Media's obsession with St Kilda

I Love Peter Kiel · Sat 19 Feb 2011 11:29pm

Why on the cover of the HS above the Ricky Nixon headline is there a big Saints logo?

Why is this bint referred to as the 'St Kilda Schoolgirl'? Is she our property? She's no longer at school and she hasn't just given her favours to player(s) from our club.

I'm really SICK of this.

But have you considered that all this bile and hatred from the HS, Caro, Hinch, 'Quarterbrain" Quartermain (I saw him smirking a few weeks ago reading a story about the latest Saints saga) and the rest will backfire?

We are getting so much free publicity out of this. There is a possibility that game attendances could go up......maybe memberships too? Merchandising...There's now overseas interest in us.

Our logo is being constantly shown and we have great 'visibility'.
You may disagree with this, but I think that although people won't forget about the bint, once the real footy starts she'll fade into the background. But everyone will remember the saints logo and the name 'St Kilda'. We get mentioned more than Collingwood (I mean why would you put a Collingwood logo on a newspaper...it would turn off most neutral fans).

Batnoe · Post: # 1041601Post **Batnoe** » Sat 19 Feb 2011 11:58pm

Take it. It's getting our brand out there. If we win the GF many non AFL teams will know us. Great for growth

saintspremiers · Sun 20 Feb 2011 6:14am

Agree but you gotta hand it to the facebook revolution in Egypt.

Our flag (which they stole!) has never had so much PR!

Thinline · Post: # 1041609Post **Thinline** » Sun 20 Feb 2011 7:04am

Batnoe wrote:Take it. It's getting our brand out there. If we win the GF many non AFL teams will know us. Great for growth

Brand??

Dirtiest football word ever...

Fidelis · Post: # 1041617Post **Fidelis** » Sun 20 Feb 2011 8:09am

I've got to say that The Age's caption this morning "St Kilda player manager falls to photo scandal girl" was a bit rich. And then to follow it up with "St Kilda player manager Ricky Nixon has put his club back in the headlines admitting "inappropriate dealings" with the naked photo scandal girl." smacks of them choosing to sensationalize at the expense of fact.

The implication is that yet another employee of the club has been caught up in a sex scandal. Am I being too sensitive?

matrix · Post: # 1041623Post **matrix** » Sun 20 Feb 2011 8:39am

speaking of bint
how long is she staying somewhere with our club copping the farking bill???

has it been a month?
if so she should be all sorted, got her s*** together and moved on

saintbrat · Post: # 1041627Post **saintbrat** » Sun 20 Feb 2011 8:52am

Regardless of whether or not he had an affair with a damaged 17-year-old who is no longer being housed by St Kilda but, in recent days, by News Ltd, it is apparent he is not in a fit state to be handling the affairs of young men.

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/s ... 1b0fx.html

matrix · Post: # 1041628Post **matrix** » Sun 20 Feb 2011 8:54am

ask robyn riley at 11am

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/opinion-old ... 6008739336

SaintPav · Post: # 1041915Post **SaintPav** » Sun 20 Feb 2011 8:36pm

matrix wrote:ask robyn riley at 11am

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/opinion-old ... 6008739336

Read through her comments and just wasted 20 min of my life. She did not have one intelligent thing to say; not one.

She should have a tshirt made up for her that says: "My name is Robyn Rilley and I'm DUMB!"

HSVKing · Post: # 1041921Post **HSVKing** » Sun 20 Feb 2011 9:11pm

SaintPav wrote:
matrix wrote:ask robyn riley at 11am

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/opinion-old ... 6008739336
Read through her comments and just wasted 20 min of my life. She did not have one intelligent thing to say; not one.

She should have a tshirt made up for her that says: "My name is Robyn Rilley and I'm DUMB!"

Just change it to 'Robyns t-shirt'.

I Love Peter Kiel · Sun 20 Feb 2011 11:24pm

That's what I mean...how many times can they put the words "St Kilda" in an article about a bloke who is not employed by the St Kilda Football Club?

