MAY WE QUOTE YOU?
The Age
Saturday February 5, 2011
ANDREW DEMETRIOU"Every so often, they make silly decisions, one or two or three of them here or there, and they unfortunately taint the rest of the playing group . . . I wouldn't necessarily say this is a true reflection of the St Kilda Football Club standard because these four kids have made a silly decision."MICHAEL NETTLEFOLD"Our understanding is that it's a complete fabrication . . . There is no doubt these issues don't help your commercial partnerships and relationships . . . We are very confident we will make some progress in that area. The season hasn't started yet. We don't know how widespread it is, but I hope the message is really strong to every player this is not acceptable, safe behaviour, to mix prescription tablets with alcohol."NICK RIEWOLDT"There's a lot of people out there at the moment trying to break us down, but we know what we stand for and we're not going to crash. Now is the time, as much as any in our history, when people are coming for us . . . but we know what we stand for and this is the time we've got to stick fast. Our next steps as a club will define us and we must remain united and we must remain strong."ROSS LYON"Keep the faith and know that we are good people, we are human, we are fallible, we make mistakes, but we're the first ones to put our hands up and say we're learning. We're not perfect but we do a lot right and [St Kilda members'] show of faith has been outstanding."
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