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Maybe Smith set it up - “bait and click” the media

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    13 minutes ago, radar said:

    Maybe Smith set it up - “bait and click” the media

    Maybe Tom Morris asked himself:  is it time to upset Bevo again.  Morris would know the skeletons hiding in every club's closets.

    Edited by Lucifers Hero

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    1 hour ago, dees189227 said:

    Can I just ask what goes through people's minds when they post this on social media? Did he not realise the implications?

    He didn't take the advice of Forest Gump's mother " Stupid is as Stupid Does"

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    35 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

    there's a reason they're professional sportsmen not professionals

    You are kidding yourself if you think this is just the domain of sportspeople and NOT professionals.

    The difference is that there is the public media profile that goes with being a sportsperson that most cannot competently manage.

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    31 minutes ago, Lord Nev said:

    Disagree.

    The narrative is already being shaped:

    May - 'He has history this bloke. Horrible look. So much damage. Obviously a trouble maker....'

    Smith - 'We need to think about his mental health. Poor fella must be struggling. Needs our support...'

    oh, so bailey smith doesn't have history? mmmmm

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    Steven May has only held the title ‘Australia’s Dumbest Footballer’ for a week & in comes Bazlenka to steal it 😂

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    31 minutes ago, Lord Nev said:

    Disagree.

    The narrative is already being shaped:

    May - 'He has history this bloke. Horrible look. So much damage. Obviously a trouble maker....'

    Smith - 'We need to think about his mental health. Poor fella must be struggling. Needs our support...'

    I'm not getting that read out of the media with May, but he does have history, admittedly being hit by team mates :D.  I don't think people are piling on him as a troublemaker, but they are saying he'll have to earn the trust back of his team mates, the club and supporters, and that is a fair enough call is it not?

    Similarly Smith has flagged he has mental health issues and absolutely needs the support of his club and others. 

    The white bag with Smith, and the fight with May/Melksham, cannot be condoned, but equally they should receive support from those around them.

     

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    12 minutes ago, Ouch! said:

    I'm not getting that read out of the media with May, but he does have history, admittedly being hit by team mates :D.  I don't think people are piling on him as a troublemaker, but they are saying he'll have to earn the trust back of his team mates, the club and supporters, and that is a fair enough call is it not?

    Similarly Smith has flagged he has mental health issues and absolutely needs the support of his club and others. 

    The white bag with Smith, and the fight with May/Melksham, cannot be condoned, but equally they should receive support from those around them.

     

    Steven May will be completely forgiven when he next plays a great game

    That’s how it works 

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    9 minutes ago, Ouch! said:

    I'm not getting that read out of the media with May, but he does have history, admittedly being hit by team mates :D.  I don't think people are piling on him as a troublemaker, but they are saying he'll have to earn the trust back of his team mates, the club and supporters, and that is a fair enough call is it not?

    Similarly Smith has flagged he has mental health issues and absolutely needs the support of his club and others. 

    The white bag with Smith, and the fight with May/Melksham, cannot be condoned, but equally they should receive support from those around them.

     

    I agree both deserve support.

    But...

    Here's an example of the differing narratives already:

    How will history remember Steven May the person?

    This is where things become a bit more complicated. Many players go through their careers without an off-field blemish. May, clearly, is not one of those. The now much-publicised incident in which the 30-year-old was involved in a boozy scuffle with teammate Jake Melksham is, unfortunately for May, not his first rodeo. Indeed it is not even his first alcohol-fuelled fight with a teammate.

    Back in 2013, when May was still a youngster with the Gold Coast Suns, his jaw was broken by veteran Gold Coast antagonist Campbell Brown in a tussle during a late-year trip to the United States. Brown, who himself had priors, was sacked for his role in the dust-up, but May also apologised for his part in the scandal.

    In 2019, May apologised to Demons teammates after it emerged that he had been drinking while injured, only a few months after the Dees had paid a heavy price to acquire him via trade. Melbourne did not formally sanction May over the incident, which came against a backdrop of him dealing with personal turmoil.

    At that stage, Melbourne was languishing near the foot of the ladder and May was shaping, albeit early, as a failed recruit.

    Steven May’s reputation for off-field drama rivals his on-field stature as one footy’s best and toughest backmen

     

    “What the Doggies have to do is make sure this kid is OK because he is going to be rock bottom right now,” Hodge told SEN.

    “There will be out there saying yeah so he should be and fair enough in that opinion, but the most important thing for the next few weeks or few months while he is trying to improve or make up for any mistake he might have done, he is going to be rock bottom.

    “It is a big job for his friends and his family and the Western Bulldogs and they need to look after him.”

    An AFL great has called on the Western Bulldogs to check on the welfare of Bailey Smith

     

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    "Sources familiar with Smith’s situation have confirmed to The Age that the photograph was taken late last year, at a time when Smith had taken a mental health break from pre-season training".

    Smith will be making a statement on Saturday regarding the images.

    ...the club is attempting to gather precise details about the photograph and what was in the bag before deciding on what action to take"

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    Imagine if they suspend him for 2 matches to be served concurrently with his 2 match suspension for head butting!😒

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    2 hours ago, dees189227 said:

    Well hopefully people jump on this now.

    Can I just ask what goes through people's minds when they post this on social media? Did he not realise the implications?

    Perhaps, at least sometimes and not necessarily in this case, something else has very recently “gone through their minds”.

    1 hour ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    There is no evidence (to date) that Mr Smith was actually sniffing anything around the time of the photo … but who, in their right mind, would post such a potentially damaging photo?

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    1 minute ago, monoccular said:

     

    There is no evidence (to date) that Mr Smith was actually sniffing anything around the time of the photo … but who, in their right mind, would post such a potentially damaging photo?

    The evidence is in the Picture 

    he is off his box

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    2 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    The evidence is in the Picture 

    he is off his box

    Yes. He appears to be “off his box” but it could be just his natural state and as I said there was nothing in the photos showing him snorting anything. 

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    1 minute ago, The heart beats true said:

    Yeah now.

    They're never going to be the 'news breakers' in a situation like this, they'll always be cautious.

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    2 hours ago, Lucifers Hero said:

    We are all assume it is a serious product it could of cause be a joke with icing sugar.

    Edited by george_on_the_outer

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    Can't wait to see the BS token punishment that comes of this and the story being very quickly swept under the rug.

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    i can see a mental health attack coming on

    that'll put the brakes on the media

    dogs do seem to have a chequered history in this respect

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    1 hour ago, The heart beats true said:

    Yeah now.

    It must have been up earlier because SEN referred to the issue at the start of Cruch Time this morning at 11.00am

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