Brent Stanton has made a few mistakes, but who hasn’t?  Brent
Stanton has made a few mistakes, but who hasn’t? Photo: Mal
Fairclough  It's time Essendon fans cut Brent Stanton some
slack.  BRENT Stanton will muck a few things up today. He might
fumble a ball, miss a tackle or kick to an opposition player.
The Essendon midfielder has the unfortunate habit of making his
few mistakes glaring ones, but there's a key word in this
sentence — few.  Stanton — Stants to his teammates — will win a
lot of the ball today, and use it well. He'll block for others
at stoppages. He'll lay about five tackles. He might kick a goal
and he'll almost certainly set up a few shots. He'll do all
sorts of things to give Essendon a chance to win its fourth game
for the year, yet some in the crowd will still scream out for
him to be sent back to Bendigo.  Whipping boys are hardly a new
phenomenon. Every group of supporters has its golden boys, and
the player who can't seem to do a single thing right. But the
difference between how Stan