Goodes and booing

[liz]

I don't have a problem with Adam being booed at certain times during a game i.e. lining up for goal etc or being cheered at when he makes a mistake (almost every other player in the league has been subjected to this at one time or another), but that is not what this is about. It was the constant booing that got to him (with the racist undertone).

To say that to boo Adam at ANY time is racist is incorrect and if it goes the other way and he doesn't get booed at all then that will be a story in itself.
All Adam wants is to be treated like any other player.

I thought the Geelong crowd's response was spot on - with some muted exceptions very early in the game, they treated him like any other player. This was a parochial home crowd watching an important game, and while Goodes didn't have a great game, he did look like the only Swan likely to hit the scoreboard for large parts of the game. It is entirely natural for a crowd to cheer or jeer when he just missed. I am sure sections of the SCG crowd would have done exactly the same when Hawkins missed his sitters.

I really felt that the Geelong crowd watched him and responded to him as Adam Goodes, the erstwhile great Swan and now fading champion. Their responses were to acts that happened in the game, not the mindless relentless booing he (and we) have been subjected to for far too long.

[stevoswan]

Aly is a hypocritical platitude-spruiking tip-rat of the highest order. Make no mistake on that score. Why the AFL would waste their time listening to anything that cretin had to say is beyond reason.

Still waiting for an explanation to the above piece of crap........are you there??? Or in hiding?

[Ludwig]

Still waiting for an explanation to the above piece of crap........are you there??? Or in hiding?

[stevoswan]

Seems that way.....

[#73]

I don't come here to trash talk fellow Swans but if you feel the need to defend Aly, go for your life. I don't need to explain my views on the imbecile but I would direct you to google any number of his online articles and let the slimebag speak for himself.

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Play the man, not the argument, hey? I'd expect more from a Swan.

[The Big Cat]

I've read most of waleed's stuff and can't remember anything that would fit #73's damning description. I see him as the conscience of the nation. Perhaps like Adam Goodes he says too much for someone of his background ?

[Zlatorog]

I don't come here to trash talk fellow Swans but if you feel the need to defend Aly, go for your life. I don't need to explain my views on the imbecile but I would direct you to google any number of his online articles and let the slimebag speak for himself.

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Play the man, not the argument, hey? I'd expect more from a Swan.

It looks to me that you're more of an Andrew Bolt person, aren't you? Maybe Aly is very clever for some Aussies to grasp it and they don't like it. I wonder how long he'll survive at The Project before he's booted off like Charlie Pickering. It looks like Murdoch family works in mysterious ways. Aly was nailing it with regards to Adam being vilified for his believes. Some bigots don't like being told that they're bigots.

[liz]

I don't come here to trash talk fellow Swans but if you feel the need to defend Aly, go for your life. I don't need to explain my views on the imbecile but I would direct you to google any number of his online articles and let the slimebag speak for himself.

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Play the man, not the argument, hey? I'd expect more from a Swan.

There are two posts in this thread that contain trash talking and that play the man, not the argument - your two posts. You have said nothing about what of Aly's points of view you disagree with, but instead have just called him a tiprat, a cretin and an imbecile. If your comments had been directed towards another member of the RWO board you would have been banned by now. Our approach to trash talking public figures has always been a little different, but I respectfully suggest you have added nothing of value to the discussion and it might be best if the above was your last post in this thread.

[rojo]

With 'respect' *73, the objection to the constant booing of Adam Goodes and more particularly its nature, is the lack of basic respect being shown him, the respect that we should give every one, regardless of whether we like them or agree with them. You know, the respect we like to be given despite our failings. It seems to me that your belittlement of Waleed Ali is ironic in a thread about the booing of Goodesy. You may be right in your assessment that Waleed has an 'agenda', or not, but your words of disrespect, even vilification, are not OK, just as verbally expressed hatred or belittling of Adam by some is not OK.

[dejavoodoo44]

I don't come here to trash talk fellow Swans but if you feel the need to defend Aly, go for your life. I don't need to explain my views on the imbecile but I would direct you to google any number of his online articles and let the slimebag speak for himself.

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Play the man, not the argument, hey? I'd expect more from a Swan.

I see; so you claim to have an argument, but you're not going to tell us what it is. Are you sure that you've got the hang of a discussion site?

[Melbourne_Blood]

In #73's profile He refers to himself as a 'complete bastard', 'the evil voice of reason', and lists 'seal clubbing' among his interests. I would suggest @@@@ stirring is perhaps another of his hobbies? I quite like and admire Aly, but perhaps not everybody does, and that is their right. I cannot understand how anyone could dislike him quite that much though, that was pretty nasty stuff. I'd actually genuinely be interested in what articles of his have particularly irked you so much?

[stevoswan]

I don't come here to trash talk fellow Swans but if you feel the need to defend Aly, go for your life. I don't need to explain my views on the imbecile but I would direct you to google any number of his online articles and let the slimebag speak for himself.

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Play the man, not the argument, hey? I'd expect more from a Swan.

Just asking for an explanation, that's all. You can refuse, which is your right, but when extremely dubious claims are made without evidence to back it up, and you're playing the man, in this case, Waleed Aly, the err, 'slimebag' as you put it, explanations can be enlightening.......or not. Just curious.......

[Ludwig]

Poor Eddie McGuire. When are we going to stop picking on him.

Here's the latest in the racial vilification saga:

Eddie McGuire privately attacked Sydney Swans after racially vilifying Adam Goodes No Cookies | dailytelegraph.com.au

[dejavoodoo44]

Poor Eddie McGuire. When are we going to stop picking on him.

Here's the latest in the racial vilification saga:

Eddie McGuire privately attacked Sydney Swans after racially vilifying Adam Goodes No Cookies | dailytelegraph.com.au

Hmmm, yes, while I like to think of myself as a person who would much rather see a stuff up than a conspiracy, I do wonder what motivation they would have inside News Ltd for now publishing a story from back in 2013? Could it be, a couple of days before the Swans and Collingwood match, that they want to feed into the somewhat twisted sense of resentment of a minority of Pies fans, who see themselves as the victims of the Adam Goodes and the 13 year old girl incident? Could it even be that some in the organisation, view the decent recent behaviour of players, coaches, administrators and fans, as something of a loss for their rightard columnists and therefore want to give the Goodesy booing another nudge?

[AnnieH]

Only subscribers can view the article... there's no way I'm giving hard earned to that mob!!
Can someone give me the gist...
I love a bit of Eddie bashing.