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    THE footballer person of the year



    LUKE BEVERIDGE (Western Bulldogs coach)


    Is it the greatest single coaching performance of all time? It's pretty hard to argue otherwise. In his first two years as a senior AFL coach, Beveridge has taken the Bulldogs from 14th at the end of 2014, to eighth to arguably the most romantic premiership the AFL has seen.

    His man management skills may also have helped change the face of coaching, Beveridge eliciting new heights from a score of players not many would have believed possible, names like Liam Picken, Jason Johannisen and Lachie Hunter.


    He's fostered a level of depth and flexibility across his list superior to all his rivals. And he's cajoled a side which finished only seventh on the ladder to four successive against-the-odds finals wins to land the ultimate. All whilst retaining a humble and self-effacing persona.

    see the rest of the 10 - per Rohan Connolly here
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    Re: THE footballer person of the year

    "Footballer person of the year"- FMD!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Greystache View Post
    "Footballer person of the year"- FMD!

    Back in the '80s in the capital PC days I worked in the public service with a bloke who refused to call Fisherman's Bend in Port by its "outdated" name and insisted on calling it Fisherpersons Bend.
    Have you been reading those Roddy Doyle books again, Dougal!?


    I have, yeah Ted, you big gobshite

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    Re: THE footballer person of the year

    Quote Originally Posted by Greystache View Post
    "Footballer person of the year"- FMD!
    The article includes men and women, so must be person.
    FFC: Established 1883

    Premierships: AFL 1954, 2016 VFA - 1898,99,1900, 1908, 1913, 1919-20, 1923-24, VFL: 2014, 2016 . Champions of Victoria 1924. AFLW - 2018.

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    Re: THE footballer person of the year

    Such Worsefold, many Jobe.
    Nobody's looking for a puppeteer in today's wintry economic climate.

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    Roxy Con just really eats the EFC shit by the spoonful doesn't he.
    Nobody's looking for a puppeteer in today's wintry economic climate.

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    Re: THE footballer person of the year

    Quote Originally Posted by bornadog View Post
    The article includes men and women, so must be person.
    And footballer of the year implies it's a player so Footballer man of the year isn't any less wordy.

    I don't get people who get so upset by people choosing to use inclusive language. Like it personally offends them.

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    Re: THE footballer person of the year

    Quote Originally Posted by hujsh View Post
    And footballer of the year implies it's a player so Footballer man of the year isn't any less wordy.

    I don't get people who get so upset by people choosing to use inclusive language. Like it personally offends them.

    Not upset, we just think it's funny. We are old enough to remember how silly things got back in the day when people wanted to use non-gender specific so badly they were happy to mangle the language.


    I'm all for inclusiveness but it doesn't mean that I'll take it so seriously that I won't take the chance, like I would with anything else, to tease it a little when it gets too precious.
    Have you been reading those Roddy Doyle books again, Dougal!?


    I have, yeah Ted, you big gobshite

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    Re: THE footballer person of the year

    Why couldn't it just be football person of the year? Why footballer person? That does sound unnecessarily clumsy.

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    Re: THE footballer person of the year

    Quote Originally Posted by Twodogs View Post
    Back in the '80s in the capital PC days I worked in the public service with a bloke who refused to call Fisherman's Bend in Port by its "outdated" name and insisted on calling it Fisherpersons Bend.
    I remember a SJW teacher at school who made a scene when she heard one of the kids talking about his Sony Discman. She demanded it be called a Sony Discperson and that she wouldn't tolerate his kind of hate.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Greystache View Post
    I remember a SJW teacher at school who made a scene when she heard one of the kids talking about his Sony Discman. She demanded it be called a Sony Discperson and that she wouldn't tolerate his kind of hate.

    You would have loved young labor and the inevitable hour long heated discussion about the etymology of the word chairman that kicked off every meeting. "It's got nothing to do with gender. It's from the same root word as manager, and I should know because I'm doing an English major!"
    Have you been reading those Roddy Doyle books again, Dougal!?


    I have, yeah Ted, you big gobshite

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    Re: THE footballer person of the year

    Quote Originally Posted by Murphy'sLore View Post
    Why couldn't it just be football person of the year? Why footballer person? That does sound unnecessarily clumsy.
    Football person would have been less clunky. Apart from anything else Footballer denotes someone playing football. That would mean that the award can't be awarded to anyone who isn't actively playing football.
    Have you been reading those Roddy Doyle books again, Dougal!?


    I have, yeah Ted, you big gobshite

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    Re: THE footballer person of the year

    Quote Originally Posted by Twodogs View Post
    Not upset, we just think it's funny. We are old enough to remember how silly things got back in the day when people wanted to use non-gender specific so badly they were happy to mangle the language.


    I'm all for inclusiveness but it doesn't mean that I'll take it so seriously that I won't take the chance, like I would with anything else, to tease it a little when it gets too precious.
    I had a different impression from Greystache but that's been coloured by people announcing on Facebook that they won't ever vote for a politician because they were sent a card that says 'Happy Holidays'.

    Ultimately both extremes are stupid.

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    Re: THE footballer person of the year

    Quote Originally Posted by bornadog View Post
    The article includes men and women, so must be person.
    This is PC gone mad in today's crazy world.

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    Re: THE footballer person of the year

    Quote Originally Posted by Nuggety Back Pocket View Post
    This is PC gone mad in today's crazy world.
    There are some people who object to the word person because it has the word, you guessed it, 'son' in it which gives it a masculine overtone. They prefer perbody.
    Have you been reading those Roddy Doyle books again, Dougal!?


    I have, yeah Ted, you big gobshite

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