Booney wrote:Funny, the "anti woke" brigade are probably white males over 40 years old who called their neighbours Mr and Mrs when they kicked the footy on the road and when family came about you were seen, not heard and were polite as you addressed your Aunty and Uncle and if you didn't do any of the above the old man gave you a clip for being disrespectful. That's me
Those same people are outraged when people get upset at Holmes dressing as Wilson and Smith flipping the bird. That's not me
It is a funny time in which we live.
Most white males over 40, that I know, dont get outraged so easily.
They think (for about 1 second) that both Holmes and the woke brigade are just tossers.
I think outrage is hilarious, clearly you mellow as you get older but I find the current trend of moral outrage very humourous.
Did Smith actually dress up as Wilson?
I thought I read he dressed up as Brad Pitt from Legends of the Fall
I have never been prone to outrage
Yes; our parents taught us about respectfulness & politeness
As far as I can see, other than for serious crime, moral outrage is a relatively new phenomenon
Then again, the Elliott non free kick was up there..............
Max Holmes went as Caro, apparently he asked her beforehand as he'd gone as journos for the last couple of years. Literally nothing to be outraged about here
wenchbarwer wrote:Max Holmes went as Caro, apparently he asked her beforehand as he'd gone as journos for the last couple of years. Literally nothing to be outraged about here
But they are anyway
Led by Cornes as usual
I saw him at Adelaide Airport yesterday
**** he's an arrogant self consumed twat
wenchbarwer wrote:Max Holmes went as Caro, apparently he asked her beforehand as he'd gone as journos for the last couple of years. Literally nothing to be outraged about here
But they are anyway
Led by Cornes as usual
I saw him at Adelaide Airport yesterday
**** he's an arrogant self consumed twat
Ahh no, he stated Tuesday, as he covers for Whately, that he acknowledged Holmes had permission from Wilson to dress up as her for Mad Monday
He no outrage about that apart from his long held view on what is the point of dressing up to sink p!ss after you have been beaten in finals. So no outrage towards Holmes.
Let that be a lesson to you Port, no one beats the Bays five times in a row in a GF and gets away with it!!!
wenchbarwer wrote:Max Holmes went as Caro, apparently he asked her beforehand as he'd gone as journos for the last couple of years. Literally nothing to be outraged about here
But they are anyway
Led by Cornes as usual
I saw him at Adelaide Airport yesterday
**** he's an arrogant self consumed twat
Ahh no, he stated Tuesday, as he covers for Whately, that he acknowledged Holmes had permission from Wilson to dress up as her for Mad Monday
He no outrage about that apart from his long held view on what is the point of dressing up to sink p!ss after you have been beaten in finals. So no outrage towards Holmes.
Cornes also came to the defence of fellow Channel 7 presenter Caroline Wilson who was portrayed by Max Holmes.
“Imagine Max Holmes thinking it’s a good idea to disrespect a legend of Australian football media in Caroline Wilson, dressing up as her and trying to ridicule her and have a photo of that and put the caption alongside of that,” he said.
“Geelong haven’t had many missteps, certainly off-field, for a fair amount of time. I thought that was one of the more embarrassing days at the Geelong Footy Club that I’ve seen in a while.
“Now, this isn’t new. They’ve owned this space for a long, long period of time. But at some point in time with the issues that there has been in and around dress-ups, clubs have just got to say, hey, you know what? It’s not book week. We’re not in year five.
“Let’s just turn up in a shirt and some jeans and have a good day, a few quiet beers, and celebrate a grand final loss where we got smashed in the second half because we don’t need to dress up and make ourselves look like fools.
“And I thought Close, Holmes, Smith, Dangerfield — I thought they embarrassed themselves yesterday.”
Mind you - he allegedly said that on SEN during the day so maybe Caro told him later that she said it was OK so maybe he corrected himself. (I bet he didn't apologise)
Good on Caro for agreeing - not as precious as a Cornes
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wenchbarwer wrote:Max Holmes went as Caro, apparently he asked her beforehand as he'd gone as journos for the last couple of years. Literally nothing to be outraged about here
But they are anyway
Led by Cornes as usual
I saw him at Adelaide Airport yesterday
**** he's an arrogant self consumed twat
Ahh no, he stated Tuesday, as he covers for Whately, that he acknowledged Holmes had permission from Wilson to dress up as her for Mad Monday
He no outrage about that apart from his long held view on what is the point of dressing up to sink p!ss after you have been beaten in finals. So no outrage towards Holmes.
Honestly Kane, tell us you have no mates without telling us you have no mates.
wenchbarwer wrote:Max Holmes went as Caro, apparently he asked her beforehand as he'd gone as journos for the last couple of years. Literally nothing to be outraged about here
But they are anyway
Led by Cornes as usual
I saw him at Adelaide Airport yesterday
**** he's an arrogant self consumed twat
Ahh no, he stated Tuesday, as he covers for Whately, that he acknowledged Holmes had permission from Wilson to dress up as her for Mad Monday
He no outrage about that apart from his long held view on what is the point of dressing up to sink p!ss after you have been beaten in finals. So no outrage towards Holmes.
