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#PassionIsNotACrime - Post-Derby Media Bias

mack

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westofcentre

westofcentre

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I'm proud of our supporters and our team. Passion is something this media is afraid of.

 

They see Parra Stadium rocking on its foundations and they panic. The see the RBB marching through Parra, the heart and soul of Western Sydney and they quiver.

 

To the media and the rest of the country, call us hooligans, call us bogans, call us w0gs, call us criminals, you think it can bring us down. This team is our voice. We inspire the players and they inspire us. The whole stadium carries our boys . Their every touch roared on by the crowd.

 

I see people with tears in their eyes when we score, when we cheer on Dino. This team empowers us and if we are Losing we scream even louder.

 

The magic of Western Sydney is we battle against the odds. Many of our players were rejected by other clubs. We come from a regionuch maligned by the media.

 

But we are a force of good. The team and fans offer hope to the kids of the region with little or no positive role models in their lives. Write what you like, call us what you like. The greatest shame in all of it is you will never understand the pride and passion of Western Sydney.

ATP

ATP

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Melbourne victory tonight. "Let our passion burn" with the flares n smokies. On the field after the game too. Much respect to the boys.

 

Spoken like a true pyromaniac ;-)

GunnerWanderer

GunnerWanderer

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A really good article by Foz this morning...

 

http://www.smh.com.au/sport/a-league/take-a-bow-wanderers-you-are-the-pride-of-the-league-20121222-2bsif.html

 

 

It's tough to decide whether the extraordinary Western Sydney Wanderers fans or coach Tony Popovic are the star debutants of the A-League season. But they are both in the grand final. Each has been exceptional.

The Wanderers fan group has challenged every other club in the league to raise their match-day experience and enhance the defining characteristic that sets football well apart from any other pursuit - the atmosphere.

If you haven't taken the opportunity to attend a Wanderers match at Parramatta Stadium, get your kids and pals along quick smart, because it's a thing of beauty to see a congregation of fans endlessly driving on their team, showing their passion with great pride and making it the premier sporting atmosphere in the nation. And this after just 12 rounds.

Forget about the flare throwers from the Sydney derby the week before. There were only two implicated out of a magnificently vocal and involved crowd of more than 26,000. And that pair will be banned. In any context, that's an exceptionally small number of troublemakers at a major sporting event; my calculator has two zeros after the point and an eight as a percentage.

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The FFA's response was swift and correct. Yes, the Wanderers fans are an amazing addition to the league. Yes, we love to see the passion and noise, the songs and exhortations, but flares are not welcome. The risk to the game is too high. To the supporters: guys, you are offering so much, changing the landscape of what a fan group can provide in Australian sport - don't spoil it.

Last week the Wanderers out-sang Sydney FC supporters group The Cove. This week, at home, there was no point taking them on decibel for decibel - they ruled at Parramatta Stadium. Next week our eyes will be on the contest in the stands as much as on the field.

Now to the coach. Tony Popovic has made the most impressive coaching debut in memory.

The reasons are many. First, Popovic had a clear idea of what he wanted to produce. His football, which he refined under Vitezslav Lavicka and in a higher pressure atmosphere with greater scrutiny at Crystal Palace in England, led him to a clear focus on player requirements. On a shoestring budget, as well.

So clear, in fact, Popovic was content to reject an ageing Michael Ballack and understood what Shinji Ono could offer instead. Many debutants would have either gone for the name and reputation or simply acquiesced to the club.

He was also clear on wanting his close mate and assistant coach Ante Milicic on board, whatever it took.

Most coaches lack important traits, whether technical or personal. The ability to lead and manage a group of men is one. That's not an issue for Tony.

His media management has been impressive. As was his immediate talk of identifying with the region and recruiting players with certain personal characteristics. Popovic's goal of constant improvement sets the benchmark for the team's daily work. He challenges the group to always go a step further, but one at a time.

Many coaches simply want to be liked, or admired. That achilles heel can affect decision-making and in turn compromise the chances of success. Players see the hunger for acknowledgement, which they interpret as weakness. Tony could care less. He is there to do the job his way - a rare trait in a first-time head coach.

Perhaps the most positive sign, however, is the evolution of the playing group after 12 rounds. Every one of them is performing close to their peak, a sign of a well-managed group. The foreign players are starting to grow in output; Ono is coming into his own and is likely to be the signing of the season. Mark Bridge has shown a glimpse of what we know he is really capable of, and the work ethic of the team is exceptional.

