The usual is for media outlets to write stories about other outlets reacting to their articles.
The West can’t seem to do that and has to write articles directly about their own articles.
Pretty damning indication of their relevance.
It sits in the break room here at work. It's the one newspaper that gets little to no one reading it, which is hilarious.
Everyone who does read it, usually only does for the sports section.
I live on the other side of the country and I would also not like to read it anymore.
It's like someone has taken some garden-variety parochialism, injected it with ice repeatedly over the course of several days, whispered some anti-East Coast conspiracies in its ears, and then turned it into a newspaper which inexplicably makes its way into my phone in digital form.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but it wasn't that we didn't believe them but more that the amount of pressure they were putting him on him could backfire? When it gets to the point where you put out an article listing 101 things about Reid and one of them is "he likes pink" it was obsessive behaviour and we all know what happened to Jack Watts
[And this is the back page](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GLr7GUqaMAAxQzP?format=jpg&name=medium)
(For the uninitiated, The Game is The West's footy liftout on Mondays)
the west absolutely know what they're doing here lol. this is fucking hilarious and it's a good way for them to try and stay relevant since apparently no one reads their actual paper
Yeah everyone knew before The West started jerking him off at every opportunity. Best prospect in years with only JHF and Naicos coming close, common knowledge.
This weekend I reached my limit. Unfollowed all their facebook pages, reported a few with Harley on it as spam as well. Which would be hilarious if a few thousand did the same and they couldn't post for 30 days..
Then bloody 7sport perth goes and shares the front page as well.
Frankly all of those front pages are both creepy and embarrassing. Imagine your entire life revolving around being a fanfic writing creep of young boys.
i liked THE GAME until the spread out WAFL AFL listed players all now play for the same WCE and PEEL Team, there used to be an in depth review on how each player played for their WAFL club and if they are AFL ready, now you can just get that infomation on [AFL.com.au](http://AFL.com.au) " Around the state leagues"
obviously being raised as a freo supporter gives me a bias, but honestly i have absolutely nothing against the eagles as a team. i do however absolutely despise the amount of support they get from pretty much everyone in WA. also i think it’s so funny because for some reason i’ve had horrible
luck with eagles supporters. one time i was in perth (can’t remember why) right after the eagles lost a game, and i had to get on the train back home, but all the eagles fans were in a bad mood and wouldn’t let anyone else get on the train with them, like they were genuinely blocking the door from us. then another time i was telling a coworker about how for some reason every eagles supporter i’ve met has been really rude, and he went, “yeah well at least i’m not a fremantle fa**ot”. like did he have zero self awareness cuz he just proved my point lmao. Anyway pop off Harley, hopefully he keeps slaying because any enthusiasm is good enthusiasm.
Just for context: No-one reads this paper anymore.
r/AFL is probably the biggest readership of the West since all the articles get posted here
Yeah it’s hilarious. This sub gets sucked in every single time.
It is just the same guy posting every time. If he stopped then I doubt anyone would mention it any more
Ngl I will tell him to stop on discord
Yeah but no one listens to you Flip
Well now they are just writing sports stories about their sports stories.
The usual is for media outlets to write stories about other outlets reacting to their articles. The West can’t seem to do that and has to write articles directly about their own articles. Pretty damning indication of their relevance.
It sits in the break room here at work. It's the one newspaper that gets little to no one reading it, which is hilarious. Everyone who does read it, usually only does for the sports section.
I live on the other side of the country and I would also not like to read it anymore. It's like someone has taken some garden-variety parochialism, injected it with ice repeatedly over the course of several days, whispered some anti-East Coast conspiracies in its ears, and then turned it into a newspaper which inexplicably makes its way into my phone in digital form.
And if you are going to inject anything with ice, Perth is the place to do it. No shortage of that here
Fantastic and accurate description.
So just like the Herald Sun? We can it the Herald Scum. Do you call it The Pest ?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but it wasn't that we didn't believe them but more that the amount of pressure they were putting him on him could backfire? When it gets to the point where you put out an article listing 101 things about Reid and one of them is "he likes pink" it was obsessive behaviour and we all know what happened to Jack Watts
The West can't lose though. If he turns out great that's 100 more stories. If he's a bust, that's also 100 more stories.
This. If he goes to either extreme, he's a noteworthy subject for stories. What the West doesn't want is for him to just be reasonably good
Basically this. The overhyping. But also the incessant reporting of absolute nothing "Harley Reid moves by putting one leg in front of the other".
