Damian Barrett's anti MFC spin doctoring

[daisycutter 29,891]

Damo may work as a newspaper and online journalist but he took the lead of DC comics with his commentary on that one and just retconned it out of his back story!

i resemble that comment

i can assure you db has never been near my comics

i hope the mud doesn't stick

[whatwhat say what 23,418]

he's just fascinated by our club.

it's actually great that we're in the media all the time in terms of repucom score.

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-06-11/paul-roos-the-rebuilder

he's essentially calling roos a gun-for-hire.

and it wouldn't surprise me if he's half-right. god knows the likes of richmond, carlton and potentially west coast could do with his approach.

[What 18,810]

He wants us to lose Roos so we fall apart and he can stick the boot in and take the pressure off His beloved Kangas who are the first team in line to relocate

Nice try Barrett you four eyed pleb

[Chook 15,023]

Please for the love of all that is good don't click this link. Starve the bastards and they'll all die out one by one.

This is the only Barrett I have any interest in:

Wise words often bear repeating...

...as many times as it takes....

Edited June 11, 2014 by Chook

[Go the Biff 3,457]

Barrett briefly referred to this on one of the footy shows last week - that Roos could wander from struggling club to struggling club, fixing them up

I doubt Roos is going anywhere

If he doesn't coach us beyond 2016, I reckon he & Jackson will create a position for him where he still guides our fortunes

Paul Roos - MFC Overlord !

[Chook 15,023]

Barrett briefly referred to this on one of the footy shows last week - that Roos could wander from struggling club to struggling club, fixing them up

Just like Ross Lyon could go from contender to contender winning them premierships.

Oh, wait...

[Slartibartfast 17,985]

Alternatively

"Demonland fascination with Barrett continues"

[Machsy 2,858]

He's clearly just aiming to bait MFC supporters, and precious little else.

Don't give the human stain any oxygen.

[autocol 448]

Keep up the good work, Chook.

[Ted Lasso 19,549]

If roos has any interest in coaching after the three years he will stay on with us, he doesn't need money and doesn't seem like the type to leave things half done

[Lucifers Hero 40,509]

Even if Roos doesn't coach in 2016 he has made it clear he stay at the MFC in another role. Roos is a man of integrity and character. He won't go back on that.

Calling Roos a gun-for-hire is probably the biggest insult anyone could level at Paul Roos. Barrett has stooped to new lows - somewhere below the gutter. He would have to consult a dictonary to understand 'integrity' and 'character'. He is a despicable being!

[deanox 10,045]

The article is nasty and insulting.

Up to now I've thought he was an idiot. Now I'm starting to believe he really does have an anti Melbourne agenda.

[rpfc 28,894]

Someone should ask Roos at his next presser about whether he is a 'gun for hire' and how he feels about being portrayed as such.

[daisycutter 29,891]

a "gun for hire" written by a "hack for hire"

[ManDee 7,317]

The article is nasty and insulting.

Up to now I've thought he was an [censored]. Now I'm starting to believe he really does have an anti Melbourne agenda.

Quick on the uptake?

He gains pleasure from attempting to undermine MFC.

He is the worst kind of journalist (pseudo journalist) he makes stuff up and peddles it as news.

We should fight back using his style. ---- It has been suggested that Damian Barrett shares more than a nickname with Rolf Harris.--- No factual basis for this but what the heck that's how he writes.

Edited June 12, 2014 by ManDee

[Little Richard 6,265]

a "gun for hire" written by a "hack for hire"

It's amazing that people actually pay the peasant to write this garbage.

Edit: Although here we are discussing it so he's an effective peasant, I'll give him that. I wonder if he has any sense of self worth?

Edited June 12, 2014 by Django

[ManDee 7,317]

It's amazing that people actually pay the peasant to write this garbage.

Edit: Although here we are discussing it so he's an effective peasant, I'll give him that. I wonder if he has any sense of self worth?

I think he is like a cockroach. Will probably survive a nuclear holocaust, scurrying around in the dark wallowing in filth.

[ManDee 7,317]

[ManDee 7,317]

[Sir Why You Little 37,296]

I just read the article. Barrett this time is fairly accurate.

We the MFC do need a complete rebuild. But i do find it insulting that he is almost pushing PR to leave the job before it is done.

Looking at mondays game i believe PR will still be involved with the club after 2016.

For 50 years the board have applied Band Aids to on going situations.

Now the MFC appear to be doing things right.

It will take at least 2-3 years to do this transformation.

I do not think Paul Roos will leave early nor do i think the same for PJ.

The AFL need a strong Melbourne. The supporters exist.

Damien Barrett is a disposable commodity in the big picture.

[Barney Rubble 1,576]

Enough is enough. The [censored] is not worth the time of day.

Let alone 72 posts.

[deanox 10,045]

Quick on the uptake?

He gains pleasure from attempting to undermine MFC.

He is the worst kind of journalist (pseudo journalist) he makes stuff up and peddles it as news.

...

There is a difference between being a [censored] journalist, purposely taking confront positions for notoriety and deliberately attacking and undermining.

Up until this point I thought he was the first. But the articles about Viney and now Roos in the past week have been undisguised deliberate attempts to attack and diminish our club, player and coach, with no substance or justification.

Kicking us when we are down is poor journalism. But when it is unjustifiable and inexplicable in the context, it becomes clear he has a personal agenda. Similar to Wilson with Schwab last year (not that Schwab didn't deserve criticism, but he didn't deserve the continual campaign of personal attacks).

Edited June 12, 2014 by deanox

[DemonOX 8,836]

I really do hate that little plick.

[TRIGON 4,792]

Damien Barrett is a disposable commodity in the big picture.

WYL, I'd argue not. Commodities have a value.

[Little Goffy 14,750]

Relax, his problem in this case isn;t with MFC, it is with Roos personally.

Roos dared to criticise the umpiring/officialdom. Barrett has a long record of delivering wet-lettuce counterpunches on behalf of the hand that feeds him.

It is plainly a personal attack, the final comment does sum it all up "The gun for hire can't lose from here", declaring not only that Roos is a mercenary but that he is also being given undue high status.

Such a beta-male stereotype.