he was never anti-jets, he did always seem to be the one who reported on "crowd troubles" at jets games but that comes with the territory.Originally Posted by hawk
dillon won awards for his coverage of the knights and hsg so yeah that's not true either.
Parksey now works for nh
Congrats mate.
if only
Leave the Foz for the Herald?
Why take a demotion?
Tweet from James Gardiner
@billygriff29 suiting out @NewcastleJetsFC training with foot infection. Unlikely to be right for @wswanderersfc game. @newcastleherald
Fuxake
$100 on wanderers
rubbish. reread articles in Herald then come back.
He won awards for the Knights sums up my argument. Thanks Ronny.
With friends like these By ROBERT DILLON Nov. 21, 2014, 9 p.m.
AFTER what seems like 1000 years as a sports journalist, yours truly has never lost an ingrained sense of envy for the people lucky enough to earn a living as professional athletes.
Every time Sporting Declaration ventures out to a training session for the Newcastle Knights or Jets, I come away thinking what a life those guys enjoy.
While the rest of us are digging ditches or slaving over a hot laptop, they get paid to exercise and hang out with their mates.
They travel around Australia and even overseas, playing in great stadiums in front of big crowds and watched by vast TV audiences.
If they are any good and half-smart, by the time their playing careers are finished they should be financially secure for the rest of their days.
The bottom line is that they are living their dream and, in many cases, earning a lucrative wage in the process.
If they were not good enough to be playing professionally, they would probably be running around in amateur ranks or, like many of us, slothing on the sofa, watching their preferred code and wishing they were out there on the pitch.
But the past week has reminded me that it is not always a case of money for nothing and your chicks for free.
After the reaction to their loss last week to Brisbane Roar, I can’t imagine it has been much fun this week being a Newcastle Jets player or coach Phil Stubbins.
For most people, if we have a bad day at work, nobody knows about it, other than perhaps our colleagues and immediate families.
But for the Jets there has been no place to hide after their 4-0 capitulation.
If they were not already feeling dejected about their performance against Brisbane, the players had to endure the ignominy of being booed off the field by their own ‘‘supporters’’.
This has been followed by a week of team meetings, soul searching, public apologies and unrelenting media scrutiny.
You wouldn’t want to trade places with them for any money.
What has struck me most is how scathing the fans have been in their criticism.
This has been brewing for some time. The Jets have not made the finals for the past four seasons and disappointment has turned to frustration and, finally, outright anger.
The Novocastrian faithful are fed up. And perhaps deservedly so.
Without their support, and the money they spend on season tickets and merchandise, the Jets would not exist.
These long-suffering punters are entitled to their opinions, and with their team winless after six games, the feedback was never likely to be complimentary.
Players enjoy the adulation when they are successful.
The flip side of that is they can expect to be taken to task when they are losing regularly.
Sporting Declaration fully endorses freedom of speech, but what I don’t agree with is the anonymity of social media.
Whether it is on the Herald’s website, Twitter or the online forum frequented by members of the Squadron, the comments posted rarely have the author’s real name attached.
They will use a nickname, or a pseudonym, and I find it all a tad cowardly.
The players, coach and club officials are in the public eye. Everyone knows who they are.
Media commentators and columnists also have to stand by what they write or say.
We are expected to maintain some semblance of dignity, no matter what the provocation, although Mike Carlton may beg to differ.
But Joe Public can deliver whatever diatribe he (or she) wants, without any identification, and thanks to the wonder of the internet it can be read by millions of people around the globe.
I guess it’s easy to be brave when you are hiding behind a keyboard and nobody knows who you are.
It must be hard for players to ignore.
In the case of the Jets, I know of one former player who became so obsessed by the hammering he was copping on social media he needed counselling.
His confidence was shot to bits.
Given the Jets may not yet have hit rock bottom, the queue of punters putting the boot in is unlikely to shorten any time soon.
All of which makes me wonder if it is time to change Never Tear Us Apart as the theme song before every home game kicks off.
http://www.theherald.com.au/story/27...-these/?cs=306
That is the fu@kwits way of having a go at everybody who doesn't like him on here.
Dillon is more than welcome to come on here and give the keyboard warriors a chance to voice their opinion to someone who can give there say the proper air it deserves. I'll give him my name and number if he'd like to discuss any of my opinions. Same goes for tinkler , middleby, stubbins or anyone else at the club who is interested.....problem is no one is interested.....that's why its "play shit, apologies, rinse, repeat" for years now.
yours truly has never lost an ingrained sense of envy for the people lucky enough to earn ... chicks for free.
Surprised he didn't publicly thank Parkesy for his support
On another note congratulations on your trophy Robert. The winning a popularity contest amongst failures of journos
unwanted in the big city must mean a lot to you
Lol. Love how he slams the foz as the biggest source of negative anonymous comment. Most of the shit posted in here is at least based in some analytical thought process.
The shit on Facebook and the herald website however....
Mr Dillon, my name is Gavin Austin. But most already know that.
Oh Robert.
This is why I never read the Herald anymore. There is a sense among the reporters that they can attack anything in our community with no consequences. Not only that but they get awards for it. At least in big city papers they have real national and international issues to spread fear and hatred about but the Herald can only spread Fear and hatred about their own community. FFs , having a go at the common man in your local community is about as low as you can get as a journalist.
Dear Robert
I always thought you were a dickhead, but the above photo actually confirms you have a dick for a head
Regards
Phil Megroin
Jaliens gives me the horn
To be fair, when I first joined the Foz I tried to register my real name but it was already taken.
Seems like the system wouldn't accept two 'ForeverReds'.
and FFS, is this the bloke who talks about anonymity and people who won't face up then goes on to tell stories of an 'unnamed player' needing counselling and lends his entire career citing 'sources' and 'insiders' for his stories that are without doubt 100% accurate 100% of the time.
From now on instead of us saying 'the Jets are shit' we should follow Dillons approach and say 'sources close to me are saying that the Jets are shit'.
Happy Parksey.............I mean Robert?
I resent that comment.
On, and Mr Dillon, my nickname is Couscous. IRL. And I will continue to support you and The Herald in this place.
Dillon is not a Jets fan and he has no idea of what we are going through after being let down by the club for over six years.
Every year we are told things will be better and every year we realise the club was lying to us once again.
We go from one bad coach to another and replace players that leave with lesser players or players with career ending injuries.
We watch local kids become team captain only to be thrown on the scrap heap by a coach who'd rather lose than have his authority questioned.
Having held a family season ticket since the Jets began, this year we had finally had enough and did not renew our memberships and have no plans to do so in the future.
The Jets are the most unprofessional team in the competition and until that changes Robert Dillon should be directing his focus on management rather than on the fans.
Regards Alan Dunn
P.S Go **** yourself
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