Adelaide Crows ruckman Reilly O'Brien says a broken phone is to blame for a tweet in which he called West Coast ruck Nic Naitanui "lazy and unfit".
O'Brien, who is due to face All-Australian Naitanui on Saturday afternoon, swiftly deleted the tweet which featured his game notes for the fixture and released a follow-up video explaining the situation.
"I've had an absolute mare on social media today," O'Brien said.
"I tweeted some of my game notes on my iPhone. I take these notes every week to give myself a bit of confidence, and try to pump myself up going into the game.
"I make a few things up, as you can see on the notes."
O'Brien was quick to sing the praises of his upcoming opponent. Naitanui is yet to respond.
"I'm coming up this week against who I think is probably the best ruck in the competition at the moment, NicNat.
"I was just trying to get some confidence and get going, so I've really put some pressure on myself now.
"I've got to walk the walk now and get a kick against the superstar that is NicNat, so we'll see how I go."
The notes suggested O'Brien will be looking to "run off [Naitanui] hard", as he will be able to "have a field day getting ball and marking everything".
The Adelaide Crows also tweeted their own light-hearted response.
Adelaide is enduring a difficult season, and is winless after five games ahead of a clash with the Eagles at the Gabba.
