The Final Quarter / The Australian Dream (AG documentaries) and related discussion

[KSAS]

OTC & Footy Classified both reported tonight that Goodsey's Doco "The Final Quarter" is being shown to all the AFL CEO's at tomorrow's annual CEO's meeting, as apparently it is very confronting showing prominent AFL figures in a bad light, so they can prepare a united front response before it premieres at the Sydney Film Festival on June 7th. This is a very interesting development as it shows the AFL is very uncomfortable on how Adam is going to portray them during his terrible ordeal, no second guesses on who those prominent AFL figures are! This will be compulsive viewing!

Caroline Wilson on FC tonight had a go at Gill in her Caro's Arrow segment, on some of his ignorant comments during 2015 whilst the Goodsey Booing Saga had already been ongoing for several months. Caro brought this up tonight in lieu of tomorrow's CEO's meeting where this doco will be discussed as the AFL for a change have no power or control as this was produced with none of their involvement or endorsement.

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OTC & Footy Classified both reported tonight that Goodsey's Doco "The Final Quarter" is being shown to all the AFL CEO's at tomorrow's annual CEO's meeting, as apparently it is very confronting showing prominent AFL figures in a bad light, so they can prepare a united front response before it premieres at the Sydney Film Festival on June 7th. This is a very interesting development as it shows the AFL is very uncomfortable on how Adam is going to portray them during his terrible ordeal, no second guesses on who those prominent AFL figures are! This will be compulsive viewing!

Caroline Wilson on FC tonight had a go at Gill in her Caro's Arrow segment, on some of his ignorant comments during 2015 whilst the Goodsey Booing Saga had already been ongoing for several months. Caro brought this up tonight in lieu of tomorrow's CEO's meeting where this doco will be discussed as the AFL for a change have no power or control as this was produced with none of their involvement or endorsement.

Bwahahaha

I really hope that this shakes-up and embarrasses the AFL. I can’t wait to see what damage control it ignites and I hope it fails miserably.

I’m not anti-Vic.

I’m anti the spineless fat cats who, at the time, did nothing to stop Adam being pushed out of the game he loved. There were from all corners and all walks of life. The disgusting sheep-following, mob mentality demonstrated the most ignorantly disgusting face of humanity at the time.

Can’t wait to see the doco and love Paul Kelly’s song!

[Meg]

Tickets are selling fast: one session is sold out and the other three have low availability. So if you want to see the film during the Film Festival I recommend you book very soon.

[liz]

as it shows the AFL is very uncomfortable on how Adam is going to portray them during his terrible ordeal,

I don't think - from what I've read (see link below) - that the film has Adam portraying anyone as anything. It features people portraying themselves - ie its not new material but rather a stitching together of contemporaneous material.

The Final Quarter — Sydney Film Festival

[Mel]

Tickets are selling fast: one session is sold out and the other three have low availability. So if you want to see the film during the Film Festival I recommend you book very soon.

Thanks for the head's up Meg, I just booked my ticket.

[Markwebbos]

Gil has already begun a damage limitation exercise. He claims he was "a week late" in defending Adam Goodes. I don't really remember him defending him at all, or by the time he did, it was way, way too late. Also I don't really understand what he means by "I'm very accountable for everything I do" surely that should mean there are consequences for his (poor) actions. I've never seen him held accountable by anyone for anything. Quite the opposite!

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/goodes-film-on-afl-ceos-agenda-20190513-p51mxc.html

In a radio interview at the weekend, McLachlan admitted he would like to have his time again in his handling of Goodes' tribal dance for Sydney's Marngrook game against Carlton at the SCG in 2015.

"I called it out that I felt I was a week late, yeah," the AFL chief told 3AW.

"I'm not excusing it in any way – I'm very accountable for everything I do – but it wasn't easy at the time.

"A week is a week and I own that. I certainly wish I had come out a week earlier, yeah."

[AnnieH]

Gil has already begun a damage limitation exercise. He claims he was "a week late" in defending Adam Goodes. I don't really remember him defending him at all, or by the time he did, it was way, way too late. Also I don't really understand what he means by "I'm very accountable for everything I do" surely that should mean there are consequences for his (poor) actions. I've never seen him held accountable by anyone for anything. Quite the opposite!

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/goodes-film-on-afl-ceos-agenda-20190513-p51mxc.html

In a radio interview at the weekend, McLachlan admitted he would like to have his time again in his handling of Goodes' tribal dance for Sydney's Marngrook game against Carlton at the SCG in 2015.

"I called it out that I felt I was a week late, yeah," the AFL chief told 3AW.

"I'm not excusing it in any way – I'm very accountable for everything I do – but it wasn't easy at the time.

"A week is a week and I own that. I certainly wish I had come out a week earlier, yeah."

