In his latest column Bomberland fan in the outer Darren Snowdon shares his thoughts on how fickle the media can be on its view of AFL players and the difference a win and a loss can make to the life of a footballer. ""The life of an AFL footballer is often compared to living in a fishbowl environment - comfortable and sheltered at best, and at worst like living in a glasshouse with everybody hurling stones in your direction. Having losttwo matches in a row the Essendon players would not have felt toocomfortable or sheltered during the fortnight leading to the Geelong match.A week is meant to be a long time in football but two whole weeks can beexcruciating!"" Click here to read Snowdon's full column.