Under-fire Brisbane Lions coach Justin Leppitsch has lashed out at continued media criticism of the AFL club and his players.A newspaper column on Saturday took square aim at Tom Rockliff, describing him as overweight and a regular on Brisbanes social scene who sets a bad example as Lions skipper.It comes on the back of another difficult week for the Lions who were forced to deny fresh reports of player unrest.Speculation about Rockliffs future continues to circulate, despite the captain being under contract until the end of 2017.Leppitsch said he could deal with being a target himself, but he wouldnt stand by and let his players be unfairly criticised.Some of the crap thats written about our players, basically lies written in the press annoy me, about our boys, he told reporters on Saturday morning.Some of our young boys dont deserve it, like Squiz (Lewis Taylor) and our captain as well, copping it for no reason - its all rubbish.That kills me, but I can cop it, so bring it on. Im big and strong enough to handle it and to be honest I dont really rate the opinions of those that are speaking, so thats the way it goes.Reports have linked Rockliff to a possible move to Adelaide when he becomes a free agent at the end of next season.But his manager has denied the move, and Leppitsch maintained there are no underlying tensions at the Lions.Theres reasons why you lose, but one thing people cant understand is that we have a young group that makes errors which is why we lose, and it adds up to losing, he said.Some people want it to be some mysterious reason - someone hates somebody. 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The players to miss out were allrounder Stuart Binny and seamer Shardul Thakur.Binny and Thakur played only one game in the Caribbean - the tour match against the WICB Presidents XI. Binny was later included in the T20I squad for the matches against West Indies in the USA, while Thakur joined the India A team on their tour of Australia.Rohit Sharma is part of the Mumbai squad for a tour match against the New Zealanders in Delhi from September 16. When asked if Rohit would play, a Mumbai team official said they were waiting for confirmation from the BCCI about his availability.Rohit is a fabulous player, immense talent he has got, but he hasnt got a longer run in Test cricket, chairman of selectors Sandeep Patil said after the selection meeting in Mumbai. What we have seen with Rohit Sharma is, he has been picked for one Test and then rested an entire season and again picked. So the selection committee, along with coach and captain, have decided that whoever is be picked will be given a fair amount of chances.Perhaps the biggest question ahead of the selection of Indias XI for the first Test is about who will open. M Vijay and Shikhar Dhawan opened in the first Test on the tour of West Indies, but Vijay was injured for the second Test and KL Rahul took his chance and made 158 in Jamaica. 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