Fagan left staggered over 'illegal' whiteboard photo leak

Brisbane Lions coach Chris Fagan has criticised the parent responsible for leaking a photo containing sensitive information pertaining to their Round 8 opponent in Essendon.

In the build-up to their 64-point win against the Bombers on Saturday, a photo was published to an Essendon supporters’ group from the Lions' training base, which listed the strengths and weaknesses for each Essendon player.   

Some of the weaknesses on that board included saying that Ben McKay had low confidence, while Zach Merrett and Kyle Langford were selfish.

While former Lion turned Bomber Jaxon Prior has the name ‘Bronte’ under his strengths, which is believed to be in reference to his current partner.

It is alleged that the culprit of the leak was a parent of an Auskicker involved with an event hosted by the club, who is an Essendon fan.

Speaking after the match, the two-time AFL premiership coach expressed his concerns over the leaking of private information.  

"From our perspective, it's private information," Fagan said.

"Somebody illegally took photos of information that was on a whiteboard and then decided to make a hero of themselves and put it out in the public domain.

Fagan would go on to say that he was left staggered by the incident.

"It's very disappointing," he added.

"We go out of our way to bring the community into our football club and use our facilities.

“For someone to do that, it's really disappointing, and it makes you feel like not bringing the community in and keeping it exclusive as an elite performance centre.

"It staggered me when I heard about that. I thought, 'That's really disappointing'.

"That man was there with his children using our facility, and he decides to do that because he's an Essendon supporter and be a hero. I think that's really disappointing.

"But I tell you what, we'll keep bringing the community in because we're a good footy club and that's how we go about things.

“But when things like this happen, it just makes you go, 'Should we or shouldn't we?'”

The Lions' next match is on Friday night when they host Carlton at the Gabba.