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Preston North End manager accuses players of leaking information to Sheffield Wednesday
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/preston-north-end/9178411/Preston-North-End-manager-Graham-Westley-accuses-players-of-leaking-information-to-Sheffield-Wednesday.htmlWednesday won the match 2-0 but the victory was tainted by Westley's claims, which could yet lead to an investigation by the Football League or the Football Association, if they believe the integrity of the competition has been damaged by the alleged leak.
Westley, who has been under increasing pressure after a poor run of results since taking charge in January, said the Wednesday coaching staff revealed to him during the game that they had been informed of the details of the Preston team at 5pm on Friday.
Westley said: "Their bench said to me during the second half: 'Four Preston players told us your team yesterday.'
"When you've got that level of commitment to the cause it's going to be difficult to win all your points. You've got to make sure you get the togetherness right. I've got to believe their dugout when it says it to me and I think from dugout to dugout I would very rarely believe that someone would lie to me on that sort of information. Four players of ours yesterday, at five o'clock, revealed our team to them as a football club. Does it surprise me? When you've got a number of agendas within a club - and I've said since I've been here that that's the case within the playing squad here - this sort of thing happens and it's not the first time that something's happened that's surprised me."
Westley, who has been under increasing pressure after a poor run of results since taking charge in January, said the Wednesday coaching staff revealed to him during the game that they had been informed of the details of the Preston team at 5pm on Friday.
Westley said: "Their bench said to me during the second half: 'Four Preston players told us your team yesterday.'
"When you've got that level of commitment to the cause it's going to be difficult to win all your points. You've got to make sure you get the togetherness right. I've got to believe their dugout when it says it to me and I think from dugout to dugout I would very rarely believe that someone would lie to me on that sort of information. Four players of ours yesterday, at five o'clock, revealed our team to them as a football club. Does it surprise me? When you've got a number of agendas within a club - and I've said since I've been here that that's the case within the playing squad here - this sort of thing happens and it's not the first time that something's happened that's surprised me."
Was this the leak from PNE? http://yfrog.com/g06etizj
