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Noticed since trac spoke to the players the media have quietened down. 

Tonight watching fox footy no mention.  Hopefully it dies down for awhile 

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    23 hours ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

    No they didn't, G; yours was a different take!

    Cheers. A different flake, perhaps...

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    On 22/08/2024 at 07:45, Lefty said:

    Way too many journalists covering footy in this town and I never thought I’d say this but way too many footy shows focusing on anything but the footy. 

    Fancy focusing on the wording of Lever’s interview rather than talking about the final week of footy with finals on the line for a couple of teams. 

    The industry should be regulated. 1 journalist every 20 square metres is fair. 

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    12 hours ago, dees189227 said:

    Noticed since trac spoke to the players the media have quietened down. 

    Tonight watching fox footy no mention.  Hopefully it dies down for awhile 

    They need something to talk about Monday morning to Friday afternoon.


    AFL press is a relentless cycle

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    2 hours ago, layzie said:

    The industry should be regulated. 1 journalist every 20 square metres is fair. 

    Sports Entertainment Network would use terms like "cage free" and "barn fresh" and would continue with 40 reporters per 20 square metres. The AFL would turn a blind eye. 

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    On 21/08/2024 at 21:14, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

    Cod be staying now I reckon.

    Looks a bit fin to me.

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    14 minutes ago, The Taciturn Demon said:

    Sports Entertainment Network would use terms like "cage free" and "barn fresh" and would continue with 40 reporters per 20 square metres. The AFL would turn a blind eye. 

    While they're at it, a zero sugar version would help a lot of people with their diets 😀

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    8 minutes ago, Demonland said:

     

    Essendon could get it done if it came to it - 1st + F1st + player

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    2 hours ago, layzie said:

    The industry should be regulated. 1 journalist every 20 square metres is fair. 

    You're welcome to enrol in my VCE Media class and learn how the media is regulated in Australia.  I'm doing this topic at the moment with my Year 12s.

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    Just now, Katrina Dee Fan said:

    You're welcome to enrol in my VCE Media class and learn how the media is regulated in Australia.  I'm doing this topic at the moment with my Year 12s.

    Not very well. 😆

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    15 minutes ago, old55 said:

    Essendon could get it done if it came to it - 1st + F1st + player

    Freo if they don't trade with Richmond. They have Freo's 1st + Collingwood's 1st + Port's 1st in 2024. 9, 10 and 17 if season ended today.

    He's not leaving though so it's all just a thought experiment.

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    58 minutes ago, Demonland said:

     

    So THAT’S the reason he’s not being traded/seeking a trade. I honestly wonder if any journo out there has thought about trying to invest a little investigative rigour into the TRUTH, one that isn’t full of moronic speculation and quarter truths for the sake of pure controversy. 
     

    Anyone?

     

    Bueller?………

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    My take. He will say he’s been very ill, had a really shocking injury and needed time out of the game. Then he will say he loves the dees and wants to win another flag with us. And I believe all of that to be true. 

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    Hopefully  it'll just be the "i'm not leaving" speech from Wolf of Wall Street, but anything can happen on live tv! aha

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    2 minutes ago, Wells 11 said:

    My take. He will say he’s been very ill, had a really shocking injury and needed time out of the game. Then he will say he loves the dees and wants to win another flag with us. And I believe all of that to be true. 

    I would be frankly shocked if he is convincing one way or another about where he will be, or wants to be next year. 

    IMO this will be a PR exercise to quiet the negative narrative around him. 
    We will be none the wiser afterwards. 

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    7 minutes ago, Lefty said:

    Interesting that he is not doing something via the MFC comms.

    Surely there will be nothing nefarious in any of the communications from this PR exercise.

    He's not exactly going to come out and trash his brand by trashing the club BEFORE a match.

    If I was a betting man then I would put money on this being a watered down version of his meeting with players during the week.

    Clearly none of the clubs he would want to get to have the draft capital to make the move happen so for now he will have to remain a demon.

    May even be some platitudes about how he is a contracted player and he looks forward to next year getting the Dees back into finals.

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    All the comms out of the club have been 'he has 5 years left, he'll be here for at least 5 years'.

    What would be nice is to hear the narrative move away from his contract length being the reason he's staying, and towards him wanting to actually stay. Maybe we'll get that tonight

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    My guess is he choose to speak to 7 before the game to make the statement as public and concrete as possible. Videos/statements released by clubs have less weight and don't have interviewers asking the difficult questions. 

    I think this means he has nothing to hide and is staying

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    He might say “ I was a Pies fan as a kid, I was upset and depressed about injuries and for a moment thought of what it might be like to play for them, but then reality hit and I spoke to the boys, cleared the air and am looking forward to the rest of my AFL career with the Dees and winning more flags.”

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    5 minutes ago, Lord Neville X Flash said:

    My guess is he choose to speak to 7 before the game to make the statement as public and concrete as possible. Videos/statements released by clubs have less weight and don't have interviewers asking the difficult questions. 

    I think this means he has nothing to hide and is staying

    I think it almost has to be this.

    He's not going to announce he is seeking a trade before the last game of the season.

    He's not going to announce his retirement from footy via Channel 7 and not though the club.

    He more likely assessed his options and the for the time being it's committing to the Demons.

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