11 hours ago, Return to Glory said:

Wiseblood, I want a club official, media manager standing next to a nineteen year old player. I watched that press conference and they did try and trip him up.

Prudence should dictate that. 

Of course many of the 4th estate will try their little figs etc to get a rise get that headline etc. 

Again, as distasteful as it seems to me this club doesn't have the back of many of its charges.

The MFC still strikes me ( unfortunately) as naive. 

You can still box clever whilst protecting the young.

10 hours ago, Nasher said:

The ironic thing about the diving thing is that Vince did one of the lamest, most blatant stages I've ever seen, in a period of the game where there was actually something to gain by doing it, and I literally have not seen or heard it mentioned anywhere. I suppose nobody actually punched him in the face, so there's no actual crime we can blame him for.

Tim Watson got stuck into him on Talking Footy

The difference is that Vince isn't a young up-and-coming star that everyone wants to bring down so no one really cares.

Edited July 10, 20178 yr by Clint Bizkit

16 hours ago, McQueen said:

Wow, you gloated about reading faster than a sixteen year old but contribute this?

You take yourself far too seriously

14 hours ago, Demon17 said:

You must be joking.  The club has done 2 things right - again..

1.  Got it off the back page in 24 hours - you won't read about it after a small article tomorrow reporting the apology -  PR Rule No.1 .

Any other action would give the story legs.

2. Then  - they wheeled out the best team member to handle todays' presser - Jordan Lewis, who put it all in context, and again hammered the " culture" issue as laughable in a contemptible manner. And why was he the best you asked? - because no-one doubts a 4 time premiership player on what successful culture looks like.

Great media management today, we won the 4 points and Clarry will live to fight another day in Darwin and get 3 Brownlow votes next week,

 

and conversely to what the Blues banner said about us........

They can book THEIR September trip to Noosa instead of me. I'll have commitments at the ' G ' .

 

 

I was wrong. 

The Age this morning has NOTHING on the issue.  Move on everyone. Clarry quite rightly apologised in a 'non- apolgy ' manner .

"I didn't threaten him, did I?"  he said looking sideways to his advisor.

Brilliant repartee. Good on him. Another 30 possies this week coming up.

Well managed by MFC media department.

One, or several of us should write a little letter to the Carlton Football Club complaining about this man making physical contact with a player on the ground with a copy to the AFL CEO and to the MCC if it was in the MCC section. This is the way to get some real action such as him losing his membership or being banned.

http://www.afl.com.au/tickets/conditions-of-entry

Conditions of entry to an AFL venue

NOTICE TO ALL PATRONS

It is a condition of entry to the Venue (including all areas under owner or hirer, the “Venue”) for matches forming part of the Australian Football League’s season that patrons agree: 

16. not to do any of the following in the Venue or around: 

(e) disrupt, interrupt or behave in any manner that may disrupt or interrupt any of the matches or other activities at the Venue, distract, hinder or interfere with a player, interfere with the comfort of other patrons on their enjoyment of any of the matches or other activities at the Venue; 

(f) use indecent or obscene language or threatening or Insulting words, or otherwise behave in a threatening, abusive, riotous, indecent or insulting manner; 

 

Should have been ejected if the AFL are serious about enforcing the above.

 

 

3 minutes ago, GM11 said:

 

Should have been ejected if the AFL are serious about enforcing the above.

Good luck witht that. The AFL doesn't even try to enforce the rules of the game or it's poicies about players belting each other unless it suits.

18 minutes ago, GM11 said:

http://www.afl.com.au/tickets/conditions-of-entry

Conditions of entry to an AFL venue

NOTICE TO ALL PATRONS

It is a condition of entry to the Venue (including all areas under owner or hirer, the “Venue”) for matches forming part of the Australian Football League’s season that patrons agree: 

16. not to do any of the following in the Venue or around: 

(e) disrupt, interrupt or behave in any manner that may disrupt or interrupt any of the matches or other activities at the Venue, distract, hinder or interfere with a player, interfere with the comfort of other patrons on their enjoyment of any of the matches or other activities at the Venue; 

(f) use indecent or obscene language or threatening or Insulting words, or otherwise behave in a threatening, abusive, riotous, indecent or insulting manner; 

 

Should have been ejected if the AFL are serious about enforcing the above.

