LEAGUE BOSS LASHES DEMONS
BY STEPHEN BAKER
AFL chief, Andrew Demetriou has launched a scathing attack on the Melbourne Football Club in the wake of Jeff Kennett’s call for the Demons to relocate to the Gold Coast.
Mr Demetriou ruled out any chance of Melbourne relocating to the Gold Coast, saying that locals wanted a team of its own after being snubbed by North Melbourne last year.
Despite closing the door on a Demons move north, Mr Demetriou said that the comparisons between the North Melbourne and Melbourne clubs was worth noting.
“I think the Melbourne Football Club is in a worse position than the Kangaroos Football Club were last year,” he said today.
“North Melbourne Football Club hasn’t got the level of debt that Melbourne has, they are performing better on-field and they certainly didn’t post a significant loss, so the Melbourne Football Club is not in a great position at the moment, but… they’re doing their best with their new CEO to turn that around.”
Purely unbiased comments from a former North player?!?????
May 23rd, 2008 | #
That’s a really misleading headline and introduction.
Hands up who thinks this is scathing? “…so the Melbourne Football Club is not in a great position at the moment, but… they’re doing their best with their new CEO to turn that around.”
That’s just how it is. When I saw the headline in my RSS reader I expected an article explaining how Demetriou had gone off his head!! I would have been disappointed if he’d done that, but I admit I’m let down by the mismatch between headline and content.
May 23rd, 2008 | #