In terms of newspaper press for the Blues, there's always been that sense that the Hun's been more negative than the Age when it comes to Carlton.

This was really hi-lited in this morning's papers, where there was a full page photo from our game on the cover of the sports section (all be it an Essendon* mark) and a decent article inside, where as the Hun had sweet F A!

What's the go there? I thought the blues reneged on the Age sponsorhip deal or is it just the Hun can't cope with coverage of a slightly later game? I couldnt even see the score from the game anywhere!

One thing that might explain it - is there a Sunday arvo edition of the Hun?

Rich

Was there any coverage of the Bulldogs Sydney game in the HUN?

Mark Harding wrote the article in the HS. What a wanker.

"The worrying thing for the Blues would be that their victory came mainly through the exploits of their proven warriors"

"The losers at least unearthed a couple of excitement machines" referring to Davey, Houli and Lovett in the midfield.

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Mark Harding article was so pro-Bombers you swear they'd won the game by 10 goals.

Cub reporting...

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I was particularly unimpressed by some of the journos.
Emma Quail article I found pathetic

http://www.theage.com.au/realfooty/news ... 75219.html

quote"The Bombers must continue to re-fuel their new season spirit on the practice match circuit, a lack of accuracy early meaning they could not overtake the Blues."
For you there last night, Carlton did not will the game, Essendon* lost it.

quote "Neither side stacked itself full of young, untried prospects last night, but the freshness was easy to spot."
What would you possibly expect from bottom of the table teams?
She then goes on to mention seven players who have played very little senior football without mentioning Murphy, JR, Saddo, Ackland and others who have played very little football for Carlton. When you have so many players who are new to the club over the plst 2-3 years why would you stack it with guys who have only just been drafted?

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"Carlton's most loyal, their bruised and battered egos now seemingly a bad dream, drank beers, murdered pies and cheered every time Judd touched the ball."

...whilst Essendon*'s proven warriors were either inept, hadn't read the rule book or well held, some by Blues with less than 20 games of experience. Essendon*'s powerbrokers must secretly be considering whether it is wise to enter a season with at least 6 30 year olds on your list, at a time when most other clubs in rebuild mode are promoting younger players....

That was the missing point I think mjonc!

ps Lovett - unearthed? Is this his 3rd year after being 'nowhere' for 3 years?

What about this from The Sun?

http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/footy/ ... 22,00.html

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""The losers at least unearthed a couple of excitement machines" referring to Davey, Houli and Lovett in the midfield."

And Fevola brought Lovett back to earth with a bone crunching hip and shoulder.

From The Sun....

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From The Sun.....Fev's night.

http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,865 ... 11,00.html


and....

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Lovett is unearthed, because he had to go to ground, you know kidnapping, death threats etc but at least he didn't put a barman in a headlock, that would have been front page news then right ?

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I'm glad others noticed such bad reporting, no strike that, biased reporting by the Harding!

The Sun is a disgraceful rag of toilet paper. i havent paid foir the sun for years.
I was bemused reading that crap. Considering the hun has reported for weeks that the bummers were flying in pre-season and had done 4-5 practice matches inc the All Stars, the logical conclusion would be that this was a big flop. I used to wonder how Sheedy sold so many memberships. It seems he has quite a few accomplices.

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Same.

I had to read it twice & still couldn't confirm that he was at the same game as me.

Mark Harding - flower - I was at the game and then reading his write up, I thought that I must have missed it all.

The Scum can hang their hat on what? A couple of Aboriginal players running around real fast.

Whoopee effen dooo!!

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umm .....

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There's so much I could say...

Im glad the Scum are getting so much possitive publicity... It ll make things much funnier when they come crashing back down to reality once the season proper starts...
What about writing how much of a flop Courtney Johns was again, or how Lucas and Lloyd were looked after well by Waite and Setanta...
or how their 'great FB recruit' Mal Michael (who was supposed to free Dustin up to dominate) was cut to shreds by Fev who should've had 7 if he d kicked straight..
or how our ruck division and midfield depth look much improved.

Essendon* and Collingwood are the darlings of the media, which makes it all that sweeter when these pr*cks FAIL!

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Michael Christian was talking about Johns "finally living up to the promise he has shown over the past 4 years". And I was wondering whether he was referring to the promise of being able to take the field, because other than a half of footy at half forward last year Johns would have to be the second most overrated player in the competition after Steven King.

At least King gets a kick every now and again.

Sometimes he even gets a kick of the footy!

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Ok, the article might focus on Essendons younger brigade over our own, but I think that has something to do with expectations.

I think the summary is just about right.

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Hey buzzaaaah I think your avatar has knocked about 8kg from Pratt.
The pic looks a little squashed!