Jump to content

Featured Replies

1 minute ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

Sorry about my obtuseness earlier, @Neil Crompton and @DeeZone. I was being a smart**** by obliquely linking @Demonstone's Latin shorthand to his conundrumming, claiming a gold and throwing to others for the silver and bronze (compounding my smart****dness). I then edited a Caro reference in as a lame afterthought to be on topic i.e. would Caro know 'QED'?

I'll stop myself there (having shown myself out...)

Haha Even with that explanation I still have no idea what you said.

 
41 minutes ago, Neil Crompton said:

Haha Even with that explanation I still have no idea what you said.

Roughly translated, it means "Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries".  I think.

29 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

Roughly translated, it means "Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries".  I think.

Express-posting the gold back to you, DS.

 
On 6/27/2022 at 3:19 PM, DeeZone said:

Lazy, unoriginal, slippery, repetitive, single minded and lacking memory and moral fibre.!!!

 

On 6/27/2022 at 6:10 PM, He de mon said:

Sounds like my old school reports.

 🤔 Your teachers thought you were slippery??!!


11 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

 

 🤔 Your teachers thought you were slippery??!!

It was one of my many gift's.

I don’t rate Caro and I don’t rate 95% of AFL journalists. As much as I like Garry Lyon, when he knows more about footy and articulates it better the majority of other AFL journalists then you know you have a quality control issue. I mean Damien Barrett and Hutchy are appalling. That little worm that they parade on SEN in the morning that Garry and Tim fawn over, just awful. I think AFL journalism is generally sub par in Melbourne. I can’t speak for the other states.

 
1 hour ago, Demonstone said:

Roughly translated, it means "Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries".  I think.

“Now go and boil your bottom you silly English King”

”What a strange person”

”Is there someone else we can talk to”

Rattan is outraged at the thought Hilly and Paddy did anything other than walk out once voices raised. He is either completely right or he believes fervently the CCTV is unavailable.

Edited by Damo


29 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Your teachers thought you were slippery??!!

My teachers accused me of being a plagiarist.  Their words, not mine.

27 minutes ago, He de mon said:

It was one of my many gift's.

unlike punctuation. 
soz, couldn’t resist. 🤭

Is Sam McClure the Field Marshal on SEN? Or is it Sam Edmund or someone else?  I can never remember?

Edited by Thehardtackler

2 hours ago, Demonstone said:

"Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries".

How did you know?


On 6/27/2022 at 12:54 PM, 1964_2 said:

Completely incorrect. Plenty of male journalists I don’t like. 

Know someone personally who was severely damaged by Caro’s “journalism”, and have watched her closely since, and seen her repeat the same style of manipulative content at the expense of people’s health/reputation etc on multiple occasions. 

The hypocrisy in her statements around Jordon De Goey is off the charts :- as the latest of many examples. 

 

When she reported on Ox's gambling issues she lost me, very grubby

Edited by Larry, Moe or Curly

1 hour ago, Lord Nev said:

Sam McClure reported it and wrote about it.

 

Correct and Caro incorrectly doubted the validity of the personal leave on footy classified last night. 
 

1 minute ago, 1964_2 said:

Correct and Caro incorrectly doubted the validity of the personal leave on footy classified last night. 
 

McClure literally reported the whole thing, made the insinuations, put out tweets, wrote articles, brought it up... But you're still gonna blame Caro? Come on mate, not doing your argument any favours there.

3 minutes ago, Lord Nev said:

McClure literally reported the whole thing, made the insinuations, put out tweets, wrote articles, brought it up... But you're still gonna blame Caro? Come on mate, not doing your argument any favours there.

Fair call. No problems pinning that on McClure as well. He is no better.

Still think questioning someone lying about “personal leave” is extraordinarily hypocritical given her criticisms/opinions of others.

 

Edited by 1964_2

2 minutes ago, 1964_2 said:

Fair call. No problems pinning that on McClure as well. He is no better.

Still think questioning someone lying about “personal leave” is extraordinarily hypocritical given her criticisms/opinions of others.

Yeah I'm with you on the personal leave stuff, have heard both Ratten and Lethlean talk about it and the undertones are that he's going through some stuff. I just blame McClure for it given he broke the story and chose to go with that angle.

Even the Caro-haters I'm sure would choose one of her articles over one of McClure's tho....


Why is the media put on such a pedestal when it unceasingly and deliberately does so much mortal damage to the community?

On 6/25/2022 at 10:53 AM, Maldonboy38 said:

She can be a great journalist. She knows her trade, is uncompromising when she is following a story, and obviously has very strong contacts throughout the industry. All this developed in a world where the men in suits would have despised her as a woman being so strong, persistent and articulate.

But she makes the same mistake most modern sport journalists make: she reports rumour. She probably tries to substantiate it, but too often (maybe 2 out of every 7 "scoops") she will say stuff like "word out of Collingwood today", "or "there's a lot of talk at Essendon" etc...

Modern journalists must stop reporting rumour, suggestion, grievance and opinion as fact. If it is a rumour, let it be silent unless something gives it solid credibility. 

As l said earlier in this thread, Caro has been a good AFL journalist, but has passed her “use by date”. Nothing better illustrates this than her increasing tendency for partisanship when it comes to Richmond (and her bias against the MFC). Indon’t think she can stand the thought that we just might be becoming an AFL. Superpower, more powerful than Richmond ever were, hence her coverage of thing MFC is consistently biased and offensive. 

17 hours ago, Demonstone said:

Roughly translated, it means "Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries".  I think.

Alas, the platform we are on precludes farts being wafted in your general direction.

