With a shake of the hand ten years ago, Melbourne’s bitter radio war between Eddie McGuire and Neil Mitchell came to a peaceful end — until this week when Mitchell labelled “Everywhere Eddie” a “world class hypocrite”. So will these old foes ever bury the hatchet?
Neil doubled down on “untouchable Eddie” for being a “world class hypocrite” this week after he called out the Geelong Football Club. He said the Cats should have been more transparent about details surrounding the stabbing of star recruit Jack Steven. Eddie returned fire, calling Neil an “over puffed windbag” on a “highway for clickbait”. He likes the description. Eddie called Mitchell a “self-appointed self-important windbag” in 2010. Mitchell told Page 13 he has been feuding with Eddie on-and-off for years. His main gripe is that Eddie has a conflict of interest in his role as Collingwood president and radio host. “From my point of view it is an intolerable conflict,” said Mitchell.