when asked the question, of who should have been in the team that wasnt last week, he said, zeibell and goldy for starters, and hansen. when pointed out to him that zeibell had been injured for a number of weeks, and goldy would have struggled to play for the beaconsfild thirds, he then contradicted himself by saying "well they should have been dropped weeks ago then"

no player played out of position, no player didnt try. for ****s sake, we got closer to a win against the drug cheats, than the Aints, that fielded their best team....

Read again, I said Denham is the only one to say we tanked. Everyone else has disputed this analysis for the crap it is...but lets chuck a hissy fit at everyone shall we?

 

[Kimbo]

..your previous melts about people melting were more convincing and ironic - now you're just trying too hard.

but judging from how you're talking about people being precious here and the rest of you very basic analyses, i'm guessing you are in fact barrett? if not, i'd take that as an insult and have a good hard look at yourself.

This is actually very funny. You are having a go at my analysis??!! Too funny.

Your complete lack of ability to look at the facts makes you look far more Barrett than I do!

 

[Mcarcherey]

This is actually very funny. You are having a go at my analysis??!! Too funny.
Sliding doors says don't be precious about it.
AFL exchange was tongue in cheek...and if you can't see that that then it explains your lack of comprehension.
FC, TF and 360 all said we WEREN'T tanking. They were STICKING UP for us! Robbo is now on 5AA saying we aren't tanking. The media is on our side!!!

Your complete lack of ability to look at the facts makes you look far more Barrett than I do!

like darcy said to maclure on talking footy - it's not like they've chosen to ignore it, they've given it airtime, it's bad publicity - should never had gotten to this point.

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

Barrett is upset he isn't being fed info anymore.

Suck it up Damien. Do your job and investigate instead of sooking about it.

 

[Mav]

like darcy said to maclure on talking footy - it's not like they've chosen to ignore it, they've given it airtime, it's bad publicity - should never had gotten to this point.

Darcy said we aren't tanking. Go back and listen. It's not bad publicity, we are able to get out and give our side. Every time our guys and our sponsors are on the TV or radio it is a good thing. It actually helps the conversation about our youngsters.

But you keep on with your chicken little attitude. The media hate us, everyone hates us. I'll be surprised if we're even allowed through the gates in Hobart after Brad beat up a security guard.

 

[giantroo]

 

[dus]

So everyone, including Fox, has already marked the win down to the Dees.

But if we lose, we're tanking.

**** off.

 

[discomute]

Anyone else noticed the two stories out of the media this week is tanking and Brad Scott's spray are a bit contradictory.

'Brad loses his temper because he wants to win so bad'
'Brads trying to lose'

Righteo...

 

[Mcarcherey]

Darcy said we aren't tanking. Go back and listen. It's not bad publicity, we are able to get out and give our side. Every time our guys and our sponsors are on the TV or radio it is a good thing. It actually helps the conversation about our youngsters.

But you keep on with your chicken little attitude. The media hate us, everyone hates us. I'll be surprised if we're even allowed through the gates in Hobart after Brad beat up a security guard.

Smh

 

[Mav]

Smh

Silly Me, Huh?

 

[Jimmy's Hot Dogs]

A one week back injury for Tarrant?? spare me.. he was fit and would've played if that was a final,

Remember 2015 when Taz was a late withdrawal in the final in Sydney. Groin soreness I grant you, but with Buddy and co at Olympic Park I wasn't too happy when Luke McDonald came in after the warm up. Back in for the Perth debacle.
Maybe Tarrant puts team above individual? Maybe he is important enough to be given until the bounce to be right?
Or maybe we are tanking?

 

[Boro]

Darcy said we aren't tanking. Go back and listen. It's not bad publicity, we are able to get out and give our side. Every time our guys and our sponsors are on the TV or radio it is a good thing. It actually helps the conversation about our youngsters.

But you keep on with your chicken little attitude. The media hate us, everyone hates us. I'll be surprised if we're even allowed through the gates in Hobart after Brad beat up a security guard.

Yep Darcy said we weren't tanking...it's just he isn't very good at his job so it wasn't all that clear in the way he said it. It could have been interpreted a couple of ways.

Personally, I dgaf what the media think, say and write anyway. Some of us are a little precious but we've earned the right to have a chip on our shoulder after trying to be culled by numerous entities over the journey

 

[tales129]

Liam McDonald ffs

 

[giantroo]

 

[giantroo]

 

[Gasometer]

Can we get Jules to name and shame?

Doubt it.

 

[DaveyBoy123]

Can we get Jules to name and shame?

Doubt it.

I reckon he would've been mighty tempted to cc (or whatever the Twatter equivalent is) them into his post. They know who they are & basically called them fools, so I think he got the balance right.

 

[giantroo]

Can we get Jules to name and shame?

Doubt it.

Don't need to. They know exactly who they are.

 

[Roostein]

Whoops-a-daisy

 

[ferball]

AFL website is calling us "brave".

 

[Cool Kangas]

AFL website is calling us "brave.

It's super cool being brave

 

[Gone north]

Gerard Healy is the biggest front runner in afl commentary

I'm sure he was potting Ben brown at the start of the year ... leads Coleman and calls him a star .

And called the entire game with Melbourne colored glasses