So it is with their connection to the fans. After every game, win or lose, the bond is clear to see and the players love the red-and-black band of supporters who wear their hearts on their sleeve. That rapport is crucial to building the club culture and the coach is the leader of this process, especially at a new club.

There are plenty of games to go and many dramas yet to unfold, but we can be delighted that the new club is excelling in terms of passion and coaching excellence. Now get to Parramatta Stadium and see for yourself.



Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/sport/a-league/take-a-bow-wanderers-you-are-the-pride-of-the-league-20121222-2bsif.html#ixzz2FovIHoeL

Liv7

Liv7

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Definitely great to wake up this morning and read Craig Fosters article in the Sun Herald. Good read and more positive media about the club and supporters

RBBKopite

RBBKopite

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<blockquote class='ipsBlockquote'data-author="moxey25" data-cid="71387" data-time="1356213923"><p>

Channel 9 showed extended highlights of the A-League yesterday. :angel:</p></blockquote>

Anyone who, after the derby, watched that abomination of a channel, must immediately go outside and smack themselves around the head.....repeatedly!!!

Lmc

Lmc

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After the Adelaide game, while walking back to the station I heard a lady talking to who I assume was her husband, saying 'how ridiculous it was that the media was describing the crowd as violent and as criminal'.

 

Put a grin on my face to see the rest of the wanderers fans supporting the RBB.

dochers

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Yeah great work Mack, it's easy to feel outraged by reporting that is, frankly, bizarre but you've cut it up and laid its falseness & hypocrisy open for all to see.

And I was so pleased to see Foz' Sun-Herald article this morning, particularly reference to the culture we've built up in less than 12 weeks!

Seeya in the terraces & the Woolpack...

WestieBorn

WestieBorn

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Channel 9 only reported it that way because they don't have the rights to any football stuff in this country. If they ever won the rights to football, you wouldn't be hearing anything. It's a dirty way to do business but that's how the TV channels (Ch 9 in particular) operate.

OnoOnoOno

OnoOnoOno

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Is the video on YouTube still?

 

They've made it private, which means no one in the public can see it.. same with Channel 9, they've removed the report from their Ninemsn website.

 

We shall still continue to trash their 9 News Facebook page though, make it an unofficial A-league discussion page.

CMontgomeryBurns

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Is the video on YouTube still?

We shall still continue to trash their 9 News Facebook page though, make it an unofficial A-league discussion page.

haha awesome idea
ManfredSchaefer

ManfredSchaefer

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<blockquote class='ipsBlockquote'data-author="moxey25" data-cid="71387" data-time="1356213923"><p>

Channel 9 showed extended highlights of the A-League yesterday. :angel:</p></blockquote>

Anyone who, after the derby, watched that abomination of a channel, must immediately go outside and smack themselves around the head.....repeatedly!!!

 

Looking for anything meaningful in terms of sports coverage from Channel 9 deserves giving yourself an uppercut full fking stop. Don't forget this is the network that allowed their league commentators to make statements against the restrictions proposed by the government on gambling in the clubs, with those comments in effect being paid for by the pro-pokies club types. They have had a f'ck-knuckle AFL twat in the shape of Eddie 'The Idiot' McGuire integral to their network for years, and you can;t tell me he doesn't where his and 9's bread is buttered when it comes to dissing our game in favour of aerial ping pong. Nine has had a use and abuse attitude to cricket (remember the times they've cut transmission due to the news when things have were happening, or even not showing Ashes tests from the UK), and as for the Olympics...****, they were simply embarrassing (thank f'ck for Foxtel).

 

Way I see it they are pandering to the dyed in the wool Neville Nobodies who will always think lesser of our sport because they have been unable to think beyond what Eddie or Fatty Vautin or Tony bloody Greig tell them...Nine is a blight on the sport broadcasting landscape in this country and their news reportage is tied in with such mediocrity. They will NEVER get our game...NEVER!

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marron

marron

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Interesting fact: more AFL players were kicked out of the cricket yesterday than fans from the Sydney Derby.

 

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/cricket/afl-players-jeremy-howe-and-james-frawley-asked-to-leave-mcg-for-boxing-day-test/story-e6frfg8o-1226543781184

 

http://au.sports.yahoo.com/afl/news/article/-/15715417/afl-players-kicked-out-of-the-mcg-during-the-boxing-day-test/

matty

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Yeah saw that.

 

At first i was glad they made a fuss about crickets bad behaviour too but then i realised its only in the paper cos they're afl players.

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