I am honestly sick and tired of our club being the punching bag for the media.

What did we do to them?

They can't seem to leave us alone!

There are at least 4 or 5 basket case teams, we are not one of them. FFS just let us enjoy some peace.

FWIW @ElDiablo14 the only media I encounter is via Demonland...complaining about the media.

Right now negative Melbourne stories are getting clicks.

think about it, in the biggest AFL market it's all about what is going to generate clicks and interaction to radio etc.

At this time of year it is trades and sensational,  negative narratives (which is the default setting for clicks) 

Of the big clubs that do generate clicks

Collingwood -  just won the flag, wont be them

Carlton -  fairytale run to a prelim, wont be them

Richmond - just hired a new coach after a 3 flag dynasty, wont be them

Geelong - been up for 15+ years won a flag last year and have a media darling as a coach , wont be them

Essendon, have not been relevant enough on the field for too long and had their turn at bad press last year now coached by media and afl darling wont be them.

 

Now that leaves us, 2 straight set exits , the grundy piece, rumblings and negative press about goodwin, now  oliver 

we have been up the top with a flag but it looks like (or they can create a narritive) that it could be imploding = Clicks.

If it was another melbourne based club in the same situation they would be doing the same it isn't targeted because they have an agenda against the MFC

 

 

 

 

Edited October 4, 20231 yr by Bates Mate

I'm not sure if I'm getting oversensitive in my old age but I can't watch any footy shows anymore.  They are just rubbish and they generally just generate their own 'news' with opinion pieces.

 

As for the match commentary, it seems the opposition get praised during Melbourne games irrespective of the score.  Last week, Geelong's aflw team were given praise continually about how they were playing against Melbourne, yet we were 5 goals up and moving away and only got cursory praise. I'm not sure what we've done to annoy the media but seems we are paying for it.

Whoever it is who has been leaking gossip from Melbourne needs to be shown the door.

I suspect it is a relatively junior person given how vague and second-hand sounding the leaks are, but still entirely unacceptable.

Either that or it is a certain ex-pres with an axe to grind. Or Bec Judd. Just because she's awful.

I agree with Oscar Wilde who said, "The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about".

All media - positive or negative - proves we're relevant. I'm happy with that.

  On 04/10/2023 at 04:10, ElDiablo14 said:

I am honestly sick and tired of our club being the punching bag for the media.

What did we do to them?

They can't seem to leave us alone!

There are at least 4 or 5 basket case teams, we are not one of them. FFS just let us enjoy some peace.

you sound paranoid. we don't get treated any differently to other clubs. 

if it does bother you just ignore it. who cares what the media says anyways.