Cornes maintains he should have retired and is not influencing games. As opposed to….? Pendles? I know who I prefer. See Pendles poor tackle effort on Castagna?
I will preface this by saying Pendlebury is a great footballer. ..... but, the manner in which the media fall all over themselves to celebrate his leadership at Collingwood is really beyond belief.
He's been the captain of his club since 2014 and prior to that VC for 5 years...... and though many of the recent revelations as to their cultural problems were prior to his captaincy .... a lot of them are on his watch!
Sure, Cotchin's reign at Richmond was not perfect... (embrace your imperfections!) His leadership though, IMO, has been spectacular in comparison!
If Pendlebury was such a great leader, he should have stepped down from his position when that report was released to also acknowledge his failures whilst at the helm. It appears he'll need to be dragged kicking and screaming due to his own ego or the lack of leaders he's helped foster below him!