Eddie and the Fox Footy team discuss Adam Goodes' war cry at half-time of Sydney's win over Carlton.

"I don’t think we ever want to see it again"

EDDIE McGuire will ring Adam Goodes to ensure the Swans champ has not taken offence over comments he made during Friday night’s match — which included Goodes’ war cry celebration.

The Collingwood president, who has previously been embroiled in a racial gaffe with Goodes, has sparked debate at the half-time break on Fox Footy.

“We’ve never seen that (an incident like Goodes’) before and I don’t think we ever want to see it again to be perfectly honest, regardless of what it is.”

McGuire took to radio on Saturday morning to defend suggestions he had labelled Goodes’ post-goal celebration “violent” and “aggressive”, saying he was a big supporter of the Swans champ.

WATCH WHAT HE SAID IN THE PLAYER ABOVE

Goodes, who fronted the media in Sydney on Saturday morning, says he has no regrets about the war cry he performed after booting a goal in last night’s 60-point win over Carlton.

The actions have polarised opinion, with suggestions McGuire was critical of the dual Brownlow medallist throughout Friday night’s broadcast.

THE INCIDENT: GOODES’ WAR CRY

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“If he feels it offended him I feel sorry for Eddie,” Goodes said.

“It’s something a lot of Aboriginal people are proud about. You ask a New Zealander about the Haka, do you think the Wallabies get their backs up and get offended, it’s supposed to be it’s a war cry.

Talking to SEN on Saturday morning, McGuire responded, saying he was “deeply offended” by anyone inferring he had been critical of the Swan.

“I’m on Adam Goodes’ side,” McGuire said.

“Even the guys, Dermott (Brereton) was sitting next to me last night (and) we were very, very cautious ... we saw different angles to try to distance the fact that Adam ran at Carlton supporters.

“The point I was making at one point was you don’t know the camera angles on these things so we were giving every possible opportunity for us to get to a point where we could listen to Adam, then we heard his point afterwards, then we analysed it in the context of world sport and whether or not you should be making pseudo or direct political comment during a game of football.

“That’s all it was. To say that I was violently against it or that I thought it was violent or anything else is nonsense.”

Goodes was questioned about McGuire after the Fox Footy commentator sparked debate with his take during Friday night’s coverage of the Sydney-Carlton clash from the SCG.

“We’ve never seen that (an incident like Goodes’) before and I don’t think we ever want to see it again, to be perfectly honest,” McGuire said during half-time on Friday night.

His colleagues also appeared critical, with Dermott Brereton saying:

“At first, when I first saw it, I thought it is aggressive. It displays violent moves.”

On Saturday morning, Goodes said his actions weren’t designed to offend Carlton fans in the SCG crowd.

“There was nothing untoward to the Carlton supporters,” Goodes said.

“It was something for them to stand up and go ‘yeah cool’, say we see you, we acknowledge you, bring it on.

“It was a war cry so it would have been silly to do it to my own supporters.

“I want people to embrace it for what it was, and everybody else take a chill pill, understand what I was doing and if there were Carlton supporters offended by it I’m sorry but it’s a war cry it’s a battle.”

The dance was something Goodes learned from the under-16 Boomerangs (An under-aged Indigenous All Star team) which he has been looking to perform for a number of seasons but had not been able to find the opportunity till the AFL’s Indigenous round.

“I haven’t had the opportunity to do the ware cry on the AFL field,” Goodes said.

“I haven’t had that opportunity to show that passion and pride about being a warrior and representing my people and where I come from.

The dual Brownlow medallist revealed indigenous team mate Lewis Jetta had a dance planned but didn’t kick a goal.

“It was a shame that Lewis couldn’t get on the board because Lewis had something special planned as well,” Goodes said.

Goodes said he was surprised his actions had caused divisions in opinion but called on the Australian community to look deeper into what he was doing.

“If people don’t understand it lets take the time to understand it,” Goodes said.

“There’s nothing offensive, there shouldn’t be a Carlton Supporter who feels offended by what I’m doing.

“Understand what I’m doing it was a battle cry at you guys saying this is who I am and what I represent. You guys can do whatever you want.

“I’m proud about my culture and one I’ve only learned about it the last 10 years and I want to represent, it’s indigenous round.

“My team mates loved it the Carlton players loved it it’s not something they should be getting their backs up against

“Is this the lesson we want to teach our children if we don’t understand something we get angry and put our backs up because its offensive? No lets have a conversation and understand what was Goodesy doing? It was something that he learned from the indigenous all stars its something he learned from these under 16 kids.

“Those kids would be proud to see something they came up for.”

WHAT THEY SAID AT HALF-TIME ON FRIDAY NIGHT:

Eddie McGuire:

“Well you get absolutely smashed in British soccer and particularly in Scottish soccer if you go off, you’re not even allowed to cross yourself going onto the ground when Celtic plays Rangers because of the sectarian violence and things there.

“We’ve never seen that (an incident like Goodes’) before and I don’t think we ever want to see it again to be perfectly honest, regardless of what it is.”

Dermott Brereton:

“The significance of these war dances, they come from another era and they are significant in the fact that it’s between two tribes who do it before they go out and want to kill each other ... is it a great thing to have in this day and age? I don’t think so.”

Mark Maclure:

“I actually found this unbelievable really. I don’t quite understand what he’s trying to do. People are booing him now. Well, what’s going to happen now?”

Barry Hall:

“I don’t think it’s great. There’s been a lot spoken about this week about him being booed ... I understand he’s very proud of his heritage and where he’s from and that’s fine, but I don’t really like to see this. There’s a bit going on up in Sydney. I don’t like it.”

— with Neil Cordy