TOPIC:

Singha wrote: [Same here Jack. I only use to look at WAFL stories, I just won’t bother. Recent front page
headline “ neighbours go to court due to cubby built on parapet wall” finished me off

You forgot to mention of the footballs being kicked into their property.. Big Sports news

Not to mention the complete obsession with Nic Nat and the Eagles by this rag and channel 7. You would think that NN is going to be the only player out there on Sunday.

Agreed Mike...it beggars belief that a television station would go to the trouble of putting together a full outside broadcast just for one player...oh well...that's channel Eagle I guess and any exposure of the WAFL is welcome given it seems beyond the capability of the WAFC. What's also galling is that both the WAFL and Dockers are played at the same time so they've bumped Freo to be replayed at 2:30. It just goes to show where Channel Eagle's allegiances lay. Why they couldn't broadcast Freo live at 11:45 then keep the East Freo v WCER game at close to its original time of 2:30 is a mystery. It's no big deal to me as I'll watch the Dockers live on Fox then head down to South Walyalup Oval to cheer on the mighty Lions but it must be a pain for Freo supporters who don't have Fox.

It's a disgrace that Subi v SF is not the broadcast game but then they will prob say it clashes with AFL. Ì see Perth Now is still subscriber free for now but they abandoned the Wafl when Stokes took over.

It's a virtual suicide note. But it's the death throes of print media and who can blame them for trying to commodify their last remnant product - journalists folloiwng Nic Nat, a footy over a fence and cute animals.

I wonder whether the west went downhill because people stopped buying it or if people stopped buying it because it went downhill? I hung in there for a long time but stopped when they ran an ‘exclusive’ interview of stokes entirely about Ben Roberts smith.

Plenty of other news options such as ABC Perth, WA Today (unlimited access for $7.57 per month), Perth Now (The West's poor cousin) , News.com, Google News and Apple News. And don't be surprised it doesn't last long. I recall Perth Now tried going down the same path when it was part of the Murdoch empire and eventually they gave up. Their advertising revenue will dry up fast as people stop opening their website.

Used to be a damn good publication once upon a time.
And like a lot of other things in our "supposedly you beaut modern day and age", it's simply turned to a pile of crap!
Sad to be saying.

Nail in the coffin was stokes and channel 7 taking over. A lot of the news is an ad for the telly, totally embarrassing for all connected to it.

FYI

As WAFL supporters, you are entitled to your views on the quality and quantity of The West Australian’s coverage of the league.

However, as one of the main WAFL reporters at the newspaper, I can point to the fact that we mostly provide two pages of coverage in both the Pregame and Game lift-outs on Fridays and Mondays, at least one page with listed teams on Saturdays, a weekly online column on thewest.com.au and other news – tribunal, injuries, etc - throughout the week.

That often means that at least 12 stories are published every week – all on a league that exists in the shadow of the AFL.

I can also tell you that I have never been instructed to write stories in any particular way to suit the views of the newspaper, the WAFL or Channel 7. I am sure our other reporters would say the same thing.

Our reporters are passionate about football, including the WAFL, and want to see it thrive.

Keep buying and reading The West Australian and you can help in that regard.

See you at the football,

John Townsend