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[Monument Hills]

Cheagle still pushing their barrow but Ross frustrating them with (surprise surprise), not breaching confidentiality in the settled matter.

 

[hoss]

I can think of many reasons why a settlement might be reached between parties or even why RTB or Freo might want a settlement. They're very obvious though and I'm sure they've been outlined in this or other threads on this topic.

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[Granny Val]

Lol Channel 7 ran with the Ross story first up, even before the Bomber Thompson news. [emoji23]

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And 6PR advertise the interview for the entire day.

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[Granny Val]

Mark Duffield's considered piece was the highlight for me for this week's reading in the West. Fair and just.

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[Joao]

http://www.fremantlefc.com.au/news/2018-05-02/fantastic-duman-adapting-to-afl

Glad to hear Ross is a Duman fan. Looks composed at the level and seems to be able to kick.

 

[gungho]

Literally one of the most bizarre press conferences ever.
http://www.afl.com.au/video/2018-05-02/ross-lyon-fronts-wa-media

 

[freoextra]

Literally one of the most bizarre press conferences ever.
http://www.afl.com.au/video/2018-05-02/ross-lyon-fronts-wa-media

Ross did seem flustered for the first time. Must be difficult when you are asked the same question differently twenty times, clearly he is getting frustrated. Who was that female reporter? Never noticed that voice before.

Unfortunately if the team gets a decent beating this week, this situation will be seen as the reason.

 

[Arcassius]

Ahhhh the good old days. Happy May the 4th folks

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[StingBitten]

6PR is topping themselves with Freo-hate now surely?

We know Hardie’s afternoon sport time is introduced with a voodoo-doll like spat regarding Ross each and every day, but it’s the general sports discussion segments in the morning that are really starting to irk me.

They effectively ignore Fremantle completely now - Eagles games are broken down and discussed as infinitum, with last minute comments about Freo ‘Dey gonna lose’.

I know their disgust at RTB’s rejection of participating on their program is thinly veiled, but this oppression reminds of Apartheid-era newspaper propaganda. If you don’t discuss them, they don’t exist.

I could have this wrong as I dont listen to the designated Sports program at 6pm, does that show get significant Freo coverage?

 

[Monument Hills]

Well Haselby is on a lot so not particularly unbalanced at 6pm. It is surprising they spend so much of their program discussing off-field afl issues though more than just about anything else. The listenership must be close to 95% wc supporters by now with anyone else put off from having their team constantly bashed, or from little to no discussion on their sport of interest. I guess if it keeps the sponsors paying, can't see it changing.

I'm just amused at the West putting out a new article every day on the ross saga which still says nothing new. I'm curious as to how long they can drag such a story out. Maybe they are too tight to pay Reuters for anything interesting going on in the world.

 

[wild side]

Well Haselby is on a lot so not particularly unbalanced at 6pm. It is surprising they spend so much of their program discussing off-field afl issues though more than just about anything else. The listenership must be close to 95% wc supporters by now with anyone else put off from having their team constantly bashed, or from little to no discussion on their sport of interest. I guess if it keeps the sponsors paying, can't see it changing.

I'm just amused at the West putting out a new article every day on the ross saga which still says nothing new. I'm curious as to how long they can drag such a story out. Maybe they are too tight to pay Reuters for anything interesting going on in the world.

Herald Sun tomorrow, will be a big expose' about the whole sordid mess.

 

[Del183359]

On the main board a certain Saints fan is having multiple orgasms over this story..sure you can guess who hates Ross and Freo that much..what an arseh*le

 

[YEOLO]

They obviously don't rate your Grand Final chances otherwise they would have held onto it until then.

 

[Del183359]

They obviously don't rate your Grand Final chances otherwise they would have held onto it until then.

Who’s they?

 

[Righteo]

Who’s they?

Daniel Chick.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-...by-chicks-unsubstantiated-drug-claims/6818548

Weird to reference that in this thread though.

