Some people are thinking when May returns he’ll be a liability to the team like Carey was with his scandal. Not sure how you can compare the two TBH.

So if we get Maysie to fake apologise via an oiled up artistic photograph 📸, can he play Monday?

13 minutes ago, Graeme Yeats' Mullet said:

So if we get Maysie to fake apologise via an oiled up artistic photograph 📸, can he play Monday?

It would appear a co-ordinated pre-fabed fire extinguisher strat is already well under way.  He is now the victim....leave him alone!

7 minutes ago, Demon Dynasty said:

It would appear a co-ordinated pre-fabed fire extinguisher strat is already well under way.  He is now the victim....leave him alone!

My Mistake...

20 minutes ago, Demon Dynasty said:

It would appear a co-ordinated pre-fabed fire extinguisher strat is already well under way.  He is now the victim....leave him alone!

Yep..completely assumed role as victim. Should be able to do as he pleases in his private life. Not a football matter. May and Melky not afforded the same right to privacy. Joke

If Steven May or Toby Greene had a photo like that come out, there would be calls for them to be sacked

9 hours ago, sue said:

Sounds like he is commenting on one of the early (and many) versions of what was said. If so, that’s not wise. 

Hmmm. Perhaps, but getting stuck into Smith and then saying to Melksham the effect of ‘what would you know, you play 2s’ is not much better than that whole ‘you play, we lose’ palaver.

Either way, he I usually quite measured and of course, well connected. 

On 6/10/2022 at 6:26 PM, binman said:

Exactly. 

I'm happy for the AFL integrity department to investigate.

If any of the players have gold porkies to the club then they deserve their right wack.

The problem with picking and choosing which incident they investigate is they open themselves up to accusations of selective investigations and/or having an agenda.

And if every incident was investigated the players involved in any incident would be less likely to withhold key information.

Has the pig industry adopted Willy Wonka promotional ideas? What do the players win?

Chance May has taken himself down to Casey to watch the 2’s today? Perhaps a thoughtful gesture to show appreciation for a large part of the club he seemingly doesn’t value. 

39 minutes ago, The Jackson 6 said:

Chance May has taken himself down to Casey to watch the 2’s today? Perhaps a thoughtful gesture to show appreciation for a large part of the club he seemingly doesn’t value. 

Might be better to show a low profile for the next two weeks. 

Very disappointed that Nathan Jones decided to add his two cents. The story was just beginning to die out thanks to Bailey Smith. 

7 minutes ago, Pirlo said:

Very disappointed that Nathan Jones decided to add his two cents. The story was just beginning to die out thanks to Bailey Smith. 

Sadly it’s his job now, and as someone who experienced so much garbage at the club and then only just missed out on a premiership I think he’s entitled to an opinion. 

4 minutes ago, Pates said:

Sadly it’s his job now, and as someone who experienced so much garbage at the club and then only just missed out on a premiership I think he’s entitled to an opinion. 

You reckon Richo would have said the same about the Tigers, Luke Hodge would have said the same about Hawthorn or Ling about Geelong etc? They’re all in the same job.

He could easily have manoeuvred around  it. “I think Max handled it well” or “I’m sure Steven regrets it”.

He sooks about his sadness again because it’ll get his face in the papers, not because he feels compelled to answer every question honestly behind the mic. 

1 hour ago, Pirlo said:

You reckon Richo would have said the same about the Tigers, Luke Hodge would have said the same about Hawthorn or Ling about Geelong etc? They’re all in the same job.

He could easily have manoeuvred around  it. “I think Max handled it well” or “I’m sure Steven regrets it”.

He sooks about his sadness again because it’ll get his face in the papers, not because he feels compelled to answer every question honestly behind the mic. 

Poor ol' Jonesy.
Should count himself lucky.
Got 2yrs closer to a flag than he should've.

1 hour ago, Pirlo said:

He sooks about his sadness again because it’ll get his face in the papers, not because he feels compelled to answer every question honestly behind the mic. 

