Isaac's Dee-lighted with his new demon idol

[gsmith12 491]

Great effort young fella.

A reply was the least Frawley could have managed, weak effort imo.

BTW I remember the Spittle family from Smeaton just out of Ballarat.

[Bitter but optimistic 21,556]

Settle down mate,chipper is a professional footyballer and has'nt nor should'nt have the time to answer every silly little request sent in by some non descript pimply face schoolkid thats never played a game of AFL in his life.

Get a grip and give these blokes the space they need.

You won't get a bite with that obvious bait Jizza. You just have to get away from your four udder mindset.

[Sammbo 19]

Settle down mate,chipper is a professional footyballer and has'nt nor should'nt have the time to answer every silly little request sent in by some non descript pimply face schoolkid thats never played a game of AFL in his life.

Get a grip and give these blokes the space they need.

Great! Now you're taking potshots at twelve year old kids.

Why am I not surprised?

[HEMLOCK 39]

Frawley you are a terrible terrible person how dare you do....what r we getting angry about again?

[chook fowler 18,392]

Frawley you are a terrible terrible person how dare you do....what r we getting angry about again?

Try lack of thought, effort and plain bad manners.

If he couldn't workout how to respond he could have given the letter to a PR person and let them deal with it.

[CBDees 3,162]

Instead of hopping into Frawley, let's applaud the Club for the way that they handled it! In the end the Club got some good positive publicity and created a 'feel-good' story!

[Deeman 1,425]

Frawley could at the very least have taken out a quaddie and given the kid half the winnings back. Would have taught the young whippersnapper the meaning of life and how to find happiness on the punt. He's the right age to start learning life's valuable lessons. Typically, of a big headed, highly paid AFL footballer!

[rjay 24,046]

In the past Frawley has been shown giving back to kids so I wouldn't hammer him on this one.

Let's be a bit charitable and take the positives out of the club coming good here rather than slamming 'Chip'.

[obbafan 128]

All of this loaded judgement!

How do we know he even knew about this?

And here he is being flogged to death.

Let us all be thankful that we are not sufficiently talented at this particular sport to be held to a standard that our teenage much less our early twenties years would have gained us public respect through universal public exposure.

[CBDees 3,162]

Frawley could at the very least have taken out a quaddie and given the kid half the winnings back. Would have taught the young whippersnapper the meaning of life and how to find happiness on the punt. He's the right age to start learning life's valuable lessons. Typically, of a big headed, highly paid AFL footballer!

What are you trying to say here?

1) Frawley should have given the kid nothing (when the quaddie didn't get up); or

2) gambling is the best use of money; or

3) it is always best to share your winnings with somebody who needs the money more; or

4) the kid was a mug because some Melbourne footballers prefer to use money to gamble.

Edited January 6, 2015 by CBDees

[Lucifers Hero 37,323]

What struck me is the $15 wasn't just any $15, it was his reward for kicking his first goal (under 10's)! Who knows how long he had cherished it...months, years? Clearly it meant a lot to the little fella. Its sad that James didn't get the poignancy of the gesture and respond accordingly.

To be fair to James, leaving it in his locker was probably an oversight or maybe he didn't even open it as leaving cash lying around a locker isn't very smart. I hope he learns of the story and feels a touch embarrassed.

Anyway, its great that young Isaac got the original $15 back and hope he goes on to kick many many more goals!!

[Whispering_Jack 28,094]

What are you trying to say here?

1) Frawley should have given the kid nothing (when the quad die didn't get up); or

2) gambling is the best use of money; or

3) it is always best to share your winnings with somebody who needs the money more; or

4) the kid was a mug because some Melbourne footballers prefer to use money to gamble.

I would take Deeman with little more than a grain of salt CBDees.

[stevethemanjordan 6,952]

Instead of hopping into Frawley, let's applaud the Club for the way that they handled it! In the end the Club got some good positive publicity and created a 'feel-good' story!

In the past Frawley has been shown giving back to kids so I wouldn't hammer him on this one.

Let's be a bit charitable and take the positives out of the club coming good here rather than slamming 'Chip'.

Let's do both.

[La Dee-vina Comedia 16,534]

What struck me is the $15 wasn't just any $15, it was his reward for kicking his first goal (under 10's)! Who knows how long he had cherished it...months, years? Clearly it meant a lot to the little fella. Its sad that James didn't get the poignancy of the gesture and respond accordingly.

To be fair to James, leaving it in his locker was probably an oversight or maybe he didn't even open it as leaving cash lying around a locker isn't very smart. I hope he learns of the story and feels a touch embarrassed.

Anyway, its great that young Isaac got the original $15 back and hope he goes on to kick many many more goals!!

I didn't realise there was good money in under 10s.

[chookrat 3,794]

Frawley could at the very least have taken out a quaddie and given the kid half the winnings back. Would have taught the young whippersnapper the meaning of life and how to find happiness on the punt. He's the right age to start learning life's valuable lessons. Typically, of a big headed, highly paid AFL footballer!

Haha - classic!

[Demon trucker 1,779]

Settle down mate,chipper is a professional footyballer and has'nt nor should'nt have the time to answer every silly little request sent in by some non descript pimply face schoolkid thats never played a game of AFL in his life.

Get a grip and give these blokes the space they need.

Chip never even open it, what it takes two minutes to read, did u know don Bradman read every letter and responsed everyone

[ILLDieADemon 804]

It worked on Watts. His a nice bloke.

[dees189227 11,016]

i remember when I was younger and writing to the players. I still treasure my hand written letters from Jimmy and glenn lovett and robbo.

Edited January 7, 2015 by dees189227

[John Crow Batty 8,315]

Interesting that people still write letters especially from the younger generation. I thought the age of twitterites and faceboofs had completely taken over.

[hardtack 10,158]

Interesting that people still write letters especially from the younger generation. I thought the age of twitterites and faceboofs had completely taken over.

I write letters to them but never get responsed (sic)... I can't understand why not. I even sign off with my name and age, Timmy age 62 and a half. I just don't think they're as friendly as they used to be when I was 10. Must be a generational thing.

[John Crow Batty 8,315]

I write letters to them but never get responsed (sic)... I can't understand why not. I even sign off with my name and age, Timmy age 62 and a half. I just don't think they're as friendly as they used to be when I was 10. Must be a generational thing.

There is always the possibility Frawley did not know what a letter was. Maybe he thought it was something you put in your locker for pest control to prevent socks from getting moth eaten?

Edited January 7, 2015 by america de cali

[hardtack 10,158]

There is always the possibility Frawley did not know what a letter was. Maybe he thought it was something you put in your locker for pest control to prevent socks from getting moth eaten.

Maybe he just couldn't work out how to open it, or he was just too mentally exhausted after he had finally worked out how to open the locker.

[John Crow Batty 8,315]

Maybe he just couldn't work out how to open it, or he was just too mentally exhausted after he had finally worked out how to open the locker.

I think we should give Frawley the benefit of the doubt. Maybe he was flummoxed. What right has a pimply kid to impose himself and put issues into an occasional A grade footballers head?

Edited January 7, 2015 by america de cali

[Carlos Danger 380]

Has anyone seen Catfish? How can you be sure whatever said letter from said unknown is what it claims to be?

The club did a great thing for the kid and that's what the article is about.

Why focus on the speculative negative of the story when there's a clear positive?

[Moonshadow 16,411]

Interesting that people still write letters especially from the younger generation. I thought the age of twitterites and faceboofs had completely taken over.

So important to get primary school kids to hand write every day, does good things for developing the young brain as well as hand/eye skills (writes the bloke typing into a keyboard). But I digress...