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  On 05/01/2017 at 06:52, brendan said:

Just quoting what 7 news is saying, I'm not saying anything bad I wish him all the best don't like this stuff happening to anyone no matter how you feel about them 

I must admit i thought youd cracked a joke...

 

Interesting channel 7 are reporting that and everyone else is saying "major health scare" #scum

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    http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/james-hird-taken-to-hospital-with-major-health-scare/news-story/d3510ef3cd113de4b1928e08aaaee9b4

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    But Channel Seven said Hird was taken to Cabrini Hospital at “10.07pm last night after an intentional poisoning overdose”. The substance wasn’t revealed.

    It’s believed Hird left the hospital earlier today and is receiving care elsewhere.

    I have zero respect for Hird and abhor what he did but I don't wish him any ill, after all he has children, family and friends who have been and are seriously affected by the trauma he has and is going thru. If that quote is correct Hird is clearly not a well man.

    I think this is a time to put grievances aside.

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    " The substance wasn’t revealed."

    I've heard that before.

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    As much as I can't stand this man, his club, and what has happened I wish him all the best and hope he finds a way out of the mire he appears to be in. 

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      On 05/01/2017 at 08:22, Chris said:

    As much as I can't stand this man, his club, and what has happened I wish him all the best and hope he finds a way out of the mire he appears to be in. 

    Telling the truth would help

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      On 05/01/2017 at 08:27, Sir Why You Little said:

    Telling the truth would help

    It's most likely pretty well irrelevant at this stage. He's suffering from something where there's a lot to be done before he can deal with what happened at Essendon. This is personal, we should wish him well in his recovery and leave him alone for now ...

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    Agree with the need for sensitive consideration and so was amazed where his father was reported as blaming AFL, the club and seemingly every one else for James condition. While this can be seen as a standard reaction, it again continues the avoidance tactics which have led us to this point.

    it must make players who were treated with unknown substances that James reportedly endorsed and used wonder if the current condition is arising from that use.

     I hope that they at least are receiving more comprehensive and truthful information than is being reported.

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    The fat lady will never sing. This saga will never end.

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      On 10/01/2017 at 22:58, ManDee said:

    The fat lady will never sing. This saga will never end.

    yes...and all has gone quiet on the Jobe: give back the medal story.

    Sam McClure made a valiant attempt but I reckon the AFL shut him down quick smart!  The AFL wants Jobe to quietly keep it, so no noise from the media thanks! 

    'Independent' AFL media = puppets on a string!!

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      On 10/01/2017 at 23:19, Lucifer's Hero said:

    yes...and all has gone quiet on the Jobe: give back the medal story.

    Sam McClure made a valiant attempt but I reckon the AFL shut him down quick smart!  The AFL wants Jobe to quietly keep it, so no noise from the media thanks! 

    'Independent' AFL media = puppets on a string!!

    That medal will be worth a bit on the market in years to come.  At worst he still has it and can believe what he wants about who won it.  Quiet little pay off maybe?

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    Despite the call for privacy Mr Hird senior could not resist rehashing all the old gripes. Is that helping his son? The media have now joined ASADA and the AFL as bad guys relentlessly pursuing the Hird's. Once upon a time the Hird's always courted publicity when it suited them. The Hird mansion is perhaps the most photographed and filmed footballers house ever even before the doping saga.  James Hird was never shy in keeping his wife and kids out of the limelight. The public image  of the Hird family was that of perfection. I cannot ever recal seeing any other footballers home in the media and not often do other footballers parade their families in front of the media with such regularity. In the days when it was self serving for him, doorstop interviews happened frequently and the more journalists hanging around the better.  During the eye of the storm of the doping saga there were frequent most likely planned door stop interviews by Tania usually when picking up or dropping the kids at school time to give her regular shrill blasts against the AFL and ASADA. Sadly as with all megalomaniacs who think they are perfect and invincible, their strategy  when fighting losing battles is to fight harder and keep upping the ante because they believe they can't lose and  before they know it they have destroyed themselves and those close to them.

