Seven have been contacted for comment. SEN, on which Cornes also regularly appears, declined to comment.

Cornes did not walk back from his criticism of Sheezel in comments he made on his Instragram account in response to North’s ban on him on Wednesday.

“Banned from the North Melbourne rooms because essentially, I had some comments about one of their gun players, Harry Sheezel who I’ve said a number of times I really rate,” Cornes said in a post on his Instagram account.

“They’re just not using him in the right way and that he’s stat-padding and getting his possessions in non-damaging areas and that North Melbourne have to really challenge him to win his footy in better spots and be more impactful.

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“So it’s strange that Clarko with all his experience wasn’t able to answer some of these questions as well as all of the struggles at North Melbourne that I’ve been strong on.

“But banned from the North Melbourne rooms? Tune in tomorrow night to see how we cover that game and let’s see if North Melbourne can chalk up their second win of the year.”

Cornes on Monday night accused Sheezel of “stat-padding” and being on “Sheezey Street” for not having impact with his possessions.

“I don’t know if he did have a better game,” Cornes said on Seven’s The Agenda Setters.

“I’m actually a little bit concerned. I’ve spoken about this probably for the last month with Harry Sheezel. So let’s look at some of the numbers in terms of his ball-winning ability. He’s fourth in the comp for disposals, yet he’s 17th for score involvements. ‘Sheezey ball’ is what I’m calling it.

“Forget stat-padding. He is getting ‘the Sheezeys’. He is not on Arden St, he is on Sheezey St.

“Thirty touches. One score involvement. Now he may be the least of their problems, but I’m telling you, Clarko has to coach this really hard.

“Get him in the front half of the ground and make his disposals more damaging.”

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Cornes was critical of Simpkin, whose bump from behind on Port star Jason Horne-Francis led to a heated exchange between the pair that resulted in a double 50-metre penalty and a goal to North.

“It’s not as if they’re having free rein and letting him [Horne-Francis] do whatever he wants, like the North Melbourne captain Jy Simpkin.

“The way that he carried on on the weekend for a player that’s won 16 games in six years … I’m led to believe that he was extremely vocal and mouthing off to the likes that you wouldn’t see from a very, very poor football team.

“He was on the lip all day. This is a captain who can’t even play in his own midfield, playing half-forward.

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“I’m just reporting what I’ve heard. He was extremely vocal.

“And just repeating, he’s won 16 games in six years and I’d just be shutting my mouth and trying to turn this footy club around before I start mouthing off and throwing my weight around.”

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