The last time I looked Mr Grech was the Managing Director, which makes him management. His comments seem innocuous and accepting responsibility to prove the board's decisions are correct.
If that is blaming anyone then I am a Dutchman.
"I actually don’t think that it’s in the interests of Slater and Gordon’s shareholders for management to become distracted by trying to counter every proposition that’s put by short sellers and to focus on them as the problem. The problem is that we need to prove that we’ve made a good decision, not a bad one, and, as I said, you know, the only way we can really do that realistically is by performance"