to get feral when he's already been feral most of his life," Sheedy said.

"It's quite amazing that an infant club, who has not even got a team together, is being attacked.

"He should be ashamed of himself attacking a kindergarten.

"Because one player at Collingwood hasn't signed a longer term contract, he's got his foot on the panic button.

"Signs of a nervous president.

"I like Eddie but this is an overaction after losing (coach Mick) Malthouse already.

"I hope he doesn't become a panic merchant. But at the moment he's showing signs of it ... stop smacking the baby in the cot."

Sheedy called into question McGuire's rancour about the threat of player poaching, pointing out that Nathan Buckley, Anthony Rocca and David Cloke all started their careers with other clubs before joiningthe Magpies.

"They should not be arcing up ... you know I can name more players, but I don't want to embarrass the club.

"I have a knowledge of over 40 years of the jungle rules of the AFL.

"The thieving, the battering, the who belted who, who played a shifty on which club."

Aside from his attack on the club, McGuire's description of the Giants' Main Arena as a "tumbleweed-blown ground" also caught the attention of Sheedy.

The four-time premiership coach suspects the side's base in Homebush will help strike a blow against McGuire's 71,271-strong membership base.

"Eddie has got thousands of supporters from other states following Collingwood, but we are going to contain that by making sure that people in NSW barrack for the Giants.

"We are going to restrict Collingwood fans in