Denham's problems with Melbourne

[beelzebub 23,389]

They find them apeeling !!

[Sir Why You Little 37,247]

They find them apeeling !!

That's the kind of joke Ralph Malph's Dad would say BB59....!

[angrydee 842]

Last evening on SEN, Scott Lucas was waxing lyrical on how professional the club was, how well it handled Aussie and how he believed the future was rosy for us.

[beelzebub 23,389]

That's the kind of joke Ralph Malph's Dad would say BB59....!

thankyou

[Sir Why You Little 37,247]

thankyou

"we still got it dad"

[Fitz Fitzpatrick 886]

lets win a flag...that will shut him up

To win a flag with Scully in teh side would have the Denham types saying we won it because we tanked. To win one without Scully - no recourse for these ****ers.

[Biffen 12,949]

Acid wash , patched ,faded , skinny.

Denham is still Denham .

The MFC is still the MFC , trying to improve .

We are doing something right if fools like him spray us .

Next year should be fun.

[KC from Casey 7,123]

I personally found Denham's reported comments re Austin Wonaeamirri both offensive and ignorant of what this young man has gone through over the past few years. As a big shot reporter for the Murdoch press I can understand that he lacks the necessary sensitivity to report on Austin's situation. He certainly hasn't been up with it while the young man battled with injury after injury and then with the passing of two important life figures. To use him as part of his irrational and idiotic vendetta against the Melbourne Football Club is nothing short of disgraceful.

[Rolling Stone 160]

A leopard doesn't change his spots - Journos do your homework before opening your mouth

Bags us over ending James McDonald's career at 34 but now overlooks the fact that Geelong allowed their own captain to go at 30.

Lazy, hack journalist.

[Slartibartfast 17,872]

I personally found Denham's reported comments re Austin Wonaeamirri both offensive and ignorant of what this young man has gone through over the past few years. As a big shot reporter for the Murdoch press I can understand that he lacks the necessary sensitivity to report on Austin's situation. He certainly hasn't been up with it while the young man battled with injury after injury and then with the passing of two important life figures. To use him as part of his irrational and idiotic vendetta against the Melbourne Football Club is nothing short of disgraceful.

Yes, but who gives a toss??

[The Third Eye 283]

Yes, but who gives a toss??

Judging by the number of comments and views on this thread to date, I'd say somebody must.

[old dee 23,944]

I heard him this morning at approx. 9.30 he was asked why do you hate the MFC so much?

His answer:

Some CEO's go out of their way to help and provide info and others lie!

So there, now we know what the problem is!

[diesel 420]

I don't think anyone of consequence will take any notice of Denham's "agenda". Heavens, if I didn't read Demonland I wouldn't know about it. Most of the press I see at the moment is very positive about the club, that there is one voice out there having a go at us is probably healthy.

Denham has no capacity to hurt us unless he can enlist the help of the media in general and that ain't going to happen.

Not many poker players around here!!

I've pointed out before that I feel Denham's antics are all a show at a slow time of year and my belief that KB is the puppet master given his dislike of Schwab so I see right through these antics.

While it is healthy to have criticism to reign in the positivity and I'm interested to hear genuine voices like the Mike Sheahans or pretty much anyone from The Age, those criticisms are not valid when they evolve from grossly biased opinion, twisting of facts, lack of knowledge and sheer laziness to question, investigate or understand.

Edited November 3, 2011 by diesel

[Hulett Packard III 166]

I heard him this morning at approx. 9.30 he was asked why do you hate the MFC so much?

His answer:

Some CEO's go out of their way to help and provide info and others lie!

So there, now we know what the problem is!

No doubt Bartlett would have picked him up on that with his own view that the culture of the AFL is all about lies not to mention that the best of liars come from the journalistic profession?

[H_T 3,049]

I heard him this morning at approx. 9.30 he was asked why do you hate the MFC so much?

His answer:

Some CEO's go out of their way to help and provide info and others lie!

So there, now we know what the problem is!

Thought it would be Schwab. And KB isn't far away. In fact he's on the other side of the desk in the studio opposite Denham.

[Tony Tea 2,814]

Ancient Chinese proverb: "Footy is lies."

[Slartibartfast 17,872]

Judging by the number of comments and views on this thread to date, I'd say somebody must.

Yes, but why are people getting their knickers in a knot over someone who has little if any following and even less credibility.

I reckon he's sucked a lot of gullible people in.

