The Idiot's Guide To Reporting Hall's Hit

[Jaymeee]

How to report the Barry Hall incident.

1. Show the incident in slow motion a couple of times,
2. Have a picture of Hall in gloves,looking menancingly
3. Then get a neurology expert on to say that Barry Hall could have killed Brent Staker.


...Its hard to imagine how one punch, be it severe, has been sensationalised to such a degree .

 

[Swanstar]

It's Barry Hall thats why, it's not wise or helpful that he always carries the tag big bad bustling, when he hasn't been suspended for like 5 years

 

[Mav_87]

You guys should hear the media over hear!! Its just unbeleivable! No body has mentioned that he has been good for the past 6 years. They say shit like....

"Will he ever learn??"

"a total of 16 weeks missed throughout his colourfull career"

"Ex-Boxer, Barry Hall is at it again. A menacing and unprovoked attack on West Coast Eagle Brent Staker."

"Will Barry Hall ever learn to control his wild temper."

"This is the worst incident EVER to take place on the Football Field."

And thats just the start. WC supporters over here want him banned FOR LIFE!!!! Hah! What a ____in joke! It took them a few seasons to finally pull there finger out and do summin about Cuz's drug problem.. and they only did that because it came out in the media so badly. And Kerr.. last year for grabbing that guys balls aswell as his off-feild descretions!!! Thats all forgotten after about 18hrs. But Barry Hall will always be a menace to society, and a boxer who should never be allowed to play AFL football ever again.

I agree... it was bad. but no where near the worst. Probably ONE OF the worst in recent years but thats about it. In my opinion, the incident last year with the collingwood guy elbowing/shouldering the other guy square in the face, was worse. Cant remember who, or when.. but Im sure someone can remember it.

 

[Jaymeee]

Andy D. must be quietly happy that AFL is on the front covers of all the major newspapers. He'll be laughing all the way to the bank

 

[NMFC ALWAYS]

How to report the Barry Hall incident.

1. Show the incident in slow motion a couple of times,
2. Have a picture of Hall in gloves,looking menancingly
3. Then get a neurology expert on to say that Barry Hall could have killed Brent Staker.


...Its hard to imagine how one punch, be it severe, has been sensationalised to such a degree .

For the men who went to war for this country and died, they would be turning in their graves knowing what a piss weak nation we have turned into .
Barry Hall has been nothing else but a model footballer for years now , built up frustration about the shabby treatment he receives from the umpires has made this happen , make no mistake about that .
I cant believe people didn't see this coming and are so shocked
Brent Staker is lucky he didn't get a few more , although not needed .
Any man's man in bigfooty knows where Bazza's frustration comes from , the rest who are completely against him now can go take a flying f***

 

[NMFC ALWAYS]

When i say shabby treatment , i am understating . It has been pathetic to say the least in the last couple of years at the non-protection to him , then in reverse the treatment he gets in frees against .
Obviously i dont support the Swans , but i love Bazza as a player and met him once and found him to be a great friendly bloke .
Also , i dont think BAZZA will be losing too much sleep about the handbags that are against him now anyway.

 

[Jaymeee]

You guys should hear the media over hear!! Its just unbeleivable! No body has mentioned that he has been good for the past 6 years. They say shit like....

"Will he ever learn??"

"a total of 16 weeks missed throughout his colourfull career"

"Ex-Boxer, Barry Hall is at it again. A menacing and unprovoked attack on West Coast Eagle Brent Staker."

"Will Barry Hall ever learn to control his wild temper."

"This is the worst incident EVER to take place on the Football Field."

And thats just the start. WC supporters over here want him banned FOR LIFE!!!! Hah! What a ____in joke! It took them a few seasons to finally pull there finger out and do summin about Cuz's drug problem.. and they only did that because it came out in the media so badly. And Kerr.. last year for grabbing that guys balls aswell as his off-feild descretions!!! Thats all forgotten after about 18hrs. But Barry Hall will always be a menace to society, and a boxer who should never be allowed to play AFL football ever again.

I agree... it was bad. but no where near the worst. Probably ONE OF the worst in recent years but thats about it. In my opinion, the incident last year with the collingwood guy elbowing/shouldering the other guy square in the face, was worse. Cant remember who, or when.. but Im sure someone can remember it.

I'm sure there are laws against such crummy reporting. These journos have no conscience at all. I wouldn't be surprised the least if they try to upset Hall so that they can get a shot of him looking like an axe murderer.

