FIND out what’s being said about the club in the major daily newspapers on Monday, May 30, 2011
Herald Sun
Mick ‘cheat’ call out of line
By Mark Robinson
''This is a case of what I would call deadset cheating. If a player throws his hands in the air, knowing it's not his goal, it's cheating.'' That was Collingwood coach Mick Malthouse describing Melbourne forward Addam Maric. Malthouse had his SEN hat on, commentating on Friday night's game. On radio or not, it's wrong to have a coach from an opposition side to call an opposition player a cheat. A cheat, mind you. It's similar to calling a bloke a liar. OK, Maric tred to dupe the umpire and failed. Players try to dupe umpires at every contest, whether it be splaying themselves on the ground, looking for in the back, or thrusting their arms outwards, claiming they didn't have the ball. If Mick's right, then they are cheats, too. We wait with interest when a Collingwood defender claims he touched the ball as it went through for goal - when they haven't touched it. Claiming to kick a goal and claiming to stop a goal surely is, to borrow a line from Pulp Fiction, in the same ball park. Football, we're also told, is about educating and developing young people, so they grow to be the players we want them to be. Malthouse is 58. Maric is 21. One is coach. The other a player. It was out of line.
Herald Sun
Mick ‘cheat’ call out of line
By Mark Robinson
''This is a case of what I would call deadset cheating. If a player throws his hands in the air, knowing it's not his goal, it's cheating.'' That was Collingwood coach Mick Malthouse describing Melbourne forward Addam Maric. Malthouse had his SEN hat on, commentating on Friday night's game. On radio or not, it's wrong to have a coach from an opposition side to call an opposition player a cheat. A cheat, mind you. It's similar to calling a bloke a liar. OK, Maric tred to dupe the umpire and failed. Players try to dupe umpires at every contest, whether it be splaying themselves on the ground, looking for in the back, or thrusting their arms outwards, claiming they didn't have the ball. If Mick's right, then they are cheats, too. We wait with interest when a Collingwood defender claims he touched the ball as it went through for goal - when they haven't touched it. Claiming to kick a goal and claiming to stop a goal surely is, to borrow a line from Pulp Fiction, in the same ball park. Football, we're also told, is about educating and developing young people, so they grow to be the players we want them to be. Malthouse is 58. Maric is 21. One is coach. The other a player. It was out of line.
