{"id":26933,"date":"2019-06-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/leigh-matthews-speaks-out-about-afl-boss\/"},"modified":"2019-06-20T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-20T00:00:00","slug":"leigh-matthews-speaks-out-about-afl-boss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/leigh-matthews-speaks-out-about-afl-boss\/","title":{"rendered":"Leigh Matthews Speaks Out About AFL Boss"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Aussie Rules great Leigh Matthews says there is a \u201cgigantic disconnect\u201d between AFL leadership and punters following recent debates about crowd behaviour and the booing of Adam Goodes.<\/h3>\n<p>Leigh has told the FIVEAA sports show:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWhen Gillon makes any kind of statement I think he\u2019s not talking for me. I don\u2019t know whether he thinks he\u2019s talking for you\u2026 I think well he\u2019s talking on behalf of the executive at the AFL maybe the AFL commission. To be honest I don\u2019t think he talks on behalf of what clubs think.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis stuff with crowd behaviour\u2026 there is certainly a disconnect between your Gillon McLachlan part of the AFL industry and the fans who go and sit and watch the footy. It seems to me there\u2019s a gigantic disconnect.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Adam Goodes situation is interesting. I saw that documentary on Monday night and Gillon sort of apologised &#8212; on behalf of who?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnything Gillon McLachlan does\u2026 I don\u2019t think they\u2019re talking on behalf of the fans. I don\u2019t think they\u2019re even talking on behalf of me. That\u2019s a disconnect I think.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>LISTEN:<\/p>\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"188\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.acast.com\/roweybicks\/interview-leighmatthews-19june2019\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden;\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aussie Rules great Leigh Matthews says there is a \u201cgigantic disconnect\u201d between AFL leadership and punters following recent debates about crowd behaviour and the booing of Adam Goodes. Leigh has told the FIVEAA sports show: \u201cWhen Gillon makes any kind of statement I think he\u2019s not talking for me. 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