Media do it again

[supersall]

Wish I had posted it before but it's gone now, the winner of the media stuff up award for the week surely belongs to Real Footy at the Age who listed Shane Mumford from Carlton as a choice in their player of the round poll.

Sad indictment is that I did not have coniptions that Shane might have jumped ship mid week and nobody noticed, but just accepted the incompetence as par for the course.

[Untamed Snark]

Wish I had posted it before but it's gone now, the winner of the media stuff up award for the week surely belongs to Real Footy at the Age who listed Shane Mumford from Carlton as a choice in their player of the round poll.

Sad indictment is that I did not have coniptions that Shane might have jumped ship mid week and nobody noticed, but just accepted the incompetence as par for the course.

I have it on file, took a virtual photo

[Wardy]

Should it be pronounced "The Briarn" - and a trophy be a block of wood - to honour the shape of BT's head?

[dimelb]

I like the block of wood idea - perhaps a nice chunk of messmate gum. As in "What a mess, mate!"

[Cpt. Kirk]

Them missmatching photos doesnt piss me off as much as them completely disregarding a good game from someone who has not come from a footy background.

And by that i mean pyke and hunt.

[ABloodsMan]

Nice little article on Reid here. Sam I am

I didn't know his uncle was part of the group that played for us in 82..

[Dosser]

I couldnt help but get annoyed by Andy Maher this morning on SEN. He made the comment about St Kilda that they dont like to introduce new kids into the team and that it was something that Lyon got from his days at the Swans. He then went on to say that the Swans still don't introduce kids into the seniors until they have been at the club for a few years. I nearly choked on my shaving cream when I heard it. Fortunately, he was corrected by Tim Watson, however it is symptomatic of the Swans 'blindspot' that the media has down here.

[Untamed Snark]

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/more-surgery-for-sydney-forward-daniel-bradshaw/story-e6frf9jf-1226056992063

We may need to start categories; photo/name stuff up, general name stuff up, medical announcement stuff up, media just don?t care about the Swans stuff up?

[jono2707]

Them missmatching photos doesnt piss me off as much as them completely disregarding a good game from someone who has not come from a footy background.

And by that i mean pyke and hunt.

Don't start me on that one! It's a pet hate of mine, where some people south of the border think that it's a god-given right that Victorians (and perhaps to a lesser extent people from SA and WA) have a natural affinity with and understanding of the game that people not 'brought up' on the game (whatever that means) will never have. It really @@@@@s me - especially when some idiot supporter of a Melbourne-based team tells me to go and watch NRL and that as a Swans fan I have no idea what I'm talking about. These people reckon that guys like Pykey and Karmichael Hunt will never succeed as they weren't playing and watching the game from birth - complete tosh...

Rant over - I'm ok now

[GongSwan]

The Melbourne media either has no idea or does it on purpose to piss us off, but in NSW it is still rife, the Telegraph has no idea what it's reporting on, and should hire Jim Main, and unless we look like winning a flag get very little coverage. The general public is, however(and I say this as a NSWelshman) largely ignorant of the game of Australian Rules, I had one bloke tell me it wasn't an Australian game???????? and others who tell me it's a girls game, I offered to introduce them to Barry Hall, but of course, they didn't know who he was. I doubt Karmichael thought it was a girls game when he got the full body cramp, and we're talking about a very fit league player. I can see Hunt getting it, but maybe not for a couple more years, needs to change his whole body shape and fitness base. Pyke is already a success, he has a natural talent for all ball sports from what I've read, and a big freakin heart to go with it. I short, the difference between league and AFL, u need courage and strength to play league, u need courage, SKILL, athleticism endurance and speed to play AFL level

[ShockOfHair]

A classic from smh.com.au.

The story quotes Tom Harley saying Folau needs a spell in the midfield, or in Harley's own words, "a crack in the guts." The unwitting Herald sub posted it as:

Meat in the middle: Folau needs a kick in the guts, says Cats great Harley

[Untamed Snark]

Swans pip Roos

That's Reg Fairfax

[Kirkari]

Swans pip Roos

That's Reg Fairfax

It's at least a tough one though. Many a Swans faithful has made the same mistake. Not everyone got the RWO insiders' tip about the short sock/long sock differentiator ;-)

[ScottH]

Go Swannies told me yesterday that Mattner and Grundy is so easy to pick.
Socks up - Mattner.
Socks down - Reg.

[RogueSwan]

I guess the page has updated, I have nfi which story I should be looking at...

I think it is this
But the last one "North Melbourne's Jack Ziebell gets a kick away despite pressure from ..." Smith actually gets hands one the ball forcing it up and under, it is in the first minute of the 3rd Q.