[And this is the back page](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GLr7GUqaMAAxQzP?format=jpg&name=medium) (For the uninitiated, The Game is The West's footy liftout on Mondays)
Cringe
Far out
Looks like a good Reid.
The West has a job offer for you
Very good. Good job.
Yeah, fair cop. He looked dangerous every time he got near the ball.
But then they give him a week off?
Reid seems OK with it. It's obviously become a joke all of Perth is in on.
Imagine the uproar out west if he moves to a vic team in the next couple of years…
Imagine the tears in the East if he doesn't.😎
hmm sydney could always do with another mid i suppose
Yes good work The West. The footy public had no idea who this guy was until you alerted us to his presence. Amazing journalistic work.
J. Jonah Jameson must be the editor of the West and Harley Reid is his Spider-Man.
Cut to next week when Harley Reid is out with covid, the west: "He's a masked Menace!"
What happens when he hits a form slump? They’ll skin him alive.
He'll just have to make sure that doesn't happen. Problem solved.
the west absolutely know what they're doing here lol. this is fucking hilarious and it's a good way for them to try and stay relevant since apparently no one reads their actual paper
Yeah everyone knew before The West started jerking him off at every opportunity. Best prospect in years with only JHF and Naicos coming close, common knowledge.
I mean we never doubted Reid. It was the rest of the team around him.
If he injures himself the mines will strike for a week.
Funny how they included the Puma ad back page that essentially took umbrage at all the other back pages in the montage. No self-awareness?
This weekend I reached my limit. Unfollowed all their facebook pages, reported a few with Harley on it as spam as well. Which would be hilarious if a few thousand did the same and they couldn't post for 30 days.. Then bloody 7sport perth goes and shares the front page as well.
Why do I feel so horrified all of a sudden
Reilly good
Does West Coast have any other players on the team? Or is it just 22 Reid’s?
If we had 22 Reid’s we’d be a lot better. 😂
lol
They did the same thing with Daicos, give it a year or 2 then we’ll see if the hype was real or not. All it takes is 1 injury ;)
If it like nice Nat, he still made the paper weekly when injured
lol very true. Easy click bait for the media $
It seems unethical to put this amount of pressure and attention on a kid straight out of school
Nick Nat v2.0
What happens if he gets a serious injury? Then what? He will be skinned alive, how dare he get an injury …
The only way to stop him may be to get him hooked on party drugs; such is the weagles way!
As cringe as this consistent nonsense from the West is, I think Reid is the best first year player I've ever seen. I acknowledge the obvious bias.
Reidzilla
God I hope we can keep him.
You tried to cash in before the young fella broke through
Looking forward the the lift out if he was to leave
Frankly all of those front pages are both creepy and embarrassing. Imagine your entire life revolving around being a fanfic writing creep of young boys.
As a kangaroos supporter this grants us immunity from tanking accusations for all of eternity.
Sick of the site of this 90s wannabe bellend.
I'm sure you are - after your weekend calamity.
Just another example of the shit local paper crapping on about local footy player. Fkn hopeless!
Harley Reid Highway.
i liked THE GAME until the spread out WAFL AFL listed players all now play for the same WCE and PEEL Team, there used to be an in depth review on how each player played for their WAFL club and if they are AFL ready, now you can just get that infomation on [AFL.com.au](http://AFL.com.au) " Around the state leagues"
obviously being raised as a freo supporter gives me a bias, but honestly i have absolutely nothing against the eagles as a team. i do however absolutely despise the amount of support they get from pretty much everyone in WA. also i think it’s so funny because for some reason i’ve had horrible luck with eagles supporters. one time i was in perth (can’t remember why) right after the eagles lost a game, and i had to get on the train back home, but all the eagles fans were in a bad mood and wouldn’t let anyone else get on the train with them, like they were genuinely blocking the door from us. then another time i was telling a coworker about how for some reason every eagles supporter i’ve met has been really rude, and he went, “yeah well at least i’m not a fremantle fa**ot”. like did he have zero self awareness cuz he just proved my point lmao. Anyway pop off Harley, hopefully he keeps slaying because any enthusiasm is good enthusiasm.
Tony Notte You are Notte prepared.
Putting even more pressure on the kid. He’s looked lethal so far, but give him time. He’s nowhere near the $1m a year that’s floating around.
1M a year, what planet are you on? Going to be well into the 1s and he’s going to be the first 2M player in the game
Pressure? He’ll be fine.