{"id":14101,"date":"2017-08-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/sam-newman-smashed-for-comments-about-retiring-afl-star\/"},"modified":"2017-08-24T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-08-24T00:00:00","slug":"sam-newman-smashed-for-comments-about-retiring-afl-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/sam-newman-smashed-for-comments-about-retiring-afl-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Newman Smashed For Comments About Retiring AFL Star"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Sam Newman is under fire after criticising retiring Bulldog Bob Murphy for taking to the stage after the dogs\u2019 2016 Premiership despite not playing in the game.<\/h3>\n<p>On Thursday\u2019s Footy Show Newman said the only bonus for the Bulldogs not making the GF this year would be that \u201cthey won\u2019t have to go through the charade of finding a premiership medal for Bobby Murphy\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGet out of the way, mate,\u201d Newman said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ve been in every photo of the premiership and actually didn\u2019t play in it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet the players take the credit who actually won the thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"362\" width=\"646\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" data-delta=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/screen_shot_2017-08-25_at_8.36.11_am.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Essendon champion slammed the comments on Friday morning:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cBob Murphy is a genuine person. He did nothing other than join in the celebrations of the club\u2019s most unlikely flag,\u201d Watson said on SEN.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m angry about that because I know it\u2019s not the way he would like to portray himself, it\u2019s not the way he would like to be portrayed by other people as well\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe didn\u2019t want to take the spotlight from anybody.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe didn\u2019t call himself up there with Luke Beveridge to say, \u2018I want your premiership medal\u2019. 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