MELBOURNE coach Mark Neeld says he is extremely disappointed with well-publicised accusations made by AFL employee Jason Mifsud, but is now determined to move on.

Neeld said he now wanted to focus on this Saturday’s clash against West Coast Eagles at Patersons Stadium.

And although he conceded he had been distracted by the incident on Tuesday, he said it was now “done and dusted” from his perspective.

“At the end of the day, most people have feelings themselves and when people have been wrongly accused of things, no one likes it,” Neeld said from AAMI Park on Wednesday.

Neeld said it was a matter of getting back to business.

“It’s a good opportunity [to play in Perth] … the history of the AFL is littered with clubs that have issues and they galvanize,” he said.

He said it was easy for him to move on and focus on round two.

“It is for me [and the players] as they’re professional AFL level footballers and that’s their role and that’s their job,” he said.

Neeld has had to deal with several off-field issues in recent weeks and he indicated that nothing prepared senior AFL coaches for these situations.

“There have been three or four issues and I don’t know being an assistant coach prepares you for so many of these things straight away,” he said.

“You’ve just got to do what you’ve got to do.

“Mick [Malthouse] talks about sitting in the driver’s seat, as opposed to the passenger seat - it’s different.”

Looking ahead to Saturday’s clash, Neeld said the final make-up of the side had not been decided.

Neeld strongly indicated there would be several changes after last Saturday’s 41-point loss to Brisbane Lions.