In answer to 1, 1990 was an historic day. The day the most talked about drought in football broke. Milane was synonymous with that victory. The legend of him playing the final series with a broken thumb and then being him holding the ball when that final siren went. there's all that baggage and mythology mixed together, he's like our version of James Dean, taken too young.jmcp wrote:two questions, purely hypothetical:Dragme wrote:Why is the decision in the hands of his family? Do they somehow have a lasting legacy at the club that I don't understand?
Pants played for only 7 years 1984-1991.
A sad tragic situation but lets not forget he was pissed and drove into the back of a parked truck. Heath Shaw did the same but he had Dids in the car and both lived. Would we have done the same for them?
Is the number 42 the only one we have put in mothballs? If it is, then it is time to move on, as other numbers would surly fit criteria for such a great honour.
It means nothing to the current group (and young supporters) besides pointing out that you should not drink and drive.
If he died on the field I would take a different view. People die. Some young, some old. Move on.
1. if millane was not a premiership player would the number have been retired?
2. if a current player was killed in a drink/drive incident how would today's society react [especially given the "drink drive, bloody idiot campaign"]?
If it had of been almost anyone else, the number wouldn't have been retired, and if we hadn't won the premiershp in 1990, ditto.
2. The reaction would be incredibly different. Think of some of the stuff that Darren and Banksy got up to, any player who did half of that nowdays would be just about out on their ear. Things like hijacking a bus with a young journo (who may or may not have gone on to become president of the club) down the back playing ticket collector back then were hijinks. Not now.