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It seems from everything we have read and comments from ASADA and their lawyers that the circumstantial case against the bombers for the use of TB4 is complelling. There is little doubt in my mind the Dank adminsitered TB4 thinking he could get around the WADA code by using a compounding pharmacy and that in all likelyhood Essednon approved this action including obtaining player consents for what they knew were borderline legal procedures (as it turns out they were illegal) .

I cant work out why Hird is still there. I dont blame Thompson being annoyed given Hird was senior coach and he got a multi million contract extension a first class MBA paid for and his old contract paid out when he was banned. Thompson has been asked by Essendon to pay his own fine. I would not pay either. Obviously Thompson was/is not rerquired and you would think Harvey and Neeld along with Craig have been brought in becuase Hird is a dead man walking otherwise there are way too many ex senior coaches on the team. Hirds position must be untenable unless as others have suggested there is way more this than we can see. I suspect the WJ is correct and the club is holding off on sacking Hird untill the full bench swat him away.

It will be interesting to see what sort of bans the players end up with, from the outside they dont appear to have cooperated but who knows what ASADA and ultimately WADA will be comnfortable with.

I hope workcover take action once the bans are done and dusted.

The other thing I cant get my head around is why there is so little focuss on the board. Surely there are members and backers who can see past the spin and are aware that this headed for a disaster. There should another ticket running at the AGM whenever that is but there does not seem to be an alternative for members. If infractions are issued and players banned the board has to go.

 
  On 02/11/2014 at 23:57, DemonFrog said:

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I guess he is short odds for B & F!


  On 03/11/2014 at 04:24, deefrag said:

I guess he is short odds for B & F!

He was disqualified as Messydrugs did not think he was a team player

  On 03/11/2014 at 04:41, Gorgoroth said:

Shouldn't that read 2015?

minor point

 
  On 02/11/2014 at 03:54, Dees2014 said:

I suspect once Bomber Thompson put his name out-there for the Don's Job at their B&F night, and then the club subsequently reneged on firing Hird, that Thompson has now thrown his hands put in the air and said "I give up, I am out of here" and therefore sees no reason why he should pay the fine if he no longer has any AFL ambitions.

The question I ask though is what does Tania and James Hird have on Little and the current EFC board. My lawyer friends tell me this is a pretty straight forward case: Hird has been negligent and there is a very clear case for him to be dismissed for gross incompetence without compensation. Instead he was signed on for an additional two years for just about the top salary for a coach in the AFL, he was then rubbed out for 12 months for failing to implement adequate governance, but was not only paid his full salary but he and his family was sent off to France on a prestigious short form MBA at one of the top universities in the world accompanied by his wife and kids. Conservatively would have cost Essendon all up between $1.5 and $2m. Now, when 34 of the players who played under him received infraction notices, he still is able to hang onto his job in spite of the fact that he is pursuing legal action directly against the wishes of Little and the EFC board supposedly for legal technicalities. I say again my legal mates think this is very straight forward case of incompetence.

He must have something else on them, possibly unrelated to the drugs saga. That seems the only explanation. If I am right then it will come out, and it will become an even bigger scandal than it is now. My contacts in the legal profession have a very good idea of what it is, and if they are right, it will make the other sporting/social scandal in the last three years look tame by comparison, and will create international headlines even if there is no awareness of AFL as such in the international news outlets.

There is much more behind this than meets the eye and it is eye-bogglingly scandalous! Hird is a creep.

Well, we know Tania is good at taking notes ... :)


Shane Charter's evidence in this case could be that important that one would be presuming that he would be under constant surveillance.

And if he is not by hell I would want to bl***y know why not...

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  On 03/11/2014 at 08:09, deefrag said:
  On 03/11/2014 at 05:45, Whispering_Jack said:

Cup Day Tip for James Hird

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Welcome to Windy Hill Ed . . you'll be wearing my old number 5 jumper . . training starts Tuesday!

Problem with the Bummer players is that they never learned to say "neigh".

  On 03/11/2014 at 08:09, deefrag said:
  On 03/11/2014 at 05:45, Whispering_Jack said:

Cup Day Tip for James Hird

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Welcome to Windy Hill Ed . . you'll be wearing my old number 5 jumper . . training starts Tuesday!

We may have gone a bit heavy on the horseroids, but you have muscled up. By the way any plans on having a child/foal with the misses?

  On 05/11/2014 at 02:06, ManDee said:

We may have gone a bit heavy on the horseroids, but you have muscled up. By the way any plans on having a child/foal with the misses?

Good news Jobe! We've got you a start in the Oakes!.


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This only gets funnier

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Will this saga ever end?

Can someone hit with the dates things are supposed to happen.

Got to say I am lost after being away for three weeks.

  On 05/11/2014 at 19:57, old dee said:

Will this saga ever end?

Can someone hit with the dates things are supposed to happen.

Got to say I am lost after being away for three weeks.

If you really want to know:

- Hird's opportunity to be smashed by the Federal Court again happens next Monday

- Challenge to the Board at AGM: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/ron-gauci-and-jason-cunningham-to-run-for-essendon-board-seek-change/story-fnp04d70-1227113945695

The longer it goes on the more of their seasons get derailed. Suitable self-inflicted punishment!

BTW our 'Dees2014' has flagged there is a lot more nasty stuff to come out!


  On 05/11/2014 at 20:59, Lucifer said:

If you really want to know:

- Hird's opportunity to be smashed by the Federal Court again happens next Monday

- Challenge to the Board at AGM: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/ron-gauci-and-jason-cunningham-to-run-for-essendon-board-seek-change/story-fnp04d70-1227113945695

The longer it goes on the more of their seasons get derailed. Suitable self-inflicted punishment!

BTW our 'Dees2014' has flagged there is a lot more nasty stuff to come out!

Re that challenge to the Board: It's good to see there are some Essendon supporters who are realists and are not self-deluded and mesmerised by Hird and co.

  On 05/11/2014 at 20:59, Lucifer said:

If you really want to know:

- Hird's opportunity to be smashed by the Federal Court again happens next Monday

- Challenge to the Board at AGM: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/ron-gauci-and-jason-cunningham-to-run-for-essendon-board-seek-change/story-fnp04d70-1227113945695

The longer it goes on the more of their seasons get derailed. Suitable self-inflicted punishment!

BTW our 'Dees2014' has flagged there is a lot more nasty stuff to come out!

Thanks LH

You don't mention the player charges is anything happening re ASADA issuing notices?

  On 05/11/2014 at 21:58, sue said:

Re that challenge to the Board: It's good to see there are some Essendon supporters who are realists and are not self-deluded and mesmerised by Hird and co.

Must be Ash running for Pres....

 
  On 05/11/2014 at 19:57, old dee said:

Will this saga ever end?

Can someone hit with the dates things are supposed to happen.

Got to say I am lost after being away for three weeks.

Like any great TV soapie it takes time to develop.

We all have gone though stages of wanting this thing to end but MessyDrugs always finds a new long to drag this thing out even longer.

IMO we are watching the death of this Club and that worth watching.

About time someone at that club stood up to take control. People like to have a go at our previous boards but bv comparison we were outstanding. This club needs to change direction and get this sorted if they want to move on.; It cant happen with Hird, Little, Thompson, The doc or anyone else in authority still at the club. They need to purge out the filth and start again. Any players who cant accept there responsibility in this also need to go because despite my sympathy and that of others they are culpable as well.

Unfortunately recruiting Harvey and possibly Sheedy just reinforces support for the old guard that need to be removed.


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