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LIVING IN THE AFL FISHBOWL
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,"" Snowdon says. </b> <a href=""/bomberfans/fansdiary2003.asp"">Click here</a> to read Snowdon's full column.
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.
Bill Hutchison made his debut against Footscray at the Western Oval in round 2 of the 1942 season, a game that also saw the debut of Bulldog legend Charlie Sutton. But for Hutchy, it was a debut that almost didn’t happen. Firstly, Reynolds had struggled to convince the other selectors that Hutchison was ready for senior football. “I had heard about this kid in the seconds who was supposed to be ‘better than Reynolds’. But I had a battle to get him into the side. I am led to believe that if we had not played Bill that day he might have been lost to Essendon,” Reynolds later said.
