by Booney » Fri Nov 13, 2020 12:37 pm
Western Bulldogs recruit Adam Treloar has confirmed reports Nathan Buckley told him multiple senior players wanted him gone from the club.
Earlier this month, SEN‘s Sam Edmund reported Buckley had told Treloar senior core group members didn’t want him around.
However, Buckley refuted the claims on Twitter, with Treloar confirming the discussion did occur.
“Absolute fact”...news to me Sam.
The constant rumour and innuendo is disrespectful to Adam, the club and our supporters.
We’ll continue to communicate directly and sensitively with Adz and his management.
FYI, our leaders don’t sit on list management, it’s not their job.
— Nathan Buckley (@ncb_cfc) November 2, 2020
“Yeah it is what you read – that was told to me in no uncertain way,” he told reporters on Friday morning.
“That did hurt because I know how close I am with the players. To be told that when I don’t think that’s the truth and to be told that when I know the majority of players love me, that hurts a bit.
“I guess they were adamant on moving me on. No matter how they were going to go about it, it was going to happen.
“I’ve spoken to a number of players and the majority of players have sent me messages of love and support. I don’t think that was the truth, I don’t think that was the reality.
“I think they were up for a fight to move me on and anything was going to be said to move me on. I didn’t think that was the truth.”
As for the discussions on whether his parter Kim’s move to Queensland would hinder his ability to play, Treloar explained he would never have moved out of Victoria.
“The reality was there was a conversation and I guess the club wanted to go in another direction,” he said.
“ The way they went about it hurt because a lot of it played out externally and I’d like to think that wouldn’t have been the case. I guess you just have to ride with the punches.
“In terms of Kim playing up in Queensland … hand on heart that (moving to Queensland) was never a reality. I never considered playing in Queensland and that’s no disrespect to the teams in Queensland, I just didn’t want to move out of Victoria.”
PAFC. Forever.
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