EJ Whitten Special - Foxtel 9.30 Monday Night

[jeemak]

Re: EJ Whitten Special - Foxtel 9.30 Monday Night

Hierarchy of grief, independent coping mechanisms and sheer bloody mindedness all make the death process a more ridiculous process than it should be.

Doug's no better or worse than the rest of us.

[Maddog37]

Re: EJ Whitten Special - Foxtel 9.30 Monday Night

Personally I find that weak.

How very macho of you BAD!

[Remi Moses]

Re: EJ Whitten Special - Foxtel 9.30 Monday Night

State of origin will never come back, but we get the yearly noise about it .
Basically the national comp ended it and the clubs will pull their key players pre game .

[Bornadog]

Re: EJ Whitten Special - Foxtel 9.30 Monday Night

How very macho of you BAD!

Nothing to do with macho, its called respect.

[always right]

Re: EJ Whitten Special - Foxtel 9.30 Monday Night

Nothing to do with macho, its called respect.

Perhaps you might discover some for a bloke who was very close to EJ and clearly struggled with the whole situation. If only life was as simple as you suggest.

[ledge]

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Not weak at all, he was told by Ted jr that EJ wasn't going to do the lap so he had no reason to be there.
He wasn't playing took his family on a holiday that's normal, I think a lot of people didn't realise how sick Ted really was until that day, remember he had only just had the stroke that did all the damage.
It's ok to look back but at the time you don't know what's happening or what's going to happen.

[LostDoggy]

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I feel for Dougie.
You could see that he was visably upset and regretted missing seeing EJ @ the "G" that day.
Hindsight is a great thing,if only we could all have it.

[GVGjr]

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Personally I find that weak.

I know this is your personal view but as BT pointed out, many people deal with things differently. I thought it was brave of Dougie to mention it as being a regret of his.

[SonofScray]

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Just finished watching it. Was in tears almost the time. To our detriment, it is hard to fathom anyone ever again having that sort of appeal across their lifespan and such an iconic legacy as EJ had ever again. How many people have the absolute stars in their field bow to them? A street, stadium, two statues, a medal, a trophy etc. it's amazing when you think about it.

Interesting to hear some of the greats insist he was in fact the best. Loved the Mrs Football comments, I got the impression that cut close to the bone, ha!

[ledge]

Re: EJ Whitten Special - Foxtel 9.30 Monday Night

Just finished watching it. Was in tears almost the time. To our detriment, it is hard to fathom anyone ever again having that sort of appeal across their lifespan and such an iconic legacy as EJ had ever again. How many people have the absolute stars in their field bow to them? A street, stadium, two statues, a medal, a trophy etc. it's amazing when you think about it.

Interesting to hear some of the greats insist he was in fact the best. Loved the Mrs Football comments, I got the impression that cut close to the bone, ha!

And a bridge

[Twodogs]

Re: EJ Whitten Special - Foxtel 9.30 Monday Night

Just finished watching it. Was in tears almost the time. To our detriment, it is hard to fathom anyone ever again having that sort of appeal across their lifespan and such an iconic legacy as EJ had ever again. How many people have the absolute stars in their field bow to them? A street, stadium, two statues, a medal, a trophy etc. it's amazing when you think about it.

Interesting to hear some of the greats insist he was in fact the best. Loved the Mrs Football comments, I got the impression that cut close to the bone, ha!

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And a bridge

And the Foundation.

[Twodogs]

Re: EJ Whitten Special - Foxtel 9.30 Monday Night

And Collingwood turned him away.

[Remi Moses]

Re: EJ Whitten Special - Foxtel 9.30 Monday Night

You could tell by the look in Doug's eyes it was a big regret.
People deal with sickness and grief differently, and Doug truly loved EJ.

[bulldogtragic]

Re: EJ Whitten Special - Foxtel 9.30 Monday Night

Watching the replay again, how good was the footage of him protecting 'his boys'. 5 on 1 against a teammate and EJ runs in and sent them all packing (legally, but hard) and grabs his teammate and puts his arm around and picks him up. I can't say I've seen that kind of thing in the modern day, despite it being fair conduct. Like a father with a besieged son, more than a captain of a footballer.

It must have been great knowing when the opposition ramped the heat up, EJ would always be there for you.

[comrade]

Re: EJ Whitten Special - Foxtel 9.30 Monday Night

Watching the replay again, how good was the footage of him protecting 'his boys'. 5 on 1 against a teammate and EJ runs in and sent them all packing (legally, but hard) and grabs his teammate and puts his arm around and picks him up. I can't say I've seen that kind of thing in the modern day, despite it being fair conduct. Like a father with a besieged son, more than a captain of a footballer.

It must have been great knowing when the opposition ramped the heat up, EJ would always be there for you.

EJ protected the boys.

Charlie protected EJ.