Graeme Swann's post-retirement spray on player egos was meant for Stuart Broad, Shane Warne says Stuart Broad was the target of Graeme Swann's attack, Shane Warne says. STUART Broad was the target of retired spinner Graeme Swann's vicious comments on player egos within the English team, Shane Warne says. Warne said Broad's performance and behaviour during and after the Perth Test were soft, and suggested Swann was saying the same when he launched an attack on players within the team. "I think the comment was just to put it out there and if anyone felt like they were being a bit of a big head they would feel affected by it," the former Australian bowler said during Channel Nine's pre-match coverage. If they weren't they wouldn't even detect it. For me I think he was just throwing it out there and I think there are a few England players that are. One is Stuart Broad because you can't hobble around on crutches when the game was on the line (in Perth). You can't go out there with a moon boot, on crutches, hobble around with a bruised foot and then be running around there in warm ups this morning, so I reckon it could be aimed at Stuart Broad. Swann had criticised certain members of the England team in a column in The Sun newspaper, saying they had gotten too far ahead of themselves. "Some people playing the game at the minute have no idea how far up their own backsides they are and it will bite them on the a*** one day," Swann said. And when it does, I hope they look back and are embarrassed about how they carry on. It really annoys me when people take playing for England for granted and get above their station. It's the most privileged thing they can do. He later downplayed his comments, saying they were taken out of context.