Will people be booing Lachlan Henderson? I hope not. Did we boo Luke Power and Daniel Bradshaw? I can't remember. I definitely used to boo Alastair Lynch, even after the merger, because he left FITZROY. Back in the day, I booed Warwick Irwin when he went to Collingwood, but I unbooed him when he came back. I also booed and unbooed Leigh Carlson in the one season. I never booed Akermanis, but I booed Sam Sheldon because he was a spud and I booed Travis Johnstone because while he had silky skills, he wouldn't RUN when we needed him to. I occasionally booed Michael Voss when he was coaching, but I am increasingly feeling that I should unboo him a little. I've never booed Marc Murphy, but I booed his dad when he left FITZROY because he went to South Melbourne and I booed him even louder when he went to Nth Melbourne. I would have booed Kevin Murray when he left FITZROY to go to East Perth in 1965, but I was too young to know what was going on and I'm kind of glad I didn't, because he came back, played another 167 games and won on a Brownlow. Just goes to show that sometimes it is better not to boo. The other thing is that in the modern game there are so many players to boo that you could do yourself a mischief. After Broderick, Dundas, Gale, Elliott and Baldwin all left FITZROY at once to play at Richmond I booed so much at the MCG one day that I couldn't speak for a week. When I got my voice back, I lost it again because I went to a FITZROY game and saw Jeff Hogg play.
That was a good read, surprisingly. haha
What do you mean, "surprisingly?"
My word we did, but they used to try their guts out. Just not enough class. One player who proved the booers wrong was Peter Caven, who left FITZROY and ended up winning two Premierships at Adelaide, after a stint at Sydney. The transition from whipping boy to dual Premiership winner is one of the most remarkable comebacks in football, particularly as Tony Lockett nearly knocked his head off one day. I've got a copy of a FITZROY v Carlton game in 1992 where he absolutely murders Stephen Kernahan, to the point that they move Kernahan to centre half back just to get him away from Caven. I never booed Peter Caven.
Absolutely! I would never boo Gary Pert or Paul Roos for the same reason. I didn't boo Matt Rendell either when he went to the Brisbane Bears. I did boo Scott McIvor when he left FITZROY to play for the Brisbane Bears even after the merger. Booing him was a hard habit to break. Luckily for my throat he only had a season at the Brisbane Lions and to be honest, I really don't like booing our own players.
I'm confused then.
What we know about young Sam, is that he didn't want to play for us anymore and instead chose a horrible team instead.
