Mega Thread The Adam Goodes Megathread - Now with Added Poll!

Why are crowds booing Goodes?

  • Racism

    Votes: 565 29.9%
  • He's perceived as a dirty player

    Votes: 563 29.8%
  • He's perceived as making a team game all about himself

    Votes: 758 40.1%
  • Because everyone else is booing, I thought I'd join in - like a Mexican wave thing

    Votes: 268 14.2%
  • Because Gillon doesnt want them to

    Votes: 135 7.2%
  • I have no idea

    Votes: 74 3.9%
  • Other

    Votes: 183 9.7%
  • His onfield message is at odds with his off field one

    Votes: 233 12.3%
  • He can do no wrong with the MRP

    Votes: 164 8.7%
  • I was saying Boo-Urns?

    Votes: 61 3.2%
  • Jack Watts

    Votes: 56 3.0%

  • Total voters
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I have already said that I will happily meet with him face to face eye to eye and tell him (and the concerned media who can film said meeting) and explain to him why I and many others boo him (purely his actions on football field).
No, you wouldn't.
 

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Or grown men having a cry over a boo?

This old chestnut , hey. I guess not everyone is as manly as you. Im willing to bet however that if anyone turned up at your workplace and booed you every move and constantly yelled abuse that you would want to smash them. I'm tipping your a real chest thumper.

Now I. Waiting for the predictable , well I don't get paid 500k a year to play the game I love response.
 

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This old chestnut , hey. I guess not everyone is as manly as you. Im willing to bet however that if anyone turned up at your workplace and booed you every move and constantly yelled abuse that you would want to smash them. I'm tipping your a real chest thumper.

Now I. Waiting for the predictable , well I don't get paid 500k a year to play the game I love response.
Again, what about every other player indigenous and non indigenous that has been boo'd, you ever see them carry on like this?
 

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Slowly the ones who think for themselves will come out, We'll just be left with the sheep that follow what the AFL and the Media are pedaling
Ironic you saying anyone who finds the booing distasteful is a "sheep" while defending the complete herd mentality that leads to the booing. And seriously, look at that list of people: Bolt, Jones, Warne, Akermanis, Devine... if I were on the same side of an argument as them I'd near neck myself.
 

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It's OK to agree with them they're right.

Don't worry there is still COLA, Eddie and shitty umpiring to nail them on.
I'll treat your comment with the distain it deserves:cool:

Don't worry, Eddie and the AFL have fixed the COLA side of things (and the academies, which you forgot to mention), you won't have to worry about complaining about them anymore.
 

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I'd love to know if anyone actually cares about Goodes speaking out on racial issues. I feel people boo because of the on field stuff (diving/dog acts/stirring up crowd with war dances) but the media are driving this angle about the 13 year old girl and the Australian of the Year.

I listen to talk back, read on here and it seems the same. People allways bring up the on field. Call me ignorant and excuse me for not reading 300 odd pages, but I'd be surprised if people are upset about what Adam says off the field. Sure he's a media whore but I doubt many care or have been that upset with his comments to want to boo him.

The media have been relentless with this angle saying the booing started then. Did it really? Goodes was booed for diving against Hawthorn and Robbo called EVERYONE a racist. That's when it started. Throw in the war dance the next week and it's snowballed from there.

It's awful what the end result is for Adam, but I feel it was his own actions that landed him here.
 

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If you felt legitimately threatened or upset by that then I don't know what to tell you. Also, he was booed mercilessly by Hawthorn fans the week before that happened, so your timeline is wrong.

I have not been at a game for a while but I could understand the symbolism of why some would be irate into a rage of fury.

For some its even a fight for respect and survival with people facing threats from others trying to get a job an other matters.

I do not think the elite have a clue of the melting pot simmering at ground level where the rubber hits the road not to mention WA versus Sydney aspect.

For example WA could easily leave the federation such is the bias to Sydney in the past 50 years.

Plus you have Cola and a distant hierachy in Melbourne.

Seriously if some do not see a powder keg brewing in general society they are aloof.

It is hard not to identify Goodes actions as not being elitist IMO.

For example who else, apart from Jetta, would dare to advance and provoke the crowd?

I am sure Jacko would probably not have done that!

Youngsters in Greece near 50% can't get a job apparently or near to, wake up!!
 
