Collingwood President Eddie McGuire Says Coach Mick Malthouse's Cheating Comments Didn't Single Out Melbourne Youngster Addam Maric

The guy actually reckons Mick Malthouse didn't single out Addam Maric on Friday night.

What planet is Eddie on?

I've heard of spin, but this would make a washing machine proud!

Mr Whirlpool is an expert at spin.

We've got a bit of a victim mentality when incidents like this occur.

Time we throw a few barbs back. How about suggesting Mick's West Coast teams from the 90's benefited from being rather massive physically. Suggest that might've been some quality cordial they were drinking around that time.

We are as easily insulted as we are beaten.

i seem to recall Malthouse breaking Robert Flowers jaw on purpose in preseason a few years back quite deliberately, one would regard that as a slightly larger offense no?

Mick could easily have followed up his comments by saying he was using the incident as an example. But he didn't and he hasn't.

Good footballer, great coach and not a bad commentator. But he's never been good at apologising or accepting he might have made a mistake.

Eddie works in the media. By definition he's an entertainer and nothing he says should be taken seriously.

You know what, I tend to agree with Eddie.

Guys, Eddie and Mick don't have some hidden agenda against Melbourne.

Mick was providing commentary, and based on his persona, I'm sure he says similar things to his own players.

Such a non-issue.

I was listening to it and Mick never did accuse Maric of cheating. He said players that claim that sort of stuff is but he didn't know at that point whether Maric was definately cheating and that it was players who carry on with it which MAric didn't. Although when he rambled on about the wicket keepers catching it he lost me as its near impossible to tell sometimes to tell yet he thinks the opposite.

Cricket is a bit different I reckon.

Because you get so often when you're not actually out, standing your ground when the umpire hasn't given you out is fine because it probably all evens out.

Players will always try to bend the rules, for the benefit of their team.

That's why we have umpiers, isn't it?

Mr Whirlpool is an expert at spin.

Australia's next spin coach?

I think Mick even went on to say things like that have won him games and lost him games and he doesn't like it.

McGuire was a top footballer in his time

Harmes, need we say anymore.

Collingwood President Eddie McGuire Says Coach Mick Malthouse's Cheating Comments Didn't Single Out Melbourne Youngster Addam Maric

The guy actually reckons Mick Malthouse didn't single out Addam Maric on Friday night.

What planet is Eddie on?

I've heard of spin, but this would make a washing machine proud!

He must have caught another whiff of the washing powder again.

My only thought on this issue, is that if "cheating" in footy is such a bugbear for him, then perhaps he could lead the league on this issue. Give his players a firm directive that Collingw@@d players will no longer cheat like this. Fact of the matter is that in the heat of frenetic competition, even if directed not to, they still would try to unfairly gain a (legal) advantage by using the system because that is the natural reaction for nearly every competitive sportsman under pressure.