SAM NEWMAN

[H_T 3,049]

Tonight he returns, he has apologised, and the Footy Show members have been told to curb their manners. Sam has said he intends to keep his controversial opinions to himself and tiptoe over topics such as women at fotball club board level. That is ......until 9:30pm on Thursday's one thinks

[Roost It 1,434]

Tonight he returns, he has apologised, and the Footy Show members have been told to curb their manners. Sam has said he intends to keep his controversial opinions to himself and tiptoe over topics such as women at fotball club board level. That is ......until 9:30pm on Thursday's one thinks

WHO CARES - can we lose all topics that mention him.

[H_T 3,049]

WHO CARES - can we lose all topics that mention him.

You don't have to comment, and if you come accross a topic like that again. Simple. Don't read it.

[Roost It 1,434]

You don't have to comment, and if you come accross a topic like that again. Simple. Don't read it.

Fair point, but I read 'em all, can't help it

[H_T 3,049]

Fair point, but I read 'em all, can't help it

Ok..fair enough

[Guest MFC4Life]

You don't have to comment, and if you come accross a topic like that again. Simple. Don't read it.

I think the same rationale can be applied to the Footy Show itself.

[H_T 3,049]

I think the same rationale can be applied to the Footy Show itself.

Very Good.

[The Emblem 1]

Very Good.

Is it just me or has anyone else noticed that as Y_M takes leave, Sam Newman reappears.

Is this a Clarke Kent - Superman scenario...is Yze Magic really Sam Newman?

Or is it just that this town's not big enough for the both of them.

[Gorgoroth 13,150]

I'm glad Sam is back, I like him, Billy has been great though.

[Melbourne_777 0]

Agreed condemned 84, both funny and entertaining!

[True Believer 1]

I'm glad Sam is back, I like him, Billy has been great though.

"Who Cares" from me also.....I watch the show but not for Sam. I think Bill Brownless did/does a great job. I watch the first hour.... when most of the footy highlights are done. I like Hutchy's segment but not Hutchy himself. He seems to get all the goss. Didn't miss Sam over the last couple of weeks.... be very interesting to see how he carries on (!!!) on tonight.

[H_T 3,049]

"Who Cares" from me also.....I watch the show but not for Sam. I think Bill Brownless did/does a great job. I watch the first hour.... when most of the footy highlights are done. I like Hutchy's segment but not Hutchy himself. He seems to get all the goss. Didn't miss Sam over the last couple of weeks.... be very interesting to see how he carries on (!!!) on tonight.

True Believer, good post, what are the odd's he brings out the mannequin again? By the way for such a good post thats a far stretch from also posting "Who Cares"?

[MrMoose 316]

Sooner he's back the better.

The sooner those who don't want to watch him or the footy show realise that they can change channels - the better too.

It amazes me the amount of people who say that they hate him and the footy show, but still watch it!

[H_T 3,049]

Sooner he's back the better.

The sooner those who don't want to watch him or the footy show realise that they can change channels - the better too.

It amazes me the amount of people who say that they hate him and the footy show, but still watch it!

Agree MrMoose, friends and family of mine tell me time and time again they can't stand sam Newman and the Footy Show, yet they still watch it. Why? Because its entertainment.

[Yencks 8]

people love to have something to complain about...they love seeing sam saying racist/sexist/rude comments because then they can complain about it

[titan_uranus 25,059]

Despite what people think about Sam, the Footy Show needs him.

People forget that what Sam's been doing this year has been happening for the show's entirety. It seems to be that non-watchers who heard about the mannequin skit have attacked him.

Billy was good, but Sam's better. Besides which, his return should bring back Street Talk.

[True Believer 1]

It amazes me the amount of people who say that they hate him and the footy show, but still watch it!

I never said I disliked the footy show....love segments of it....it's personalities that I dislike... eg Sam and Hutchy .... Love Hutchy's work but not Hutchy.

[MrMoose 316]

people love to have something to complain about...they love seeing sam saying racist/sexist/rude comments because then they can complain about it

So very true NJ.

[Eastie Boyz 0]

I reckon he's funny 80% of the time.

Sick of the whole feminist "treat women as equal" but then when they are they squeal like little [censored] (gross generalisation there).

In the words of George Orwell: all animals are equal but some are more equal than others

[Oxxx 0]

That whole saga was the biggest overreaction that I've ever seen in my life. If all of the feminists had a problem with what he did then they should have complained about it immediately after it happened instead of waiting a month. If they weren't watching it when it happened then they most likely wasn't the target audience for it and therefore it doesn't affect them. I'm not saying that what Sam did was right, but still a mountain was made out of a molehill with regards to it all.

[praha 11,250]

Sam's great. Finally someone on TV who isn't afraid to speak his mind even with some people in this overly politically-correct country constantly on his back.

[Rogue 585]

If they weren't watching it when it happened then they most likely wasn't the target audience for it and therefore it doesn't affect them.

I get where you're coming from to an extent, but your assertion re: not impacting on anyone that isn't watching is incorrect.

Edit: That's not to say Newman's actions did - or didn't - have an impact on women in the game etc (and lets not go there, it's been done to death already).

[Pates 9,661]

Tonight has shown exactly what happens with sam, the skit with him accending as the devil was clever as it took the [censored] out of himself. But what he did to Hutchy, who btw i don't really, with drawing on him is just ridiculous and was humiliating.

I like Sam 75% of the time, but that other 25% he just a thick-headed bully. Without Eddie he has lost the plot and has no control. I can't believe i'm saying this, but i enjoyed it more having Billy as the "funny man".

[timD 994]

Calabreseboy, what do you mean by 'political correctness'? The way it struck me was that it means that you don't go around deliberately being offensive, particularly to weaker or marginalised groups. How do you understand the term, cause it strikes me that a lot of people think that it means you cannot say anything about anything?

[Gorgoroth 13,150]

PC is the worst amount of bollocks I have ever heard, I mean why is it called "Political"? It's not like politicians are model citizens, and besides whose politics are we using?

If it's funny I'll laugh and I think nearly everything should be available to comedy, i.e I laugh at stuff that I'm sure would be labeled a racist or sexist joke even though I'm not, i still find it funny.

Maybe I'm just a twisted person.