1 hour ago, beelzebub said:

As previously suggested.

Guilty. 2 years less voluntary suspensions. All bans from tomorrow.

I.e about 19 months 

Anyone who wants to put Melksham above decency and justice has a rather warped sense of values I have to admit.

If there are no rules and adherence to them you have anarchy.

Agree with this. The only fair outcome, considering the stalling/lying/cheating/covering up that has occurred.

My worry is that they will get off and Hird will be more unbearable than he has been for the last three years.

9 minutes ago, Deecisive said:

Little has done a great job at hosing this down, by delaying he has been able to swap out some of the players to reduce the final impact that any penalty will have on the club. They have effectively diminished the punishment significantly.  Now if they get banned for 6-12 months there is a good chance they will finish down low or possibly even bottom of the ladder giving them valuable draft picks in this years draft. So next year with new draftees and new picks and their full list returned they should be in a very good position for next year. All in all I think a lot of essendon supports will be happy with that outcome considering how bad it could have been.

Not if they are found guilty.

The cost to the club from players taking legal action will be a big, big issue, not to mention cost for them.

They will be unbearable if not guilty

If found guilty, I believe there should be seismic decisions made against this club.

I would be looking at being disbanded. Just from a role model perspective alone. Not even with a secondary consideration of the AFL.

I do not believe in another consideration. 

7 minutes ago, biggestred said:

They will be unbearable if not guilty

Self imposed ban of any media, social or otherwise, at least until the tennis finishes and the pre season starts.

1 minute ago, willmoy said:

If found guilty, I believe there should be seismic decisions made against this club.

I would be looking at being disbanded. Just from a role model perspective alone. Not even with a secondary consideration of the AFL.

I do not believe in another consideration. 

While I agree with this thought process, will never happen. The fl ogs are to "valuable" to the TV $$$$.

22 minutes ago, Bombay Airconditioning said:

Self imposed ban of any media, social or otherwise, at least until the tennis finishes and the pre season starts.

Demonland being the exception....

2 hours ago, Lamashtu said:

Could care less about Melksham being embroiled with the ban. I want these cheats to pay for what they did and I want Hird nailed to the wall and disgraced.

A 12 month ban for a player we paid through the roof for this past trading period would be a garbage result for the MFC.

On 17 December 2015 at 0:09 PM, ManDee said:

not sure what has gone wrong with the quote link...ignore the above

11 hours ago, daisycutter said:

Hird: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SXWX6qg0y4

Hird http://youtu.be/89b9VhM_bE8

 

For the record:

Verdict: guilty

Sanction: 2 years, backdated to SCN ie Oct 2014.  Further backdating for delays (Fed Court) out of player control ie back to first round of SCN's in June 2014.  Therefore, suspension period expires June 2016 earlier if CAS find other mitigating circumstances.  Players miss 10 to 12 games.

CAS remove Watson's brownlow.

CAS take no action against coaches, management or other support staff.

8 hours ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

For the record:

Verdict: guilty

Sanction: 2 years, backdated to SCN ie Oct 2014.  Further backdating for delays (Fed Court) out of player control ie back to first round of SCN's in June 2014.  Therefore, suspension period expires June 2016 earlier if CAS find other mitigating circumstances.  Players miss 10 to 12 games.

CAS remove Watson's brownlow.

CAS take no action against coaches, management or other support staff.

They simply cannot get allowances for every delay.

Do people really think that a drug case like this would have been decided overnight, even if the records had been produced?

1 hour ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

A 12 month ban for a player we paid through the roof for this past trading period would be a garbage result for the MFC.

True, we could just add him to the list of others that are currently cashing in, I can think of at least 4.

1 hour ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

For the record:

Verdict: guilty

Sanction: 2 years, backdated to SCN ie Oct 2014.  Further backdating for delays (Fed Court) out of player control ie back to first round of SCN's in June 2014.  Therefore, suspension period expires June 2016 earlier if CAS find other mitigating circumstances.  Players miss 10 to 12 games.

CAS remove Watson's brownlow.

CAS take no action against coaches, management or other support staff.

Most of the delays have been caused by the club or its employees.

Coaches management and staff should be banned for life. Partic. the Doc

 

 

well it's nearly tomorrow

4 hours ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

For the record:

Verdict: guilty

Sanction: 2 years, backdated to SCN ie Oct 2014.  Further backdating for delays (Fed Court) out of player control ie back to first round of SCN's in June 2014.  Therefore, suspension period expires June 2016 earlier if CAS find other mitigating circumstances.  Players miss 10 to 12 games.

CAS remove Watson's brownlow.

CAS take no action against coaches, management or other support staff.

I don't think the delays should or will be taken into account given that it was the EFC and players who initiated them. 

4 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

A 12 month ban for a player we paid through the roof for this past trading period would be a garbage result for the MFC.

It would free up a spot for a rookie to be promoted.  Mitch White looked OK in his one game last year. 

 

Richard Ings tweeting "decision will shock"

no no idea what that means

A 2 week suspension would satisfy me.

we play them in round 2 and then we have Milkshake available rd 3.

What time AESDT for any announcement ?

It's a cold cold night here in Helsinki but a guilty with bans would warm me up

A cold night in Helsinki ... a warm morning in Melbourne and time to move on to Here.