[The Chazz 4,077]

I personally found Denham's reported comments re Austin Wonaeamirri both offensive and ignorant of what this young man has gone through over the past few years. As a big shot reporter for the Murdoch press I can understand that he lacks the necessary sensitivity to report on Austin's situation. He certainly hasn't been up with it while the young man battled with injury after injury and then with the passing of two important life figures. To use him as part of his irrational and idiotic vendetta against the Melbourne Football Club is nothing short of disgraceful.

Maybe he (Denham) is dirty with us because when we tried to call Aussie and got no answer, it didn't give him a chance to listen in on the conversation...

[rpfc 28,847]

Yes, but who gives a toss??

Yes, but why are people getting their knickers in a knot over someone who has little if any following and even less credibility.

I reckon he's sucked a lot of gullible people in.

You have been very forgiving of his credibility in this thread, and have yourself given a toss about what he has said by justifying his views...

[Tony Tea 2,814]

"Evil thrives when good men stay silent."

~~ Kim Kardashian, or someone.

[Slartibartfast 17,872]

You have been very forgiving of his credibility in this thread, and have yourself given a toss about what he has said by justifying his views...

You really miss the point sometimes. We have done things wrong in the past. He has some material to work with. I don't give a toss but unlike you I know we've made mistakes.

He's got some air with limited material and many here, including you, are sucked in.

[Rogue 585]

Maybe he (Denham) is dirty with us because when we tried to call Aussie and got no answer, it didn't give him a chance to listen in on the conversation...

Hah, harsh!

[Whispering_Jack 31,024]

"Evil thrives when good men stay silent."

~~ Kim Kardashian, or someone.

Actually, I think it was her ex-husband (or one of them).

[Dr. Gonzo 24,378]

You really miss the point sometimes. We have done things wrong in the past. He has some material to work with. I don't give a toss but unlike you I know we've made mistakes.

He's got some air with limited material and many here, including you, are sucked in.

I don't think that there's any Melbourne supporters that would say the club has never made mistakes in the past or even the recent past. This isn't about a journalist unveiling internal mistakes like a Caroline Wilson might do and perhaps even providing constructive criticism or opinion on the matter. This is about someone making nothing statements, like the club doesn't stand for anything and he would be ashamed to support MFC, as well as having a go at the club for ridiculous things like not paying 100% of the cap, over-paying for Clark & not hunting down Wonna without knowing all the facts or even attempting to know them or put them into context.

I think it does raise an interesting debate though which seems to have ben lost in the last few pages here and that is as supporters what is the best way to support the club? Is it by blindly applauding every move they make? Is it by constantly criticising everything they do? Is it by deriding our own supporter base for being passionless and the club for being soft and weak? I don't know the answer but I think the closest thing we can do to what would be "right" was mentioned a couple of pages ago and that is to defend & support the club at every opportunity conveying a united public front while working things out behind closed doors. In effect it is "don't air your dirty laundry in public". This is what the big clubs do or try to do and it seems to work for them. Others like Richmond who eat their own in public are seen as rabbles and the public perception feeds off itself.

I sometimes think what is the best way I can help the club? I have been a member for a long time but don't have any access/knowledge of the inner workings of the club other than what is in the papers or on Demonland. I think the answer is to support them to the hilt but to also question the decisions being made and the direction of the club. This may sound contradictory but I don't think it is. For instance I liked the member survey sent out yesterday as it gave me the opportunity to provide some feedback to the club about where I see us without having to resort to ringing up 3AW or SEN and bag them out on air. I am pretty happy with the current board however there are things they can handle better and although we have cleared the debt I still think our financial position is very bad and needs to improve.

We are a proud and strong club with as much history as the game itself. Despite being rubbish for almost half a centuiry we still sit 4th on the premiership table. Despite falling short of the ultimate prize we were still seen as one of the most successful Vic clubs of the modern era until 5 years ago making the finals more often than not. We have had and still ahve our problems but no club is perfect and we are working these out. We have some historical disadvantages but those same things also provide us with other advantages and we need to accentuate the positive and minimise the negative. We are stabilising our off-field position and now have some of the best facilities in the league giving our team and club the best opportunity it's had in a while to match it with the big boys. Hopefully this translates into off-field success and I think it will.

The worm always turns it wasn't so long ago Geelong were seen as a rabble, soft "handbaggers" who couldn't get the job done. We will make finals and challenge again soon and when we do we can turn around and rub it in the faces of morons like Denham who will then have moved on to their next whipping boy in a desparate attempt to remain relevant.

[Blistering 541]

Well said.

There's absolutely no reason to shrink away in silence when we cop that sort of abuse.