Crameri

[stefoid]

Not to sure, he may have an idea but if the players are to be believed they have no idea what they were injected.
I do agree though with his build it is unlikely he was a subject.

Ill bet he absolutely, positively, has not even the inlking of what he was injected with None of them will.

It probably went down like this:

club: were going to inject you with some stuff
player: what is it?
club: oh you know, just stuff.
player: cool, jab away!

[F'scary]

I saw a Dr Peter Larkins article in The rAge a while ago. He had looked into the penalties regulations and the facts of the case as reported and opined that players are most likely to receive a 6mth ban if found guilty.

But that is an entire season, although the start date for a ban could begin in the off season depending on the timing of the verdict.

[ledge]

Well the timing of the verdict is pretty much the end if season going by all reports

[1eyedog]

I saw a Dr Peter Larkins article in The rAge a while ago. He had looked into the penalties regulations and the facts of the case as reported and opined that players are most likely to receive a 6mth ban if found guilty.

But that is an entire season, although the start date for a ban could begin in the off season depending on the timing of the verdict.

So they may miss a full preseason and what the first 4 rounds? If you miss a preseason you're stuffed. That's assuming that they can't train.

[ledge]

So they may miss a full preseason and what the first 4 rounds? If you miss a preseason you're stuffed. That's assuming that they can't train.

Nothing to stop the club giving them a training plan and they go and do it alone, even if they miss the physical training they are still fit and ready to go

[Twodogs]

So they may miss a full preseason and what the first 4 rounds? If you miss a preseason you're stuffed. That's assuming that they can't train.

Most of the mature players would have the fitness base of previous work to fall back on. All those pre-seasons building up their bodies would help. I know it wouldn't be an ideal preparation but they'd get back to match fit a lot quicker than a kid with only a couple of pre-seasons under his belt.

[Reigning Maddogs]

Any ban is in season from what I have read

[Murphy'sLore]

If it's not in season, it's pretty meaningless.

[Mofra]

So they may miss a full preseason and what the first 4 rounds? If you miss a preseason you're stuffed. That's assuming that they can't train.

Bans apply in-season only - from round 1.

[bornadog]

Bans apply in-season only - from round 1.

Otherwise the ban is useless.

[bulldogtragic]

Not many players have come back with 12 months out. I can think of Tim Watson and Plugger who were a shadow of themselves and Stew Dew, who was simply fat. Take 5 minutes of a grand final out and the decision to draft him was not worthy of anything more than the very low pick they used. If we used a top pick and a ban occurred, we'd never get our value.

[Mofra]

Not many players have come back with 12 months out. I can think of Tim Watson and Plugger who were a shadow of themselves and Stew Dew, who was simply fat. Take 5 minutes of a grand final out and the decision to draft him was not worthy of anything more than the very low pick they used. If we used a top pick and a ban occurred, we'd never get our value.

It's a bit different to a retirement though - he'll train while not playing. I don't see it as significantly diffrent to a player coming back from injury - Murph came back from a knee, Morris from a compount break, Vossy had a horror break early in his career and still became a champion, then there's Stringer

[Greystache]

It's a bit different to a retirement though - he'll train while not playing. I don't see it as significantly diffrent to a player coming back from injury - Murph came back from a knee, Morris from a compount break, Vossy had a horror break early in his career and still became a champion, then there's Stringer

Those players also had to cope with the physical limitations associated with those injuries, something that wouldn't be an issue here. A 25 year old who can do everything other than play on a Saturday (or Sunday night in our case ) wouldn't be overly impacted by 12 months out of the game. It might take a few games to get his touch back, but physically he'd be primed.

[bulldogtragic]

4 years
1 to 2 seasons suspended possibility
Risk of quality once returning
$1,800,000

Right or wrong, it's a bloody big call.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

4 years
1 to 2 seasons suspended possibility
Risk of quality once returning
$1,800,000

Right or wrong, it's a bloody big call.

It's only a big call if the trade is made prior to knowing ASADA's intentions.
There is no way our club is going to make a trade without knowing what ASADA are doing.