Dank involved at Demons?

[The Song Formerly Known As 6,479]

AFL angry we lied, as just reported on FS through email to Barrett.
Essendon came out and admitted involvement, now hailed as brave/heroic by the public.
Melbourne tried to hide and get away with it through denial, will be hung up to dry surely.
I'm sad to say that we deserve it.
I can't stand liars, such a despicable human trait and now a huge part of my life has turned out to be one.
The pain would be immense i am sure of it, if i wasn't already numb due to the absolute hell ride this football club has taken me on the past 6 years.
For no apparent reason here is a picture of a dog dressed up as Batman.
It cheers me up, hopefully it can also do the same for you:

[Jaded No More 58,348]

The above statement is not wrong and we never denied that we used supplements.

Technically there are no lies above.

Still, I'm not sure wtf this club is doing.

[Soidee 1,496]

I ask the question....why has Dank released this information now? Why now and not before now?

[KLV 1,663]

AFL in statement "urgently wanting an explanation from Melbourne, to explain the discrepancy between previous statements to the afl and the report on 7.30.Report tonight"

Excellent!

[Carrot Top 947]

THIS is the statement MFC released some time ago with reference to Dank:

"Steve Dank has never been employed by the Melbourne Football Club. All medical procedures involving the administration of supplements and medical substances have been and will continue to be under the supervision, direction and authority of the club doctor Dan Bates."

At best, it's misleading. At worst, it's dishonest.

One explanation is that the the author was unaware of Dank's true involvement with MFC. This would be because Bates (and perhaps others) was not honest with the club when he was asked about Dank (as he undoubtedly was). If so, his days are surely numbered.

On February 5, a spokeswoman for Melbourne issued the following brief statement to the Herald Sun newspaper:

"He applied for a job at the club late last year but he was unsuccessful. He has never had any direct contact with the players."

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-04-18/text-messages-reveal-danks-demons-involvement/4637954

[Grandson of a gun 276]

You just don't get it, do you?

I'm just not willing to jump to conclusions without all the facts.

Because that differs from how you view things you believe I don't get it.

You like to bully and harp on a point but guess what Robbie, just because someone differs from your opinion does not mean they don't had an intricate understanding of the problems being faced, they just choose to react and handle them differently.

Get over yourself...

[stuie 7,374]

What if it's Bate's fault? What if he was sending players off to Dank without the club knowing?

I know it may not be the case, but would explain a lot.

[Guest]

I seriously can't take anymore. Caro was being a shrew when she called us pathetic and disgusting but put frankly she was more right than she ever knew.

[dee-luded 2,958]

Thats the reason we let Daff and the other guy walk? WTF is wrong with this club?

I think, you may find that Misson wanted the final say, so the doc went.

& misson was wanted everywhere Inc? sydney?

I reckon this stuff will be widespread.

It seems it must have been going at the dons the whole time their new coach has been incharge?

& then it follows back to the [censored], turning into men, & going on to win flags?????

lets Not turn this into something about us, when its the wider Elite sport community.

[timD 994]

The above statement is not wrong and we never denied that we used supplements.

Technically there are no lies above.

Still, I'm not sure wtf this club is doing.

They avoided a full disclosure but they did not lie about dank not being involved. The problem is that it looks deceitful. Like tanking. Like firing schwab because he "divides the supporter base"; like saying that the coach does not know why they players aren't playing well. LIke saying we had a "rigorous process" about recruiting Neeld; like saying "High performance with high integrity". Like firing the CEO and then re-hiring him and firing the coach after the players tell the pres-in-waiting that they cannot stand the ceo. Lies, deceit, half-truths, betrayals of trust. Again and again and again.

And to think that when this Board or the club processes have been questioned by posters on this site for several years, the questioners have been smeared and derided as "splitters" or informants to the media.

[KLV 1,663]

What if it's Bate's fault? What if he was sending players off to Dank without the club knowing?

I know it may not be the case, but would explain a lot.

Craig knew, Misson knew

[wattsup 470]

We are stuffed

[Dee Fan 3,247]

I'm just not willing to jump to conclusions without all the facts.

Because that differs from how you view things you believe I don't get it.

You like to bully and harp on a point but guess what Robbie, just because someone differs from your opinion does not mean they don't had an intricate understanding of the problems being faced, they just choose to react and handle them differently.

Get over yourself...

YAAFI

Want to resurrect your thread about how good we are at drafting recruits; you have NFI.

Edited April 18, 2013 by RobbieF

[Deecisive 1,656]

Our failure to disclose our involvement with Danks hits at the integrity of the club. If our Dr, trengrove, Dunn, Spencer and even Neil Craig have all been implicated via SMS messages then to say we had no involvement means we are either lying, or we have not got a clue what is happening in the club. Considering we have just gone through 6 months of tanking alegations etc we are not looking too credible or believable.

Another sad day, not only because we are implicted, but also because the treatments obviously did not work.

[The Song Formerly Known As 6,479]

The above statement is not wrong and we never denied that we used supplements.

Technically there are no lies above.

Still, I'm not sure wtf this club is doing.

I didn't say what we exactly denied, I said it generally.

But to be more specific with you we did deny that Dank had involvement in the footy club, when he actually did through a round about way.

Technically speaking he didnt but come on, we aren't going to bamboozle everyone through a "loop hole".

So in my books knowingly being deceiving like this is a form of lying. So I still stand by my above rant, and the Batman Dog.

[Dr. Gonzo 22,522]

Whats this cream trengove wanted. how can a cream be illegal.

Deer antler spray?

[stuie 7,374]

Craig knew, Misson knew

How do you know? The messages were between Bate and Dank yeah?

[What 18,810]

we have done nothing wrong, none of the substances are illegal

We may have lied about saying we had no direct involvement with Dank, but last time i chekced lying isnt illegal.

Just another media beatup that the patheic 'journalists' will run with all year

Edited April 18, 2013 by hogans_heroes

[olgreydingo 51]

Its making it difficult to continue to give 100% support week after week

[Carrot Top 947]

Who knew isn't the issue. Who decided that coving it up was a good idea is the one I want in the gun.

[Alf Stewart 73]

Shattered........ again!

[Nasher 33,129]

They avoided a full disclosure but they did not lie about dank not being involved. The problem is that it looks deceitful. Like tanking. Like firing schwab because he "divides the supporter base"; like saying that the coach does not know why they players aren't playing well. LIke saying we had a "rigorous process" about recruiting Neeld; like saying "High performance with high integrity". Like firing the CEO and then re-hiring him and firing the coach after the players tell the pres-in-waiting that they cannot stand the ceo. Lies, deceit, half-truths, betrayals of trust. Again and again and again.

And to think that when this Board or the club processes have been questioned by posters on this site for several years, the questioners have been smeared and derided as "splitters" or informants to the media.

Bloody well said Tim.

[s-t-i-n-g-a 439]

The above statement is not wrong and we never denied that we used supplements.

Technically there are no lies above.

Still, I'm not sure wtf this club is doing.

True but the way they are worded we clearly know more then we are letting on.

Why say he never had any "direct contact". Trying to be cute and it will come back to bite us big time.

We may well have not done anything illegal but come out looking worse than the bumbers.

[Grapeviney 8,844]

How do you know? The messages were between Bate and Dank yeah?

The messages referred to conversations between Dank and Neil Craig and a "Dave".

[Alf Stewart 73]

We need Demetriou as our next CEO.