 

 

Nice piece of research there. I totally agree....however if they enforced rule 16 (f), then Carlton supporters wouldn't be able to attend at all.

9 minutes ago, Wadda We Sing said:

Nice piece of research there. I totally agree....however if they enforced rule 16 (f), then Carlton supporters wouldn't be able to attend at all.

The problem with that is ? 

Thanks GM11 

 Im currently roughing up my letter to the club. That's a very timely reference. 

9 hours ago, Wadda We Sing said:

I'm sorry but this is absolutely correct. Clarrys momentum took him to the fence as par the course of the game. The moron stood up and clearly pushed him back....it doesn't matter how hard or soft it was. Its unacceptable that a fan can have any physical contact with a player.

Yep, he was just big noting, take the bloody seats off him and his tribe for good.

2 hours ago, yoSMOKIE said:

You take yourself far too seriously

Don't worry about me. I was merely pointing out your own set of standards and whether they were age related.

20 minutes ago, beelzebub said:

Thanks GM11 

 Im currently roughing up my letter to the club. That's a very timely reference. 

Don't forget to include that they were "some fringe religious group originally" anyway.......

3 minutes ago, McQueen said:

Don't worry about me. I was merely pointing out your own set of standards and whether they were age related.

I guess I should've known that my tongue-in-cheek comment would be taken as gospel by some ... classic DL

 

 

Just watching the replay and I noticed that the mate of that delicate flower tried to restrain him at one point. Obviously knows he's an idiot.   I too am disappointed the club did not add a comment to the apology saying spectators should endeavour not to make contact with a player whose momentum carries them into the fence.   No direct accusation but we know what that means and pretty safe from prolonging the coverage.

51 minutes ago, beelzebub said:

Thanks GM11 

 Im currently roughing up my letter to the club. That's a very timely reference. 

Settle down, BB!  Why are you taking out your anger on your letter?  What did it do to you to deserve being "roughed up" by you?  Pick on something more your size in future, please!  LOL

Wasnt Oliver also spotted on the grassy Knoll?

54 minutes ago, Vagg said:

Settle down, BB!  Why are you taking out your anger on your letter?  What did it do to you to deserve being "roughed up" by you?  Pick on something more your size in future, please!  LOL

You're dead right. Any excuse would be marginal at best.

2 hours ago, GM11 said:

http://www.afl.com.au/tickets/conditions-of-entry

Conditions of entry to an AFL venue

NOTICE TO ALL PATRONS

It is a condition of entry to the Venue (including all areas under owner or hirer, the “Venue”) for matches forming part of the Australian Football League’s season that patrons agree: 

16. not to do any of the following in the Venue or around: 

(e) disrupt, interrupt or behave in any manner that may disrupt or interrupt any of the matches or other activities at the Venue, distract, hinder or interfere with a player, interfere with the comfort of other patrons on their enjoyment of any of the matches or other activities at the Venue; 

(f) use indecent or obscene language or threatening or Insulting words, or otherwise behave in a threatening, abusive, riotous, indecent or insulting manner; 

 

Should have been ejected if the AFL are serious about enforcing the above.

 

 

Sorry GM - you must be new to AFL as you appear to be expressing surprise that the AFL are being very selective in enforcing their own rules.   Par for the course IMO.

(Stolen from the interweb)

Thing is. Oliver didn't run away. The  Club and the AFL did .

1 hour ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

(Stolen from the interweb)

Oliver didn't run away, he fired back at the [censored]! This gif is horrible and obviously made by a troll off a Blues forum.

43 minutes ago, beelzebub said:

Thing is. Oliver didn't run away. The  Club and the AFL did .

 Our media department have not exactly covered themselves in glory over the last month. Poor is the nicest thing I can say about them.

57 minutes ago, beelzebub said:

Thing is. Oliver didn't run away. The  Club and the AFL did .

The Blues fans are obviously very salty over the loss. 

6 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

The Blues fans are obviously very salty over the loss. 

good, they can join the filth in the brine