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RIP Rebecca Wilson

Postby Wedgie » Fri Oct 07, 2016 7:32 am

Been sick with cancer and passed away this morning. I was genuinely shocked. Thoughts to her family and friends. Way too young at 54, love her or hate her she bad a big influence on footy journalism.
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Re: RIP Rebecca Wilson

Postby stan » Fri Oct 07, 2016 7:46 am

Was shocked to read this this morning in the news. I didnt agree with alot of what she wrote and said at times but you must hand it to her she never backed down in a male dominated industry.
RIP Rebecca Wilson.
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Re: RIP Rebecca Wilson

Postby BoundaryRider84 » Fri Oct 07, 2016 7:57 am

A trailblazer in her field, one of the greatest. Vale Rebecca Wilson.
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Re: RIP Rebecca Wilson

Postby valleys07 » Fri Oct 07, 2016 8:02 am

Vale Rebecca Wilson.

Love her or hate her, she made her presence felt.

54 is way too young to go. Thoughts are with her family.
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Re: RIP Rebecca Wilson

Postby Stumps » Fri Oct 07, 2016 8:29 am

She had to put up with a lot of chauvinistic, mysoginistic crap, on this forum and I dare say a lot of others. Poor lady.. RIP
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Re: RIP Rebecca Wilson

Postby Rik E Boy » Fri Oct 07, 2016 12:46 pm

Bloody hell another one. RIP Rebecca.

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Re: RIP Rebecca Wilson

Postby whufc » Fri Oct 07, 2016 1:27 pm

Couldn't stand her, especially the rubbish and blatant lies in regards to some of her A-League articles

Though the sooner we get a cure for cancer the better, she is far too young to be taken, I wish her family and friends all the best
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Re: RIP Rebecca Wilson

Postby Booney » Fri Oct 07, 2016 1:47 pm

whufc wrote:Couldn't stand her, especially the rubbish and blatant lies in regards to some of her A-League articles

Though the sooner we get a cure for cancer the better, she is far too young to be taken, I wish her family and friends all the best


Because she highlighted the louts and idiots who give the competition a bad name? More power to her and more the reason she'll be missed.

Good on her.
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Re: RIP Rebecca Wilson

Postby whufc » Fri Oct 07, 2016 2:10 pm

Booney wrote:
whufc wrote:Couldn't stand her, especially the rubbish and blatant lies in regards to some of her A-League articles

Though the sooner we get a cure for cancer the better, she is far too young to be taken, I wish her family and friends all the best


Because she highlighted the louts and idiots who give the competition a bad name? More power to her and more the reason she'll be missed.

Good on her.


You do realise more people were evicted and banned from AFL games this season than the last A-League season, also didn't see her publishing names of those banned from AFL games either remembering 90% of the names she published were never convicted of any crimes either

In 2015 when the article was written 128 fans had been evicted from 10 AO AFL games no mention of their names in any paper
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Re: RIP Rebecca Wilson

Postby Brodlach » Fri Oct 07, 2016 2:12 pm

Wrong thread to discuss this

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Re: RIP Rebecca Wilson

Postby whufc » Fri Oct 07, 2016 2:13 pm

True feel free to delete my post on the crowd issue
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Re: RIP Rebecca Wilson

Postby JK » Fri Oct 07, 2016 2:51 pm

Liked her back in the days of The Fat. Similar boat to others, whilst I didn't always agree with what she had to say, you had to admire her thick skin and willingness to call it as she saw it in a male dominated industry.

54 is far too young, feel sorry for her family.
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Re: RIP Rebecca Wilson

Postby am Bays » Fri Oct 07, 2016 2:58 pm

Had doors opened for her by here late father Ian Wilson but she still had to walk through them and forge her own career.

Bastard of a disease, RIP Rebecca
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Re: RIP Rebecca Wilson

Postby Gozu » Fri Oct 07, 2016 3:16 pm

Very sad news. Like others I didn't always agree with her opinions but it took serious guts to keep putting her opinions out there despite all the shit she copped being a female sports journo in a male dominated industry.

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