I wish that when I was younger, that I could of had the dedication and ability to have been able to play footy at the level of competition and also the standard of a Jarrad McVeigh or a Jude Bolton.
It is after all much easier to critisize our players anonymously on a website, than what it is to be able to take their places on the list and be able to play footy like a Brett Kirk or Paul Kelly.
that's a hackneyed comment....we'd all like to be good enough, or have been good enough, to maybe get to play footy at that standard
unfortunately, we're stuck with what we are, and we're left to stand and watch, to cheer and jeer, and admire or criticise what we see
anonymity be damned, you don't like it you don't need to participate in any online forums, or even go online at all
what's worse, however, is to actually HAVE the talent of a bolton or, dare i say it, a mcveigh (yes, obviously he has some ... somewhere) and to squander it once you've been given the chance, or earned the chance to play at afl level
certainly, the one thing the average fan can believe he/she has in the same amounts as an afl player is heart, or character
and what REALLY pisses me off is to see the likes of mcveigh (jude bolton certainly has heart), week in week out, fail to show the required heart or character or desire to make the most of the obvious football skills he must have shown at some point of his career, to have been drafted No 5
it's a diabolical waste, and that is when every fan is entitled to be offer an opinion