1 hour ago, ProDee said:

Heppell will be a Mark Robinson initiative, because he's a card carrying Bomber supporter, who was anything but balanced during the peptides saga.

That's the understatement of the millennium.

Robbo: (Burps) Dyso I imagine it just be really hard on you boys (small beer burp) waking up in the morning and just getting on with it, being innocent and all.

Heppell: Yehhhh naahhhhh yeh sort of like you just wake up and yeh but na the boys are all yehhh.

I made the mistake of watching Heppell on the Footy Show once before, he really is a ditz. One less fox footy show to tune into now.

Edited February 22, 20169 yr by Ethan Tremblay

Having Heppell on is a disgrace.

I won't be watching it this year. If 360 want to support drug cheats then that is their choice, but I won't be watching the show. Heppell is currently serving a ban, it is not like he has even served his time, and got himself in a position to even warrant a second chance. Each to their own on this one, but I was already leaning towards not watching the show prior to Heppell's appointment.

1 hour ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

Having Heppell on is a disgrace.

Don't know if it is a disgrace, but it is a poor choice, when there are so many active players to choose from.

I don't even understand how this kind of thing happens. As I understand it, all media appointments for AFL players must go through their club's media manager. How can Heppell possibly agree to this deal without breaking the terms of his ban and getting in contact with staff at the club?

6 minutes ago, Redleg said:

Don't know if it is a disgrace, but it is a poor choice, when there are so many active players to choose from.

There is no place for reasoned, measured responses on this forum.

2 hours ago, Wiseblood said:

I certainly won't be watching.

I will say that I didn't mind Roosy, as opposed to others, as he was able to defend the club and keep it totally out of the mud when we were atrocious.  His ability to give answers that didn't put our club in the shite was excellent.

Yes and with having Roos on at least they were forced to talk about the Dees for at least 5 min's each week .... whether good or bad . 

 

21 minutes ago, SaberFang said:

I don't even understand how this kind of thing happens. As I understand it, all media appointments for AFL players must go through their club's media manager. How can Heppell possibly agree to this deal without breaking the terms of his ban and getting in contact with staff at the club?

Good point. And all wages have to be declared via the AFL and the club which can count towards their payments...

3 hours ago, ProDee said:

Heppell will be a Mark Robinson initiative, because he's a card carrying Bomber supporter, who was anything but balanced during the peptides saga.

Please...please Melbourne if you do only just one great thing this year (aside from making finals and winning the flag of course).... then be it beating the living shite out of essendrug. I want robbo to be absolutely plastered and a mumbling fool all that following week on 360 from the bender he'll need to forget that his club are now pathetic and a disgrace to Australian rules football. 

1 hour ago, Delusional demon 82 said:

Please...please Melbourne if you do only just one great thing this year (aside from making finals and winning the flag of course).... then be it beating the living shite out of essendrug. I want robbo to be absolutely plastered and a mumbling fool all that following week on 360 from the bender he'll need to forget that his club are now pathetic and a disgrace to Australian rules football. 

dd82, the media will cheer them and sympathise with them all year, just wait and see.....#standbythe$$$$

12 hours ago, SaberFang said:

I don't even understand how this kind of thing happens. As I understand it, all media appointments for AFL players must go through their club's media manager. How can Heppell possibly agree to this deal without breaking the terms of his ban and getting in contact with staff at the club?

The 34 probably don't even regard themselves as being suspended. Let alone restricted from certain activities.

What's happened to them is like a freak accident, a legal piano dropping on their head, all caused by some furriner lawyers from Switzerland who couldn't possibly understand Aussie Rules, that Dank went rogue, they were duped, etc.

It's bewildering, but with the encouragement and support of those who properly understand, like Robbo, this sham suspension will be over before you know it and they can get back to being completely innocent of everything except victimisation.

Heppell's appointment just shows the AFL aren't serious at all about the drug issue. It's a tacit message to the fans that "they did nothing wrong, CAS stuffed up and we can't change it".

The guy is serving a suspension for DRUG CHEATING. Even if he's technically allowed to to media for the AFL, there's no way he should be doing it. Sends the complete wrong message.

I wish I loved the game a little less so I could walk away from it.

And tonight we introduce Banned Essendon player and CAS adjudicated Drug Cheat....Dyson Heppell.

Put your beers together......

Farcical at best ....more akin to corrupt really.

Rome burnt while Nero fiddled. Our great game is being ridiculed under the reign of the Dill.

Edited February 22, 20169 yr by beelzebub

and angus monfries has just got a gig as special comments for SEN

Funny how if you're too critical of the AFL or too probing in your quest for the truth about "supplements", your media accreditation and other reprisals come into play.

But if you support the 34 ...

I bet Gil and his crew are absolutely furious with SEN and Fox. Furious!

What a disgrace of a show will not waste an ounce of time watching this.

I wonder how much say Whateley had in the decision to have Heppell on the show, if any.

Heppell makes perfect sense for AFL 360...if you're looking for new blood that's injected calf's blood (among other things) then he's the logical choice.

he'll certainly inject something new

i've heard heppell interviewed many times and he didn't strike me as someone with something interesting to say

you can only come to the conclusion that hiring him for this gig was a cynical exercise by those concerned and a slap in the face to the general sporting public and officialdom

Edited February 23, 20169 yr by daisycutter

Goddard was hired too and everyone knows it wasn't for screen presence or warm personality.

A lot of the Magpies players get cushy media gigs regardless of how boring they are, not hard to put two and two together on that one. It's not surprising at all that borewhores like Goddard and Heppell get the same treatment.

1 hour ago, daisycutter said:

he'll certainly inject something new

i've heard heppell interviewed many times and he didn't strike me as someone with something interesting to say

you can only come to the conclusion that hiring him for this gig was a cynical exercise by those concerned and a slap in the face to the general sporting public and officialdom

Just a little pr1ck

Funny that the AFL warns Schools about employing any of the 34, then turns around and lets one paying it money to do just that.

They should use this as an example of hypocrisy in Dictionaries !!

2 minutes ago, beelzebub said:

Funny that the AFL warns Schools about employing any of the 34, then turns around and lets one paying it money to do just that.

They should use this as an example of hypocrisy in Dictionaries !!

nah bub, afl-integrity got that one first................

AFL Tonight looks like it's got a good line up. Might finally get some decent footy news out of Fox Footy now. 

Edited February 23, 20169 yr by It's Time