 

I can't stand the gossip columnists like Tom Browne and his ilk. But I don't count them as journalists (I have never been a Sam McClure fan, but at least he is a journalist)

But I don't get the angst towards proper journalists. It is their job to report news and if they can create noise all the better.

Why?

Because in the old speak, it sell papers. This has been the case since the first newspaper rolled of the press in the 1800s.

Don't shoot the messenger. Shoot the editor if you must shoot someone, but the blame for rubbish like the sun's Bartlett crusade should be sheeted home to the owner and ultimately consumers.

If we stopped clicking they would stop reporting.

Edited by binman

I really don't know why people 'shoot the messenger' whether that messenger is Wilson or someone else.

They report what they are told so blame the people who are giving info to Wilson and others.  The 'leakers' are the ones who have an agenda.  If not why would they leak info about their club or players.

At least Wilson cross checks her info which is an AFL rarity.


Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Unfortunately, your content contains terms that we do not allow. Please edit your content to remove the highlighted words below.
Reply to this topic...

Featured Content

  • NON-MFC: Round 05

    Gather Round is here, kicking off with a Thursday night blockbuster as Adelaide faces Geelong. The Crows will be out for redemption after a controversial loss last week. Saturday starts with the Magpies taking on the Swans. Collingwood will be eager to cement their spot in the top eight, while Sydney is hot on their heels. In the Barossa Valley, two rising sides go head-to-head in a fascinating battle to prove they're the real deal. Later, Carlton and West Coast face off at Adelaide Oval, both desperate to notch their first win of the season. The action then shifts to Norwood, where the undefeated Lions will aim to keep their streak alive against the Bulldogs. Sunday’s games begin in the Barossa with Richmond up against Fremantle. In Norwood, the Saints will be looking to take a scalp when they come up against the Giants. The round concludes with a fiery rematch of last year's semi-final, as the Hawks seek revenge for their narrow loss to Port Adelaide. Who are you tipping this week and what are the best results for the Demons besides us winning?

    • 10 replies
    Demonland
  • CASEY: Geelong

    There was a time in the second quarter of the game at the Cattery on Friday afternoon when the Casey Demons threatened to take the game apart against the Cats. The Demons had been well on top early but were struggling to convert their ascendancy over the ground until Tom Fullarton’s burst of three goals in the space of eight minutes on the way to a five goal haul and his best game for the club since arriving from Brisbane at the end of 2023. He was leading, marking and otherwise giving his opponents a merry dance as Casey grabbed a three goal lead in the blink of an eye. Fullarton has now kicked ten goals in Casey’s three matches and, with Melbourne’s forward conversion woes, he is definitely in with a chance to get his first game with the club in next week’s Gather Round in Adelaide. Despite the tall forward’s efforts - he finished with 19 disposals and eight marks and had four hit outs as back up to Will Verrall in the second half - it wasn’t enough as Geelong reigned in the lead through persistent attacks and eventually clawed their way to the lead early in the last and held it till they achieved the end aim of victory.

      • Like
    • 0 replies
    Demonland
  • REPORT: Geelong

    I was disappointed to hear Goody say at his post match presser after the team’s 39 point defeat against Geelong that "we're getting high quality entry, just poor execution" because Melbourne’s problems extend far beyond that after its 0 - 4 start to the 2025 football season. There are clearly problems with poor execution, some of which were evident well before the current season and were in play when the Demons met the Cats in early May last year and beat them in a near top-of-the-table clash that saw both sides sitting comfortably in the top four after round eight. Since that game, the Demons’ performances have been positively Third World with only five wins in 19 games with a no longer majestic midfield and a dysfunctional forward line that has become too easy for opposing coaches to counter. This is an area of their game that is currently being played out as if they were all completely panic-stricken.

      • Thanks
      • Like
    • 0 replies
    Demonland
  • PREGAME: Essendon

    Facing the very real and daunting prospect of starting the season with five straight losses, the Demons head to South Australia for the annual Gather Round, where they’ll take on the Bombers in search of their first win of the year. Who comes in, and who comes out?

      • Thanks
    • 215 replies
    Demonland
  • NON-MFC: Round 04

    Round 4 kicks off with a blockbuster on Thursday night as traditional rivals Collingwood and Carlton clash at the MCG, with the Magpies looking to assert themselves as early-season contenders and the Blues seeking their first win of the season. Saturday opens with Gold Coast hosting Adelaide, a key test for the Suns as they aim to back up their big win last week, while the Crows will be looking to keep their perfect record intact. Reigning wooden spooners Richmond have the daunting task of facing reigning premiers Brisbane at the ‘G and the Lions will be eager to reaffirm their premiership credentials after a patchy start. Saturday night sees North Melbourne take on Sydney at Marvel Stadium, with the Swans looking to build on their first win of the season last week against a rebuilding Roos outfit. Sunday’s action begins with GWS hosting West Coast at ENGIE Stadium, a game that could get ugly very early for the visitors. Port Adelaide vs St Kilda at Adelaide Oval looms as a interesting clash, with both clubs form being very hard to read. The round wraps up with Fremantle taking on the Western Bulldogs at Optus Stadium in what could be a fierce contest between two sides with top-eight ambitions. Who are you tipping this week and what are the best results for the Demons besides us winning?

      • Thanks
    • 273 replies
    Demonland
  • PODCAST: Geelong

    The Demonland Podcast will air LIVE on Monday, 7th April @ the all new time of 8:00pm. Join Binman, George & I as we dissect another Demons loss at Kardinia Park to the Cats in the Round 04. Your questions and comments are a huge part of our podcast so please post anything you want to ask or say below and we'll give you a shout out on the show. If you would like to leave us a voicemail please call 03 9016 3666 and don't worry no body answers so you don't have to talk to a human.

      • Thanks
    • 62 replies
    Demonland