EFC will be kicking themselves. They played their "rogue sports scientist" card poorly. Look where it got them.

They should have come out on day 1  day 518 and admitted that the 34 players all had psychotic girlfriends that they were trying to avoid.

That Gubby. What an operator.

12 minutes ago, Deecisive said:

Wow these guys are real strategists, I  can see why eddie wanted allen. Colingwood has a lot of players with 'girlfriend' trouble.

Wasn't Allen the strategist who once kicked the ball across goal from the Collingwood back pocket straight into the hands of Footscray's Simon Beasley to give the Bullies a victory at Whitten Oval. 

Correct WJ!

"Graeme Allan is hanging his head"

VFL 1984 R10 Footscray v Collingwood

2 hours ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

This is a continuation of that Wilson report http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/giant-lachie-whitfield-claims-drug-texts-a-ruse-as-afl-antidoping-charges-loom-20161024-gs9k94.html

It seems the 3 culprits claim it was all a ruse to fool Whitfield's then girlfriend.  I would have to say that they could have concocted something far more convincing.  Key points from the article:

• Whitfield, Graeme Allan and Craig Lambert are all facing lengthy suspensions as it emerges that ASADA has formed the view that the trio breached the game's anti-doping code...which draws a maximum four-year penalty.
• The AFL remains determined that any outcome will be reached with ASADA's approval.
• While the AFL do not believe the incident warrants a four-year suspension for Whitfield, a former No. 1 draft pick, nor Allan and Lambert; Gillon McLachlan and his team remain highly tuned to the views of the national anti-doping authority.

It looks like the AFL are taking this seriously and working with ASADA this time on deciding the penalties. 

The good thing is that support staff are now caught in the ASADA net and it is not just the player(s) penalised.  Allen and Lambert will go down with Whitfield unlike all the wrongdoers at Essendon. 

 

The AFL are an embarrassment, the old boys club protecting revenue rather than doing what's right and fair. Looking the other way rather than impartialy when needed. 

The AFL don't believe it should be a 4 year penalty, it would still be hidden if it was left in the AFLs hands.

Saying you were hiding from drug testers to actually hide from your girlfriend... How the f do Allen and Lambert have any jobs if they used that logic. That is not too bright.

Edited October 24, 20168 yr by Cards13

The AFL would have to be ( next to Donald Trump's PR group) the most inept organisation on the planet, sitting on the biggest cash cow on the planet. Quite frankly i would be inclined to put them under administration for bringing their own group into disrepute. I will continue to bag as well.....

The AFL would of course not consider any sanction against GWS considering that a few of their officials and a player are involved in this knee deep.

2 hours ago, Ted Fidge said:

You're not wrong. It seems that Lachie was simply trying to hide from his crazy girlfriend! Wow, context can explain everything.

Giant Lachie Whitfield claims 'drug' texts a ruse as AFL anti-doping charges loom

I suppose that also explains why Lachie missed the round 7 match against Carlton. In case his girlfriend tried to run onto the ground and force him to propose.

What a bunch of gutter crawling scumbags they are. They've been caught red handed and to try and blame it on "the crazy girlfriend" is just disgusting. Let's take their story at face value. Whitfield has attempted to avoid his girlfriend by claiming he has to stay at Lamberts house for a few days because he took drugs and is scared he will test positive to PED's. Meanwhile he also apparently has a migraine and has to stay at Lamberts house because....

If that's the best they can come up with they deserve suspensions for sheer stupidity 

2 hours ago, Satyriconhome said:

And the farce is being added to by ASADA who now start jumping up and down, why weren't they jumping up and down when they couldn't find him for the testing, as I have put in previous posts, they are amateurs and only justify their existence by either accident or somebody dobbing in, as in this case

Wow you don't understand how this works at all.

Wait, they actually expect that concocted story to get them off these charges?

...

 

Wow.

Just when you thought you'd seen it all over the last 4 years, an even dumber group of drug cheats pops along. Mindboggling.

1 hour ago, Whispering_Jack said:

Wasn't Allen the strategist who once kicked the ball across goal from the Collingwood back pocket straight into the hands of Footscray's Simon Beasley to give the Bullies a victory at Whitten Oval. 

