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BTW, one of the things they gave the players promotes cancer
BTW, one of the things they gave the players promotes cancer
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Re: AFL targets Essendon Royalty
My mate is Essendon and Hird through and through, has defended him and the club so strongly over the whole thing. After hearing the interview this morning this is what he wrote.
You probably have to know the bloke to realise how big a change that is. This phone call is a game changer. Better hope Eddie and co weren't fooled by an elaborate hoaxYep.
Makes you remember that the most it world be effecting right now is the players. You can forget that sometimes.
I heard it n thought a little differently about Hird n his position at the club.Comment
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I hope it was a real Essendon players mother, sounded fair dinkum to me. She has really hit the nail on the head. Everything has been all about Essendon Hird and Co, what about the players and their familes.Did anybody hear the mother of a current Essendon player on MMM this morning? Powerful stuff (click on the audio link below the video link):
This club is rotten to the core, and they have resorted to bringing in the heavy legal artillery simply to argue around the fringes of technicalities in a forlorn attempt to weasel out of their self-inflicted predicament. The deal that the AFL allegedly offered to them was generous in the extreme given their situation and alleged behaviour, and yet they had the arrogance and temerity to knock it back and fight fire with fire - only problem is they are using pop guns against the AFL's cannons (and ADASA/WADA have atomic bombs waiting in the wings for the next round).
The AFL hasn't even had to revert to the ASADA interim report to lay these damning charges, let alone the final ASADA report when it is eventually finished - the complete lack of care for their players and disregard for proper procedures is patently obvious, and it is actually quite sad to see that narcissist Hird try and defend his name against such an obvious gross dereliction of duty and care. The AFL has barely uncovered a fraction of the real story - just wait until the final report is completed, and there are upwards of 38 players and player managers suing the club while they spend the next 2 years on the sidelines. The words 'Systematic Doping' might well be linked to this club forever and a day.
Media cheerleaders like Robbo, Connolly, McVitamins, Matthews, Darcy and numerous others should also be embarrassed with themselves - the health of the game is always far more important than personal interests of a select few.
Listening to that poor distraught mother this morning, Essendon's priorities (and that of their blind supporters) have been completely lost in trying to protect the Queen Bee. It will cost them 2 years out of the competition at best if they continue this fight.Comment
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Re: AFL targets Essendon Royalty
My wife is fanatical Essendon and she said last night she just wishes they would get it all over with and ban the club from competition for 2 years and she'll follow the Bulldogs for a while. The way Hird is carrying on makes her sorry to barrack for them. That's a huge reversal.
The rest of her family are still adamant however they won't renew their AFL memberships (which they've had for 21 years) unless Demetriou resigns due to the way he's tried to frame Essendon. I guess you can't convince everyone.[COLOR="#FF0000"][B]Western Bulldogs:[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR="#0000CD"][B]We exist to win premierships[/B][/COLOR]Comment
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Exactly and that is what is getting lost in this whole debacle. What impact is all this having on the welfare of the players? Essendon FC have (potentially) played russian roulette with their players in administering these substances.
That interview is powerful in the message that it delivers to Essendon.Comment
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Thank you for posting that Sedat, very heartfelt from an alleged parent.Did anybody hear the mother of a current Essendon player on MMM this morning? Powerful stuff (click on the audio link below the video link):
This club is rotten to the core, and they have resorted to bringing in the heavy legal artillery simply to argue around the fringes of technicalities in a forlorn attempt to weasel out of their self-inflicted predicament. The deal that the AFL allegedly offered to them was generous in the extreme given their situation and alleged behaviour, and yet they had the arrogance and temerity to knock it back and fight fire with fire - only problem is they are using pop guns against the AFL's cannons (and ADASA/WADA have atomic bombs waiting in the wings for the next round).
The AFL hasn't even had to revert to the ASADA interim report to lay these damning charges, let alone the final ASADA report when it is eventually finished - the complete lack of care for their players and disregard for proper procedures is patently obvious, and it is actually quite sad to see that narcissist Hird try and defend his name against such an obvious gross dereliction of duty and care. The AFL has barely uncovered a fraction of the real story - just wait until the final report is completed, and there are upwards of 38 players and player managers suing the club while they spend the next 2 years on the sidelines. The words 'Systematic Doping' might well be linked to this club forever and a day.
Media cheerleaders like Robbo, Connolly, McVitamins, Matthews, Darcy and numerous others should also be embarrassed with themselves - the health of the game is always far more important than personal interests of a select few.
Listening to that poor distraught mother this morning, Essendon's priorities (and that of their blind supporters) have been completely lost in trying to protect the Queen Bee. It will cost them 2 years out of the competition at best if they continue this fight.
Who cares if it is cheating or not as the Mum said it cannot be denied it is Ethical and immoral and Hird and his cronies should man up and take their punishment.
God knows what any of us would be like if it was our own Pup's.
I know Eddie has to toe a tight line, but after the mum spoke he showed a bit of ignorance and still bought it back to how they were playing and the effects on Essendon Football club.It's better to die on our feet than live on our knees.Comment
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Meanwhile back on Planet Hird, looks like he's gone all kamikaze and wants to take Vlad and Gilligan down with him:
"Look at me mate. Look at me. I'm flyin'"Comment
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Rumour has it the deal offered to Essendon a while back was
Two years loss of draft picks
Two million dollar fine
12 month ban for James hird
Hird didnt accept thatComment
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Re: AFL targets Essendon Royalty
WESTERN Bulldogs president Peter Gordon has backed the AFL in its war with Essendon ahead of this afternoon's meeting between club figureheads and the AFL Commission.
Gordon, a lawyer, said mediation was badly needed in the poisonous standoff between the league and the club in the wake of the long-running supplements scandal.
The commission will brief clubs presidents - including Essendon's Paul Little - at a meeting at AFL House from 3pm today.
Essendon coach James Hird lodged a writ against the league in the Supreme Court this morning.
"I do think it's time that we, as the other clubs, make it clear that not only do we support the AFL but we expect the AFL to do its job to protect the integrity of the game, which from my point of view that's what they are doing,'' Gordon said on ABC radio today.
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I think we, as supporters, can be pretty happy with our President's stance and words today.Comment
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God I love that man (Gordon). What a legend! So much integrity, he could definitely teach the Bombers (and most other clubs) a thing or two about it.
As an aside, @FootballNation have reported the player's name whose mother called in. Bit of a low act, really.Comment
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I must admit - I looked through the list this morning to find the 'almost 21 year olds' to work out who it could be.Comment
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