Benny Gale was chatting to Welsh at the races ........ but about horses according to the Herald-Sun
Footy runs second to finding winner
By Chris de Kretser and Daryl Timms
Wed 04 Nov 2009, Page 78
NO, ANDREW Welsh isn't heading to Richmond and nor is recently retired Essendon captain Matthew Lloyd heading to Punt Rd as footy manager.
The man pictured in the middle -- Richmond chief executive Brendon Gale -- was talking to the pair about horses and not football when they crossed paths in Tabcorp's marquee.
Lloyd (left) is happy in retirement and keeping trim by running the Tan every second day.
``This is the first Melbourne Cup for a few years where I've been able to enjoy myself without having to worry about pre-season training,'' he said.
Lloyd is close to finalising a deal with Channel 10 and also plans to do some radio work.
Welsh, who returned from overseas last week, is hoping to negotiate a new deal with Essendon before pre-season training starts on Monday.
Essendon has offered him a two-year deal but, like teammate Adam McPhee, he wants three. ``I just hope everything can get sorted,'' Welsh said. ``I want to stay at Essendon".