Come out of the closet a week earlier??
At that stage of this sorry saga, he should have come out a YEAR earlier.

[KTigers]

Come out of the closet a week earlier??
At that stage of this sorry saga, he should have come out a YEAR earlier.

A year? you might be being a bit generous. McLachlan did absolutely nothing except make excuses for all the tools doing
the boo-ing. Y'know, and this might sound a bit harsh but I think he has a bit of that Trump thing in him. Casual with the
truth, filled with their own self importance, after awhile these guys start believing what they'd like to have happened
as being the thing that actually DID happen. Put simply, they start believing their own @@@@. And whoa, who is going to
pull him up? Who exactly is he accountable to? His underlings at the AFL? the cheer squad that is the footy press?
Wow, they're a tough jury of his peers.

[erica]

No-one will remember Gill in a few years. Adam will be remembered for many years. I am privileged for having seen him represent our club.

[Boddo]

A lot of younger people wouldn’t realise that Muhammad Ali was very much disliked originally for standing up for African Americans but as the years progressed the tide slowly turned and he was shown to be a truly great ambassador for his people. To the point that he opened the Olympics in his country with universal fan fair.

As the years go by this will happen with Adam and people will look down upon the AFL administrators inaction during this terrible time.

No matter what Gil, Fitzpatrick and co say they will be shown to have completely failed the game, the fans, the clubs and lastly but sadly Adam. They’ll have to wear this for ever. It’ll stick with them for their whole careers whether they like it or not.

[Mel_C]

Gil has already begun a damage limitation exercise. He claims he was "a week late" in defending Adam Goodes. I don't really remember him defending him at all, or by the time he did, it was way, way too late. Also I don't really understand what he means by "I'm very accountable for everything I do" surely that should mean there are consequences for his (poor) actions. I've never seen him held accountable by anyone for anything. Quite the opposite!

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/goodes-film-on-afl-ceos-agenda-20190513-p51mxc.html

In a radio interview at the weekend, McLachlan admitted he would like to have his time again in his handling of Goodes' tribal dance for Sydney's Marngrook game against Carlton at the SCG in 2015.

"I called it out that I felt I was a week late, yeah," the AFL chief told 3AW.

"I'm not excusing it in any way – I'm very accountable for everything I do – but it wasn't easy at the time.

"A week is a week and I own that. I certainly wish I had come out a week earlier, yeah."

I had to laugh when I read this. One week late??? The booing had been going on for months and he says he response was a week late?? He has to be the worst AFL boss.

I go to a lot of Geelong games because of my brother and I like how their supporters deal with the Ablett booing. When he gets the ball they cheer and clap really loudly and drown out the boos. If one of our players is ever treated like Goodes was then our supporters should do the same thing.

[S.S. Bleeder]

I had to laugh when I read this. One week late??? The booing had been going on for months and he says he response was a week late?? He has to be the worst AFL boss.

I go to a lot of Geelong games because of my brother and I like how their supporters deal with the Ablett booing. When he gets the ball they cheer and clap really loudly and drown out the boos. If one of our players is ever treated like Goodes was then our supporters should do the same thing.

The trouble is that our fans are much quieter and less parochial than Victorian supporters. You are right though.

[Bloods05]

The trouble is that our fans are much quieter and less parochial than Victorian supporters. You are right though.

In fact that is exactly what we did with the Goodes booing - we cheered him loudly every time it started. I remember vividly doing that - at Geelong, as it happens.

[jono2707]

The trouble is that our fans are much quieter and less parochial than Victorian supporters. You are right though.

Agreed, but I'd rather be us than the loud foul-mouthed Bombers bore that stood behind us in Bay 3 on Friday night. His idiotic behaviour got so bad that we moved at half time. We sit too close to the away fans and most games we're impacted by idiots who think its their right to be complete a-holes at the footy.

We cheered loudly whenever Goodsey had the ball when the booing stuff was going on - most Swans fans did.

[KTigers]

Agreed, but I'd rather be us than the loud foul-mouthed Bombers bore that stood behind us in Bay 3 on Friday night. His idiotic behaviour got so bad that we moved at half time. We sit too close to the away fans and most games we're impacted by idiots who think its their right to be complete a-holes at the footy.

We cheered loudly whenever Goodsey had the ball when the booing stuff was going on - most Swans fans did.

Yes, one of those guys snuck into the top deck of the Brewongle on Friday. They are always the same, loud and obnoxious,
feeling they have to over compensate for being completely surrounded by Swans fans. Sensing the inevitable this bloke near
us went all quiet in the last quarter and had gone before all the excitement at the end. This is why we never offer our seats
up (unless to a Swans supporting friend) if we can't make it to a game. I wouldn't be able to handle the thought of my seat
being forever tainted by having an opposition supporter sit in it.