...they start copping insults by name over the fence from opposition supporters!!!
Gallagher and Magner certainly fit that category after some of the heckling I heard yesterday.
Actually, now I think of it most of it came from the Burra supporters who not only like to cheer on their own, but abuse the umpires and the opposition. Perhaps they should be commended on knowing the opposition players just as well as they know their own!
Every team has had players opposition supporters love to get stuck into.
In the good old days of VFA the opposing full backs copped it behind the goals when supporters flocked to their teams forward line.
The supporters hot spots would be
Sandringham- Alf Beus Stand and the wing and half forward lines in the outer opposite the socrebaord.
Teac oval on the half forward line in front of the grandtand and ont the wing.
Frankston- on the wing near the scoreboard where else
Williamstown- from the grandtand and under the stand.
Box Hill- behind the goals
Werribee- on the wing under the social club
Coburg- on the wing opposite the scorebaord end
This is has been part of the footy culture for many a year.
I agree, it's been around for ages. But with more and more "AFL supporter" types heading to the VFL who have little knowledge of their own sides VFL listed players let alone the oppositions, it's refreshing to see a bit of opposition heckling at the footy from the Burra faithful.