Channel Seven commentator Brian Taylor has slammed the Swans after Sydney failed to allow him to conduct his usual post match interviews in the winning team's rooms on Friday night.
The Swans came from behind late and snatched victory from the jaws of defeat, when Gary Rohan marked in the goalsquare with just seconds left to kick Sydney home by just one point.
Taylor was gearing up to roam around the rooms as part of his usual segment, but had to cut his time short after the Swans seemingly left him dry.
โWeโve done all weโre going to do down here,โ Taylor said during Friday night's coverage.
โBuddy has been kind enough to give us a couple of minutes as you just saw, but that is it from the Sydney Swans โ no-one else, they canโt answer the questions like โhow do you think you went today? How did you pull up? Gee, how do you think the young guys went?โ
โNone of those questions for Sydney, far too hard, donโt want the eight or nine minutes exposure for their sponsors.
โSo Iโm not sure what is going on at the Sydney Swans, and with the vibe thatโs in the room why we canโt be feeling that, Iโm not sure.โ
The panel in the studio spoke some football news before Taylor joined the conversation again, and had another go at Sydney.
โThatโs it from me from the rooms here, weโre not allowed to go and ask those players the hard questions like โhow did you go today?โ," Taylor added.
โWay too hard for Sydney to answer those.โ
Taylor wasn't done there, and addressed the issue again on Triple M on Saturday.
โWhat Sydney wants is total control. They want us to be boring, like they are,โ Taylor said.
โThey (Channel 7) havenโt said anything, I havenโt spoken to anyone from the network.
โAll I know is what happened. We arrived in the rooms, they (Swans) said you can interview whoever you want, no problems at all, bring them over here do the interview here and line them up like sheep and itโll all be good.โ
