Funny Caro Article

[TradeDraft]

Ball should stick with the Saints

CAROLINE WILSON

November 1, 2009

Photo: Sebastian Costanzo

LUKE BALL and St Kilda must wonder how it came to this. Back in February, the Saints' one-time club champion, captain and midfielder sat down during the club's Gold Coast community camp with Nick Riewoldt and Lenny Hayes for a lengthy conversation with The Sunday Age about life as a footballer and St Kilda's 2009 prospects.
Ball, now 25, was a member of the club's leadership group and one of the three club stars hand-picked to sell the Saints and their aggressive new membership drive. He was also one of St Kilda's highest-paid players - definitely in the top three - and seemed headed for a 200-game career with the club.
Despite Ball's status and popularity though, there has always seemed to be something slightly withdrawn about him in the manner in which he presents himself to the world outside his football club. I always put it down to humility mingled with a healthy cynicism towards sporting fame, but - if it wasn't there already - a new ingredient called self-doubt has surely crept in now.
Even as recently as June, we are told, Ball was offered a three-year deal worth about $1 million. That was apparently put forward before coach Ross Lyon and his match committee stunned the football community by dropping the midfielder for a lengthy period and instructing him to work on a series of reported deficiencies, which, in the eyes of his club, put him significantly behind Hayes, Leigh Montagna and Nick Dal Santo.

That Makes me Laugh - Why Caro would Ball would of stayed at the Aints if he was not wanted there.

Old Article

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/ball-should-stick-with-the-saints-20091124-j767.html

 

[Mars II]

That Makes me Laugh - Why Caro would Ball would of stayed at the Aints if he was not wanted there.

are you trying to say why would ball stay if he wasnt wanted there?

 

[TradeDraft]

are you trying to say why would ball stay if he wasnt wanted there?

Yes I was and here is the Bit where she show her hate of the Pies:

From the outside, it seemed unfair that the Saints did not allow Ball to go to Collingwood, but the Magpies have a history of offering too little for too much and were once again unable to provide what St Kilda demanded. Ball's admirable pedigree and personal experience would have left him in no doubt that football is a brutal game on and off the field, particularly at clubs striving to become truly successful. And every club would have fought for a decent trade for Ball. As it is, it seems near impossible that Collingwood can get him now, which leaves Melbourne in the box seat via the national and pre-season drafts - whichever one Ball chooses.

 

[Mars II]

She's a journo its her job to hate on teams. Chill dtm.

 

[Chaz Pendlebury]

She's a journo its her job to hate on teams. Chill dtm.

Nah, its certainly not her job to "hate" teams or at least to constantly demonstrate that in every article she writes. It is completely un-professional to do so

This is yet another example of her reflexively taking the opposing position in a situation that involves Collingwood

I'm not paid to be a Collingwood supporter and so am not subject to the same restraints. In fact, I believe it to be my duty to actively hate and slander someone who abuses their professional position to smite our great club

Could work DTM

 

[Optimax]

She's a journo its her job to hate on teams. Chill dtm.

No mars it's her job as a reputable journalist to report on facts about the AFL.

She as a head journo of a large newspaper should show no bias ask any north or collingwood supporter, read any of her articles on collingwood north or Richmond and you can blatatly see bias.

Not only does she show large amounts of bias, she is often miles off the truth of the situation (north dying, north agreeing to go to qld, Eddie bucks split, Eddie mm split, Eddie pert mm split, bucks and mm together being fanciful, ball won't leave saints, ball will be a bomber/lion/demon/power player, ball won't be a pie, collingwood/ball draft tampering) in fact if you read her full work you will see she is hardly right.

Add to her many in accuracies and extreme bias, and personal agendas (just read her stuff on Eddie and brayshaw) you will find she hardly if ever writes about the on field AFL product, but instead the off field part of the AFL, usually with made up stories and her own personal skew.

 

[Mars II]

Nah, its certainly not her job to "hate" teams or at least to constantly demonstrate that in every article she writes. It is completely un-professional to do so

This is yet another example of her reflexively taking the opposing position in a situation that involves Collingwood

I'm not paid to be a Collingwood supporter and so am not subject to the same restraints. In fact, I believe it to be my duty to actively hate and slander someone who abuses their professional position to smite our great club

Could work DTM

she hates on every team even her own richmond i didnt find that article that bad she said way worse about us.

 

[Optimax]

she hates on every team even her own richmond i didnt find that article that bad she said way worse about us.

No not true.

She clearly hates on us and north more then any other side.

She also hardly hates on Richmond only past admin, from Greg miller to Casey who she would not slander when they had power at the tigers.

Caro would be better if she hated equally she clearly doesn't, add that to bull shit sources and her opinion pieces pushing her bull shit agendas whilst poo pooing on any that disagrees, makes it almost impossible to respect her for even basic journalistic integrity

 

[Zahki]

To be fair, back then pretty much everyone thought Ball was a lost cause. It's not really fair to look back with the benefit of hindsight and laugh because it was pretty much a miricle he made it to us.

 

[Rohan25]

Watch her closely on Footy Classified. Whenever the subject turns to Collingwood she screws up her face and starts bitching. She hates Collingwood that much that it causes her to grimace when discussing us. Part of the enjoyment I get from winning games is knowing that it makes people like her seethe with annoyance.