Re: AFL 2008 thread

by embee Mon Jul 28, 2008 4:51 pm

skully wrote:I'm told he has vowed to change his life and won't be back. Amazing what crazy things that furry magnet will get you to do.

Sounds like something that should be on the Mitchell Johnson thread ...

by embee Mon Jul 28, 2008 4:54 pm

Jeff kennett gay storm

James Campbell

July 27, 2008 12:00am

EXCLUSIVE: FORMER state premier Jeff Kennett has provoked a gay rights storm by backing a football club that sacked a trainer for being gay.
The Hawthorn president and potential Melbourne lord mayor sparked calls for his sacking after saying Bonnie Doon Football Club was within its rights to sack veteran trainer Ken Campagnolo after it found out he was gay.
"The club felt that once this had been pointed out and you had this gentleman there who was obviously close to young men - massaging young men - it ran an unnecessary risk and that's why it decided it was best that he not perform those duties again. So the club was trying to do the right thing," Mr Kennett said.
"When you are in charge of a group of young boys, as this club was as I understand it, it's got to make sure."
Mr Kennett said it was as if the club had a pedophile trainer.
"It's the same if you have a pedophile there as a masseur, right?"
"And you might say the pedophile would do no damage, but once it was pointed out to you, you have a duty of care to those underage children not to put them in a situation of risk."
He could not guarantee a gay trainer would be welcome at Hawthorn, adding: "I don't know if we've got any.
"I'm just saying at the moment we have a duty of care to our players and staff and you have to make judgments on that. If you don't do it you end up with potential legal liability."
Mr Campagnolo is fighting the Bonnie Doon Football Club, the AFL and Benalla and District Football League in the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal over his 2007 sacking.
On Friday, the AFL failed in a bid to have his complaint against it struck out, with the tribunal ruling the matter must go to mediation.
Mr Campagnolo said he was appalled by Mr Kennett's remarks.
"I am not a pedophile. Does that mean every straight male doctor cannot treat any female patient?" he said.
Rodney Croome, of the Australian Coalition for Equality, said: "Jeff Kennett should immediately step aside from his role in Beyond Blue."

by embee Mon Jul 28, 2008 4:55 pm

Good One Jeff

by horace Mon Jul 28, 2008 4:57 pm

the tassie govt who are hawthorn's major sponsor has given Jeff a pls explain

by G.Wood Mon Jul 28, 2008 4:58 pm

embee wrote:Good One Jeff

Are you surprised that a victorian would be a backward qunut?

by horace Mon Jul 28, 2008 5:04 pm

get back in your grave Joh

by Ross Tue Jul 29, 2008 12:10 pm

skully wrote:I'm told he has vowed to change his life and won't be back. Amazing what crazy things that furry magnet will get you to do.

snigger

That's pretty gay. Next he'll be watching festiveball.

by embee Tue Jul 29, 2008 12:16 pm

Ross wrote:
skully wrote:I'm told he has vowed to change his life and won't be back. Amazing what crazy things that furry magnet will get you to do.
snigger

That's pretty gay. Next he'll be watching festiveball.

That's a step up from West Coast 2008

by embee Wed Jul 30, 2008 4:50 pm

Polak out of hospital

Andy Krackouer gets 16 months

by freddled gruntbuggly Wed Jul 30, 2008 9:23 pm

skully wrote:]I'm told he has vowed to change his life and won't be back. Amazing what crazy things that furry magnet will get you to do.

But he used to do most of his posting from work - does that mean he's actually using that time to do something constructive? To do what he's paid to do? Shocked

by Nath Fri Aug 01, 2008 10:16 pm

Woohoo!

by embee Fri Aug 01, 2008 11:33 pm

What's the status of Buddymania , Nath?

by Red Fri Aug 01, 2008 11:35 pm

Franklin's number of goals tonight equalled Vaughan's average for the series.

by Nath Sat Aug 02, 2008 8:21 am

embee wrote:What's the status of Buddymania , Nath?

Keeping a lid on it until he cracks the ton.

by skully Sat Aug 02, 2008 10:06 am

Nath wrote:Woohoo!

The big fella pulled out his A-game last night, especially in the 2nd half. On that form, a Cats v Hawks Granny looks pretty short odds.

by freddled gruntbuggly Mon Aug 04, 2008 5:51 pm

skully wrote:
Nath wrote:Woohoo!
The big fella pulled out his A-game last night, especially in the 2nd half. On that form, a Cats v Hawks Granny looks pretty short odds.

Yeah.
And we'll get rolled.

by embee Mon Aug 04, 2008 5:55 pm

I HATE Carlton ...and I HATE West Perth ...and Browne ( a Carlton player drafted from West Perth) getting THREE WEEKS for the bump on Porplyzia is ridiculous ...

by Fred Nerk Mon Aug 04, 2008 9:09 pm

The panel's having a fiver each way - if they thought Porplyzia had been ambushed they should have sent Thornton up as well. Especially seeing as he was the one that started the sequence of events by pushing Porp into Browne's path.

Did they put Browne up for the sake of being seen to be doing something in the short term, knowing as well as anybody the case will be lucky to last five minutes?

Next bloke to do what Milburn did can look forward to a month off.

by Fred Nerk Mon Aug 04, 2008 10:02 pm

In the middle of 'On The Couch' Gerard Healy read an ink-still-wet press release from Eddie which said that Alan Didak and Heath Shaw's previous statements regarding Shaw's exploding breathalyser (.15 last night) were bulldust, and the decision not to suspend either player will be re-opened first thing tomorrow morning.

'Al is for Lamebrain' must be for the high-jump now....Shaw maybe on his last legs also?

(Oops, better mind my manners on this thread, I now notice somebody called 'Allan D' is checking the site out...'

by horace Tue Aug 05, 2008 11:28 am

Lollingwood...ahem

by PearlJ Tue Aug 05, 2008 11:35 am

If we don't make the 8 I'm going to hunt Mick down and kill him.

by horace Tue Aug 05, 2008 12:08 pm

if the english cricket fans and gin and tonic upper class establishment have been spitting chips after their spineless display against the saffies, the lollingwood fans must be spitting their dentures at the moment.

by PearlJ Tue Aug 05, 2008 12:11 pm

horace wrote:if the english cricket fans and gin and tonic upper class establishment have been spitting chips after their spineless display against the saffies, the lollingwood fans must be spitting their dentures at the moment.

I just want to know how he got the team from playing like challengers to playing like a bunch of no-hopers. It's an acheivment really.

by embee Tue Aug 05, 2008 12:16 pm

PearlJ wrote:
horace wrote:if the english cricket fans and gin and tonic upper class establishment have been spitting chips after their spineless display against the saffies, the lollingwood fans must be spitting their dentures at the moment.

I just want to know how he got the team from playing like challengers to playing like a bunch of no-hopers. It's an acheivment really.

FFS ...The ACHIEVEMENT was getting the bunch of no-hopers to play like challengers ...

by PearlJ Tue Aug 05, 2008 12:26 pm

embee wrote:
PearlJ wrote:
horace wrote:if the english cricket fans and gin and tonic upper class establishment have been spitting chips after their spineless display against the saffies, the lollingwood fans must be spitting their dentures at the moment.

I just want to know how he got the team from playing like challengers to playing like a bunch of no-hopers. It's an acheivment really.

FFS ...The ACHIEVEMENT was getting the bunch of no-hopers to play like challengers ...

Well you could look at it like that. But I think that it counter-productive Very Happy

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