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      On 10/01/2017 at 23:37, america de cali said:

    Despite the call for privacy Mr Hird senior could not resist rehashing all the old gripes. Is that helping his son? The media have now joined ASADA and the AFL as bad guys relentlessly pursuing the Hird's. Once upon a time the Hird's always courted publicity when it suited them. The Hird mansion is perhaps the most photographed and filmed footballers house ever even before the doping saga.  James Hird was never shy in keeping his wife and kids out of the limelight. The public image  of the Hird family was that of perfection. I cannot ever recal seeing any other footballers home in the media and not often do other footballers parade their families in front of the media with such regularity. In the days when it was self serving for him, doorstop interviews happened frequently and the more journalists hanging around the better.  During the eye of the storm of the doping saga there were frequent most likely planned door stop interviews by Tania usually when picking up or dropping the kids at school time to give her regular shrill blasts against the AFL and ASADA. Sadly as with all megalomaniacs who think they are perfect and invincible, their strategy  when fighting losing battles is to fight harder and keep upping the ante because they believe they can't lose and  before they know it they have destroyed themselves and those close to them.

    Indeed.

    Who's to say this latest chapter isn't just another part of the charade to try and shake some of the manure off. 

    Sorry, but it's sticking,

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    I thought this was locked.  Leave the guy alone.  To me it is the height of arrogance for anyone to suggest what is the current state of mind of James Hird or what may have caused it.  Just let it be for now.  Keyboard warriors should think about just how squeaky clean they may be in their anonymous world - or perhaps their closets are also bursting with skeletons.

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      On 11/01/2017 at 00:17, iv'a worn smith said:

    I thought this was locked.  Leave the guy alone.  To me it is the height of arrogance for anyone to suggest what is the current state of mind of James Hird or what may have caused it.  Just let it be for now.  Keyboard warriors should think about just how squeaky clean they may be in their anonymous world - or perhaps their closets are also bursting with skeletons.

    Oh please... 

    Perhaps the thread was locked to give James Hird and the family privacy as requested. Didn't take long for Alan Hird to shoot that down and open it up again.

    Fancy claiming it was a Julia Gillard conspiracy! 

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      On 11/01/2017 at 00:17, iv'a worn smith said:

    I thought this was locked.  Leave the guy alone.  To me it is the height of arrogance for anyone to suggest what is the current state of mind of James Hird or what may have caused it.  Just let it be for now.  Keyboard warriors should think about just how squeaky clean they may be in their anonymous world - or perhaps their closets are also bursting with skeletons.

    I've got the whole graveyard in my closet iv'a !

     

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      On 11/01/2017 at 00:23, Moonshadow said:

    Oh please... 

    Perhaps the thread was locked to give James Hird and the family privacy as requested. Didn't take long for Alan Hird to shoot that down and open it up again.

    Fancy claiming it was a Julia Gillard conspiracy! 

    So that's James' fault is it?

     

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      On 11/01/2017 at 00:28, iv'a worn smith said:

    So that's James' fault is it?

     

    The family requested privacy. The family broke that. Fair game to reopen the thread. No one doubts the mods will be all over it.

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    The "family".  Alan Hird is interstate.   Has Alan Hird been quoted as saying that?  All I am saying is, it is certainly not fair game.  Leave the guy alone.

     

     

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      On 11/01/2017 at 00:17, iv'a worn smith said:

    I thought this was locked.  Leave the guy alone.  To me it is the height of arrogance for anyone to suggest what is the current state of mind of James Hird or what may have caused it.  Just let it be for now.  Keyboard warriors should think about just how squeaky clean they may be in their anonymous world - or perhaps their closets are also bursting with skeletons.

    I thought it was as well but Jack obviously left it with a request to leave James Hird alone for the time being. I guess Alan Hird's stirring things up is a separate enough issue and should be able to be discussed that way but if it turns back onto James and his problems it might need to be shut down.  

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    James deserves his own thread. He is a victim after all....

    Then close it

    I wondered how long it would take.

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    I understand the need to leave James alone and that I don't have all the information but geez his old man didn't need to say anything did he? Just kept him in the media for another couple of weeks. 

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    I can't see why this thread should be closed, though the temporary halt may have been reasonable given the circumstances.    There are issues around the saga which don't involve Hird directly which are perfectly reasonable for discussion eg. where is Jobe's medal.  And if they do involve Hird directly, then we should be able to rely on posters to make appropriate comments. Those that don't should be dealt with in the usual way, rather than surpressing an entire topic.

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    I think we should give James Hird a break for the time being. I have no time for him and consider him a liar and a cheat, but at this time we should talk about other issues. If his family keep breaking their please leave us alone request then we can reopen the flood gates.

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