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Sandie

I think the "targeted booing" of certain players,as soon as they first touch the ball, is relatively recent though. I first heard it in about 1986 when Jimmy Krakouer took the field against Collingwood after a much publicised "off-field indiscretion" and he really copped it, but when they started booing his brother Phil,who had done nothing wrong, I concluded that there was a more sinister undercurrent to their behaviour. By my reckoning Carey's been "getting the treatment" since 1994 so you can hardly say it's been affecting his game, yet they still persist! It's not a real concern to me but I just don't get the point, I guess there's some kinda group dynamic involved and an elemental tribal thing but... oops getting wanky now!!