Storm Ad Offends Womanly Eagles.

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Storm ad offends womanly Eagles
By Dean Ritchie | April 10, 2008 12:00am

MELBOURNE have infuriated Manly with an advertisement promoting tomorrow night's grand final replay, which claims the Sea Eagles are women.

The online advert - sent to sponsors, media and club contacts - shows Melbourne's mascot Storm Man writing 'WO' in front of MANLY to suggest the Sea Eagles are WOMANLY.

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"It's just embarrassing for the game," Mayer said.

"They have obviously spent their marketing budget on the legal defences of their tackling techniques."

"I'm not sure whether it is supposed to be amusing or inflammatory."

But Melbourne chief executive Brian Waldron said Mayer was just being a "sook".

"Sooky, sooky, la la," Waldron said.

"Do we care what Grant Mayer says?"

Mayer said: "Obviously Brian's vocabulary is just as clever as his marketing skills."

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbCyftE0MbI

 

[QUEENSLANDER]

Haha thats cool. suck it up eagles, big girls

 

[Guest]

Wow - talk about 2 kiddies fighting in the playground! Sooky, sooky, la, la? [icon_lol1.

 

[gUt]

This should get the Mexicans into league and not AFL!

 

[Steve]

hah i like

 

[wally]

Haha that's pretty funny.

can't stand either club tbh.... but haha Well done Storm... god it would be funny if Manly came out and bashed em round the park, pulled out some big shots and stuff.

 

[spoonbled]

funny stuff, nothing to get offended by.

 

[Jay-Lee]

I like the ad. Its good fun.

 

[Fozz]

What a bunch of sooks. Maybe if they had manned up in the GF then the ad men would be taking them more seriously. I'd call them a bunch of girls but that would be insulting to the fairer gender.

 

[mick]

You'd think Manly have a little more to be worried about... like getting Watmough to possibly miss LESS than 15 tackles this time he plays against the Storm [icon_evillaugh

 

[Coxy]

It's definitely offensive.

Women don't go missing in action the way Manly did in the Grand Final! Women around the world should be insulted that they are being compared!

 

[Je$ter]

I reckon the ad was hilarious. Hopefully they get a bumper crowd down there for friday night footy.

Melbourne ftw 13+

 

[Flutterby]

Wow - talk about 2 kiddies fighting in the playground! Sooky, sooky, la, la? [icon_lol1.

I know you are - but what am I? [icon_drun

 

[mick]

The ad was sh*t.

The response was sh*t.

That's the situation in a nutshell imo.

 

[| * kelsey * |]

The ad was sh*t.

The response was sh*t.

That's the situation in a nutshell imo.

I'm with you Mick, the ad wasn't even funny.

Suck it up Manly - get over it.

 

[Coxy]

And judging by how manly played, women should definitely be offended to be compared to that bunch of toss pots.

 

[Locky_karmichael]

Stupid ad.
But they are playing like girls.
I can say that I'm a fan..hehe