The Score: Denis Pagan says he would have sacked the media manager after Eddie Betts dancing segment
DENIS Pagan was never a big fan of the media and it’s fair to say his blood boiled when he tuned in for Channel Seven’s pre-game show on Saturday night.
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DENIS Pagan was never a big fan of the media and it’s fair to say his blood boiled when he tuned in for Channel Seven’s pre-game show on Saturday night.
One of Pagan’s favourite players during his stint at Carlton was Eddie Betts but he fell off the couch when he saw the Adelaide goal sneak showing Channel Seven’s Brian Taylor his latest dance steps and trick shots.
Pagan, who is now in real estate, took to Facebook to express his dismay at Betts’ preparation for a critical game against the Bulldogs:
“I couldn’t believe what I was seeing on channel 7 ... here was one of my favourite players Eddie Betts executing left foot checkside and dribble along the ground right foot punts at goal with Brian Taylor with footy boots on with his suit, they even went through Eddie’s latest dance steps. They say this is the modern game ... the Bulldogs were absolute certainties.
“Don’t get me wrong I selected Adelaide to finish top four and Don Pyke to be coach of the year, but if anyone thinks that interview pre game (sic) is going to help Eddie play at his best they have got it wrong.”
Pagan went on to say he would have sacked the Crows media manager by quarter-time for allowing the stunt and had no doubt it impacted on Betts’s performance who had his worst game for the year with just four kicks and no goals.
WHERE’S BOMBER?
THE election wasn’t officially called until Sunday but the punters at the Shepparton Swans sportsman’s lunch on Friday got an unexpected early taste of the political agenda.
Nationals candidate for the federal seat of Murray is former Fremantle coach Damien Drum and he was forced to save the lunch along with Liberal candidate, Duncan McGauchie.
The reason the pair hit the stage was because the star attraction, Geelong premiership coach Mark Thompson, didn’t show up.
Nervous organisers didn’t find out Bomber wasn’t making the trek to Shepparton until after the event had actually started.
Personal issues were given as the reason and thankfully Drum was able to dig into his kit bag of stories from his playing days at Geelong.
The hard-nosed defender played 63 games with the Cats through the 1980s and claims he is responsible for the making of Gary Ablett.
Drum’s theory, which had the punters at the lunch in stitches, is that because he was such a bad kick that forced Gazza to do magical things just to get to anywhere near any of them.
Born and bred in Shepparton, Drum has been a Victorian Upper House MP since 2002 before resigning last month to have a crack at making it to Canberra with the Nationals in the July election.
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