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On the title as i have previously posted i wonder if the wording was a deliberate choice to create some of the confected huff puffery that played out on SEN. Trolling if you will. #anynewsisgoodnews The other day i was driving at around 3pm and listening to SEN (which i never usually listen to during the day as i'm at work). I'm not sure who was/is on but he was banging on about the doc and in particular the title. He then played the cornes palaver in full, some more comments from him and then played Garry Lyon's response from the day after Cornes (in short pull your head in ****knuckle). And finished with some more of his own comments. About 10 minutes of free publicity for an in house video that had yet to be aired. In addition to all of the previous on air discussion and social media. Gold I listen to RSN sports breakfast and the they were all talking it up this morning. They may not have even known about if not for cornes' comments.

Agree. One of the best recruits from.another club in my time. Was undersized for a chb but gave everything he had.

My god. I watched it. It should come with a health warning.

I am only interested in watching the dees play (and the grand final). But that largely applies to the men too. I don't mind the low scoring and different skill level. I look at as different game to an extent. The arm wrestle has its own fascination. And skills aside the courage to put their bodies on the line they way they do is phenomenal. So gutsy. And tough. And they are at huge risk of injury (without the same sort of income protection) given their bio dynamics, strength, size, inexperience and the fact they are not professional (far from it). But i had a very familiar sense of tension and nerves in the last 3 minutes of today's game as they battled to keep it in our forward half and fight to to hang on for a win. And i was pumped when they did. Loved how joyous they were too. Go dees!

I wasn't referring to the definition.....

Good Lord I thought I could be a bit self righteous......

And Tony Campbell should never have picked. For any game, let alone the prelim.

I've not heard of that cult before. Is it new?

Won't be such an issue id he plays tbw majority of his time as a mid.

Then site would become Vandemonland

Is Oscar still in it or is he gawn? If not i have to go with maxy. So: Gawn

Yes. New idea is a more reliable source of news.

To be honest i can't see how the video could be cause any damage or any real substantive risks. Embarrassed if we have a poor season because we produced a three part doc called Hell and back? Spare me. The players won't need a video to be embarrassed if we have another poor season to be embarrassed. Nor will the FD or fans for that matter. Of course if that eventuates the peanuts in the media will trot out the video for their silly montages but c'mon who cares So why not produce it. Damage to our 'brand'. Please our brand is already damaged. As if the video (which will be full of inspirational training footage and rubbish music) is going to damage it further. Sure the title is cheesy and a bit presumptuous. But perhaps deliberately so. Look at the free publicity we have got for video content that hasn't even been released yet. As i have been banging on about content is king. The proof will be in how many times the video are watched. And its not just about increased membership, now or in the future. its also about getting mainstream media interest (hard to do coming off last years results). Tick. And importantly its also about value for our sponsors. I'll bet London to a brick Jaguar are more than happy about all the free publicity and will be with the views the videos get.

You did what? As a dare? As a challenge on i'm a celebrity get me out of here? Because you are into S&M? kudos I think

I thought that was a really weird choice of words too jay. Is it meant to be a quote or is an interpretation ie they said they were angry but were chuckling at the time. I mean mildly andgray? Wouldn't they be livid?

Agree. I find it interesting the range of stuff they do in the gym.

It makes me wonder if a Mfc media person reads Demonland and is trolling in response to the critique about needing more inner sanctum and behind the scenes content. Funny.

I don't mind the threads that start with a link to a dees media story as a rule. But I reckon we should ban using anything Cornes says as a topic starter.. I don't mind string opinions but his MO is so transparently click bait rubbish that we do footy journalism a disservice even reading him.

I'll pay that.

Agree there is more than enough rubbish, stock standard media BB. Media filtered through old media platform like like TV and radio. But young people simply do not use those platforms or engage with talking head scripted player and coach interviews. If we want to be build our support base and remain relevant as football club we need to engage with young people - not you and i. Simple as that. We're dead in the water if we don't. And young people want interesting, engaging content. There is a reason Morgon Stanley has valued youtube at $160 billion. It has the content young people and kids demand. Its not about not being enough media. It's about there not being enough right type of media.

No its not. But i agree with Bob. The sort of scripted interview that is the standard AFL fare is dead boring. If for no other reason than the answers are cliche ridden and are designed to avoid providing any real insight. And whilst most demonlanders might watch post match pressers and 5 minute media interviews with players most young people won't. They want something more interesting. And different. It surely is not hard. Look at the fly on the wall stuff from the draft night. Dead easy, cheap and interesting. My 17 year old son (who will watch lo fi grainy clips of high school basketball from the states and videos of a TV showing video) who is basically lost to footy because he has lost interest, even watched and enjoyed those two videos. The key focus of an AFL clubs media strategy is surely fan engagement. And so their content should be engaging.

Quite a long response by me to a joke then!

The kids don't care about spelling either. Just getting with the times (ps bloody smart phones and rushing)

Not sure what your point is LN. For one thing there is not an amorphous dees fan that holds multiple, contradictory views. The dichotomy you express is likely held by two distinct fans, not one. As an example i don't hold to the view they should stop talking, And have long been of the view that they don't talk enough in terms providing interesting, engaging content to supporters. But in any case the the content i'm suggesting there be more of is the opposite to the bog standard, cliche ridden interview that is the norm in the AFL. That sort of meaningless, script based talking i could do with less off, albeit acknowledging it has its place and is what the media demands. Here is an example of what i mean about cheap, easy to produce content that brings fans closer to their team and builds engagement: Brett Brown talking to his team after their first playoff win last season (the 76ers post this sort of stuff regularly to their twitter feed and club website) https://www.nbcsports.com/philadelphia/video/brett-brown-ring-bell

The thing that is frustrating is that there is no need for all of the video content to be of a professional production standard. And whilst tbe the standard player interview had its place they are usually pretty boring and dont give much insight about the player himself (boys are up and about, tge new giuys ate settling in but can't cook, a hood chance to bond yada yada yada) Post somw smart phone clips giving an insight into who tbe players are and some inner sanctum behind tbe scenes stuff . Quality doesnt matter. Kids wstch hundrrds iof ow quality clips on their various platforms. Rhey could care less about quality. Easy, cheap and fans, particularly ypung people love it. Nba clubs do it all the time. No excuse for us not to be doing so also.