Whiteboard leaked out of Brisbane facilities bags Essendon players' weaknesses; Lions star 'disappointed' by situation

A photo of a whiteboard has been leaked out of the Brisbane Lions' training facility, bagging Essendon players.

It includes descriptions of each player's strengths and weaknesses, including labelling Zach Merrett and Kyle Langford "selfish", Ben McKay "low confidence" and Sam Durham a "hot head".

The whiteboard also references the girlfriend of one of the Essendon players as his "strength". Wide World of Sports has chosen not to identify the player.

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Photos of the whiteboard out of the Brighton Arena training facility were uploaded to an Essendon Supporters Group private Facebook page on Friday.

The person who uploaded it said their child was at the facility for AusKick when they (the parent) happened to come across the whiteboard. The Lions' venue is used consistently by community members throughout the week.

Brisbane personnel were not at the venue at the time because the club was in Victoria to face the Bombers.

The post has since been deleted, but the Lions have confirmed the images are real. The whiteboard was obviously never meant to reach the public light.

Via 3AW's Jacqui Reed, they believe a photo was taken through a window, and are describing it as "huge breach".

The Herald Sun has reported that the scathing descriptions of each player were written by Brisbane players as part of their opposition analysis.

It lists midfielder Elijah Tsatas as "fumbly", defender Saad El-Hawli's "defensive accountability" was called out and Xavier Duursma's "decision making" was questioned.

As for strengths, first-year defender Jacob Farrow is "composed" and has good kicking, Lachie Blakiston can "jump" and Merrett has "presence", as well as being a good kick with license to use it.

The two teams played on Saturday afternoon with Brisbane winning comfortably.

Lions forward Cam Rayner dismissed the criticism of the Essendon players as anything serious, saying every club would do something similar internally.

"I'm pretty sure all 18 teams have a whiteboard on their opposition. I don't think it's anything out of the ordinary," Rayner told 3AW.

"It's obviously a bit disappointing and the person that did it obviously had his son there doing AusKick, which is disappointing for him.

"It is what it is. It's footy. Every club does it. It's unfortunate it came out."

Essendon forward Nate Caddy meanwhile denied knowledge of the whiteboard leak when asked post-game.

Former Brisbane coach Leigh Matthews believes the club would be "mortified" by this leak.

"It's not unusual. It's just embarrassing that it has seen the light of day," Matthews told 3AW.

"You would be mortified. This is something we're talking about that's not meant for public consumption."

Former Carlton captain Sam Docherty added: "This would not be a laughing matter internally (at Brisbane)."