6 minutes ago, ProDee said:

Hang on.  You said he'd beaten up the story.  You said he exaggerated.

What part was ''beaten up'' ?

And how do you know he wasn't respecting May's privacy or even knew about any relationship issues ?

Btw, there are 3 questions there. 

Gee you are very defensive of poor Tom...is that you Tom?

Last night he said that May had been at the pub until 6.00pm and had "ample beers".

It is crap journalism....end of story.

1 minute ago, The Swimming Dee said:

Gee you are very defensive of poor Tom...is that you Tom?

Last night he said that May had been at the pub until 6.00pm and had "ample beers".

It is crap journalism....end of story.

It was several then ample. He’s clearly trying to beef up the story. End of story. 

38 minutes ago, ProDee said:

This is called deflecting.  It's common when people can't address the actual assertion.

It's weak, but all you've got I suppose.

I've also got a life outside of this thread which is more than I can say for you.

Keep yapping away little Jack Russell puppy.

 

yap, yap..

6 hours ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

BREAKING NEWS

Aussie bloke has a couple of beers over a few hours at the pub before leaving at 6pm; the perpetually offended are outraged (and offended).

In hindsight (now), it seems a disappointing public capture at best. However, I believe nothing is wrong with a few coldies whilst he is working away at core fitness and conditioning. Beer does refresh, rejuvenate and re-invigorate, no doubt about that.

It is a shame that this was a public capture that could have been avoided quite easily. What has May got against knocking off a few lids at home, in the garage, in the backyard, in a closet, for that matter - out of the sight of those who may otherwise interpret his preferences that depart from the Gatorade brigade? 

5 minutes ago, Deemania since 56 said:

In hindsight (now), it seems a disappointing public capture at best. However, I believe nothing is wrong with a few coldies whilst he is working away at core fitness and conditioning. Beer does refresh, rejuvenate and re-invigorate, no doubt about that.

It is a shame that this was a public capture that could have been avoided quite easily. What has May got against knocking off a few lids at home, in the garage, in the backyard, in a closet, for that matter - out of the sight of those who may otherwise interpret his preferences that depart from the Gatorade brigade? 

Drinking on your own was seen as shameful once upon a time. Drinking with mates in a pub was seen as normal behaviour, as long as you didn’t overdo it...

1 hour ago, Gorgoroth said:

Only one??! Pissweak mate. Disgraceful waste of a “sickie”

Unaustralian, I know. Pretty sure I saw Tom Morris skulking around in the paddock near one of my thoroughbreds with a camera too. Roo’s will probably say my heart just isn’t it in on the next Episode of 360. Long week ahead for me. 

1 minute ago, Stormy Dee said:

Drinking on your own was seen as shameful once upon a time. Drinking with mates in a pub was seen as normal behaviour, as long as you didn’t overdo it...

Who's talking about drinking alone? It's always assumed that a mate will drop in to start the session. 

24 minutes ago, McQueen said:

I've also got a life outside of this thread which is more than I can say for you.

Keep yapping away little Jack Russell puppy.

 

yap, yap..

Haha

Sorry to hurt your feelings, kid.

36 minutes ago, The Swimming Dee said:

Gee you are very defensive of poor Tom...is that you Tom?

Last night he said that May had been at the pub until 6.00pm and had "ample beers".

It is crap journalism....end of story.

I couldn't care less about Morris.

But I like people to be accountable for their comments.

Ethan has said he's gone from saying ''ample'' to ''plenty'' of beers.  How would Morris know how many he'd had.  And why did Morris change his language ?  You see Ethan gets it.  He can back up his assertion with facts, which is all I wanted.

Others just make ill-considered observations and when they're held to account that get all narky, they get personal, and they fail to back their original assertions.  

Tip: don't make claims you can't back up.  It's not hard.

I only use the word 'Ample' when describing one thing (well two technically) and I would like it to stay that way

2 minutes ago, ProDee said:

I couldn't care less about Morris.

But I like people to be accountable for their comments.

Ethan has said he's gone from saying ''ample'' to ''plenty'' of beers.  How would Morris know how many he'd had.  And why did Morris change his language ?  You see Ethan gets it.  He can back up his assertion with facts, which is all I wanted.

Others just make ill-considered observations and when they're held to account that get all narky, they get personal, and they fail to back their original assertions.  

Tip: don't make claims you can't back up.  It's not hard.

Don’t get me wrong, we’ve clashed plenty of times before - But I enjoy your commentary mostly. But saying people get narky and personal is a low bow for the king of inferring people are morons or words to that effect. 

Troll on PD. 

