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Some of the comments on the Mercury website on the last couple of days have been misguided, xenophobic or just plain offensive! (examples in next comment) Add comments |
28th July 2009 | 16 |
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Foxhawkposted at 10:23PM on 18th Mar, 2009 This one just makes me laugh. Do Victorians actually come in such ignorant models? Surely a person can't be that stupid? Obvisouly this bloke has never been to Tasmania and has the typical racist anti-Tasmania attitude that is prevelant in Australian society. And believe me, IT IS RACISM! I would not worry about him. Can't wait to see him get out of his chair and put his fist through his wall when Melbourne Victoria lose in front of 12k of supporters in Launceston the year we win the Premiership. (Which with a shiek owning the club - if that occurs - would not be far away). Check out the forums for other consortiums hoping to get in down the track. They are WETTING themselves. chairposted at 10:55PM on 18th Mar, 2009 Has anyone got the web address for any of the other consortium so i can check out how much they are WETTING themsleves Chuqposted at 12:38AM on 19th Mar, 2009 Wollongong forum hasn't had a post for 3 weeks - Chuqposted at 12:41AM on 19th Mar, 2009 Some of the most abusive/anti-Tassie stuff has come from the SFC forum - http://sfcu.com.au/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=28&topic=12457
Foxhawkposted at 2:30AM on 19th Mar, 2009 Should probably have phrased that better. More accurate to say - check out forums established by football fans who are currently behind the other forums as they are WETTING themselves. Lots of comments along the lines of "If this is true then Tasmania is going to get a spot and the competition for the rest will now be a lot more fierce". Chuqposted at 11:20AM on 18th Mar, 2009
I think the AFL should get a move on and let the next team be Tasmanian. Soccer is not our code, it is a foreign code and therefore we should be doing all we can to look after our traditions and not the traditons of others. This Sheik only has his passions at heart... not our passions and he'd sooner see Tasmania become a soccer state. We have to grow our code otherwise we won't have anything left to say we are Australian.
Foxhawkposted at 10:28PM on 18th Mar, 2009 This is just a bloke with an opinion who has not yet figured out that football pre-dates Aussie Rules (That hybrid game developed from Gaelic, Association, Rugby plus a few others). I once had one of these morons try to tell me that aussie rules is the fastest growing code int he world and the oldest on the planet. Let them live in their bubble. Fact is there are more kids playing football than aussie rules and rugby combined. In fact they are saying that soon there will be twice as many kids playing football as there are playing the other codes put together. Give it a century and Aussie Rules, League and Union will exist in Australia in much the same way as Gaelic rules exists in England and Scotland. Football is on the way up. Chuqposted at 11:23AM on 18th Mar, 2009 Whilst I wish the so-called Tasmania United all the best, I really doubt the feasibility of this venture. First, finance. So we have a phantom sheik? How long will he last? I, from previous Tasmanian Soccer Association experience, know that one meeting with the so-called Tasmania Utd executive will have him out in a flash in his private jet - who are these people? Even if he does stay, where will they play? And, how many spectators will come? Where are we getting players from? We would be lucky if there is anyone in Tasmania with the skills to sit on the A league bench at the moment ( sorry Tas superstars, but you don't cut the mustard). And finally, who is going to coach? Surely not the "Director of Football"? He will probably be too busy jetting round the world on the Tas $40,000 looking for "players". Foxhawkposted at 10:29PM on 18th Mar, 2009 Sounds like he had a run in with members of the taskforce and just is having a vent. Chuqposted at 12:32AM on 19th Mar, 2009 Sounds like he is completely unaware that the "Tasmanian Soccer Association" (whoever they are, is that what the were called before "Soccer Tasmania", which was before "Football Federation Tasmania") are not involved with the bid, they support it, but TUFC is a separate organisation! Chuqposted at 11:23AM on 18th Mar, 2009 (posted in separate posts cause of the 1000 character limit, can this be fixed admin???)
I don't know how many people read this sh!t, or whether it influences peoples minds, but I think we need to become "keyboard warriors" for a few days and monitor these ignorant comments, and answer them as best we can!
I see Kiall and Tony have done a bit of this, I was keeping an eye on the "Sheik deal day" article and didn't see many new posts, but realised tonight that comments have been added to yesterday's Merc article.
TC_CValeposted at 1:01PM on 18th Mar, 2009 The reply's in the Mercury are nothing more than I expected, imbiciles with no idea at all, and thankfully who cares what they think. Same type of remarks were made when we were admitted into the Sheffield Sheild, took a few years but now we are one of the top states and we won the Sheild quicker than Queensland did, there are other examples as well. My big hope is that this chance to get Sheik Mohammed Hussein Ali Al Amoudi will happen, then I think the Mercury will jump all over this bid and get behind it. In the last two (2) days we have had the lead story on the back page of the Mercury, great coverage on Fox Sports and in mainland papers and the cost - a few insults from people who are nothing more than dropkicks. As Chuq says let's continue to be "keyboard warriors" and inform the Mercury what the world game is all about. Another bonus has been the activity in these forums, nothing like a "Sheik" to get the place jumping. kiallrposted at 1:08AM on 19th Mar, 2009 Even if the whole deal is simply pie in the sky stuff, the bid team have already had a win from it. What better way to get the word out there than have a story in newspapers all accross the nation!? It was only last week that someone mentioned the need to inform the general Tasmanian public that this push even exists - well, there you go! I am a fan of all codes of football, and hate the 'us verses them' stuff you read (from both sides). I actually think a succesful bid from either the AFL or A-league in Tasmania would benefit the case for the other as well. Look at the Gold Coast. For years it tried and failed when it came to sports. Many top flight sports came and went throughout the 90's. Now the city is home to the Titans in the NRL, a new A-league side, an almost AFL side and numerous other SUCCESSFUL teams. Success for one actually provided a blueprint for the others. Chuqposted at 1:24AM on 19th Mar, 2009 I just notice there have been a hell of a lot of new posts put up today attached to the story http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2009/03/17/61655_sport-news.html - including TC and ntguy, great work! A few others telling MichaelO where to go as well, and best of all it has all been done in a polite manner (as polite as those comments deserve anyway!) Chuqposted at 10:09AM on 28th Jul, 2009 I've been impressed by the comments to this article:
http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2009/07/27/87091_opinion.html
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posted at 11:20AM on 18th Mar, 2009
It will be good for the first few games 2000-3000 people, but as the weeks go on, those numbers will drop, even more if you are not going so well. Where will they play?Where are you going to get your players from? Why would any "mainland" supporter go there to watch a game if there are no seats and the only seats are the ones in your car when you have to park around the perimeter of the ground. Face it, you haven't got the population, no matter how many billions someone throws at you.50000 screaming fans at Telstra Dome or 2000 curious patrons at a suburban paddock?
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