03-20-2020, 12:19 AM
(03-19-2020, 11:42 PM)Gointocarlton date Wrote:I must have been watching a different game, they were singing his praises all night.Not McAvaney, he qualified his comments relative to the inconsistent or by inference an underperforming past! FMD, he's talking about Weitering while we are watching Dow and Cunnigham!
It was an underhanded slight of Weitering, nothing more and nothing less. McAvaney was in a negative headspace, the tell was at the end when McAvaney stated he found it very hard to find something positive to say about the game in general. Then he should retire!
Brayshaw and Hodge came to Weitering's defence, it was only after that McAvaney stopped make references to Weitering being inconsistent and slights about historically underperforming. Ling stayed in the shadows, or under a rock, whatever his preferred environment might be. You could also tell when Richo chipped in at one point on the McAvaney feedback, based on the tone of Richo's voice, that he was a bit uncomfortable making a comment.
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"