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CibbuanoSaints take no action against Lovett
November 25th 2009 02:24
ST KILDA won't take any action against new recruit Andrew Lovett who was arrested for public drunkenness just under two weeks ago.
Speaking at the club's first full pre-season training session, Saints coach Ross Lyon admitted he was disappointed that the former Essendon speedster had put himself in such a position but said it wasn't 'the end of the world'.
"It's an inauspicious start I suppose and one we would prefer not to be dealing with. I don't really like any negative publicity around the Saints," Lyon said.
"We'd really managed to stay out of these types of incidents."
Lyon said he was confident that St Kilda's environment would help Lovett grow.
"It hasn't had an opportunity to take effect yet in a real sense," he said.
"In the fullness of time we are happy to be judged and Andrew to be judged. Certainly from here he is under no illusions about the requirements and actions he needs to take to earn respect and more importantly earn trust here."
"In simple terms, we're not a babysitting service; we're about self-directed, motivated athletes. Andrew's confident from here that he can buy into that."
Lyon set the record straight on what Lovett was doing on the night he was arrested.
"We're certainly not defending anything, but he certainly wasn't wandering the streets," Lyon said.
"Let's really clear that up, it was reported he was wandering aimlessly. He was at a private party, the music was on, the police came and he was outside."
"He obviously stepped out of line and was put in the divvy van. But he certainly wasn't wandering aimlessly as a hopeless drunk down the street."
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