I haven't listened to Kate McCarthy that much but she doesn't seem too bad.

💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩

KANE CORNES ☠️

CAROLINE WILSON☠️

NICK RIEWOLDT ☠️

CRAIG HUTCHISON ☠️

THE AGENDA SETTERS ☠️☠️☠️☠️

The rant about Goody talking about Clarry and Trac and our coach’s obsession. Pathetic media wrap up of selected comments from Goody. The media always asks about Clarry & Trac so low hanging sledge by the gutter media. And smartarse comments about the “million dollar” tagger and belittling Clarry’s stats. Absolute gutter stuff !!!

3 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Absolute gutter stuff !!!

Why are choosing to watch it?

9 hours ago, spirit of norm smith said:

💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩

KANE CORNES ☠️

CAROLINE WILSON☠️

NICK RIEWOLDT ☠️

CRAIG HUTCHISON ☠️

THE AGENDA SETTERS ☠️☠️☠️☠️

The rant about Goody talking about Clarry and Trac and our coach’s obsession. Pathetic media wrap up of selected comments from Goody. The media always asks about Clarry & Trac so low hanging sledge by the gutter media. And smartarse comments about the “million dollar” tagger and belittling Clarry’s stats. Absolute gutter stuff !!!

Cannot believe how low these people will go to get attention, Korns and Roo are washed up has beens and nothing else, how are the AFL allowing this type of media rubbish when a player is clearly battling mentally. Do they not have a duty of care and legally they are pushing a fine line

so everything is hunky dory at the Dees Great to hear

Club should stop putting fodder in the media BIn

Kane Cornes is one of the reasons that I no longer watch any of the Media shows - Goodwin plays favourite with Petracca and Oliver, he is really dredging up some rubbish when there are real stories out there. His hatred of Goody is becoming a bit embarrassing. Grow up Kane.

12 hours ago, Demonstone said:

Why are choosing to watch it?

Yea I was hopeful of informative insightful footy talk - you live in hope - but again these mud scrapers failed to deliver

Well this should absolutely get me a job in the media.

Here are my scoops.

Jackson will come back to the Demons or he won’t.

Kozzie will stay with the Demons or he won’t.

Oliver will go or stay.

Goodwin will be sacked soon or he won’t be.

Um, Lloydy, they won a flag together 😂

Why the [censored] has the AFL Media made the absolute tragic passing of Adam Selwood a headline about Collingwood!

I am utterly livid that they choose to headline this article when so many of our thoughts should be directed towards the Selwoods and other families who have suffered such devastating loss.

From a PR/media standpoint it feels like we are on the front foot for the first time in a long time. I’ve been frustrated with the club for some time over this as some of their behaviour in the recent past has been flat out weird and not at all best practices.

At some level PR is made easier through winning, but also:

-Goody has done a really good job steadying the ship in recent pressers and media appearances by providing a good level of transparency into what’s happening while also ensuring they keep closed ranks.

-We seem to be sending a clear message that we won’t be screwed with by teams like Freo anymore by floating our own rumours right back at them (come on back Luke).

-We’ve actively got our players beyond Max doing relatively polished appearances—Trac’s presser, Koz’s interview with his dad, Langford’s appearance on Demonland pod and XL on the other podcast. There seems to be a really authentic love of the club conveyed in many of these appearances too.

It’s not all perfect and we will never be a media juggernaut club who can keep themselves out of the spotlight regardless of the size or scope of a scandal, but this is a helluva lot better than the silence or the “nothing to see here!” we got when everything was so chaotic late last year.

Kudos to the PR/Media staff.

11 minutes ago, Disco InTurno said:

From a PR/media standpoint it feels like we are on the front foot for the first time in a long time. I’ve been frustrated with the club for some time over this as some of their behaviour in the recent past has been flat out weird and not at all best practices.

At some level PR is made easier through winning, but also:

-Goody has done a really good job steadying the ship in recent pressers and media appearances by providing a good level of transparency into what’s happening while also ensuring they keep closed ranks.

-We seem to be sending a clear message that we won’t be screwed with by teams like Freo anymore by floating our own rumours right back at them (come on back Luke).

-We’ve actively got our players beyond Max doing relatively polished appearances—Trac’s presser, Koz’s interview with his dad, Langford’s appearance on Demonland pod and XL on the other podcast. There seems to be a really authentic love of the club conveyed in many of these appearances too.

It’s not all perfect and we will never be a media juggernaut club who can keep themselves out of the spotlight regardless of the size or scope of a scandal, but this is a helluva lot better than the silence or the “nothing to see here!” we got when everything was so chaotic late last year.

Kudos to the PR/Media staff.

Are we really doing anything different? Isn't it just that when you're winning, it looks and sounds better? (No disrespect intended to your post, Disco)

There are A very large number of commentators on AFL. All trying to justify their existance. Some make valid comments about us. We are after all 14th on the ladder, that means we have put in some very poor games. A lot of the critism is justified however the big mistake that loyal MFC fans make is reading/ listening to the many trying to justify their existsance. Don't listen to them watch the games, form your own opinion and forget the hundreds of scribes.