2 hours ago, Smokey said:

I took a sick day from work today and had a glass of wine with lunch.

Go ahead, roast me demonland. 

Depends. What type of wine was it? 2 buck chuck or Grange?

1 hour ago, Jaded said:

That’s sad to hear. But as Mahoney said alcohol shouldn’t be used as a fix. 

In general young people tend to try and mask their issues with booze. It never works. 

Everybody's different Jaded.  In moderation it can be beneficial for some, others maybe not.

1 hour ago, ProDee said:

Hang on.  You said he'd beaten up the story.  You said he exaggerated.

What part was ''beaten up'' ?

And how do you know he wasn't respecting May's privacy or even knew about any relationship ? 

Respecting May’s privacy?? He certainly had no intention of doing that and no i don’t think he knew anything about any relationship. 

Morris just saw pints ? of beer and a footballer. He had no regard for anything else

19 minutes ago, ProDee said:

I couldn't care less about Morris.

But I like people to be accountable for their comments.

Ethan has said he's gone from saying ''ample'' to ''plenty'' of beers.  How would Morris know how many he'd had.  And why did Morris change his language ?  You see Ethan gets it.  He can back up his assertion with facts, which is all I wanted.

Others just make ill-considered observations and when they're held to account that get all narky, they get personal, and they fail to back their original assertions.  

Tip: don't make claims you can't back up.  It's not hard.

Thanks for the tip champ but not sure I made any claims I cannot back up

37 minutes ago, The Swimming Dee said:

Thanks for the tip champ but not sure I made any claims I cannot back up

Did you not quote me ?

I wouldn't know what have or haven't posted.

If I said I was unfamiliar with you it'd be an understatement.

Edited May 7, 20195 yr by ProDee

12 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Respecting May’s privacy?? He certainly had no intention of doing that and no i don’t think he knew anything about any relationship. 

Morris just saw pints ? of beer and a footballer. He had no regard for anything else

What should he have regard for ?  Especially, as you say, he probably had no idea about any personal issues and was just reporting a story.  I assume you realise it was ''newsworthy'' ?

13 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Respecting May’s privacy?? He certainly had no intention of doing that and no i don’t think he knew anything about any relationship. 

Morris just saw pints ? of beer and a footballer. He had no regard for anything else

"Respect and Tom" in the same sentence to justify position!??  Love it!                                                                       

I'm a few pages behind... But I assume this thing got resolved today and we can close this thread and move on??!

9 minutes ago, Graeme Yeats' Mullet said:

I'm a few pages behind... But I assume this thing got resolved today and we can close this thread and move on??!

Precisely reasonable. It is now 'ho-hum'.

50 minutes ago, Moonshadow said:

Depends. What type of wine was it? 2 buck chuck or Grange?

A sav Blanc from NZ. reasonably priced. Nothing to write a review about. 

It wasn't that long ago that a former player was regarded as having a drinking problem ... but I'm not sure many really cared.

We just wanted the bloke to go hard at the ball and hard at the man. 

May having a couple of beers on a Sunday pales into insignificance by comparison.  And having a couple of beers doesn't constitute a drinking session either. 

Edited May 7, 20195 yr by Macca

2 hours ago, Jaded said:

That’s sad to hear. But as Mahoney said alcohol shouldn’t be used as a fix. 

In general young people tend to try and mask their issues with booze. It never works. 

From what I see a lot of older people (around my age) have a problem hiding issues with the booze.

Self medication is not age specific.

You're right, it never works.

17 minutes ago, Smokey said:

A sav Blanc from NZ. reasonably priced. Nothing to write a review about. 

Prefer porphyry pearl myself 

I don't really have an issue with Tom Morris per se. Just doing the job he is paid to do.

What I dislike is that really he is little more than a gossip columist. He's not a writer. Yet he is paid to write. He is a journalist, but only the sense that he is in the media. Like Sam McClure and that other gossip monger Tom Browne. All so called 'news breakers. So funny.

No analysis, no intelligence, no balance, no nuance and barely any more real research than trawling social media and fan sites such as this one. And so often reliant on club sources that quite frankly I don't believe exist most of the time.

Look at Morris' article posted a few minutes ago about Shaun Smith's comments about his son. A classic of the genre. Gossip pure and simple. Is it 'news worthy. Not in my book. It is 'click bait worthy', which like it or not is the now the key metric in media. Good journalism is terminal.

But I don't blame the Toms or the Same of this world, pretty little gold fish swimming as they do in the little AFL fish bowl, they are simply meeting a demand. Meeting the need for ever more content for all the TV shows, online sites, radio etc etc.

Click. Click. Click