starsign wrote:
10 outta 10 for the well known poster Joffa!
looks like all is not as black and white as it seems ...perhaps the grey areas displayed by these officials do represent the true colour you get when you add the black to the white
certainly a grey day for them at the least
That's certainly one point-of-view, - that it was gutless for them to not front the media again.
From a win at all costs club (well from any club) - I still think it was a pretty courageous decision before finals. I don't think 100% of saints supporters would back the club if a similar decision if the same happened here. And I doubt it had unanimous approval by Collingwood members.
So the evening news didn't have a 2nd grab of Eddie fuming/embarrassed - which all the anti-Maguire folk dream of. Aside from pleasing some opposition supporters - it would have been pointless/counter-productive
Eddie and Burns (I haven't heard Malthous yet) made it clear from the start - the issue shouldn't be about themselves and their reaction. But rather the pressure/focus on Shaw & Didak.
Day 1 happened to be split 50:50 between Angry/Emotional Maguire, and Heath Shaw. The 1st story is merely entertainment; addressing incidents like Heath Shaw is far from 'mere entertainment'.
By letting Pert cover it - the focus of the media and story has changed.
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2 questions I have for us here..
1/ Equivalent situation at StKilda, would you support an equivalent decision?
2/ Those who speak to pies fans; or troll forums: what do you think the level of support for the decision has been?