1 hour ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

Are we really doing anything different? Isn't it just that when you're winning, it looks and sounds better? (No disrespect intended to your post, Disco)

Yeah I think you’re right that the winning is definitely the lion’s share of it—you win a few and suddenly the vultures start looking elsewhere.

And I could absolutely be full of [censored] with the rest of it…maybe I’m just so excited to have good vibes back that I am giving a bit too much credit.

But at the very least there’s finally been some positive momentum recently both on and off the field and we haven’t ruined it with unforced errors which, given all the nonsense off the field in recent years, feels like a Herculean accomplishment worthy of some praise.

I think I may have found the worst show on tv. I've only seen a snippet but I think it's called the players on after classified on mondays

1 hour ago, Disco InTurno said:

Yeah I think you’re right that the winning is definitely the lion’s share of it—you win a few and suddenly the vultures start looking elsewhere.

And I could absolutely be full of [censored] with the rest of it…maybe I’m just so excited to have good vibes back that I am giving a bit too much credit.

But at the very least there’s finally been some positive momentum recently both on and off the field and we haven’t ruined it with unforced errors which, given all the nonsense off the field in recent years, feels like a Herculean accomplishment worthy of some praise.

Winning helps but the quality and regularity of the press conferences has gone to a much more enjoyable and quality level, this hopefully stems from the member surveys and reviews last year. If you block out the outside noise the club appears happier and more balanced this year. But a lot more wins won’t hurt.😁👍

On 09/05/2025 at 20:49, Pates said:

This is where the AFL failed in it's ability to argue to the case. There is no way in hell that if that's a Pies player below him (at training or in a match) that that thug compresses his body to make maximum impact to the vulnerable player. It was 5 minutes into a final, he wanted to make a physical impact, and he did. Now a player has retired because of his actions and the AFL tribunal gave it the tick of approval. It sickens me every time I think of it and I honestly struggle to watch ANY pies game now, but particularly whenever Maynard is on screen.

Has that excuse of body movement compaction ever been used as a defence since?

Jon Pierik. The Age. 👏👏

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/he-s-an-animal-in-there-inside-clayton-oliver-s-reinvention-as-a-tagger-20250519-p5m0d0.html

At least some consideration and context.

“Oliver isn’t the first blue-chip midfielder to adapt his game for time in the shadows. Carlton legend Craig Bradley did it back in the day, so did Richmond great Trent Cotchin. Bartel even famously volunteered to take a stopping role on St Kilda’s Lenny Hayes at quarter-time in the 2009 grand final, slowing the rampant midfielder in a performance that helped Geelong to a two-goal win.

Steele Sidebottom and Scott Pendlebury have spent time with run-with roles, Pendlebury even heading to Crows’ gun Jordan Dawson in the second term on Saturday and helping restrict him to five touches for the term. St Kilda skipper Jack Steele also knows how to find the ball, but has been a superb tagger”.

Unlike Nick Riewoldt’s vitriolic outburst about Clarry as a “million dollar tagger” after one week v Hawks !!

Some positive press.

https://x.com/cleary_mitch/status/1926582571338543234/photo/1

16 minutes ago, GM11 said:

Some positive press.

https://x.com/cleary_mitch/status/1926582571338543234/photo/1

Positive...until the clip at the end "Now to convince Kozzy" - so really, just on to the next story. Tried it on with a few...now it's time to continue to push the Kozzy story, because the other two haven't worked out.

"Pickett (24 possessions, six clearances) could have finished with seven or eight goals, but missed several chances when attempting crowd-pleasing finishes rather than simply putting it through the middle"

Wtaf, ABC News?

There I was all set for the mildky amusing 'also had an unwanted game-high after hitting the post three times' mention, but no, apparently he's some kind of show pony?

Raising my 'implicitly racist assumption that Indigenous players are talented but lack maturity' eyebrow. I honestly thought that eyebrow could be retired by now.

i really enjoyed the media reporting on media personality kane 🌽 not getting a hello from Bevo DURING a game.

the disrespect! how dare bevo not say hi! and this is a story?? the media reporting on something that the media did. we're through the looking glass here people

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“After everything that’s been said about Christian Petracca (& his family’s) relationship with Melbourne over the last 12 months, this is telling.

Dad Tony arm in arm with Simon Goodwin after Christian’s 200th.

Petracca has committed to the Dees… now to convince Kozzy”

Thanks Mitch Cleary🤡 … climbing out of the gutter but then slips straight back down

After the recent episodes of North and Dogs banning Cornes from contact, is it time for the AFL to remove Cornes from the All Australian selection committee? The potential confict is obvious and I don't expect him to recuse himself, his ego simply wouldn't allow it.

one sane voice in the wilderness …

3AW Breakfast sports reporter Jon Anderson has fired up over Melbourne’s decision not to pay close attention to Saints defender Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera late in Sunday’s game in Alice Springs.

The Demons lost to the Saints by 28 points, despite having seven more scoring shots, but Wanganeen-Milera was able to roam around and rack up 15 disposals in the last quarter.

“How darn obvious is that to not do something about it?!” Anderson said on 3AW Breakfast.

That’s not just on Goodwin, what about the senior leaders on that team?

“I’m not a Melbourne supporter, but it angered me.”