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The Bulldogs have a history of sensitive information leaking from their club. Remember Michael Talia leaking team sheets to his Crows brother back in 2015. They really have to look in their own backyard and find the leaker instead of slagging off to the reporter who obviously liaises with this leaker. Bevo should thank Tom Morris in bringing to the club's attention that there is indeed someone in the club that is disclosing selection information. 

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1 hour ago, chookrat said:

Given that Tom Morris was banished from our inner sanctum for reporting some of the club's dirty laundry shows that he will report leaks wherever they come from. While he annoys me and I wouldn't want to spend too much time in the same room as him, he is good at his job and handled Bevo's extraordinary outburst well.

Not a bad effort by Tommy boy - two AFL clubs hate him!

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20 minutes ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

I don't get the outpouring of moral outrage over this matter.

Have a scan through Demonland and you will find any number of posts slamming journos/the media for various amalgams of inaccuracy, stupidity, immorality, venality etc etc.

So a coach loses it and gets stuck into a journo ( yes unprofessional for someone in that position) but ......... do I really give a [censored] ..... not at all.

But why lose it because of the reporting of a minor selection change??  Of all the things??  That's the whole lunacy of this situation.

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21 minutes ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

I don't get the outpouring of moral outrage over this matter.

Have a scan through Demonland and you will find any number of posts slamming journos/the media for various amalgams of inaccuracy, stupidity, immorality, venality etc etc.

So a coach loses it and gets stuck into a journo ( yes unprofessional for someone in that position) but ......... do I really give a [censored] ..... not at all.

This is about Bevo losing the plot!!

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For the record - in relation to Morris being an ex MFC employee - Beveridge was also an ex-Demon. Whichever club a reporter/coach/player played with or barracked for is totally irrelevant. Beveridge sounds a bit lost to me. His side has been thrashed in a Grand Final, well beaten by a team without five of its best six defenders and all he wants to talk about is a dude who published some information about his team's selection for a football match about to be played. I mean, how can that 'information' be of use to anybody?

Get a grip, Bevo, your role is to coach: it's as though you're hiding from the fact that your last two games against Melbourne  have shown you as a coach found wanting.

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2 hours ago, Mazer Rackham said:

Yes the AFL would be cranky. Their lovely season opener ... good game, slightly marred by crowd size. Satisfactory, but then the mad professor explodes all over their press conference and sponsors.

The crowd size is one of the AFL's own making.

The AFL chose TV ratings, over crowd attendance and they can live with it.

Playing the game midweek at night, when young kids and their parents looking after them can't go and maybe even some elderly supporters and you have decreased the attendance by 20-30000.

I would guess if that game was played saturday afternoon with all the hype, it might have got 80-90000 attending.

It also doesn't help when the fans of one side don't go.

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6 minutes ago, binman said:

Not a bad effort by Tommy boy - two AFL clubs hate him!

So what? Most journos who tell the truth are hated.


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30 minutes ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

I don't get the outpouring of moral outrage over this matter.

Have a scan through Demonland and you will find any number of posts slamming journos/the media for various amalgams of inaccuracy, stupidity, immorality, venality etc etc.

So a coach loses it and gets stuck into a journo ( yes unprofessional for someone in that position) but ......... do I really give a [censored] ..... not at all.

There’s a difference between a fan forum discussing (at times irrationally) a story and disagreeing with the content or the way it’s been broken, and a coach outright slamming in front of his peers a journalist about a story that he got right about a possible big team selection call. 

You may not give a [censored] but it’s a media driven industry, there needs to be mutual respect and Bevo chose an extremely disrespectful and belligerent response to a pretty easy question. Al he had to say was, “we had our plans but the nature of the game is to be flexible and that’s what happened”. Straight bat, give them nothing. 

Instead he went on a tirade and created a story out of nothing. 

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How funny would it be if Tom Morris leaks the Doggies round 2 team? Bevo’s head will explode

Do it Tom

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I hope the boys go easy on Bevo in the Whatsapp “Past Players” Club

younger Demons may not realize that Luke started his career as a Demon under Swooper Northey

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2 hours ago, one_demon said:

Can anyone recall a more viscous attack of a journalist in The AFL?

Brett Stubbs says hi to Clarko

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3 hours ago, Deestroy All said:

 

And the mental health card, I’m sick of that [censored]. People use it for anything and everything. 
Crashed a car, mental health. 
Caught racking up, mental health. 
Banged your mate’s missus, mental health. 
Report on leaky team news, you guessed it. 
Makes a mockery of people having actual issues. 

I’m with you DA. Totally sick of the BS. The mental health card is one of many in the “Victim” deck  Sadly nowadays,  there are many people who own this deck of cards who pull one out and play it when it suits their agenda. 

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I have never had any opinion, one way or another, on Tom Morris, but Bevo's outburst was just so weird and angry.

Has good old Gillon had anything to say??

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6 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Interesting take from Kane Cornes.

 

I don’t think Footscray can handle being under the spotlight 

They need to be Media Friendly…

Interesting to see if they crack this year

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2 hours ago, one_demon said:

Can anyone recall a more viscous attack of a journalist in The AFL?

Somebody who had the good oil?  

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2 minutes ago, Action Jackson said:

I see there has now been audio leaked of Tom Morris saying some pretty bad stuff about a colleague......

This whole thing has blown up ridiculously.

Just heard it, not sure whether i can put it up

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6 minutes ago, Demonland said:

Can’t see Bevo apologizing. Not sincerely anyway. 

 

Might happen yet.

I would imagine the Dogs Board and also their sponsors, that Bevo took such delight in identifying at the start of the conference would be absolutely seething. 

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1 hour ago, dieter said:

So what? Most journos who tell the truth are hated.

I was joking.

But be that as may, whilst beveridge was way, way out of line lets resist the urge to canonize Morris.

Morris is nothing more than a jumped gossip columnist who adds literally nothing to either my understanding or enjoyment of the game.

If i was put in charge of Fox, the second thing i'd do is sack him and invest his annual salary into someone who can provide considered, intelligent analysis of the actual game, rather than trawling for inconsequential clicks and sound bites. 

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7 minutes ago, CYB said:

Toms career also on lifeline. Just heard the audio of him talk about one of his colleagues at FOX in a completely inappropriate way. My guess is he will be cancelled. 

that was... not great

and disappointing to hear him talk about a colleague in this manner

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