Channel 7 sports activities reporter Mitch Cleary has set the document straight after being caught up in an unpleasant hearsay circulating about injured Demons star Clayton Oliver.
The Melbourne midfielder has been out of motion with a hamstring pressure and an contaminated blister that pressured him to spend 5 days in hospital.
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After the 26-year-old was ignored of Thursday night time’s loss to Geelong as he continues to recuperate, the hearsay mill went into overdrive suggesting behavioural points have been behind his stint on the sideline.
One doctored tweet claimed to point out Channel 7’s Mitch Cleary reporting Oliver had in actual fact been sidelined because of the AFL’s illicit medicine coverage.
The ugly hearsay pressured Cleary into motion on Friday as he wrote on Twitter: “For the record – there is a fake tweet, photoshopped to mimic my account circulating about Clayton Oliver. It has never appeared on my Twitter account because it has nothing to do with me. I had no knowledge of it until I was contacted by Melbourne FC.
“7 News has since gone out of its way to report the club’s very strong denials in a bid to clear up this wild speculation.”
Oliver additionally appeared on 7NEWS on Friday to hit out on the unhappy scenario.
“It’s a bit disappointing. It probably doesn’t affect me too much, I’m pretty relaxed with all that sort of stuff,” Oliver mentioned.
“We’re building such a great culture and a really good environment (at Melbourne) and it’s not something we want to be associated with.
“It’s a bit disappointing someone’s gone along with that.”
Earlier on Friday, Melbourne coach Simon Goodwin hit out on the “garbage” hypothesis over Oliver – who may miss one other match with a hamstring grievance.
Goodwin had already identified the impression spending 5 days in hospital treating the contaminated blister had on Oliver’s health and mentioned he would additionally want one other scan on his hamstring earlier than being cleared to play.
“There’s a lot been spoken about Clayton in the past 48 hours and a lot of it is incorrect,” Goodwin mentioned.
“Clayton had a hamstring strain against Port Adelaide and then got an infected foot, spent six nights in hospital and as he’s come back into training in the past eight days, his hamstring is tight. He’ll have scans tomorrow.
“Anyone that thinks they know better than that, come and walk in our environment and find out.
“He’s off for a hamstring scan tomorrow and we’re hopeful he can continue to progress his training to a certain level, but he’s not quite there yet.
“That’s not the type of player that you risk.
“But for all the other rubbish that’s out there, it’s just garbage, so hope we can put that one to bed.”
Oliver’s supervisor, Nick Gieschen, additionally advised the Gettable podcast that Oliver was in a “pretty bad way” when he was in hospital with the an infection.
“I saw him not last week, the week before,” Gieschen mentioned.
“He was in a pretty bad way. When he said that he had an infection, I didn‘t realise how bad it was. I went to see him in hospital and he was laying on the bed and his foot was up, all bandaged. From what he’s said, it was quite painful.
“Obviously, it’s still causing him some issues even now.”
Oliver’s absence was telling in Melbourne’s loss that left Goodwin bitterly disillusioned.
Goodwin bemoaned his workforce’s lack of ability to maintain strain as Geelong successfully doubled its rating within the closing time period to expire 15-point winners after trailing by seven factors on the closing break.
“For three quarters … we were right on track, but we’re very disappointed (and) walk away knowing that was a game that was up for grabs,” Goodwin mentioned.
“But we misplaced the arm wrestle and we misplaced the sport.
“It’s one thing we wish to be sturdy at. But to be the most effective you’ve bought to maintain it for 4 quarters and Geelong within the final quarter was sensational … and we weren’t.
Goodwin mentioned ruckman Brodie Grundy had been assessed for concussion however returned to play within the third quarter after 20 minutes off the bottom after being given clearance.
Source: www.news.com.au