 

[DeadlyAkkuret]

I'm sure there are laws against such crummy reporting. These journos have no conscience at all. I wouldn't be surprised the least if they try to upset Hall so that they can get a shot of him looking like an axe murderer.

Lol, this pretty much sums it up. The media are so pathetic the way they scamper around for any 'dirt' they can get on Hall and interview a few nuffies in the streets of Perth who are obviously going to be calling for Barry's head.

Add a few tears from Mrs Staker and a Doctor who wants to get his head on tv and you have a recipe for a 10 weeks suspension. I feel so embarrassed that this has been the leading story on ALL tv stations in Perth, how soft does it make this state look and for that matter, the entire country?

The game against Geelong can't come soon enough, because the attention will finally be back on the FOOTY!

 

[Jaymeee]

Lol, this pretty much sums it up. The media are so pathetic the way they scamper around for any 'dirt' they can get on Hall and interview a few nuffies in the streets of Perth who are obviously going to be calling for Barry's head.

Add a few tears from Mrs Staker and a Doctor who wants to get his head on tv and you have a recipe for a 10 weeks suspension. I feel so embarrassed that this has been the leading story on ALL tv stations in Perth, how soft does it make this state look and for that matter, the entire country?

The game against Geelong can't come soon enough, because the attention will finally be back on the FOOTY!

Hall will never get a fair trial. With all the media scrutiny, the AFL tribunal will be obliged to give him a double digit sentence. FFS Robert Mugabe gets a better run in the media than Barry Hall.

 

[is2SWaNz]

How to report the Barry Hall incident.

1. Show the incident in slow motion a couple of times,
2. Have a picture of Hall in gloves,looking menancingly
3. Then get a neurology expert on to say that Barry Hall could have killed Brent Staker.


...Its hard to imagine how one punch, be it severe, has been sensationalised to such a degree .

____en media reports these days. They ____en piss me off, if today tonight do some kind of Barry Hall/AFL punching themed news tonight or this week, I'm going to throw something at my TV.

I hate the fact they have to make that punching in slow mo.. it seems as though he actually had a looooooooooooong time to think about if he should hit staker or not. It was a brain snap for god ____en sakes. What will the stupid media come up with next?

 

[bedford]

was reported on SEN this morning by Tiffany Cheery that the hall punch has been shown on sports news in the USA

 

[Sanecow]

was reported on SEN this morning by Tiffany Cheery that the hall punch has been shown on sports news in the USA

"Storm in a teacup downunder" I would guess.

 

[ssfc0203]

He's damned if he does, damned if he doesn't.

Barry's just going to have to keep his head down and his nose clean. Yeah, those decisions ____ing annoy me too, but it isn't worth losing your career, respect and self-worth over.

All through this year, I've been fuming at how many free kicks the umpires let slide against him. This incident may make defenders think twice about manhandling him (even though Staker didn't), but the umpires .. well ...

 

[WoGiTaLiA]

Still think he should just say that Staker insulted his mother or something and he lost control of his emotions.

If it can work for Headland, why shouldn't it work for Hall.

 

[WC Eagles FC]

You guys are missing everything.

Barry had a brain snap plain and simple.

Weird as this may sound, I actually have gained a small amount of respect for him as least he has been man enough to say i will cop on the chin whatever you throw at me by way of suspension.

To say stuff about being weak for 1 punch is nonsense. Can guarantee you would be first to whinge if someone of barrys size turned and smacked you in the head so hard you dont recall anything for next couple of minutes.

Silly act - Barry knows it - willing to cop any suspension and get on with it - game over.

 

[bedford]

hall should get 6 for what he did,but there is no damage to stakers jaw or teeth so all these idiots that say it could have killed him are as stupid as him

 

[Mav_87]

hall should get 6 for what he did,but there is no damage to stakers jaw or teeth so all these idiots that say it could have killed him are as stupid as him

Nah.. they are right. It COULD have killed him. But 90% of hits in the AFL have the potential to kill people.. a knock to the right part of the temple and your done for. fall badly after a tackle or a mark.. land on your head/neck badly and gone. But they fail to report this sort of stuff... just the fact that Hally made a "deadly blow to the jaw of an innocent defender".

Theyre ____ed. The lot of them. If this shit happened a bit more often, maybe umps, fans and defenders would take note of it and just check out the footage of the big forwards and theyre treatment by defenders a bit more.

Hows this one (courtesy of channel 7) - "Barry Halls attack on a harmless young Eagle." - HAH!