Heroic Adam Goodes honoured with a documentary about his last season

[Mofra]

Hi Bay.

Now I'm sure there might be a minority of backwards-looking knuckle-draggers who disagree, but Adam Goodes, one of the all time great players and a worthy Australian of the Year.
Fittingly, a documentary has been filmed highlighting his difficult final season in which a few bad eggs decided to shamefully boo him and some mindless sheep joined them.
Indigenous players (who know indigenous issues quite well) have released a statement confirming just how respected and great Goodes was:

https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2019...-adam-goodes-was-treated/11185732?pfmredir=sm

His brother is an excellent person too doing good things for football in Western Victoria.

So how excited are you to watch this? I hope he enters parliament someday.

 

[bzparkes]

This'll end well...

 

[ChappyUK]

I'm waiting for the Gary Ablett sequel.

 

[Mofra]

I'm waiting for the Gary Ablett sequel.

Will WCE fans lose their s**t if Gaz throws an imaginary elbow?

 

[Socrates2]

A man of principles who was treated like crap by the redneck football follower.The booing was a real throwback to another era when Indigenous players were seen as too 'uppity ' if they brought up Indigenous issues. His mother and brother are salt of the earth people.

 

[LETSGOKANGAS]

The mighty North Melbourne Kangaroos ended Goode's controversial career with a significant loss and semi final exit.

For that everyone should be grateful.

 

[Laphroaig]

A man of principles who was treated like crap by the redneck football follower.The booing was a real throwback to another era when Indigenous players were seen as too 'uppity ' if they brought up Indigenous issues. His mother and brother are salt of the earth people.

And yet these same ""redneck football followers" by and large have the greatest respect for Michael Long and Nicky Winmar. Both of whom have a rather larger streak of "uppity" in them.

So why do you think that some of the same people who cheer Long and Winmar boo Adam Goodes? There must be a reason, surely.

 

[brett15]

A man of principles who was treated like crap by the redneck football follower.The booing was a real throwback to another era when Indigenous players were seen as too 'uppity ' if they brought up Indignation issues. His mother and brother are salt of the earth people.

agree, standing up and publicly speaking out takes enormous courage

 

[FISTO]

I'm staying well the * away from this one

 

[Mofra]

And yet these same ""redneck football followers" by and large have the greatest respect for Michael Long and Nicky Winmar.

I highly doubt it.
Winmar wasn't exactly popular at Vic Park

 

[Socrates2]

And yet these same ""redneck football followers" by and large have the greatest respect for Michael Long and Nicky Winmar. Both of whom have a rather larger streak of "uppity" in them.

So why do you think that some of the same people who cheer Long and Winmar boo Adam Goodes? There must be a reason, surely.

Winmar was racially abused by the crowd every week until he made a stand, what are you talking about?

 

[Bleeeeeeeeep]

let me get things started:
PC, SJW, identity politics, lefty, UnAustralian..........

 

[ChappyUK]

A man of principles who was treated like crap by the redneck football follower.The booing was a real throwback to another era when Indigenous players were seen as too 'uppity ' if they brought up Indigenous issues. His mother and brother are salt of the earth people.

Nearly every other indigenous player is not booed only one was so it seems more personal than wide spread racism to me.

Accepting Australian of the Year when appearing to show a distain for white Australians didn't sit well with people plus the 13yo girl and sliding it turned into the perfect storm.

It wasn't a good look nonetheless.

Only saw it from afar though so can only go on what I read.

 

[Socrates2]

Still waiting for the Herald-Scums resident racists Rita Panahi and Andrew Bolt to apologize, but of course they won't.

 

[Socrates2]

Accepting Australian of the Year when appearing to show a distain for white Australians didn't sit well with people plus the 13yo girl and sliding it turned into the perfect storm.

I don't think he ever showed disdain for white people? You are allowed to complain if your're black and you get called a monkey aren't you? Should he have just buttoned his lip? It was unfortunate that the girl was 13 but Goodes didn't know that at the time and he had every right to call it out imo.

 

[TallyHawk]

Does the doco cover his tactics of sliding into contests knee first or stops up?


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[Tiger2709]

I'm waiting for the Gary Ablett sequel.

Is Ablett claiming Aboriginality as well now?

The boos are a dead give away.

Hoping for Australian of the year maybe?

 

[DapperJong]

Mofra this thread would have been a cracker on the main board.

 

[Tiger2709]

Does the doco cover his tactics of sliding into contests knee first or stops up?


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That was just part of a tribal dance, you racist.

 

[MOONEY 21]

id rather pour battery acid in my eyes than watch this attention seekers doco.

Absolute elitist flog, you werent booed because of your heritage, you were booed because youre a w***er.

 

[Tiger2709]

I highly doubt it.
Winmar wasn't exactly popular at Vic Park

He used to cop just as much at Moorabbin to be fair.

 

[subaru]

Was wondering who’d be game to start a thread on this.

Heroic?
Neale Daniher is heroic

 

[TallyHawk]

That was just part of a tribal dance, you racist.

No doubt he was booed by racists but he was also booed for the way he attacked the contest later in his career. Much like Gaz and his cheap shots, surely we can boo that.


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[Socrates2]

id rather pour battery acid in my eyes than watch this attention seekers doco.

Absolute elitist flog, you werent booed because of your heritage, you were booed because youre a ******.

Yeah Nah, look at all the flogs try to justify their booing.

 

[STPer18]

The classy Geelong crowd were the first one that refused to boo. How good are we?