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The Chazz
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Curry & Beer (in response to your post about boycotting - apologies, my quote feature isn't working)... The longer this season goes on, the more I'm starting to appreciate that dikhead McLean act

Tony Tea
Tony Tea

Played a straight bat. No mean feat given how much he moved his hands. Still, the interview will not send the club into free fall, or prompt a tanking investigation.

wattsup
wattsup

Was interesting he said he at times looks like he is not going hard enough, and the reason is he is stuffed so last couple weeks roosy is giving him more breaks he used to only get to bench once or tw

Deestroy All Trident

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I'm surprised you're not joining the dots. You did with the Hogan deal.

I remember Roos saying "the media focus on Watts is much greater than the MFC focus on Watts, he's just one of 22". Hence my opinion that Jack shouldn't have done the interview. It's not that he did it badly because he didn't - it was just bland, but while he's moving from fair player to good player he should just concentrate on that and not do media IMO. Chris Dawes would have been a much better interviewee as he's very well spoken and could have talked about both Collingwood and MFC, done comparisons including MM v PR. It would have been more interesting and stood us in a better light.

TBH player interviews are usually pretty bland whereas when coaches are interviewed they can say more.

Chris Dawes is on everything all the time. The footy show, 360, club website after each game he plays in, 11 minute media conferences etc...

I'm sure the blokes at bland central On The Couch requested Watts due to the anniversary of what they see as that infamous debut. Watts is a big enough boy to accept the offer and speak for himself, he was fine.

Every player interview on that show is bland, Ted Richards sent me into a wonderful slumber.

Watts is 1 of 22, you can't have all 22 on that standard size couch.

You're making a big deal out of nothing.

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Same sort of thinking that saw Watts rolled out for QB 6 years ago.

Dumb.

Yeah thats because we were in the entertainment business back then too...

Yawn

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Watts is completely overexposed I reckon. Jones, Dawes, Frawley, Cross or others could have done it. Watts did an interview with Mike Sheahan last year, he's been on the Footy Show and he's been the subject of newpaper articles as well as other media focus. I'm thinking enough is enough.

I don't think it's a biggie, I just think it was a mistake.

There's the other side of the coin to consider, namely that of the media outlets. Which Melbourne player is going to get people tuning in? Ask the average punter to name a Melbourne player, and half of them will name Watts. He's an intriguing figure. A figure of interest. We don't have many of those coming from the last few years.

He was nervous, but he didn't shame himself at all. I've got no real issue with him taking on interviews such as this, especially in the build up to QB with his infamous debut to reflect on changes since then.

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Watts was as candid as he could be without wanting to rock any boats. His comments when asked if there was anything he'd do differently were a great example of that. But he's also right that when you start to succeed you appreciate the journey that you've taken to get there. If we are able to get to the final hurdle and compete with the best imagine how it will feel for the likes of Jones, Chip, and Garlo who have been with the club during some of it's worst times.

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