AFL player manager, Craig Kelly, has taken aim at Patrick Dangerfield after his comments regarding the length of the AFL fixture.
The AFLPA President said on SEN’s Whateley this morning that the worrying number of injuries occurring in the competition this year is because there are too many games and suggested a shortened season would limit the injury toll.
It’s safe to say that Kelly didn’t agree with Dangerfield’s idea.
“Perhaps you should ring Patty (Patrick Dangerfield) up and say: ‘righteo mate, we’ll just take a haircut in your pay because now you’re playing less games, less TV and less coverage' and see how he responds to that," Kelly told SEN’s Time On.
“When I played we played each other twice and it was easy. The best competition is when you can play each other twice and have a couple of byes.
“The reality is, time wise and player fatigue wouldn’t allow it.
“It’s a big point at headquarters that they’re trying to work out a way of making a competition fair based on the fixture and it’s very hard with the number of teams that we’ve got.”
Listen to Craig Kelly’s extensive chat on SEN’s Time On with Sam McClure in the player below