In all honesty Fathead, regardless of what you think they are being being paid to do wouldn't you think that for ONE day of the year, they would be capable of being nice to those of us who pay their wages?
I for one thought that the majority of them did that very well today.
But for the one or two that didn't - (and it seems as though it's the same culprits lately), they should be told to pull their heads in.
On the whole, I think the squad seemed very approachable this year, but the point is, Fathead.........surely they can do that for the one day a year they are asked to.
Suity
Come on Suity, we have conversed on this forum for years so I know that you have met your fair share of footballers so you know where I am coming from.
They are kids !! The management would have spent a lot of time with lectures etc telling them to smile at the fans and be approachable. Most of the 'kids' would have nodded their heads and said " yep I understand" - and it would have evaporated from their mind just as fast !
I agree that there are a few blokes that seem to let the team down but how hard is it to get all those footballers there and get a perfect outcome?
Can you imagine being someone like Fui or Hayne ??? yeah its great having money but fame ? Can you imagine that everytime Hayne walks out to have a coffee or got to maccas, there is some fan who pushes a piece of paper at them or wants their photo.
Joey Johns told me once that he even gets blokes approaching him in the toilet trying to get him to sign stuff !! or there is some hero that wants to show his mates how tough he is. Its really a wonder that they even talk to fans or even leave their houses.
Mostly these are not well educated kids. Im not being snobby or unrealistic but we have to understand this.
Its the very reason someone like Jonathon Thurston has two minders that follow him whenever he goes out in Townsville or someone like Todd Carney, who has the brainpower of a flea - continues to get into trouble.
I know Ozzie would be concerned if he knew that some of the fans thought some of the players were rude but that would be far outweighed by the fact that one of them wasnt feeling up a female or caught pissing in the mall.
At the end of the day, all I am saying is that we sometimes have to excuse the behaviour of 'our' players and not be suprised to find that they dont play the 'I love the fans' role so well. To expect this is setting the bar too high.
I once asked Matt Peterson for a autograph with my wife in tow and he told me to go f&&k myself!
Luke Burt is a lovely bloke who is never rude.
lets take the good with the bad and appreciate that life as a footballing celebrity probably isnt all that its cracked up to be !
All in all I think they do a great job.
As for the location... brickbats to the management !!
