Katrina Dee Fan

Sorry, I misinterpretted. I shouldn't post after letting Year 7s frazzle my brain!!!

It's coming from supporters of other clubs and our own supporters BECAUSE it's coming from the media, don't you see that? The media are the ones setting the agenda. No one would be talking about this at all if Manure et al kept to not making up stories.

the sh*t show is the media's. They've been told that he's not going, by both Melbourne and Geelong. The media are literal sh*tstains on society.

I take it you haven't been to a B&F, the players mingle with guests, pose with photos, have a chat, have a laugh, it's not a matter of guests harassing players, it's encouraged at the event.

I spoke with Woey at the prematch function in Perth before the Freo game back in August, and I get the impression from him that apart from his son playing for Melbourne (which Woey said was his choice), he still hasn't fully forgiven Melbourne for his treatment back in the early 2000s. He seemed rather guarded and skeptical back then. I'm wondering if that offers some perspective and context to his thinking.

All good, and I get where you're coming from. I am a high school media teacher, though so I'm well versed on motivations of media organisations and reportage, particularly on what may influence their behaviour against models and theories of media communication. My opinions of the media are steeped there. I am proof it's possible to simultaneously love and hate media :)

I find that so laughable. Sydney base that on a Morgan Gallup poll. I mean, if random people were phoned and asked "what AFL team do you support?", of course 99% of Sydneysiders are going to say Sydney, same as 99% of Melburnians would say Storm if they were asked about NRL. Does it mean they actively barrack for them? Clearly no. They would only have said that because it was the only AFL team they heard of.

Gee, it wouldn't be the president that was turfed out or the CEO that everyone's beying for the blood of, would it?

How old do you think I am? I'm 53. I've had plenty of close dealings with the club, including board members, including staff members. Don't patronise me.

You haven't met Kate, have you? Conversation I had with her two years ago at the 2022 season launch: Me: "Thanks so much for sticking up for Goody in the media." Kate: (with cheeky glint in her eye) "No one f*&^s with my people." followed by raucous laughter from both of us.

How about to the club?

My question to that is, what are his qualifications? Pert has had many years of experience in corporate management following his degree that he was able to complete during a time when footballers were not full time professionals as they are now. Apart from volunteering on community issues, what's Bartel's experience in running a multi million dollar organisation?

There are a lot of assertions in that letter that is based on rumours in the media that have not eventuated. So you'd be right, I don't agree with a lot in Ricky Dunn's letter, whoever he is. If he wants to have a temper tantrum, that's his prerogative, but it's a bit of a dumb way to do it.

Exactly. I'm not buying the media bulldust for a second. They've proven to be wrong time and time again, and they just won't let up. They have an agenda, and they're making themselves look like [censored] now. The B&F was one of the best I've been to, heaps of happy faces, heaps of positivity. There are staff members at the club who I would consider friends, and they themselves are perplexed by the notions of "bad culture", they reckon it's a great place to work.

Oh, jeez..... he can't admit he's an [censored], can he?

Why would he? That was shut down weeks ago.

Kate Roffey laughed on Friday night when I called him Sam Manure

A bit of perspective. 1) what part of the reporting has the media actually got right? Clarry last year? Nup. Petty last year? Nup. Kozzy last year? Nup. Trac? Nup. Viney? Kozzy? Nup. Clarry? Nup. Meanwhile the club has either re-signed or extended the contracts of Gawny, Viney, Howes, Turner, Tholstrup, Windsor, McVee, Langdon, Petty, McDonald, Melksham, Bowey, Seston, Verrall, Moniz-Wakefield and Brown this year alone. 17 players. And only one officially requesting a trade, one who does love the club, and is going home for family necessity. A club with genuine culture problems would not be able to do that. And these players were so happy on Friday at the B&F. 2) Barrett made himself look like a dill when yesterday he claimed the Oliver trade is still open. Even though it's been shut down by Melbourne and Geelong. What does that tell you? As Clarry said in the podcast last week, the media are full of [censored].

The other thing I like to say to Collingwood fans is “I don’t know why you idolise Maynard so much, he lost you the 2018 grand final”. They don’t like that.

I feel for him that he’s retiring on 199 games.

I do blame Collingwood for Murphy, a) Maynard pushing him into McCarthy’s path, b) who was the [censored] at Collingwood who allowed Murphy full contact training in the preseason which allowed him to yo be tackled/concussed by Daicos?

The way the Pies filth insist Melbourne mistreated Gus, or Gus brought it upon himself, and their darling thug was in no way at fault makes them sociopaths.

Hear hear. Notice all the Collingwood filth still slamming Angus on social media after his heartfelt speech. I do believe that to be a Collingwood supporter you have to be diagnosed as a sociopath.

You could be right, however I still bristle with anger seeing Trac go all chummy chummy with the a-hole on Kings Birthday