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"Can you smell the fear?", do the other football codes in Australia (AFL,NRL), genuinely fear football?

Tis sad Simon went back to the UK, he was in that rare class of journalists who were not only brave in what they wrote but are respected across both the broader football community and people outside football.

Mike Cockial was another tis also difficult today to get into main stream media as it keeps getting smaller.
 
Midfielder said:
Tis sad Simon went back to the UK, he was in that rare class of journalists who were not only brave in what they wrote but are respected across both the broader football community and people outside football.

Mike Cockial was another tis also difficult today to get into main stream media as it keeps getting smaller.
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Mike C was my favourite Oz football journo - very sad he left us so early.

I got to know him when I was writing for Goal Weekly so would always be in the press box at Bluetongue. He was a fan of Mr C and promised to get it reviewed in the SMH so, one night in 2011, I rang to see how he was going on that important mission. We had the following very interesting convo:

MC: Adrian! Guess where I am.

AD: No idea.

MC: I'm sitting in a business class seat in a Qatar Airways flight and just about to take off.

AD: Lucky for some.

MC: Yeah, they're flying me over to have a look at their bid.

[At this point, Qatar were regarded as the rodeo clowns of the World Cup bid with zero chance.]

AD: Why would they do that?

MC: Don't know, don't care. But I'll certainly enjoy it while I can.

A week or so later, an article appeared on the back page of the SMH. It went into some detail about the quality of their facilities and the vast sums being spent to realise their vision. It ended with words to the effect of: Don't write them off.

He got that right.
 
Mr Cleansheets said:
Mike C was my favourite Oz football journo - very sad he left us so early.

I got to know him when I was writing for Goal Weekly so would always be in the press box at Bluetongue. He was a fan of Mr C and promised to get it reviewed in the SMH so, one night in 2011, I rang to see how he was going on that important mission. We had the following very interesting convo:

MC: Adrian! Guess where I am.

AD: No idea.

MC: I'm sitting in a business class seat in a Qatar Airways flight and just about to take off.

AD: Lucky for some.

MC: Yeah, they're flying me over to have a look at their bid.

[At this point, Qatar were regarded as the rodeo clowns of the World Cup bid with zero chance.]

AD: Why would they do that?

MC: Don't know, don't care. But I'll certainly enjoy it while I can.

A week or so later, an article appeared on the back page of the SMH. It went into some detail about the quality of their facilities and the vast sums being spent to realise their vision. It ended with words to the effect of: Don't write them off.

He got that right.
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Mike was good value. Ran into him late one night in the bar at what used to be the Lakeside in Canberra (can't remember what the hotel was then) and talked football for hours.
 
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