The club suspended Thompson and Ljubo Milicevic for a curfew breach claiming they missed breakfast before their flight home from South Australia on Saturday.

But Thompson has branded the move as "laughable" and "petty".

"I'm very disappointed at how things have ended - just for missing breakfast," Thompson told Melbourne's Herald Sun newspaper.

"We were disappointed we lost the game, but we don't like to dwell on it. It looked like they were trying to look for scapegoats for the loss.

"The club's gone over the top. I'm missing breakfast and I get suspended. C'mon, that's pretty petty."

He added: "Everyone I've talked to believes it is laughable. Sometimes you've got to put your hand up for the loss, but why all this?

"Hopefully this gets resolved because I feel me and Ljubo have got so much to offer the team."

Thompson's outburst comes as speculation mounts that the incident could force Milicevic out the club.

The burly defender admitted to having had dressing room run-ins with skipper Kevin Muscat earlier this season and he's struggled with fitness since joining the club.

But it could also cause Thompson to quit and head back to Europe.

"I would like to go back overseas if it was to the right club," he told Melbourne's The Age newspaper yesterday.

The pair will now have their future decided by the side's leadership group, including Muscat - and normally including Thompson.

"I am still scratching my head," Thompson said to The Age. "I don't know what's going on, I don't know what the situation is. I am so upset about what's going on.

"You work your arse off to do things for the club and then this happens. We just missed breakfast. It's been so badly handled.

"It's very disappointing, and then I find out from the media that the decision on when the suspension will be lifted will be made by the leadership group - when I am part of the leadership group."