The Rumour Mill - does it feed itself?

[dimelb]

This is a by product of Buddy, where there's Buddy there's innuendo and rumours. He is the smoke. He always has been. Nothing can be done about it , it won't change. Club would have known this would happen, and chose to sign him anyway. If there's one club you would think are strong enough to brush off outside speculation , it would be the swans. On the same token, it isn't something most of the players would be used to. Only way to shut it up a bit is to let our footy do the talking.

Enough to create belated sympathy for Hawthorn.
Let's see if we can deal with it as they did.

[royboy42]

It's the old journo's trick. Make something, anything, up.
Publish it.
Then ask victim or his spokesman for comment.

Then another story, 'victim denies etc etc'

A few hundred words published under journo's byline......journo happy..editor happy..seed sown, so journo can refer to the unfounded rumour a few times more during the season.

After a while public has heard the lie so any times, they think it's probably fact (where there's smoke , there's fire).

Evil.

[robamiee]

a solid performance against the pies and watch the rumours disappear... remember all the stories going around when lockett was up here, esp when he came back..

baz was not far from a rumour on the odd occasion.. Journos who have never played the game have tsaken reporting on the football about anything but the actual games played

[mcs]

a solid performance against the pies and watch the rumours disappear... remember all the stories going around when lockett was up here, esp when he came back..

baz was not far from a rumour on the odd occasion.. Journos who have never played the game have tsaken reporting on the football about anything but the actual games played

The media is only at it because they love to have a club to jump on and stir, when it may appear after 1 bad result, things aren't going to plan. Get back on track and flog the Pies and the rumours will soon @@@@@@ off.

The most ridiculous one I saw this morning was

"The strong mail is Buddy has not clicked with his new teammates, apart from a couple of impressionable youngsters, including Dan Hannebery."

Did someone post a letter in the mail made out of wood or something that was really strong? If you have 'strong mail' then surely you can at least pretend to quote a source - but I guess that's difficult when your a journo and your making it up

[Plugger46]

I think Tania Hird has done us a favour in the last 24 hours.

[Matt80]

This is a by product of Buddy, where there's Buddy there's innuendo and rumours. He is the smoke. He always has been. Nothing can be done about it , it won't change. Club would have known this would happen, and chose to sign him anyway. If there's one club you would think are strong enough to brush off outside speculation , it would be the swans. On the same token, it isn't something most of the players would be used to. Only way to shut it up a bit is to let our footy do the talking.

There is an image being portrayed that the Swans have become? naughty little party boys? since Buddy arrived, and that this is eroding the ?bloods culture?. In 2004 during the regular season I saw a famous Swans player and legend of the club standing behind a DJ Booth in a well-known Bayswater Road Night Club (Kings Cross), dancing away with a cigarette in one hand, and downing a couple of shots in the other hand. It was a Sunday night and he could not have being doing more to get noticed. In 2005 I chatted to another famous Swans player at 2.30am in the morning at a Kings Cross Night Club after an SCG win the previous day. Great bloke!

These two guys are still involved with the club and would be widely credited as being guardians of the ?blood culture?. They were ?bloods?, but could also have good time.

If it was ?Buddy? standing behind that DJ Booth you would all be going on about how he is corrupting the joint. Buddy has a Schooner is his hands and is enjoying a chat with Hanners, you all think that he is corrupting Hanners.

There are young men and they are entitled to enjoy a drink, dance away and be in company of beautiful women at appropriate times. Give Buddy a break!

[lorakf]

They obviously don't have anything better to do at the Murdoch press: No Cookies | Herald Sun

What a ridiculous beat-up story.

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This one's more observant: Lance Franklin already grabbing worrying headlines for the Sydney Swans

Two off the record quotes in that article I found very interesting,

the first

"Staff feel it?s no surprise the tales emanated from Melbourne."

and the second,

"There is also a niggling feeling at Moore Park that their cross-town opponents are being mischievous. The Giants genuinely feel better off without Franklin ....... but clearly, judging by some recent comments, there is resentment at GWS about being left at the altar by the player, his manager and the Swans."

[Triple B]

Buddy has a Schooner is his hands and is enjoying a chat with Hanners, you all think that he is corrupting Hanners.

There are young men and they are entitled to enjoy a drink, dance away and be in company of beautiful women at appropriate times. Give Buddy a break!

Just to clarify!, when you say 'you all think'!, are you directing your rant at RWO posters or the media?? ... !

[Plugger1300]

Not sure why people are blaming Melbourne Jealously or journos for the rumours. It seems to me that it is definitely a case of Tall poppy syndrome and Rebecca Wilson (sydney based) was the main culprit in starting the rumour mill. Once Caro gets a whiff it won't end.

[goods78]

As others have mentioned, the only thing that will shut the media up is dominant on field performance.

I would not be surprised if the leadership enforced some sort of curfew or establishment ban for the next few months. Don't give anyone in the media a free kick by being snapped mid-week at a pub drinking beers.

We have to smash the Pie's.......minimum 10 goal win with Buddy kicking 3+ and giving a few off to team mates.

I think the media will galvanise the boys and will hit back with a huge win against the Pies. I only wish it were this weekend so we don't have to endure another week of these types of reports!

[Matt80]

Not sure why people are blaming Melbourne Jealously or journos for the rumours. It seems to me that it is definitely a case of Tall poppy syndrome and Rebecca Wilson (sydney based) was the main culprit in starting the rumour mill. Once Caro gets a whiff it won't end.

Another theory:

The Buddy stories are part of the most complex stealth marketing and promotions exercises ever undertaken in Australia by a Sports Brand.

Buddy and his marketing team are releasing choice photos (Boat Party, Bondi Bikini Contest) and ?of the record? stories of disharmony. I would not be suprised if the "Buddy Pitbull Parody" was part of the campaign.

The stories of the high paid Superstar running amok, clashing with his working class colleagues, and corrupting young vulnerable players is putting the Swans in the press and creating amazing ?buzz? around the Swans Brand. Everyone in Sydney and for that matter in Melbourne can?t wait for the next game to see how the Swans and Buddy respond.

This is all a PR game to create more publicity for the Swans and the journalists don?t know they are being played.
There was the reason ROK laughed when asked about a fight with Buddy. It?s all part of this complex marketing stunt to get more coverage for the Swans.

This is just a theory!

[annew]

What have they done apart from lose the first game????????? All rumour and innuendo to derail our season, probably game play by GWS to get our support down and theirs up. We need to react like the negative press from 2005 and win the premiership.

[mcs]

What have they done apart from lose the first game????????? All rumour and innuendo to derail our season, probably game play by GWS to get our support down and theirs up. We need to react like the negative press from 2005 and win the premiership.

I'd take that as well. The long and short of it is that if we start doing the business on the park, all this c**p will die down and disappear. At the moment, i really think we just had got our prep wrong for Rd 1, and had a very bad day at the office. If we play again like that against the Pies and there are no signs of improvement, then maybe there will be something in all these rumours after all.

[Doctor J.]

It's the old journo's trick. Make something, anything, up.
Publish it.
Then ask victim or his spokesman for comment.

Then another story, 'victim denies etc etc'

A few hundred words published under journo's byline......journo happy..editor happy..seed sown, so journo can refer to the unfounded rumour a few times more during the season.

After a while public has heard the lie so any times, they think it's probably fact (where there's smoke , there's fire).

Evil.

Spot on Royboy42.
It can be summed up in one sentence.
Is that the truth, or did you read that in the Herald Sun?

[The Big Cat]

This clears things up a little

Gloves off as Swans box on - sydneyswans.com.au