Honestly Kane, tell us you have no mates without telling us you have no mates.
He’d be a hit at parties
There are no stupid questions, just stupid people.
Nothing wrong with them dressing up and getting on the piss at the end of season.
Yeah, they lost but ultimately, they are very good mates who would have been through a bloody hell of a lot together, in the next few weeks blokes will retire, some will be traded, some will be delisted, and they will all move in different directions. Maybe the last time they ever see a few of the blokes.
At least a dress up makes it easy to remember what year was what.......'that was the year so and so dressed up as........'.
We want character and personalities in the game, and we get a chance to see a tiny bit of that in their sense of humour and all a sudden we want to shut it down.
Like the old 60 year old ex farmer i work with, geez he was rattled about Bailey Smith and Dangerfield having a photo with their arms around each other, there was definitely a few 'back in my days'
This popped up in my Facebook feed, sound like two great blokes--
Coach Chris Fagan’s open letter to Oscar McInerney
Dear Oscar...
Oct 5, 2025, 6:57 pm
Dear Oscar,
Last Thursday when I asked you whether you were intending to retire, in typical Oscar style you evaded giving me an answer.
I wanted to know because the Club Champion Awards were on that night and if you were going to retire, I wanted to be able to say a few words about you and the positive influence you have had on our club in the nine seasons that you have played for us.
I should have known what you were up to – evading giving me an answer because you didn’t want me to make a fuss about you on the big night.
Just wanting to slip out the door quietly, riding off into the sunset with no fanfare or accolades.
You sent me a text at 10.01am the next day asking if I had some time to catch up with you.
“Hi Fages – just seeing if you’ve got any spare time in your calendar today …. I can be anywhere, Springfield if you’re out there, Bulimba, wherever. If you’ve got a spare minute, I would be really grateful. No pressure though – if you’re busy it can slide through to the keeper, and I can just give you a call down the track. Thank you.”
I texted you back saying I could catch you at my place in Bulimba at 1.30pm.
I was pretty sure you were coming to tell me that your time was up. You didn’t let me down.
I re-read the text that you sent me that morning and it very much sums you up.
Didn’t want to intrude on my time, prepared to meet me at a time and place that suited me and even offering to ‘let it through to the keeper” if I was too busy.
One of the biggest decisions you’ve ever made in your life, and you made it all about me!
This is so typical of you Oscar, always putting others before yourself and your needs. Humble, low maintenance and thoughtful to the end.
Well, I decided to write this letter to you and put it on the club website so that the general public can understand the great team man that you are.
For me I will never forget the sacrifice that you made for the team in the 2024 Preliminary Final against Geelong.
You dislocated your shoulder early in that match but returned to the field with it strapped up and gave us another 40 minutes of football before it popped out again, ending any chance that you had of playing in the Grand Final the following week if we were fortunate enough to beat the Cats, which we did.
That 40 minutes meant we didn’t have to use our sub too early in the game and save Joe Daniher from having to spend an extended period in the ruck.
You were in considerable pain and discomfort, yet you pushed on for as long as you could.
The next week on Grand Final day you sat on the interchange bench, constantly offering encouragement and advice to your teammates as they came on and off the field.
When the siren sounded and we won the game your happiness for your teammates was unbridled and incredibly genuine.
No sadness because you missed out just pure unadulterated joy and excitement for your mates. It’s an image and moment I will never forget.
We are all so happy for you that you got to play in a winning Grand Final against the Cats this year.
You did so carrying a back injury that would stop most players from taking the field.
Your sheer will power to contribute to the victory and help your teammates carried you through.
It was so good for all of us to see the joy on your face as you ran up on stage to receive your premiership medallion after the final siren had sounded.
A career complete with a premiership victory.
We will miss you “Big O” – everything you did at our club was for the benefit of the team.
You played 165 games and in every one of them you gave your best possible effort.
Over a nine-year career you’ve played against and beaten some of the great ruckmen in the AFL.
You worked hard on the track and did everything you could to maximise your talent.
You can leave the game with no regrets, loved and admired by your teammates and respected by your opponents.
Well done big fella – we will miss you.
Fages
RB wrote:Who will be the last player who played in the 2000s, to play an AFL match?
Debuts pre-2010 on current AFL lists:
2006 - Scott Pendlebury
2007 - (Travis Boak)
2008 - Patrick Dangerfield, (Todd Goldstein), (Callan Ward)
2009 - Steele Sidebottom, Taylor Walker, (Michael Walters)
(Brackets = announced retirement.)
I don't think I've missed any. Steele is the youngest, born January 1991.
Updated following Todd Goldstein confirming retirement.
Despite being two years older than Walker and Dangerfield and three years older than Sidebottom, you still can't completely rule out Pendlebury lasting the longest.
