Sorry: Swans president Andrew Pridham. Credit:Michael Clayton-Jones "Situation normal," Pridham told SEN on Tuesday. "I wake up every morning worrying about Collingwood, so I'm deeply disturbed. "I'm sure they'll be fine, we've moved the game from Homebush to Moore Park, not to Newcastle. "We've got perfectly good roads and I'm sure in 20 minutes or so, they'll be there." And as for Pridham's long-time sparring partner McGuire?

Collingwood president Eddie McGuire. Credit:Getty Images "Eddie's staying in my house, in my spare bedroom, so he's just called to make sure he can get a TV put in place," Pridham quipped. McGuire described the venue situation as "rude" and supported his chief executive Gary Pert's calls for compensation for not only his club, but also the thousands of Magpies fans who had already made travel arrangements for the match. "They've got one job, run the competition," McGuire said of the AFL on Triple M on Tuesday morning. "We have to play somewhere, we're happy to do it, just pay up.

I wake up every morning worrying about Collingwood so I'm deeply disturbed. Andrew Pridham "We have no issue with the Sydney Swans, we're delighted that the game is at the SCG. We're not happy that the AFL, who would have been party to this. "I think that there is a little bit of protocol that the AFL should have at least given the club a heads up to get themselves organised because what's happened is everybody's booked hotels out at greater western Sydney, out at ANZ Stadium. Now we have to move back. "We released the hotels (packages) some months ago because we were told the game is out there and as a result of that, it's Easter weekend, it's royal show, there's rugby league games next door at the same time, it's going to be a complete bottleneck. "It's just not good enough.

"The AFL, as the controller of the fixture, have not looked after Collingwood fans or the Collingwood Football Club. But that can be fixed today, all they've got to do is give us compensation." But while McGuire claimed he had no issue with Sydney over the late venue change, the same couldn't be said for Pert who described the Swans as disrespectful, unprofessional and inappropriate and that their leadership on the issue was "pretty poor". "It's far more than a minor hiccup, it's very unfortunate not only what the Swans have done but the way that they're dealing with it," Pert said. "It's an indictment on the AFL and the Swans the fact that we found out about it through social media and getting a swamp of complaints and demands for compensation from our supporters who heard it through social media. The game is far more professional than that. "For this to happen in this particular way and the flippant attitude of the Sydney Swans to it, I think that's something that they've got to be dealt with by the AFL."

Pert declared Collingwood would be "100 per cent guaranteed" compensation. "The Swans have done this, inconvenienced everyone else solely to make extra money so I would assume it would come out of that payday for them," Pert said. "It's Easter weekend so there's very little accommodation we'll be booking in and if it's the most expensive accommodation in Sydney that'll be fine and the Sydney Swans and the AFL can fix up the bill." This is just the latest source of tension in what has become a bitter relationship between Sydney and Collingwood. Pridham revealed that negotiations to free the Swans from the final year of their contract with the Olympic venue had begun in November.

"It's been front of mind since we entered into the 30-year deal to move all of our games, from what was 2017, to the SCG," Pridham said. "But in earnest they started up in November and it's become far more intense in the last couple of weeks. "With the scheduling it got very close to not happening and we were thrilled that we were able to come to an agreement with both ANZ (Stadium) and the SCG to move the games." Pridham denied their 14-year association with the much-maligned Homebush stadium was a disaster. "(It staged) the largest-ever crowd outside of Victoria in a home-and-away game, ironically against Collingwood, (of) 73,000 people," he said.

"It played an important role in the development of AFL in New South Wales and for the Swans, but really for us its time had come and our spiritual home is the SCG, which I think is universally loved by football fans, and it's just great to be there for all of our games." Pridham also quashed suggestion that ANZ Stadium's controversial playing surface played a part in their decision. Earlier this year, Sydney had announced that Adam Goodes' farewell lap of honour would take place in round three against Greater Western Sydney because, at the time, that was the Swans' first game of the year at the SCG. But even though Sydney's first game of 2016 at the SCG will now take place in round one, Pridham confirmed that Goodes' lap would not be brought forward two weeks for the meeting with Collingwood. "We would have loved it, because we're expecting Easter Saturday it will be close to a full stadium," Pridham said.