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some journo's do absolutely no research at all...

Post: # 609100Post fonz_#15 »

this is very minor i know, but still it infuriates me to see that in last sundays age robert eddy was in fact reffered to as ANDREW EDDY..

i mean seriously, how can you make such a big (yet minor) f*** up.. is it really that hard to learn the names of a player when your job is to kkow football inside and out..

i don't have the paper in front of me so i don't know who wrote the story and i never read the age so i am not all that familiar with their writers.


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Post: # 609109Post i_luv_nick_riewoldt »

Yep i agree it frustrates me too! Especially since ive since a few "Del Santo" typos.


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Post: # 609115Post WayneJudson42 »

Best one I ever heard was Tim Webster refering to Tony "Plunger" Lockett.


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"James" BLAKE of St Kilda


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Post: # 609127Post St Fidelius »

The Age do make a few errors.

A few weeks back they mentioned that Brad Hodge had a hamstring strain, yet he was playing cricket for Australia. Yeah it should have been Luke Hodge.

Surely it's not that hard.


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Post: # 609206Post mick13 »

Thats a mix up though, and you can accept that, but where the hell do they pull Andrew from?

Adam Fiora as well...


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Post: # 609226Post RedWhiteBlack »

St Fidelius wrote:The Age do make a few errors.

A few weeks back they mentioned that Brad Hodge had a hamstring strain, yet he was playing cricket for Australia. Yeah it should have been Luke Hodge.

Surely it's not that hard.
And they are a sponsor of the Saints too :oops:


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Post: # 609241Post your momma »

read the sunday mail for the saints vs hawks it has the hawks sign as the bombers sign.

typical queensland having no effort in respecting the AFL and no general knowlege of it and puts the game of the week in the tiniest article in the paper.


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fonz_#15 wrote:this is very minor i know, but still it infuriates me to see that in last sundays age robert eddy was in fact reffered to as ANDREW EDDY..

i mean seriously, how can you make such a big (yet minor) f*** up.. is it really that hard to learn the names of a player when your job is to kkow football inside and out..

i don't have the paper in front of me so i don't know who wrote the story and i never read the age so i am not all that familiar with their writers.
That is nothing compared to Fox News last week. Called Schiederman Robert Schnieder or something (definately not Adam), also called Armo Schnieder as well. There was another one which I forget too.
You'd think after covering all games every week, there would be a system where they could give the news desk the correct names.


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Post: # 609304Post bigcarl »

mick13 wrote:Thats a mix up though, and you can accept that, but where the hell do they pull Andrew from?
andrew eddy is one of their racing writers


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Post: # 609314Post mbogo »

I also thought I heard someone call out "Joe Blake" in the ruck ... twice!??


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Post: # 609319Post cowboy18 »

mbogo wrote:I also thought I heard someone call out "Joe Blake" in the ruck ... twice!??
Yep, on ch 10, during his charge last week in the third quarter.

Didn't know if it was some sort of in joke for Tim and Robbie?


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Post: # 609336Post Thompson4 »

Getting the Lonie twins mixed up happens very, very often.


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Post: # 609344Post Huzzad »

cowboy18 wrote:
mbogo wrote:I also thought I heard someone call out "Joe Blake" in the ruck ... twice!??
Yep, on ch 10, during his charge last week in the third quarter.

Didn't know if it was some sort of in joke for Tim and Robbie?
I'm pretty sure they mentioned it a lot more times than that. Pretty much every possession was either "Blake" or "Joe Blake." Sounded pretty intentional.


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Post: # 609345Post 4ever_saint »

aussiejones wrote:"James" BLAKE of St Kilda
on the broadcast of the game last week they called him Joe Blake which was quite bizarre. def a pet peeve of mine when journos dont remmeber the names of the players- youd assume also that they would have fact checkers? yet they still make slips like calling eddy andrew instead of robert. hmm.


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Post: # 609349Post Little Dozer »

The Joe Blake thing is from Rex Hunt. Robert Walls says it occasionly on channel 10 coverage.


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Post: # 609366Post St DAC »

For you city slickers a "Joe Blake" is rhyming slang for a snake. Rex Hunt has called Blakey "Joe" for years, so it's been kind of an accepted nickname for him, even if the supporters don't use it.


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Post: # 609382Post i_luv_nick_riewoldt »

Anyone heard JB called Jason Gram "lou gram" i absolutely hate it but i assume its intentional and there is meaning behind it?


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Post: # 609384Post Mr Magic »

i_luv_nick_riewoldt wrote:Anyone heard JB called Jason Gram "lou gram" i absolutely hate it but i assume its intentional and there is meaning behind it?
Lou Gram is the lead singer from a 60's band called FOREIGNOR.


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Re: some journo's do absolutely no research at all...

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Huzzad wrote:
That is nothing compared to Fox News last week. Called Schiederman Robert Schnieder or something (definately not Adam), also called Armo Schnieder as well. There was another one which I forget too.
You'd think after covering all games every week, there would be a system where they could give the news desk the correct names.
Not the Rob Schnieder AKA Duece Bigalow male Gigolo

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Mr Magic wrote:
i_luv_nick_riewoldt wrote:Anyone heard JB called Jason Gram "lou gram" i absolutely hate it but i assume its intentional and there is meaning behind it?
Lou Gram is the lead singer from a 60's band called FOREIGNOR.[/quote

oh no wonder! :lol: :lol:


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