Anyway, the stupid assh*les, including Robyn Riley are giving us so much free publicity.

Clubs like Nth Melbourne are desperate to get themselves in the papers.

therabbitinthehat · Mon 21 Feb 2011 3:23am

Last year the girl fell pregnant with twins to St Kilda's Sam Gilbert. One twin was miscarried, the other was stillborn.

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/b ... 1b11a.html

umm, thats an interesting claim - also unproven. If I were Sam I'd be going after a lot of money on that piece of 'journalism'

chook23 · Post: # 1041959Post **chook23** » Mon 21 Feb 2011 6:43am

therabbitinthehat wrote:
Last year the girl fell pregnant with twins to St Kilda's Sam Gilbert. One twin was miscarried, the other was stillborn.
http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/b ... 1b11a.html

umm, thats an interesting claim - also unproven. If I were Sam I'd be going after a lot of money on that piece of 'journalism'

does anyone check what these journos state as fact.....

since when was that claim FACT

Grimfang · Post: # 1041983Post **Grimfang** » Mon 21 Feb 2011 8:17am

therabbitinthehat wrote:
Last year the girl fell pregnant with twins to St Kilda's Sam Gilbert. One twin was miscarried, the other was stillborn.
http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/b ... 1b11a.html

umm, thats an interesting claim - also unproven. If I were Sam I'd be going after a lot of money on that piece of 'journalism'

She has amazing powers of recovery, apparently. Slept with a Collingwood player the day after miscarrying the first twin. Had a c-section to remove the second twin and was out running 4 days afterwards. That info comes from her social media pages by the way (probably deleted by now as she's getting a bit more savvy).

Don't believe she was ever pregnant. That was her getting back at Sam for breaking it off when he found out she was 16.

Dr Spaceman · Mon 21 Feb 2011 8:21am

Grimfang wrote:
therabbitinthehat wrote:
Last year the girl fell pregnant with twins to St Kilda's Sam Gilbert. One twin was miscarried, the other was stillborn.
http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/b ... 1b11a.html

umm, thats an interesting claim - also unproven. If I were Sam I'd be going after a lot of money on that piece of 'journalism'
She has amazing powers of recovery, apparently. Slept with a Collingwood player the day after miscarrying the first twin. Had a c-section to remove the second twin and was out running 4 days afterwards. That info comes from here social media pages by the way (probably deleted by now as she's getting a bit more savvy).

Don't believe she was ever pregnant. That was her getting back at Sam for breaking it off when he found out she was 16.

Even that idiot Hinch had to back down from that statement, which he had previously included in one of his blogs.

In backing down, he admitted that there was no proof.

Now surely if this "girl" had some proof then Hinch would have seen it!

philtee · Post: # 1042021Post **philtee** » Mon 21 Feb 2011 9:18am

The self-justifying editorial in today's Herald Sun is good for a laugh -

"Throughout this saga, the Herald Sun has always addressed the girl's wellbeing as the No.1 priority."

And -
"She is the child, he is the adult with all the power."

The priorities of the Herald Sun are to sell papers and advertising, anything else is a long 3rd place. At the moment,
KD and the HS are using each other to meet their own agendas. Watching them is a bit like watching two hyenas circling a carcasse, each with
one eye on the other.

KD is taking full advantage of the anonymity provided by the law to minors. Won't this situation change when she turns 18?
Will it then be her image and intimate details across the front pages ?

Dr Spaceman · Mon 21 Feb 2011 9:39am

philtee wrote:The self-justifying editorial in today's Herald Sun is good for a laugh -

"Throughout this saga, the Herald Sun has always addressed the girl's wellbeing as the No.1 priority."

And -
"She is the child, he is the adult with all the power."

The priorities of the Herald Sun are to sell papers and advertising, anything else is a long 3rd place. At the moment,
KD and the HS are using each other to meet their own agendas. Watching them is a bit like watching two hyenas circling a carcasse, each with
one eye on the other.

