The one thing this article has done is clarify my understanding around May returning unfit.

May's own words:

“I came back in what I usually do if not a bit better,” May told Fox Sports News’ AFL Tonight.

“And I got to the Dees and their standards were a lot shorter: everyone had to be under certain skinfolds and time trials had to be elite.

“After that first time-trial and after the first couple of sessions I went: ‘Wow, these guys are flying, I need to get up to speed here".

“I went and saw the dietitian, saw the strength and conditioning coach, saw the coaches and put in a plan and executed that and got myself in good condition.

“That was my first pre-season (at Melbourne) that can’t happen again and certainly won’t because I’ve educated myself and the club has educated me on what’s required at the Demons"

Not sure what the hanging offence is here on May's behalf? The club obviously didn't make it clear what shape he needed to be in when he started his new job. He arrived, found out the standards, and rectified the short-coming.

 

wow, it's wednesday and this non-story has still got legs......fmd, it's strange times we live in

2 hours ago, Petraccattack said:

Hes in rehab for a groin injury and hasnt fired a shot at his new club where is is on huge dollars.

Is it really that hard to understand why some supporters are [censored] off at him? 

 

Yes it is. He’s a normal bloke like you not a robot. These guys are not superheroes in a cartoon strip.

Edited May 8, 20196 yr by Stormy Dee

Lets treat footballers like men , having a beer whilst injured is no big deal. 

1 hour ago, Skuit said:

The one thing this article has done is clarify my understanding around May returning unfit.

May's own words:

“I came back in what I usually do if not a bit better,” May told Fox Sports News’ AFL Tonight.

“And I got to the Dees and their standards were a lot shorter: everyone had to be under certain skinfolds and time trials had to be elite.

“After that first time-trial and after the first couple of sessions I went: ‘Wow, these guys are flying, I need to get up to speed here".

 

“I went and saw the dietitian, saw the strength and conditioning coach, saw the coaches and put in a plan and executed that and got myself in good condition.

 

“That was my first pre-season (at Melbourne) that can’t happen again and certainly won’t because I’ve educated myself and the club has educated me on what’s required at the Demons"

Not sure what the hanging offence is here on May's behalf? The club obviously didn't make it clear what shape he needed to be in when he started his new job. He arrived, found out the standards, and rectified the short-coming.

 

I’ve said in other posts I have a cousin who played at GC in same era and he was told he knew what he was doing and given no training program.

Watching Whateley and Slobbo for the first time in a looonnnggg time... and I'm remembering why!

1 hour ago, Graeme Yeats' Mullet said:

Watching Whateley and Slobbo for the first time in a looonnnggg time... and I'm remembering why!

you need to stop now, or you will go blind

4 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

you need to stop now, or you will go blind

There's a lot of blindness on this site: endemic???Myopia???Cataracts????Glaucoma?????

3 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

you need to stop now, or you will go blind

Lol...  I think  'GYM'  said,  watching, 'DC'...   not copying them. ?

Continued discussion, speculation, opinion, judgment on this issue is enough to drive you to drink, that's if you don't (like old Ernie), already have or had a problem with the demon drink. In my case, it was hard liquor, but drinking beer???? 

It really is a crazy crazy world. 

Now lets talk about the royal baby and whether Meghan is going to abscond with young Percy.

11 hours ago, Demonland said:

 

As for the person who took the photo and sent it to media outlets?

"I’m so disappointed … there’s got to be better human beings out there than that,” Gorringe said.

 

Hear, hear! Well said Daniel.

3 hours ago, old dee said:

Unfornately no RN

banned!

 

I know you are very controversial at times OD but I never took you as being so provocative it would result in BB getting banned!!

12 hours ago, olisik said:

It’s a story because we are paying 750K a year and gave up our leading goal scorer forward for a player who has been injured twice, suspended once, turned up unfit and is yet to play a full game for us.

Yes but you were an advocate for getting rid of Hogan.

You're appalling.

7 hours ago, TGR said:

2. May apparently presented underdone.  First, the club leaked it; and then tried to imply that Gold Coast's standards were the issue.

Where did the club do this?

31 minutes ago, dieter said:

There's a lot of blindness on this site: endemic???Myopia???Cataracts????Glaucoma?????

'drunk'

 

3 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

Yes but you were an advocate for getting rid of Hogan.

You're appalling.

Where did the club do this?

Why the f... are we still talking about this. Seriously. 

5 hours ago, old dee said:

Language believe it or not!

BB had been warned multiple times not to bypass the profanity filter. Perhaps that rule will sink in over his holiday. 

The filter is there for a reason yet BB continually felt the need to show everyone the exact curse word he wanted to use. 

 

What we should be talking about is Eddie.

He will come out yet again and say 'Look I apologize if anyone took offense over what I said with my media/comedian/knockabout/Club president hat on". The truth is Eddie is the true Collingwood. The $### that keeps giving. Bucks and Pendles arent collingwood. The Afl is bluffed by Eddie. He gets away with it as he says the umpires were good today while all the Demons crowd asks why we didnt get the 50?

He gets away with it the worst when he says "well i apologize if you took offense" because that gives him the right to say "You were offended by that were you? Why?"  only to put those with issue on the back foot.

He wont say sorry, he wont give anyone, it may be Melbourne or Carlton this week, a fair go. He needs to go.

 

 

Edited May 8, 20196 yr by Damo

8 minutes ago, Damo said:

What we should be talking about is Eddie.

He will come out yet again and say 'Look I apologize if anyone took offense over what I said with my media/comedian/knockabout/Club president hat on". The truth is Eddie is the true Collingwood. The $### that keeps giving. Bucks and Pendles arent collingwood. The Afl is bluffed by Eddie. He gets away with it as he says the umpires were good today while all the Demons crowd asks why we didnt get the 50?

He gets away with it the worst when he says "well i apologize if you took offense" because that gives him the right to say "You were offended by that were you? Why?"  only to put those with issue on the back foot.

He wont say sorry, he wont give anyone, it may be Melbourne or Carlton this week, a fair go. He needs to go.

 

 

I'm not sure if you are referring to something specific here, but I will speak about this subject generally. The apology which isn't an apology. Example- IF I offended anyone, I apologize. IF someone was offended by what I said, I apologize. NO. This is not an apology.

An apology is when you should be saying, -  I realize what I said was offensive, and I sincerely apologize. I will try to learn from my mistake and not say these offensive things again. I will think before opening my mouth and uttering something I should already know is offensive.

I agree with you that saying if someone took offense makes them sound like over sensitive hand wringers. The onus should be on the person with the big mouth and lack of awareness to curb their tongue.

Excuse my rambling. Just my view on some of these apologies I have heard in the past which don't even sound like the person is truly sorry.

What does Eddie McGuire have to do with this? 

35 minutes ago, Demonland said:

 

Yes, I think he has been embarrassed enough. Time to let it rest.

10 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

What does Eddie McGuire have to do with this? 

Go back to blaming Shaun smith.

56 minutes ago, Damo said:

Go back to blaming Shaun smith.

 ? 

Edited May 8, 20196 yr by Ethan Tremblay

Just chilling with a beer.... not much to see or apologise for.