Bombers scandal: charged, <redacted> and <infracted>

[Gippsland Dee 367]

Demetriou was in the 7 news sport tonight, said in the next couple of weeks it is about to get very ugly for Essendon!

[Gorgoroth 12,955]

Were they his exact words?

[mjt 640]

Were they his exact words?

Yes.

[Cards13 9,117]

I'm small and petty but yyyeeeesssss

[Gippsland Dee 367]

Were they his exact words?

yep like mjt said. i can't find any link to it on 7's site which is annoying though

[cowboy_from_hell 2,390]

I'm small and petty but yyyeeeesssss

Ha ha spot on cards I'm with ya.

[Outside fifty 967]

I never really gave a stuff about opposition supporters before, but after witnessing the way that trailer trash conducted themselves last week I hope their dragged to hell and back.

[45HG 1,539]

Please.

Please.

Be true.

[Gorgoroth 12,955]

I've copped it the last two days at work from a Essendon supporter, all I said was "the dish ain't cold yet"

Seems like it may have been placed in the fridge!

[Sir Why You Little 37,046]

Don't worry this issue hasn't gone away...

[Bitter but optimistic 22,241]

It is disgusting the way Demonlanders are wishing ill on Essendon and its players. They are just ordinary blokes playing the game they love and making a quid. You can’t blame them for medical and sports science mismanagement which has compromised the integrity of the entire club. What a travesty if a fine young man was divested of his “Brownlow” just because of drug issues.

Don't worry just joking. I hate Essendrug more than any other club. I wish them all the worst. IF THERE IS A GOD, he will let this drug scandal destroy them totally. The image of Jab handing back the Downlow is almost too sweet to contemplate. There supporters are the worst pigs god ever put breath into ( note. two of my brothers are Essendrug members). Why can't a Jumbo crash land on that training facility?

[Benson 254]

Supposedly, every drug they took was consulted with ASADA and WADA... If this were true, then why are they being investigated.

Why is the AFL drafting a contingency plan when/if found guilty of injecting.

They are without a doubt in trouble, I just home the findings come in soon. I would hate the guilty verdict to com in at seasons end.

[Curry & Beer 5,444]

Don't worry just joking.

Oh thank god, my fingers were trembling about to unleash on you

I NEED them to suffer

[Sydney Pennski 296]

Supposedly, every drug they took was consulted with ASADA and WADA... If this were true, then why are they being investigated.

Why is the AFL drafting a contingency plan when/if found guilty of injecting.

They are without a doubt in trouble, I just home the findings come in soon. I would hate the guilty verdict to com in at seasons end.

It was reported a while ago in the press that the place where they were injecting was under surveillance at the time. Does anyone think that the authorities didn't know what was going on?

[Dockett 32 1,239]

It was reported a while ago in the press that the place where they were injecting was under surveillance at the time. Does anyone think that the authorities didn't know what was going on?

What happens to Mitchell/Cotchin tickets?

[Barney Rubble 1,576]

See the bombers shoot up, up and lose the premiership race.

[biggestred 5,094]

I'm small and petty but yyyeeeesssss

hahaha i just lost it! gold.

[Strapping Young Lad 227]

As a young boy growing up in a small country town barracking for the Demons in the wonderfull era of the 80's, I was surrounded by other kids that loved Essendung and their plethora of honkey players. When the Dees (and they did a lot!) lose they would let me know that my team were crap even when we didn't play against the clowns ..... This is still the case now, it may seem!!!!!!!! BUT I am awaiting the chance so that when they ARE found out to be substance abusers... The shreaking of my laughter will rupture their ear drums. Oh the joy.... I will wait...

[demoniac 1,333]

Anyone at Essendon who over ruled their long time Doc when he raised concerns about the injectionfest is up for a lengthy ban. I wonder who that might have been.

[LegsLeoncelli 162]

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/hird-injected-drugs-20130410-2hlvx.html

http://m.heraldsun.com.au/afl/more-news/essendon-coach-james-hird-will-fight-claim-he-took-substance-banned-for-players/story-e6frf9jf-1226617780563

The beginning of the end for Jim...

[Satan 2,872]

http://m.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/hird-injected-drugs-20130410-2hlvx.html

Takes melb off page 1 me thinks

Explosive allegations, dr reid being shut out medical calls , hird taking stuff that was banned? , players taking not banned stuff but not approved stuff and may be introuble under the catch all clause. Ziggys report will be eagerly awaited to see about essendons internal prractices or lack .

[biggestred 5,094]

theyre boned.

[Sir Why You Little 37,046]

Here we go...

[biggestred 5,094]

im trying to clear something up in my head so bear with me for a second.

the catch all clause.

basically every drug starts as illegal. a new drug is classed as illegal.

at a point in time either ASADA/WADA verifies the drug as acceptable or another body (ie a medical body) approves the use of the drug as medicine (for example, the anti inflammatory i sometimes have to take for asthma, prednisolone would be acceptable for someone who has asthma under ASADA but not for someone who doesnt).

this is where the catch all clause comes in - they cant possibly allow the newest drug that no one has heard of to be legal when its NOT CLASSIFIED SAFE FOR HUMANS YET - so therefore it by default has to be illegal.

ooops essendon, ooops.

[DEE fence 5,016]

Is anyone else going blue from holding their breath? I'm still worried we have some blokes who did the same crap. However does anyone remember when Hird came back after a year off and looked like the Incredible Hulk?

Anyway at least we get the 4pts back or are they just not awarded?