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2025 NPL attendance and viewers

Monoethnic Social Club said:
it certainly reads that way ... Im not condemning it btw ... Preston are ell within their remit to seek published content promoting their club...
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I think that cast a slur on the journalist and given he has written articles on South Melbourne over the years are you also suggesting your club paid him.

If anything he has been a hugely critical of Melbourne City over recent years and has often written aleague club selections.
 
Midfielder said:
I think that cast a slur on the journalist and given he has written articles on South Melbourne over the years are you also suggesting your club paid him.

If anything he has been a hugely critical of Melbourne City over recent years and has often written aleague club selections.
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??? Why would somebody who writes articles for a living see getting paid to right an article as a slur?? You really do confuse me sometimes Mid... I very much doubt that my club has paid for someone to write on article as something as niche as the Roar but I wouldn't begrudge them if they did... Its content and advertising copy after all... I dont begrudge Preston trying to generate some publicity from a large crowd... Im struggling to see your problem here?

Perhaps Tuckerman didnt get paid, and the article was a "collaboration" to drive eyeballs to his other a league articles from a fresh. yet to be tapped, audience??? Again, its no more or no less than what 99.99% of so called football journalists in this country do.
 
The above post demonstrates the damned if you do, damned if you don’t situation regarding former NSL clubs/NPL clubs. If Tuckerman had written a negative article he would have copped it, he writes TWO positive articles articles and instead of that being celebrated an imaginary negative angle is found. Hobbies are important to have and are usually healthy but jeez………..
 
southoftheyarra said:
Tbf Tuckerman just seems like someone trying to get some buzz off of the game, I hope I'm wrong and I hope he has genuine interests for the member federation clubs but he just seems like a bit of a grifter.
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Like all the "influencers" who have a sudden interest in npl and are totally not making rage/click bait videos for engagement
 
southoftheyarra said:
"influencers" and fans alike, I remember when we shit hot at the beginning of the NPL there was the older fella who used play these little crappy drums every game (super annoying) as soon as we became somewhat crap what did he do? Jumped to victory haha, probably about a decade to late.
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Thats not entirely fair on ol Harry.. He was at every game with his Peter Kriss drum solos (super load and annoying) but got a lot of stick from the CC guys and other fans for his overzealous brand of fan participation and stopped coming altogether ....
 
Monoethnic Social Club said:
Thats not entirely fair on ol Harry.. He was at every game with his Peter Kriss drum solos (super load and annoying) but got a lot of stick from the CC guys and other fans for his overzealous brand of fan participation and stopped coming altogether ....
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I thought he had a falling out with the club?

Personally i found him annoying, he would pound those drums like a mad man lol. When you're drowning out the chants its a problem.

He still goes to local games, was at heidelberg v preston the other week.
 
southmelb said:
I thought he had a falling out with the club?

Personally i found him annoying, he would pound those drums like a mad man lol. When you're drowning out the chants its a problem.

He still goes to local games, was at heidelberg v preston the other week.
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Yeah I had told him to stfu a few times :P I think the club stopped him bringing the drums in a couple of times and, if Im not mistaken, there was a bit of social media "storm" 4-5 years ago with dozens of comments along the lines of "let Harry back in" "Bring the drums bring the passion" or some such hilarity... Its never dull at South.
 
LFC said:
yer got to say - drums, don't mind when at high moments/scoring etc but when it overdone and continous piss's you off.
Vuvelas (sp check) over used as well.
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Man this guys was LOUD ... Full on setup, he would pound those skins like at the end of the movie Stepbrothers... lol

The dude drove up to Sydney to do a one man protest outside FFA offices when South didnt get an Aleague license ... hahahahahahah

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TheSelectFew said:
Adelaide United v FK Beograd had up to 1.8k viewers at peak on YouTube—many gamblers from overseas but who cares. Their money is green and it brings investors to the local game. Crowd was good too.
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I saw most of the match. That blonde kid for Adelaide, Burkitt, had some nice touches. He might be another one coming through in the coming seasons. Tatu had a quiet one.
 
Must say I enjoyed the discussion around who was paying me to write nice things about the NPL.

In almost 20 years of writing about football, here's how many clubs have honestly asked me to write something positive about them.

Zero.

I approached Preston long before the Round 5 fixture against South Melbourne because I recognised the significance of the game.

It was the sort of thing any proactive journalist could do. That there's practically nowhere to publish these stories is by far the bigger issue.
 
MikeTuckerman said:
Must say I enjoyed the discussion around who was paying me to write nice things about the NPL.

In almost 20 years of writing about football, here's how many clubs have honestly asked me to write something positive about them.

Zero.

I approached Preston long before the Round 5 fixture against South Melbourne because I recognised the significance of the game.

It was the sort of thing any proactive journalist could do. That there's practically nowhere to publish these stories is by far the bigger issue.
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to be fair, its 20 years of built up cynicism from people who join traditional clubs. It makes sense that when someone covers them they would assume an agenda. Thanks for covering it!
 
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