Quote: Gotcha "He said they were making up reports that Hardaker had been disciplined and was dropped. Obviously as far as England are concerned that was the case. Hardaker pulled out. What he did in view of the England management wasn't a disiciplinary offence.
Leeds on the other hand with their own specific code of conduct, viewed differentely, so therefore dealt with it differently.
Leeds didn't keep the media informed at all, infact IMO they made a complete mess of it until yesterday evening. They made out they knew nothing of what had happened, and left it all up in the open for 48 hours before they released their version. I am also not so sure you can compare Leeds position as far as media and speculation goes, with that of England. Leeds season is over until next year, England are in a World cup tournament, so by definition there is more media reporting and questions with regards England.'"
You don't seriously believe he pulled out of his own accord do you?
He accused the media of making things up, which they clearly was not doing. How do you know they only "made out" they didn't know what was going on? Isn't it entirely possible Leeds were unaware of the situation, as they stated?
Ugh I'm defending Leeds. Unclean, unclean!
My take on the matter is McNamara lied, got caught out, and now looks a bit stupid. It does make me chuckle how he didn't want to talk about Hardaker anymore. What's the first question he will get asked this week?