On the main board a certain Saints fan is having multiple orgasms over this story..sure you can guess who hates Ross and Freo that much..what an arseh*le

All his Christmases have come at once. He's a genuinely disturbed and deeply vindictive person, I honestly feel pity for him. He's the type of person that gets more joy from Freo losing than his own mob winning

 

[Del183359]

Daniel Chick.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-...by-chicks-unsubstantiated-drug-claims/6818548

Weird to reference that in this thread though.



All his Christmases have come at once. He's a genuinely disturbed and deeply vindictive person, I honestly feel pity for him. He's the type of person that gets more joy from Freo losing than his own mob winning

No argument there.

 

[estibador]

All his Christmases have come at once. He's a genuinely disturbed and deeply vindictive person, I honestly feel pity for him. He's the type of person that gets more joy from Freo losing than his own mob winning

Lucky for him, cos his own mob don't win much.

 

[YEOLO]

Who’s they?

The Herald Sun. (It was a joke in reference to that Daniel Chick interview the Sun had done months prior but allected to publish right before the Grand Final.)

 

[332docker]

The Herald Sun. (It was a joke in reference to that Daniel Chick interview the Sun had done months prior but allected to publish right before the Grand Final.)

Must be hard to sell papers in melb at the moment if they can't find something else to report. Let's just make the headline sound like we have actually found something new and then just fill article full of misleading sentences that add no more actual facts. Everybody has signed confidentially agreements so unless someone goes and breaks that - at risk of legal action I think it will be very hard to find a story worth pursuing.

Bomber Thomson on the other hand - there must be massive amounts of leads and stories to uncover - why aren't all the journalists scrambling to try and sensationalize that to fill their papers?? double standards at play.

It just continues to show how much disrespect the media have for freo and until we win our first flag this will continue unfortunately.

Hope Lyon and his coaches can continue to develop the current group we have who I think are on track to break our drought if we can all just hold our nerve...

 

[Marty Whitelaw]

Thanks for removing the St Kilda troll mods. Was just about to absolutely lay into him.

Reading the coverage about this issue makes me glad print media is on its last legs. Increasingly hysterical and desperate as their readership plummets.

 

[estibador]

It just continues to show how much disrespect the media have for freo and until we win our first flag this will continue unfortunately.

Even once we do it will stay like this. Look how much harder the Vic media went at Cousins than Bomber, and he was just an end user, not a commercial grade dealer.

The go hard at soft targets from interstate who they have no connection with, then pussyfoot around when locals who are part of their boys club are involved.

 

[Cowboy Neale]

Must be hard to sell papers in melb at the moment if they can't find something else to report. Let's just make the headline sound like we have actually found something new and then just fill article full of misleading sentences that add no more actual facts. Everybody has signed confidentially agreements so unless someone goes and breaks that - at risk of legal action I think it will be very hard to find a story worth pursuing.

Bomber Thomson on the other hand - there must be massive amounts of leads and stories to uncover - why aren't all the journalists scrambling to try and sensationalize that to fill their papers?? double standards at play.

It just continues to show how much disrespect the media have for freo and until we win our first flag this will continue unfortunately.

Hope Lyon and his coaches can continue to develop the current group we have who I think are on track to break our drought if we can all just hold our nerve...

I'm not sure if I'm right with this and feel free anyone to correct me but but I think as Bomber's case is to come before the court, the papers have to be a bit careful about what they say and speculate on in case they predudjuice the case whereas with Ross the boss, it's open slather, who hoo!!!

 

[Freo Quokkas]

 

[scon]

Whether the headline has any substance or not may be revealed in the coming days or weeks.
More generally I have zero confidence in the leadership of Gillon in any area and women's rights would be a short suit.
Certainly an elitist boys' club product.
It won't surprise me if the probe is shown to be woefully unprofessional and inadequate.

 

[Righteo]

Lucky for him, cos his own mob don't win much.

Just checked the thread on the scandals board (which was a mistake). Over twice as many posts as anyone else. Jilted lover much?