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  • goswannie14
    Leadership Group
    • Sep 2005
    • 11166

    #16
    Originally posted by stellation
    I don't read her league stuff, but the bits that I've read about AFL by Wilson (is she still putting herself forward as a keen Swans fan?) are, to me, vague and usually come across as gossip columns with little analysis of the game itself. I find it an enormous dissapointment for women in a male dominated media when the female talking heads that get column space roll out gossip and not analysis. I never read a lot of her work because she has always seemed to mainly work on league, but we need more Debbie Spillane's coming through the ranks and getting attention.
    Are you still talking about Rebecca, or Caroline?
    Does God believe in Atheists?

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    • ShockOfHair
      One Man Out
      • Dec 2007
      • 3668

      #17
      Nice sentiments but she's flailing at windmills. GWS will be good for the Swans.
      The man who laughs has not yet heard the terrible news

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      • GongSwan
        Senior Player
        • Jan 2009
        • 1362

        #18
        I'm not certain that the AFL shouldn't have tried their luck on the central coast, a place screaming for their own league team but will never get one. Perhaps they would have adopted AFL if given a team, and getting people to go there would be easier than Blacktown, nit like the GC analogy. People in general are slow to change and adopt new ideas. The things i've been reading about crowds in the 90's, 8000 at games is a bit better now, and with the stadium under construction, yd expect a bit of drop off. I would expect that the Geelong game and a few other s will have good crowds, provided we are given a chance of winning. If the Melbourne media didn't completely ignore us or give us little chance of achieving anything, we might get better crowds abd I'll say again, our club, or the AFK needs to throw some money at the daily telegraph for a bit better coverage. Exposure is everything, and with 2 teams now in Sydney, you would think that one of teh tv stations might be ablre to throw together some sort of Sydney AFL show. Couldn't be any worse than the tripe served up now
        You can't argue with a sick mind - Joe Walsh

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        • magic.merkin
          Senior Player
          • Jul 2008
          • 1199

          #19
          Because im anti Herald Sun and their paywall:

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          • stellation
            scott names the planets
            • Sep 2003
            • 9723

            #20
            Originally posted by goswannie14
            Are you still talking about Rebecca, or Caroline?
            A fair point! Both of them get a lot of press in their respective cities and both fit the bill!
            I knew him as a gentle young man, I cannot say for sure the reasons for his decline
            We watched him fade before our very eyes, and years before his time

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            • Wardy
              The old Boiler!
              • Sep 2003
              • 6676

              #21
              Originally posted by WeHaveTheGoodes
              Great article. She is not attacking the swans at all..she mirrors my hatred for the AFL admin and most of the victorian media while professing a love for the red and white. Watching swans fan go on about GWS at the start of the year was hurtful and pathetic.

              Some of you should put down your rose coloured glasses and see the reality of what the AFL is really about.
              Hurtful and pathetic are you for real? Honestly you would think its the end of the bloody World with GWS coming in. FFS it's footy it's not life or death. The AFL isn't perfect but in all honesty what large organization is? So Swans members if you dare have anything positive to say about GWS There will be hell to pay.
              I used to be indecisive, but now I'm not so sure..................
              Chickens drink - but they don't pee!
              AGE IS ONLY IMPORTANT FOR TWO THINGS - WINE & CHEESE!

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              • Big Al
                Veterans List
                • Feb 2005
                • 7007

                #22
                GWS caused Global Warming
                GWS caused the GFC
                GWS ruined my love life.
                GWS was on the grassy knoll
                GWS drowned Harold Holt
                GWS gave us Michael Bolton.
                GWS built the Leyland P76
                GWS started Rap music.

                All real global tragedies and those supporting this evil empire are just evil too.

                For Shame AFL, for Shame.
                ..And the Swans are the Premiers...The Ultimate Team...The Ultimate Warriors. They have overcome the highly fancied Hawks in brilliant style. Sydney the 2012 Premiers - Gerard Whately ABC

                Here it is Again! - Huddo SEN

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                • Dosser
                  Just wild about Harry
                  • Mar 2011
                  • 1833

                  #23
                  Originally posted by Big Al
                  GWS caused Global Warming
                  GWS caused the GFC
                  GWS ruined my love life.
                  GWS was on the grassy knoll
                  GWS drowned Harold Holt
                  GWS gave us Michael Bolton.
                  GWS built the Leyland P76
                  GWS started Rap music.

                  All real global tragedies and those supporting this evil empire are just evil too.

                  For Shame AFL, for Shame.
                  I heard they also broke up the Beatles, so I hate them passionately.

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                  • Dosser
                    Just wild about Harry
                    • Mar 2011
                    • 1833

                    #24
                    Originally posted by Dosser
                    I heard they also broke up the Beatles, so I hate them passionately.
                    Actually, no. My mistake. It was Bevan who did that.

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                    • royboy42
                      Senior Player
                      • Apr 2006
                      • 2078

                      #25
                      Originally posted by Big Al
                      GWS caused Global Warming
                      GWS caused the GFC
                      GWS ruined my love life.
                      GWS was on the grassy knoll
                      GWS drowned Harold Holt
                      GWS gave us Michael Bolton.
                      GWS built the Leyland P76
                      GWS started Rap music.

                      All real global tragedies and those supporting this evil empire are just evil too.

                      For Shame AFL, for Shame.
                      So THAT'S what happened to Harold Holt...I'd always had a problem with the Chinese submarine story.

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                      • aardvark
                        Veterans List
                        • Mar 2010
                        • 5685

                        #26
                        and don't forget Azaria Chamberlain.

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                        • Big Al
                          Veterans List
                          • Feb 2005
                          • 7007

                          #27
                          Originally posted by aardvark
                          and don't forget Azaria Chamberlain.
                          A relative of Jarryd Moore was responsible for that one.
                          ..And the Swans are the Premiers...The Ultimate Team...The Ultimate Warriors. They have overcome the highly fancied Hawks in brilliant style. Sydney the 2012 Premiers - Gerard Whately ABC

                          Here it is Again! - Huddo SEN

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                          • ShockOfHair
                            One Man Out
                            • Dec 2007
                            • 3668

                            #28
                            Global Warming Sceptics.

                            Coincidence?
                            The man who laughs has not yet heard the terrible news

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                            • Big Al
                              Veterans List
                              • Feb 2005
                              • 7007

                              #29
                              Originally posted by ShockOfHair
                              Global Warming Sceptics.

                              Coincidence?
                              Good Work Shock.
                              ..And the Swans are the Premiers...The Ultimate Team...The Ultimate Warriors. They have overcome the highly fancied Hawks in brilliant style. Sydney the 2012 Premiers - Gerard Whately ABC

                              Here it is Again! - Huddo SEN

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                              • Wardy
                                The old Boiler!
                                • Sep 2003
                                • 6676

                                #30
                                Originally posted by royboy42
                                So THAT'S what happened to Harold Holt...I'd always had a problem with the Chinese submarine story.
                                and here I was believing that he was seen driving a taxi in Fiji . Geez the things you learn from RWO.
                                I used to be indecisive, but now I'm not so sure..................
                                Chickens drink - but they don't pee!
                                AGE IS ONLY IMPORTANT FOR TWO THINGS - WINE & CHEESE!

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