Great post but Micky Milkshake appears to contradict the ABC article which states that our very own Cowboy Neale christened Robbie with the mad dog nick name.SaintPav wrote: ↑Sun 30 Aug 2020 3:16pm Everyone is coming down hard on Mick Malthouse for expressing his view of what he thought occurred at the time. I didn't hear the whole interview, but perhaps he could have been more sensitive by prefacing that his perception at the time was or whatever....but I'm not sure he deserves to be publicly shamed like he has either. I don’t like that.
While Robert Muir’s life sounds like a tragedy which has included child abuse, mental illness, violence and racism. I also think some people are a bit annoyed with the victim mentality when he has also been the perpetrator.
His life sounds like a tragedy brought about by terrible circumstances including racism which is one important element of this tragedy, but I think the article failed to capture this. This is why I cant stand the ABC. Everyone should know how the media works by now and the wider media is using Rob just as much as Rob is using the media. Anyway, food for thought.
No one is saying that Robbie was a saint but the s*** that went down while he was playing wouldn't be tolerated today.