This post was triggered by an email to Crikey last night from reader Graham Hand. Graham wrote:
I attended the Sydney FC v Central Coast Mariners game on Monday afternoon, and it was a splendid, entertaining game. The Herald report this morning confirms Sydney’s 1-0 win was “a performance full of style and class”, which was obviously written by someone who attended the game and knew what they were watching.
But on Monday night, the Channel Seven News reported on the game using the heading “Dour Win”, no doubt based solely on the 1-0 score and taking a feed from another station. Poor quality journalism playing out that hackneyed belief that any game with a low score must be dour. In fact, low scores are often part of the thrill of the game.
Graham has a point. A good point.
It happens quite often with every sport — and every fan can remember calling bullshit on a story they’ve seen, heard or read, when it must have seemed that they were at a different game that said journalist.
For instance, I’ve lost count of the amount of times I’ve read/heard journos talking about Fremantle games without clearly haven’t seen them. Like the good old days when every Aboriginal player playing for Freo was Scott Chisholm.
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So what are the implications for all the other stories in the media? The sport is just one of the few things that we can witness first hand and play spot the difference. Ian Rogers wrote a good piece on this just recently regarding the Kasparov Karpov match.
Considering Sevens history with the round ball game in this country, it is hardly surprising to see them say something like this.
Is they anyone on Crikey who is not an AFL fan,supporter,Jesus wept,screw the AFL a bunch of arrogant pricks who think it is there god given right to bore us all to death.
I truly hope they go broke on the Gold Coast and in West Sydney.just to teach the bastards a lesson,maybe they will learn not to believe their own publicity.
Channel 7 just reflecting the fact that every game of soccer is dour. It is just so boring missed shots nancy boys falling over when a blade of grass touches them. The fans riot on the terraces because they suffering from terminal ennui fans in Australia ape the terraces of England and sing stupid songs. At the AFL you don’t have time to sing until after the game has been won by your team. There is no boredom involved. As someone once wrote the world needs to have a game it’s a pity it has to be soccer.
What’s with all anger John? What sport do you like John? League? Read our NRL Grand Final review? Union? Read Matt Hagger’s stuff lately? I love AFL. But I do also love almost everyother sport.
Dwarf tossing? Is it dwarf tossing you’d like to see more of?
And I disagree Durutticolumn. The world game is superb. GO Glory. And Leeds. And Scunthorpe.
Bless you Leigh I wish I could see what you see you like the white Knight in Alice Trough The Looking Glass who asked his squire who he saw on the road and when told no-one replied “Oh to have your eyes to see so far and to see no-one.”
It is how I feel about soccer,. I sit and watch it and think what are they seeing for I see nothing. PS not good form to end sentences with prepositions.
Another Australian sports blog slides downwards into
“Soccers boring – low score – nancy boys – MCG , ner ner ner ner ……”
I like AFL it is quaint, I take visitors to see it to show what Melbourne loves. It is as quirky as cheese rolling but without the international interest. Please AFL lovers be a little gracious to other sports whatever it is, there is more to sport than a Melbourne suburb playing another Melbourne suburb.
Howdy Mr Pasty.
Completely agree. Football is a superb game with a massive following and passion.
To quote Kamahl, “why is everyone so unkind.”
Cheese rolling? Haha.
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