06-16-2023, 12:30 AM
(06-15-2023, 11:57 PM)LP link Wrote:While you might look at this prejudicially, if it was a no name like Cottrell or LoB and not a Silvagni would fans react the same?
If we stay truly impartial, if there is an imbalance over the long term, it actually seems to be in his favour yet ironically now some are claiming he has become the persecuted! The media will pick up on this fan bias, you can expect a series of articles about his future at the Aints or CheatsFC, but I think it's highly unlikely CheatsFC have any real interest, it's just Dodo throwing his old mate a bone!
I'd think I'd feel pretty much the same if that had happened to either of Cottrell and LOB.
It wouldn't though because they're names not Silvagni.
If one of our blokes had been abused in that fashion and then dropped the following week it wouldn't sit well.
To the point of his name.
He has always been held to a higher standard by Carlton people because of his name.
Some folks seem to think it works in his favour, I've always thought it was a bit of a burden.
But it's a cross he'll have to bear while he stays at this club.
Yes, he should be in the frame for omission, but while we have three small forwards who collectively contribute very little, there's plenty of competition for the chop.
The fact is he's probably given way because both Pittonet and Cunningham have been named, and that pushes him out of two spots he could possibly fill.
Jack Martin's 'almost' performance probably saves him, but gee, the bloke needs to play for more than ten minutes.