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Trent Cotchin’s wife Brooke speaks out: Susie O’Brien says WAGs should have a voice
April 18, 2016 4:01pm
Susie O’BrienHerald Sun
WHAT a pity high-profile wives and girlfriends of footballers are often expected to be decorative but mute.
The job is to look fabulous on Brownlow night, cheer obediently from the sidelines each week, and never, ever, talk about their partners to the media.
Whatever they do, they must not offer an opinion on the game.
It must be such a hard gig.
Most of the WAGs I know are strong and feisty; they have careers, lives and opinions of their own, and it’s not in their nature to hold back. They find it especially hard when their loved one is copping it from all sides.
But that’s what’s expected, and so when a star player’s partner breaks ranks and speaks her mind, all hell can break loose.
Full Article http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/op...e/news-story/8919f768fadd1ae0c28500ade6b290ea
Trent Cotchin’s wife Brooke speaks out: Susie O’Brien says WAGs should have a voice
April 18, 2016 4:01pm
Susie O’BrienHerald Sun
WHAT a pity high-profile wives and girlfriends of footballers are often expected to be decorative but mute.
The job is to look fabulous on Brownlow night, cheer obediently from the sidelines each week, and never, ever, talk about their partners to the media.
Whatever they do, they must not offer an opinion on the game.
It must be such a hard gig.
Most of the WAGs I know are strong and feisty; they have careers, lives and opinions of their own, and it’s not in their nature to hold back. They find it especially hard when their loved one is copping it from all sides.
But that’s what’s expected, and so when a star player’s partner breaks ranks and speaks her mind, all hell can break loose.
Full Article http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/op...e/news-story/8919f768fadd1ae0c28500ade6b290ea