Melbourne Watch 2023/24

[jazzadogs]

**** me sideways.

Essendon like sanctions should be coming.

For the AFL organisation? First line says that the tests are AFL sanctioned.

[MrMahatma]

2021 flag even more tainted. What did those players take at half time?!!

[bulldogtragic]

2021 flag even more tainted. What did those players take at half time?!!

Strip them of the 2021 GF. I don’t remember who they played, but they should get they flag now.

[bulldogtragic]

For the AFL organisation? First line says that the tests are AFL sanctioned.

For all.

[bornadog]

For the AFL organisation? First line says that the tests are AFL sanctioned.

AFL is a disgrace of an organisation who make things up as they go along

[Grantysghost]

21 flag has always been pretend.

[jeemak]

Cocaine's sick, lay off it.

Max Gawn said there's no drug problem or culture at Melbourne because they don't get positive hair test results. Everything's OK.

[Dry Rot]

A Melbourne Football Club doctor has sensationally *admitted to conducting ?off the books? illicit drug tests ? *allegedly authorised by the AFL ? to help players evade *detection on match days.


The doctor-turned-whistleblower says players who confessed to having taken drugs in the days before AFL games were given secret tests to ensure their systems were clear or were advised to ?fake an injury? so they would not risk being tested and suspended for breaches of the World Anti-Doping Agency code.


Federal MP Andrew Wilkie told parliament on Tuesday night he had received a signed statement from former Demons head doctor Zeeshan Arain in which he accuses the AFL of facilitating the clandestine drug tests at Dorevitch Pathology in Heidelberg.

Wow! Source and link please.

[Grantysghost]

https://archive.is/Vx44u

If that's true, wow waaaaaay bigger than Dons.

Seriously wtf.

Bevo two time premiership coach!

[Rocket Science]

In absolute awe at the governing body's unmatched knack for challenging the average fan to continue to give a f**k.

[Dry Rot]

https://archive.is/Vx44u

If that's true, wow waaaaaay bigger than Dons.

Seriously wtf.

Bevo two time premiership coach!

Thanks for the link. The Melbourne connection is no great surprise to me, I find it far more interesting the allegations about the AFL itself and senior management.

I'm sure were all very amused about the Melbourne connection. However, I caution you to be careful about what you wish for.

These allegations suggest that the problem is across the AFL, and who knows if our players will get caught up in this.

[josie]

https://archive.is/Vx44u

If that's true, wow waaaaaay bigger than Dons.

Seriously wtf.

Bevo two time premiership coach!

Agree.

If true how will AFL hide it/brush under carpet or who will be sole AFL fall guy who never said anything about it to anyone else in AFL?

[josie]

Agree.

If true how will AFL hide it/brush under carpet or who will be sole AFL fall guy who never said anything about it to anyone else in AFL?

Just read longer/full article. Looks like it goes all the way to the top of AFL.

Thanks to Testekill for posting article. I stay away from TV news but presume it?s been/will be talked about there and presumably on fox & other footy shows/podcasts/radio.

[Vred]

?But as Dr Arain explains this isn?t just a Melbourne problem, it is an AFL problem with multiple players coming to Melbourne from other teams with pre-existing cocaine dependencies more than suggesting that drug testing workarounds are commonplace elsewhere in the AFL.

I hope we haven't traded someone to Melbourne in the last couple of years..

Uh... oh..

God damn it.

[Go_Dogs]

Interesting it referenced players being traded into Melbourne with existing cocaine dependencies.

Massive news if true - also makes it even more odd players actually get caught, like why didn’t Smith do a secret test and fake an injury?