Oh yes it was and what a shocker, kicking across the goal face in the backline!!!!! An absolute no no in those days now it's "de rigeur". Oh how we laughed when Beasley got that goal. Especially those few souls who hated Collingwood, not that there were many of them.

25 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

What a bunch of gutter crawling scumbags they are. They've been caught red handed and to try and blame it on "the crazy girlfriend" is just disgusting. Let's take their story at face value. Whitfield has attempted to avoid his girlfriend by claiming he has to stay at Lamberts house for a few days because he took drugs and is scared he will test positive to PED's. Meanwhile he also apparently has a migraine and has to stay at Lamberts house because....

If that's the best they can come up with they deserve suspensions for sheer stupidity 

and the joke is that the gf he was hiding from was actually overseas at the time - lol

8 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

and the joke is that the gf he was hiding from was actually overseas at the time - lol

LOL. Priceless.

1 hour ago, daisycutter said:

and the joke is that the gf he was hiding from was actually overseas at the time - lol

Wow, this story just keeps getting better and better.

6 hours ago, daisycutter said:

and the joke is that the gf he was hiding from was actually overseas at the time - lol

Ha ha really???

14 hours ago, Pinball Wizard said:

The AFL would of course not consider any sanction against GWS considering that a few of their officials and a player are involved in this knee deep.

I just realised that any draft sanctions taken against GWS this year would hurt the Giants deeply because they are supposed to have about half a dozen highly thought of academy prospects awaiting selection. My guess therefore is that the AFL will not do anything about this that requires a final decision until after the draft. 

1 hour ago, Pinball Wizard said:

I just realised that any draft sanctions taken against GWS this year would hurt the Giants deeply because they are supposed to have about half a dozen highly thought of academy prospects awaiting selection. My guess therefore is that the AFL will not do anything about this that requires a final decision until after the draft. 

Small correction required.

10 hours ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

Wow you don't understand how this works at all.

Yes I do know how it works, the drug agencies sit on their hands waiting for a team mate, girlfriend, coach, disgruntled employee to dob in a 'drug cheat', then they come out all guns blazing showing what a good job they are doing.....yeah right....my opinion

Rarely agree with you Saty

But I agree completely with this opinion. These agencys are just for show there part of the "seeming" culture

All governments want to "seem" to be doing something when but are rarely fully committed.

Love this as it gives my more reasons to hate GWS and Collingwood, not that I was running low!

Whitfield out for a year or two would hurt.  he is about to hit his peak

1 hour ago, Satyriconhome said:

Yes I do know how it works, the drug agencies sit on their hands waiting for a team mate, girlfriend, coach, disgruntled employee to dob in a 'drug cheat', then they come out all guns blazing showing what a good job they are doing.....yeah right....my opinion

I hope I can assume you are against drugs in sport.

What should an anti drug agency be doing to ensure clean sport? How is your "ideal" anti drug agency structured and what does it do?

I feel sorry for Sammi Nowland.

She does not deserve the [censored] that will be unloaded on her if Whitfield is banned.

I had exhausted my supply of vomit bags during the EFC saga (I have a couple left for when Jobe is allowed to keep his medal though), but will now need to order another truck load.

The AFL is actively making it difficult for me to follow the sport I love.

If nothing else the AFL is helping WADA discover and address/amend all the 'grey' areas

I have zero sympathy for Whitfield, all the power to his ex girlfriend.

Of all the pathetic lame duck excuses and to be so cowardly as to blame the girlfriend. Very, very ordinary behaviour. Hope the book is thrown.

4 minutes ago, chook fowler said:

Of all the pathetic lame duck excuses and to be so cowardly as to blame the girlfriend. Very, very ordinary behaviour. Hope the book is thrown.

If I know the AFL, and I think I do, there will be 2 books thrown.

The first will be approximately 4 pages long and printed on rice paper. It will be wafted softly in the general direction of Whitfield, and may or may not softly glance his cheek.

The second will be an enormous leather-bound volume, bound with a hard spine plus additional appendices, launched from the Herald Sun's media cannon at Sammi Nowland's unsuspecting face.