Collingwood president Eddie McGuire and Essendon champion Matthew Lloyd have fought over the reaction to Steele Sidebottom’s COVID-19 injury in a tense TV conflict.
The Magpies vice-captain was suspended for four games yesterday after being found guilty of violating the code’s strict biosecurity protocols after a two-point loss to GWS on Saturday evening.
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Sidebottom visited injured teammate Jeremy Howe at his home with Pie Lynden Dunn, shared an Uber with Dunn, and then drank at the house of Collingwood employee Daniel Wells, who is not part of the team’s “bubble” that players can contact .
Police brought Sidebottom home on Sunday morning after he was found “half-naked” on the street when coach Nathan Buckley revealed that the midfielder was so drunk that he could not remember certain details of how he was in this situation .
McGuire said while Sidebottom’s behavior was “disappointing,” he praised the 29-year-old for immediately reporting the incident to the club and deciding not to appeal his four-game ban.
I’m talking on channel 9 Footy classified Last night, McGuire was convinced that there was no way he could rob Sidebottom of his leadership position, even if Buckley recommended it – which sparked a violent conflict with Lloyd, who said it was untenable that Sidebottom would remain as vice-captain.
“You love these guys, you absolutely love them and worship them, but again (what happens) when the next player comes in (to get into trouble) and Steele and (captain) Scott Pendlebury sit there and say, ‘What do we do ? to do? “” said Lloyd.
“It would be embarrassing if I were Steele during this time and decided on someone else.”
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This is how the Lloyd-McGuire clash happened, which you can see in the video player above in this article.
McGuire: “Nowadays, according to the media, you could cure cancer and then get a parking ticket on Monday, and the tour will be the parking ticket.”
Lloyd: “I can speak from my situation and that’s how I feel. You are very close to the situation, Ed. “
McGuire: “Of course it’s a huge story … I’m just saying to Matthew, there was only one person who was supposed to be sinless and who brought him to the cross. You have to forgive and have empathy. “
Lloyd: “You are too close to this situation.”
McGuire: “No I’m not!”
Lloyd: “Ed, you have a love for this guy, which is fine. I heard you three weeks ago, Ed, you said, “How are these people doing this (breaking protocols)?” (Port Adelaide Star) Ollie Wines could have been it. I said, “You know what, someone else is going to make a mistake, Ed” and you say, “These players, how can they do that?”
McGuire: “I think you’re over-dramatizing what I said.”
Lloyd: “I’d like to get up if we could, because that’s what you said.”
McGuire: “Wait a minute, why are you going on the law enforcement line here, buddy? We say the guy accepted his situation. “
Lloyd: “Exactly, and he made a mistake and we continue.”
McGuire: “Yes, OK, I just said that. I was asked if I would be fired as club vice-captain and I said no. “
Lloyd: “It will be a consideration. I would be shocked if it weren’t. “
McGuire: “Well, you can ask me because I’m the president. I said no.”
Lloyd: “It will depend on Bucks (Nathan Buckley), I would have thought.”
McGuire: “Well, it will still come back, but it will come back on the board and the answer at the moment is no.”
AFL giants Garry Lyon and Tim Watson both weighed on the spit SEN breakfast this morning, and Lyon said it was clear that McGuire was upset by Lloyd’s confrontation.
“Matthew Lloyd didn’t mind me there, he held his own. Eddie ‘paired’ him twice. Did you notice that “Said Lyon.” That means he touched a nerve. “
Watson said Sidebottom should consider stepping down as vice-captain and withdrawing McGuire’s decision and the Collingwood Board.
“If I were Sidebottom, I would consider withdrawing from the leadership group … until the end of the year,” said Watson.
“I would think that the vice-captain has the same criteria as the captain. If it had been Scott Pendlebury, would you have expected Scott Pendlebury to step down as leader of Collingwood? I would think so. “
McGuire told Nine News Sidebottom, “I just had a bad night, it’s that easy” and “drank too much alcohol, which he probably wasn’t used to, and got disoriented from there.”
The Pies president also said he was “proud” of how Sidebottom responded to his controversy by immediately reporting it to Collingwood and completing the AFL punishment on his chin.
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