Mega Thread The Media Thread

[Freoforever86]

First time in years I'm actually going to record 360.

Haha same. Hang him out to dry Gerard

 

[Granny Val]

Micale on 91.3fm running with the Brayshaw was blocking his run (and had a role on him to niggle him all day WTF) and should have been penalised prior to the hit.. insinuating that it would have prevented the action. Taking everything in me not to throw my radio out the window at work

All prefaced with "Im not condoning what Gaff did.. but... "

That word, 'BUT' ... you know whatever follows will be crap!

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[Granny Val]

Think Duffield summed it up well in The West:
Thumbs Down (with a derby flavour)
Brain snap part one: Andrew Gaff. Remorseful, no doubt. Out of character no doubt. But the off the ball hit on Andrew Brayshaw sits as the ugliest on field incident of 2018 and should be punished accordingly. Have no idea what he was thinking if he was thinking at all.

Brain snap part two: The Eagles crowd. We have learned not to expect too much from crowds at big games but standing ovations for a bloke who has king hit an 18-year-old way off the ball look more than a little “off” when you look back at them in hindsight.

Brain snap part three: The Eagles team. The same applies to them. By all means protect your mate in the face of what were clearly some very angry Dockers but the last quarter mobbing of Gaff after his long goal just looks wrong in light of his actions and the consequences of his actions. Support of a teammate is great but this looked like a celebration of what Gaff had done.

Brain snap part four: The well-lubricated West Coast corporates adjacent to the press conference room started booing Fremantle coach Ross Lyon when he began his press conference and started talking about the Gaff incident. Memo to Optus Stadium: This is a working environment. Either control the crowd or get them out.

Yes. My respect for Duffield grows and grows.

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[muzzington]

Same thing on Studio 10 this morning, their guest basically framed the segment about the incident with "Not victim blaming but he or someone else probably did something to set him off"

 

[Freo Big Fella]

Hilarious. Basil hardly even turns it up to lukewarm with Simmo - barely even broached the prick's talking up of a sucker punch to the jaw as a complete accident - and Eagles flogs already talking formal complaints to Seven.

 

[masai]

Hilarious. Basil hardly even turns it up to lukewarm with Simmo - barely even broached the prick's talking up of a sucker punch to the jaw as a complete accident - and Eagles flogs already talking formal complaints to Seven.

Stokes the fire at 7, mmmmmm I have a little chuckle over that phrase.

 

[wayToGo_]

Did I get punched in the head by Gaff when I wasn't expecting it? I'm starting to like Basil.

 

[Freoforever86]

I heard talking footy was very pro Gaff. Anyone watch?

 

[PurpleSnowman]

Holy shit. Good on ya basil.

 

[yatesy21]

Front page tomorrow.

 

[scon]

Wallet saying he should #getoutatown

 

[Granny Val]

Front page tomorrow.

Oh my goodness. Get on Twitter and defend The West. They are being attacked by West Coast fans in the most vitriolic terms. Who would ever have thought that The West would put out a front page like this. I still can't believe it. My faith in the media is being restored. Yay for Duffield, Lacey and O'Donohue. Courage in a blue and yellow town.

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[mightymouse75]

There will be blood. Or maybe the media have had enough of being bullied. Fn amen

 

[mightymouse75]

Im going to buy tomoz. My first buy in 10.years . Wish me luck

 

[Jeba]

I heard talking footy was very pro Gaff. Anyone watch?

Turned it off a few minutes in after carey said it was accidental and its all a over reaction. Was either the tv off or something was going to go through the tv. Unbelievable.

Edit: these are the same guys who were outraged with the nyhuis tackle afew weeks back.

 

[Granny Val]

Im going to buy tomoz. My first buy in 10.years . Wish me luck

You should read the outraged comments by Eagles fans on Twitter. Unbelievable.

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[Granny Val]

Turned it off a few minutes in after carey said it was accidental and its all a over reaction. Was either the tv off or something was going to go through the tv. Unbelievable.

Edit: these are the same guys who were outraged with the nyhuis tackle afew weeks back.

The same with Jonathon Brown on Channel 10. Is there no former player apart from Pav who is prepared to describe this cowardly act for what it is?

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[Freoforever86]

Turned it off a few minutes in after carey said it was accidental and its all a over reaction. Was either the tv off or something was going to go through the tv. Unbelievable.

Edit: these are the same guys who were outraged with the nyhuis tackle afew weeks back.

Well I’m not overly surprised someone like Carey is endorsing violence. Still shocked they let him on tv with his domestic violence history

 

[Kram]

Turned it off a few minutes in after carey said it was accidental and its all a over reaction. Was either the tv off or something was going to go through the tv. Unbelievable.

This is a guy that probably thinks it's half the wife's fault for being beat up for back chatting her husband.

 

[Granny Val]

As much as I love the front page of today's West, there is still far too much WCE love and Gaff sympathy in the various articles. Not happy with the sympathy for Gaff's parents angle. WCE media machine in overdrive again.

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[dockerfemme]

I think more needs to be made of the decision to not show replays of the incident and Brayshaw’s face at the ground. Although I find it hard to believe the vast majority of the crowd had no clue what had occurred, the outcome of the crowd treating Gaff as a hero was terrible. I can understand the desire to minimise showing graphic images of injury, but the incident itself was not overly graphic and one or two showings of Andy’s face was appropriate. Being at a game and being unaware of the worst incident in AFL/VFL in 30 years is ridiculous.

PS. Andy was having a great game and I hope he recovers well.

 

[Dockerjonz]

I think more needs to be made of the decision to not show replays of the incident and Brayshaw’s face at the ground. Although I find it hard to believe the vast majority of the crowd had no clue what had occurred, the outcome of the crowd treating Gaff as a hero was terrible. I can understand the desire to minimise showing graphic images of injury, but the incident itself was not overly graphic and one or two showings of Andy’s face was appropriate. Being at a game and being unaware of the worst incident in AFL/VFL in 30 years is ridiculous.

PS. Andy was having a great game and I hope he recovers well.

i didn't see it shown. - if it was it was very brief. Saw all the scuffling though and did see replays though of Johnson of Gaff. When me and my godson got home his dad showed the footage to us and he had to point to it on screen as i was kinda looking at the screen where the play was not towards the top left where Brayshaw got hit. If this was shown at the game i think alot of people would've been watching it like i did.

 

[dockerfemme]

i didn't see it shown. - if it was it was very brief. Saw all the scuffling though and did see replays though of Johnson of Gaff. When me and my godson got home his dad showed the footage to us and he had to point to it on screen as i was kinda looking at the screen where the play was not towards the top left where Brayshaw got hit. If this was shown at the game i think alot of people would've been watching it like i did

It has been stated that the incident was not replayed. I think this was a very poor decision.

 

[Dockerjonz]

Mind you the Docker next to me did say "bye bye Gaff no more this year" to his weasel mate so somehow he saw it- maybe in real time as he didn't have radio gear

 

[Granny Val]

The editorial in today's West is absolutely brilliant. Breathtaking in its honesty and description of West Coast's arrogance. Alston's cartoon is also spot on.

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