Crompton's the man

Having watched Melbourne for many years - over fifty - and seen some truly exciting times - it might seem trite to say - the best times are when we play the team game and we fire off each other. This type of team vision is the antithesis of individualism and has a lot to do with collective success , perhaps more easily acieved after times in the dungeon , when few will be tempted to think they are grander than is real. Our success against last year's premiers is a sign that we should be confident enough to give Dean Bailey the support he might need. The Club arguably is developing an exciting style of play and lacks the emphasis of self-seeking egos that sound the death-knell of long-term progress. We have much to look forward to - and our Koori players could easily be the superb complement to our well-laid recruiting foundation. Patience.

I read these posts most nights with interest. Just wondering if my understanding of the sequence of events is correct in saying that it went roughly like this : 1. Mick Malthouse somewhat interestingly ( surely not to muddy the waters for his successor? - surely not!) comes out and publicly states that any Collingwood player who does not commit to Collingwood will be directly challenged by M.Malthouse 2. Eddie Maguire ( who is not stupid ) realises that that will put all uncontracted or soon-to-be uncontracted Collingwood players right in the spotlight and that this if not quickly controlled might become a distraction and a circus so 3. Suddenly Eddie using his media profile to the benefit of his club - diverts attention onto another club and suddely noone is thinking about those three uncontracted Collingwood players any more because Eddie's story has taken off and grown legs Well Done Eddie !! He would be having a chuckle as he goes to bed.