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I was thinking the other day about how I felt when it turned out that Lance Armstrong was a low life drug cheat of the highest order. Although I didn't follow cycling, I admired the man for what he had overcome and achieved. He was a hero to millions. I was very much let down and disappointed. I then was thinking about how much worse it would be if any of our players turned out to be drug cheats. As a life long supporter I would be devastated. I would continue to be a supporter though. Regardless. It's in my blood. Essendon supporters must be the same. They had nothing to do with the program but are stuck with the fall out. So having spent a frightening couple of seconds in their shoes, I am prepared to cut them some slack. Not the club and not the players, just the supporters and only on this issue. 

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10 minutes ago, Redlegs Too said:

I was thinking the other day about how I felt when it turned out that Lance Armstrong was a low life drug cheat of the highest order. Although I didn't follow cycling, I admired the man for what he had overcome and achieved. He was a hero to millions. I was very much let down and disappointed. I then was thinking about how much worse it would be if any of our players turned out to be drug cheats. As a life long supporter I would be devastated. I would continue to be a supporter though. Regardless. It's in my blood. Essendon supporters must be the same. They had nothing to do with the program but are stuck with the fall out. So having spent a frightening couple of seconds in their shoes, I am prepared to cut them some slack. Not the club and not the players, just the supporters and only on this issue. 

Except that they all seem to still be apologists unable to see that their club did anything wrong. 

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They just played a snippet of Prismall's pre-game interview on ABC radio with Gerard Whatley during half-time of the Dogs v Saints game. When asked about Hird, Prismall said the coach at a club "knows everything" and would have approved what went on. He said that Hird has responsibility for what happened alongside Dank.

The cracks are starting to appear publicly.

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Anyone else get the sense we will be talking about this down the track a few years when a few of these blokes are diagnosed with Cancer or something and it's all proven to be on the back of this?

it's a sickening situation all round, and extremely dissapointing the amount of public sympathy this club is getting.

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Bit by bit the truth comes out!!  Prismall last week, Zaharakis this week:  http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/essendons-jobe-watson-may-not-return-david-zaharakis-says-20160407-go0hmw.html

When questioned about his decision not to be involved in the controversial injecting regime, Zaharakis maintained he opted out of the program because he did not like needles... But in his most recent interview he also revealed some unease about the program..."It got explained to us what they were going to do and I just didn't want to be a part of it," he said..."Normally any club, you take supplements, as in tablets and that kind of thing, and that's just protein, so you were part of that but you weren't a part of the injection regime."  Asked about whether he had chosen not to participate out of concern for his health, Zaharakis indicated it may have played a part in his decision.

Unsurprisingly, he thinks Jobe won't come back to play AFL. 

Once the law suit/compensation is sorted and players finish their AFL careers, eventually someone will spill all the beans.  By then no-one (except a DL posters) will notice/care much. 

But the important thing will be the will no longer be able to feign innocence and say they did nothing wrong.

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I just hate that public opinion in the main is that wada have no business here and what a load of bs it is. 

The code was written exactly for a case like this. To protect players health so they arent injected with stuff not for humans. Ffs

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39 minutes ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

Bit by bit the truth comes out!!  Prismall last week, Zaharakis this week:  http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/essendons-jobe-watson-may-not-return-david-zaharakis-says-20160407-go0hmw.html

When questioned about his decision not to be involved in the controversial injecting regime, Zaharakis maintained he opted out of the program because he did not like needles... But in his most recent interview he also revealed some unease about the program..."It got explained to us what they were going to do and I just didn't want to be a part of it," he said..."Normally any club, you take supplements, as in tablets and that kind of thing, and that's just protein, so you were part of that but you weren't a part of the injection regime."  Asked about whether he had chosen not to participate out of concern for his health, Zaharakis indicated it may have played a part in his decision.

Unsurprisingly, he thinks Jobe won't come back to play AFL. 

Once the law suit/compensation is sorted and players finish their AFL careers, eventually someone will spill all the beans.  By then no-one (except a DL posters) will notice/care much. 

But the important thing will be the will no longer be able to feign innocence and say they did nothing wrong.

Yes they will. Whether anyone will believe them or not is the more relevant point. 

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On 2/4/2016 at 0:04 AM, Peter Griffen said:

Anyone else get the sense we will be talking about this down the track a few years when a few of these blokes are diagnosed with Cancer or something and it's all proven to be on the back of this?

it's a sickening situation all round, and extremely dissapointing the amount of public sympathy this club is getting.

The CAS decision really only brought down the curtain on Act 1.

Act 2 is all the lawsuits.

Act 3 is the long term health effects. They won't even have to prove that it was Dank's potions causing it. Just that the potions might have caused it.

Hopefully we won't have to see any of Act 3 actually play out. What a situation to be in.

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12 minutes ago, TRIGON said:

Slobbo's back on "the its all so unfair" bandwagon today.

Very unfair to be playing against drug cheats, so I agree with him. 

 

Can't wait to see them twist off when the last appeal avenue dies up.  

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35 minutes ago, TRIGON said:

Slobbo's back on "the its all so unfair" bandwagon today.

never got a +ve test - must be innocent..........all an afl, asada, wada, acc, labor plot (did i miss anyone?).....world's best journo

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25 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

never got a +ve test - must be innocent..........all an afl, asada, wada, acc, labor plot (did i miss anyone?).....world's best journo

Then there's this:

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/expert-opinion/mark-robinson/asada-clearing-nathan-bock-wreaks-of-hypocrisy-writes-mark-robinson/news-story/7f316ad047fc66a45aaaa0069bb49df5

Bottom drawer journalism. Tries to dredge up Dank's brief interaction with MFC as well. 

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27 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

never got a +ve test - must be innocent..........all an afl, asada, wada, acc, labor plot (did i miss anyone?).....world's best journo

Yes "us"

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4 minutes ago, Dr John Dee said:

yes, this was one of two slobbo articles in today's hun that the op was referring to

slobbo enjoys creative scribbling

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And in the meantime just watch those free kicks mount up in Essendon's favour.

Then of course you have got to add in the ones that they don't pay to the opposition. Like "play on" and "throw it in". Poor Robbie Gray

 Same umpire, same rubbish.

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23 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

yes, this was one of two slobbo articles in today's hun that the op was referring to

slobbo enjoys creative scribbling

Wasn't sure since he didn't mention Bock or MFC. Certainly adds to the list of conspirators.

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