Ive also never once heard us stick up for him like SOS did, things like that have an impact on young impressionable kids' personas.
Gee, I reckon the club had nothing but good things to say 12 months ago when all the rumours were swirling about another off-field misadventure. Hardwick in particular got stuck into the press and the club as a whole couldn't have done or said more to 'have Martin's back' than it did then.
I would think the club constantly coming out and saying there was no truth in the rumours that have swirled around the kid over time is a pretty strong statement of support.
As Smokey said when Dimma came out earlier this year and described the rumour mongering as being "un Australian" I think that was a massive show of support.
How much do you want them to do?
The media are the ones that have made a fair whack of the off field stuff into a story, not the club.
Would also think the old adage of "actions speaking louder than words" applies in this case as well.
The Club has done alot for this young man. I think there is a lot of things that have been done that we don't know about and quite frankly that's the way it should be.
So I don't think we needed a running commentary on what they've done. The fact that we didn't get one was IMV more to do with what was in Dusty's best interests rather than a daily update of "what we're doing for Dusty" which wouldn't have been
