Ok maybe it was a dumb analogy, but i'll rephrase it anyway.
Lets say this is the Coleman Race after they've played 15 by about the end of June.
FU Bollox 48
J Shultz 43
T Hawkins 40
L Franklin 40
N Riewoldt 39
J Roughead 39
Do i still get named All Australian Full Forward this yr ahead of the rest if i got injured at that stage ?
Hell...i was killing it. I was jumping all over that spud Lake. I was 2nd in goal assists. Media was all over me, and i even did my share of token defence to keep the coach happy etc etc
As a no namer, do i get given the same arguments that Gary is receiving ? or was it a fluke ? Should my contribution be judged on the final results or do i get the gig based on my "averages" or standing back then ? ...does it matter that plebs like Hawkins/Roughead/Franklin finished the season a fair way in front of me ?
Is this treatment we offer Gary only reserved for midfielders ? Is it reserved just for name players ?
So, in reality if Scott Pendlebury had been injured after playing just 15 games he would be thought of MORE than he is now. He was also in shit hot form when Gary got injured...yet now some of us (as well as media morons) dont even have him on the AA bench anymore

Seems to me that he would have had a better chance of being named All Australian if he just quit footy altogether at the end of June to start up a dental practice in Lulie St...same time as when Ablett finished up
So let me get this right...lets say Scott Pendlebury started to finally tire a bit and maybe the niggles started to add up...pretty standard. However he continues in pretty good form (just not quite as good as earlier) and finishes out a long season. So people start to mark him negatively for that do they ?

...at the same time claiming that Ablett should make the team based on averages from 2 months ago...where he was placed AT THAT MOMENT ?
Why isnt Pendlebury being rated that way ?...i'm starting to think some of you lot might have an unhealthy secret crush on Gary...its like he's meant to be treated differently because he's Gary !
After 15 games Pendlebury was as much of a lock for AA as Ablett was. So what the F did Pendlebury do to deserve this treatment ?
You can tell i'm struggling with this Gary thing this year.
