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Re: Peter Gordon - New President?
Originally Posted by
merantau
I can't feel too harsh towards Gubby - he played for Sunshine so I think he's a Western suburbs boy. Plus his act of madness is etched indelibly on the minds of all those who witnessed it and, no matter how hard they try to erase it, Collingwood supporters will never be able to forget it. Sad that.
Although he played in the VFA for Sunshine, he's actually from around Preston way.. It's okay to hate him!
However being that his clear indiscretion involves both the AFL's love child (GWS) and their biggest foe (Eddie and the Pies), you will see that nothing is done on it....
This despite the Essendon saga, as well as the fact that Manchester United player, Rio Ferdinand, famously received a nine month ban for the same offence as Whitfield around a decade or so back... There were no officials involved in that one, either..
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Re: Peter Gordon - New President?
That Ferdinand ban worked out nicely for Arsenal. He was done only a week or so after we transferred him. Man Us big recruit, the one who'd given them so much grief it was just easier to get him on to their side couldn't play.
They say Burt Lancaster has one, but I don't believe them.
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Re: Peter Gordon - New President?
Originally Posted by
Twodogs
That Ferdinand ban worked out nicely for Arsenal. He was done only a week or so after we transferred him. Man Us big recruit, the one who'd given them so much grief it was just easier to get him on to their side couldn't play.
Arsenal??
Ferdinand was a West Ham boy who transferred to Leeds and then onto United. He was there for several years prior to the missed drug test.
Anyway, point is, missing a drug test is no small deal. The consequences should be huge, yet the AFL seems strangely disinterested...