Sorry Sedat, but you are still making a mountain out of a molehill.
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Look, Fev could have said something like..."we were surprised at how much latitide the boys in the midfield got during the game"...
It doesn't matter. It means the same as unaccountable. Sure he didn't choose his words right, but the kid had just come off the ground, unrehearsed. He's not pretentious, but then imo he doesn't know how to articulate in a subtle manner; Fev s Fev. Aker is Aker, but now we have Eade join the circus.
You are all being a bit precious imo.
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But Fev, armed with precisely zero knowledge of how the Dogs have performed this year and how they have tightened up considerably in their midfield pressure and contested ball winning ability, chose to antagonise instead via a general swipe.
Why would you expect Fev to have knowledge of Doggies secret business, and the rest of the year has zilch with what just transpired on the field the previous 100 minutes. He's commenting on a recent event, not writing a book on the year that was for the Dogs.
And there is no proof that he deliberately tried to antagonise; you are making that up...or rather making a mountain out of a mole hill. It's called stretching the story. Your comment here is not a fact! But you go ahead and believe your own stories.
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I'm personally disappointed that our senior coach took the bait....I thought he was smarter than that.
Here's the real issue. If Eade decided not to stoop to a level which reflects his peronality (his true self), there would be none of this make believe story that isn't.
The real loser in all of this as far as the personalities are concerned is Eade. But an even bigger victum is the FFC or Western Bulldogs, having their coach involve the club he represents into a slanging match and whinge fest.
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In relation to your query about what you wanted Eade to say post-match, how would you have felt as a Carlton supporter if he said...."well we have significantly loaded up our training over the past 4 weeks as we are virtually assured of the double chance and we are already planning towards week 1 of the finals, so we really didn't give a stuff about today's game because we have bigger fish to fry"...how do you think a comment like that would have come across? Arrogant I would have thought.
The point here Sedat, is that he didn't have to say anything, just say it didn't go as expected and maybe the week's change in training may have effected the players; take responsibility!!
He lacks accountability and honesty; that's my issue with him!
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The Dogs have done everything they can to keep their heavy recent training schedule quiet, and have done all they can to remove this as a reason for the recent indifferent form. Eade hosed this down completely when discussing the reasons behind our losses against Geelong and the Blues.
Sorry, but Eade didn't even need to go there.
He chose to have a childish spat to deflect from the true issues the fans wanted to hear...the members...the lifeline of the club.
Instead he decided to ignore the fans' anticipated explanation for such a result, at such an important time of the year (given what happened at the end of 2007) which is what every fan eagerly waits for in the post mortem. The members have given him the reigns of the multi million dollar team in trust, to guide them to a better place, not to hear garbage about Fev.
It was the wrong thing to do. Eade has caused a lot of waves over this, and I know Bulldog fans thought he was out of order for a bloody head coach.
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Anyway, Ratts was far from happy about Fev's comment and went on the public record in no uncertain terms to state as much.
What do you mean 'no uncertain' terms? All he said is Fev is an extrovert, and we have to let him be, but he would have prefered he didn't comment. Not to scathing imo.
Come on Sedat, you're bigger than this and usually pretty fair. This is bullshit. Two wrongs don't make a right, but the reality of the situation is that Fev didn't bait Eade, the media did, and he was stupid enough, or rather similar to Fev not media savvy enough to ignore the suggestion, or focus on the job at hand and his responsibility to the members.
I would be spewing on Eade if I was a Billdogs member.
Come on Sedat, come smell the roses. We beat you twice this year; give credit where credit is due, and stop side tracking us from a glorious victory by the kids over the highly fancied 2nd placed team.
It is an inherent quality for Bulldogs supporters to appreciate the feats of the underDOG.
Eade is a goose; period!
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