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Ironic you saying anyone who finds the booing distasteful is a "sheep" while defending the complete herd mentality that leads to the booing. And seriously, look at that list of people: Bolt, Jones, Warne, Akermanis, Devine... if I were on the same side of an argument as them I'd near neck myself.
Yet the other side of it is completely fine because it suits your rhetoric? You have successfully swallowed the AFL and Media line
 

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I'd love to know if anyone actually cares about Goodes speaking out on racial issues. I feel people boo because of the on field stuff (diving/dog acts/stirring up crowd with war dances) but the media are driving this angle about the 13 year old girl and the Australian of the Year.

I listen to talk back, read on here and it seems the same. People allways bring up the on field. Call me ignorant and excuse me for not reading 300 odd pages, but I'd be surprised if people are upset about what Adam says off the field. Sure he's a media whore but I doubt many care or have been that upset with his comments to want to boo him.

The media have been relentless with this angle saying the booing started then. Did it really? Goodes was booed for diving against Hawthorn and Robbo called EVERYONE a racist. That's when it started. Throw in the war dance the next week and it's snowballed from there.

It's awful what the end result is for Adam, but I feel it was his own actions that landed him here.
Yeah I'd say this would be true for about 99%
 

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That is even more laughable than people thinking boo-ing has anything to do with racism.
Why is it that no player in the history of the game has been booed to the extent that Goodes has?
Why does he get booed more than thugs who are guilty of multiple assault charges? (e.g. Toby Greene, Taylor Adams)
Why does he get booed more than players who have been accused of sexual assault (Milne, Montagna)
Why does he get booed more than players who have faced *injunction*?
Why does he get booed more than far dirtier footballers?
Why does he get booed more than players who play for free kicks more?
Why does he get booed more than the indigenous players of yesteryear who also got booed for their beliefs?
Why does he get booed more than known ped users?
Why is it that Adam Goodes gets booed more than anyone in the history of our game?
Can you explain it?
 

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Yet the other side of it is completely fine because it suits your rhetoric? You have successfully swallowed the AFL and Media line
I don't really follow the media. I've posted extensively in this thread, feel free to check some posts: I've comprehensively covered why I think this is going on and I do hold the media and AFL to account (outright saying "If you do this you are racist" could only cause a petulant reaction) but I also think that when someone is clearly struggling and there are numerous reasons to ease up, it is very easy for people to show restraint and not boo him. At this point, after this week, if people continue with it, they're selfish at best, petulant children, maybe, or, in some cases, genuinely racist.
 

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Why is it that no player in the history of the game has been booed to the extent that Goodes has?
Why does he get booed more than thugs who are guilty of multiple assault charges? (e.g. Toby Greene, Taylor Adams)
Why does he get booed more than players who have been accused of sexual assault (Milne, Montagna)
Why does he get booed more than players who have faced *injunction*?
Why does he get booed more than far dirtier footballers?
Why does he get booed more than players who play for free kicks more?
Why does he get booed more than the indigenous players of yesteryear who also got booed for their beliefs?
Why does he get booed more than known ped users?
Why is it that Adam Goodes gets booed more than anyone in the history of our game?
Can you explain it?
There is a lot of reference to "more" in there and it is irrelevant
 

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Again, what about every other player indigenous and non indigenous that has been boo'd, you ever see them carry on like this?
No because they all keep quiet. And I can see why , look what happens when one of them speaks up. They get mis quoted and mis represented. They get called un australian and divisive despite an eloquent and balanced Ad speech. Then all of a sudden the mob grows and believes everything that a redneck like bolt prints. The irony is your calling out everyone who is supporting Goodes a sheep. Perhaps we have actually looked at the evidence and are able to appreciate someone who has the guts to stand up for his community. That takes courage. Keeping quiet would have been a lot easier. Look at the price he is paying now.
 

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Why is it that no player in the history of the game has been booed to the extent that Goodes has?
Why does he get booed more than thugs who are guilty of multiple assault charges? (e.g. Toby Greene, Taylor Adams)
Why does he get booed more than players who have been accused of sexual assault (Milne, Montagna)
Why does he get booed more than players who have faced *injunction*?
Why does he get booed more than far dirtier footballers?
Why does he get booed more than players who play for free kicks more?
Why does he get booed more than the indigenous players of yesteryear who also got booed for their beliefs?
Why does he get booed more than known ped users?
Why is it that Adam Goodes gets booed more than anyone in the history of our game?
Can you explain it?
Who has ever advanced on the crowd aggressively doing a war dance?

I think Goodes under estimated how desperate some are in the crowd and what they are prepared to do.

For some Australia is no longer the lucky country.

I don't think it is wise for a well off player to push it to be honest IMO.
 
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