Ian ConstantineThe courage of footballers...
August 29th 2006 00:55
Tom Lonergan after being collected. Source: Daily Telegraph
I hate to bring it up, but Josh Hunt’s pathetic attempt at a mark against St Kilda completely undermines the credibility of the sport and of the guys who week in and week out put their bodies on the line. Hunt eventually ended up apologising to his fellow Cats after the amount of scrutiny the incident received in the media. People always like to say to me when I criticise professional sportsman that ‘I wouldn’t have done any better’, but to me that argument is weak. These guys are being paid very well to do this kind of stuff, I get paid for a completely different profession and as a knowledgeable sporting fan reserve the right to criticise players’ actions.
Each year the mark of the year is awarded by Jezalenko (YOU BEAUTY!) and every year it goes to the bloke who gets the highest in the air. He justifies it by explaining ‘it’s what the kids aspire to, climbing on guys’ shoulders’, but while the old fashioned speccies are traditionally the ones to make the highlight reels (Kappa, Ablett, etc. etc.), it is the guys like Lonergan and Barry in my estimation that are the real highlights. It doesn’t take balls to jump on an opponent’s shoulders, but it sure as hell does running back with the flight of the ball. Humans usually carry 5 litres of blood in their bodies and Lonergan had lost 3, he was in serious trouble.
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