KD is taking full advantage of the anonymity provided by the law to minors. Won't this situation change when she turns 18?
Will it then be her image and intimate details across the front pages ?

That is such crap (by the HS not you philtee

)

Up until now SHE has had all the power.

She has been tweeting whatever she wants to, psoting whatever she wants to. All with the support of Derryn Hinch, Robyn Riley etc.

The AFL, Saints & Saints players have been almost mute as they seek to maintain some damage control and not upset sponsors.

However she may now have picked a fight with some one who will fight back. May not have been a real smart move by KD.

philtee · Post: # 1042047Post **philtee** » Mon 21 Feb 2011 9:54am

Exactly Dr Spaceman. If Ricky Nixon is the adult with all the power, why is he the one with his pants down, Malcolm Fraser style,
being held up for public ridicule, seemingly unable to do much about it, while a certain young lady has the media jumping through her hoops ?

Thinline · Post: # 1042048Post **Thinline** » Mon 21 Feb 2011 10:01am

philtee wrote:Exactly Dr Spaceman. If Ricky Nixon is the adult with all the power, why is he the one with his pants down, Malcolm Fraser style,
being held up for public ridicule, seemingly unable to do much about it, while a certain young lady has the media jumping through her hoops ?

There's been a lot jumping through her hoops by the looks of things.\

Tish boom.

Query: She is a minor seemingly out of school, living unsupervised, exhibiting some fairly ordinary behaviour - why aren't Dept Comm Serv all over her like a rash?

satchmo · Post: # 1042068Post **satchmo** » Mon 21 Feb 2011 10:19am

philtee wrote:The self-justifying editorial in today's Herald Sun is good for a laugh -

"Throughout this saga, the Herald Sun has always addressed the girl's wellbeing as the No.1 priority."

Oh yes, they are so concerned they will have a piece on her everyday...which is clearly in the best interests of her well being... cos not being written about can be fatal in these extreme cases.

ralphsmith · Mon 21 Feb 2011 10:41am

The constant attempts from the herald sun and other media outlets to drag this club into a quagmire will probably backfire.

They are in fact turning stkilda into an Australian sporting behemoth.

Not only do we want to see us play but all opposition supporters are going to look forward to seeing this amazing team that pulses culture, personality, sometimes controversy. Players who resemble greek gods (Riewoldt), players who are actually Gods (Goddard).

Most exciting and interesting sporting club in Australia. Attendances will go up.

Cairnsman · Mon 21 Feb 2011 11:20am

ralphsmith wrote:The constant attempts from the herald sun and other media outlets to drag this club into a quagmire will probably backfire.

They are in fact turning stkilda into an Australian sporting behemoth.

Not only do we want to see us play but all opposition supporters are going to look forward to seeing this amazing team that pulses culture, personality, sometimes controversy. Players who resemble greek gods (Riewoldt), players who are actually Gods (Goddard).

Most exciting and interesting sporting club in Australia. Attendances will go up.

Ralphsmith I think you are spot on the money. Please do me a favour and send this thread to someone in the marketing department at the club. Loving this press now. Seriously.

westy · Post: # 1042346Post **westy** » Mon 21 Feb 2011 6:17pm

saintspremiers wrote:Agree but you gotta hand it to the facebook revolution in Egypt.

Our flag (which they stole!) has never had so much PR!

I hope we can summon as much power as the masses did in Egypt. It was great to the colours every night on the TV too.

stinger · Post: # 1042351Post **stinger** » Mon 21 Feb 2011 6:21pm

waching one of tonight many stories on this sorry affair..(ch7)...they shoot the girl from behind playing with her phone...over a copy of one of our scum daylies with a front page photo of nick....f****** turds....

mullet · Post: # 1042352Post **mullet** » Mon 21 Feb 2011 6:23pm

Herald sun website still links the "stkilda photo scandal timeline" to this. Had to get our name in