Possible Clues:

• Talk nasty about an absentee
• Talk spitefully about sponsor before quick snack
• Speak unkindly of (someone) in their absence
• Say spiteful things about someone
• Talk spitefully about side with incisiveness
• Speak ill of in absence
• Speak ill of (someone) in their absence
• Disparage defender's incisiveness
• Say mean things
• Speak unkindly about someone who is absent