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6 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

hard pass on poos&wees' sloppy seconds

Gross, but true 

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    Got to love another journalist giving us their opinion….. if there’s one group of people who’s opinion is important it’s ‘journalists’ 🙄

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    I catch up with my dad for brunch each month at the cafe under the grandstand. The oval itself looks great but that’s its only redeeming feature. Other than there being an Ibrox Street just outside the ground. 

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    3 hours ago, DemonWheels said:

    Anyone read this? Bloody terrible article and opinion piece. Peter Ryan is very condescending throughout, didn’t think he was like that.

    https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/why-not-waverley-demons-should-take-over-hawks-nest-20241216-p5kyqm.html

     

    Agree - Peter Ryan has developed what I think is now a habit of being condescending towards us (Andrew Wu is another Age journalist who seems to be going down that route).

    The reference to "a couple of Gawny darts", the Jordan Lewis "joke", even the last line which invites us to "Pop the question" as if Hawthorn are sitting there waiting for poor old us to go over and ask them to the dance or something. All completely unnecessary but seem to be par for the course with certain journos now.

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    5 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

    Agree - Peter Ryan has developed what I think is now a habit of being condescending towards us (Andrew Wu is another Age journalist who seems to be going down that route).

    The reference to "a couple of Gawny darts", the Jordan Lewis "joke", even the last line which invites us to "Pop the question" as if Hawthorn are sitting there waiting for poor old us to go over and ask them to the dance or something. All completely unnecessary but seem to be par for the course with certain journos now.

    Trying to be humorous but seems like humour doesn't come naturally for him.

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    I would rather read an article about the consequences regarding Caulfield, due to Festers retirement.

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    1 hour ago, DemonWheels said:

    A few of my favorite snippets:

    Re: Waverley: “The ground is pristine, players don’t complain about being there..”

    “ the region was going to be the centre of Melbourne by now, so you could argue, on that basis, the club would be, eventually, home.”

    “the Demons would need to swallow their ego to approach the Hawks, as it might initially look as though they are getting a hand-me-down, however it wasn’t a problem when Jordan Lewis arrived.”

    Is this guy serious? Haha honestly his arguments sound like he’s trying to convince himself that this was an article worth writing. Probably his last piece for the year and he’s just phoned it in!

    I wonder if he’s a hawks supporter looking fr a good price fr waverley ? Dees always seen as beggars …. maybe caulfield being so good was stretching his thinking!

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    2 minutes ago, Wells 11 said:

    I wonder if he’s a hawks supporter looking fr a good price fr waverley ? Dees always seen as beggars …. maybe caulfield being so good was stretching his thinking!

     

    nah, mad filth

    this article has a lot of 'random thought bubble to fill the demand for content' approach of modern journalism

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    2 hours ago, DemonWheels said:

     

    “the Demons would need to swallow their ego to approach the Hawks,

    🤮🤮🤮

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    Pete Ryan is only a step above some of the spuds at SEN and Fox Sports

    Not sure why he even bothered writing the rest of the article after he noted we have broad support for the Caulfield project only a few paragraphs in…

     

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    Who cares what a hack journo writes. It feels very 50-50 atm although some encouraging noises seem to be floating around. 

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    I can't see Ryan coming up with this on his own. It's such a random idea coming after both MFC and Mount Scopus have expressed their ability to work out of Caulfield.

    Hopefully it is no-one at MFC that put this to him. Maybe someone connected with Hawthorn looking for some easy $ to help them with Dingley. Would be worst of all if it is the AFL being devious.

    Waverley has few fond memories for us and is literally miles from any of our bases. Apart from the fact that it is soon to be vacant it has no appeal. They have even outgrown their museum space there.

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    11 minutes ago, pitmaster said:

    Waverley has few fond memories for us

    True. Kind of enjoyed beating the bummers in the 1987 night series there though

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    2 hours ago, titan_uranus said:

    Peter Ryan has developed what I think is now a habit of being condescending towards us

    Surprised he didn’t suggest that the Stynes statue was a re-enactment of the great man running over the mark in the prelim, on the exact spot!

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    The news (and journalism) stopped being such when it commenced being reported 24/7. It’s now merely, “entertainment”. 

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    15 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

    The news (and journalism) stopped being such when it commenced being reported 24/7. It’s now merely, “entertainment”. 

    sometimes 😎 but mostly not

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    Come on everyone, it's like what you tell your kids about fools and bullies in School, just ignore them. 

    It seems like everyone in the media hates us and wants us to fail and keep struggling.  

    This article is so moronic it can only be intended to rile us up and cause division amongst supporters.  

    There may even be an ulterior motive of trying to interfere with our Caulfield plans.  He probably wants us out sooner so the dirtbirds can swoop in and take over gosch's paddock.   

    The good thing about his advice is that it was free.  People don't value things they get for free and in this case it's justified.  Idiotic article.  Let's consign it to to the recycling bin and treat his future articles with the contempt they deserve.  

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    He achieved his aim, clickbait and people discussing it.

    Move on, it is an irrelevant article. 

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    I drive along Kambrook Rd past Caulfield Racetrack 3 times a week. My partner did some markets on the inside of the track. It’s a superb location for the club. It will solidify our return to relevance in a big way. Here’s hoping!

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    I was amazed when I read Ryan's article (someone must have put him up to it) - but not so much to do with the reservations others have expressed. I have SFA good memories of VFL Park. Hell hole as far as I'm concerned.

    But this is the issue for me . . .

    The climate conditions there are f@#&*d. The wind is atrocious. We can't hit a target on match day now. How the hell can we train for target hitting on a ground that was/is notoriously infamous for it's horrendous cross winds and appalling winter weather?

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    Just now, Queanbeyan Demon said:

    I was amazed when I read Ryan's article (someone must have put him up to it) - but not so much to do with the reservations others have expressed. I have SFA good memories of VFL Park. Hell hole as far as I'm concerned.

    But this is the issue for me . . .

    The climate conditions there are f@#&*d. The wind is atrocious. We can't hit a target on match day now. How the hell can we train for target hitting on a ground that was/is notoriously infamous for it's horrendous cross winds and appalling winter whether?

    That's the worst spell of weather we've had for a while QD. 😆

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    2 hours ago, Queanbeyan Demon said:

    I was amazed when I read Ryan's article (someone must have put him up to it) - but not so much to do with the reservations others have expressed. I have SFA good memories of VFL Park. Hell hole as far as I'm concerned.

    But this is the issue for me . . .

    The climate conditions there are f@#&*d. The wind is atrocious. We can't hit a target on match day now. How the hell can we train for target hitting on a ground that was/is notoriously infamous for it's horrendous cross winds and appalling winter weather?

    1987 prelim was there….. it’s a no from me. And then this “journalist” suggests a Jim Stynes statue there. [censored] what did Jim do to deserve that. The hawks would think it’s the biggest laugh ever

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