Tell me you know nothing about Nathan Jones without telling me you know nothing about Nathan Jones...

1 hour ago, Fork 'em said:

Poor ol' Jonesy.
Should count himself lucky.
Got 2yrs closer to a flag than he should've.

Seriously, WTF?

I feel for Jones. I really do. However, I’ve never quite understood the story of whether he was told he wouldn’t be picked to play in the GF, or whether he made the decision to go home after the prelim because his wife was due. What I mean is, was Jones told by Goodwin you that he wouldn’t be the sub? Or did Jones just go home? I still think he was entitled to play as the sub, but even if he’d been in form at the time, he would have had to choose between the birth of his twins and a Grand Final.

Edited June 12, 20222 yr by Kick_It_To_Pickett

12 minutes ago, Kick_It_To_Pickett said:

I feel for Jones. I really do. However, I’ve never quite understood the story of whether he was told he wouldn’t be picked to play in the GF, or whether he made the decision to go home after the prelim because his wife was due. What I mean is, was Jones told by Goodwin you that he wouldn’t be the sub? Or did Jones just go home? I still think he was entitled to play as the sub, but even if he’d been in form at the time, he would have had to choose between the birth of his twins and a Grand Final.

He was told he wouldn't be picked (barring injury) in enough time he could then make the call to head home for kids' birth

He then made the call to head home

Edit:  I would've picked him as sub

Edited June 12, 20222 yr by Graeme Yeats' Mullet

I'm sorry have I missed something?

What did Nathan Jones say?

5 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

I'm sorry have I missed something?

What did Nathan Jones say?

That he took offense to what May said. And fair enough. As I said in an earlier post, fat chance May says what he said to Jonesy. 
Yet he’s brave enough to say it to Smith. Very poor behavior. 

2 hours ago, Fork 'em said:

Poor ol' Jonesy.
Should count himself lucky.
Got 2yrs closer to a flag than he should've.

Got nothing against Jones as a person and loyal servant of our club, and by some responses I get the feeling people aren’t always allowed ‘unpopular’ opinions here (based on the old face palm responses), but I think Bernie Vince (in 2018) and Jordan Lewis (in 2019) had shown more in their respective final seasons to be given one-year contract extensions than Jones did after each of these seasons. Jones’ last 3-4 years were just so-so after he was unbelievable in our dark years. He was no doubt rewarded with new contracts for loyalty, and in actual fact even if he was gifted games to get to 300, it’s probably not a bad thing for the fabric of the club, whilst also giving players around him perspective not to take things for granted.

 

His comments the other day probably weren’t necessarily, but he’s not an employee of the club anymore, so he can do what he wants - look what Matthew Lloyd says about Essendon almost of a daily basis - I’m almost surprised they let him in their little circle on Friday night 😊

On 6/11/2022 at 1:02 PM, Dee-monic said:

Unlawful Assault and Common Assault

Section 23 of the Summary Offences Act 1966 (Vic) provides a summary statutory offence for ‘unlawful assault’. Unlawful assault charges are heard before the Magistrates’ Court and carry a maximum penalty of 15 penalty units (around $165 per unit) or 3 months imprisonment.

However, in the most serious cases of unlawful assault, a person may be charged with ‘common assault’. Common assault is a criminal offence that arises at common law in Victoria (R v Patton [1998] 1 VR 7). These matters are heard before the County Court and carry a maximum penalty of 5 years imprisonment.

A person may be charged with unlawful assault if they “unlawfully assaulted or beat another person”. Examples might include threatening to punch someone, hitting another person or spitting at another person. Charges of unlawful assault can be laid even if the victim wasn’t injured.

That begs the question; is there a "lawful assault" defence?

43 minutes ago, dworship said:

That begs the question; is there a "lawful assault" defence?

Yes, when the assaulted person is an Essendon supporter. 🤭

2 hours ago, Kick_It_To_Pickett said:

I feel for Jones. I really do. However, I’ve never quite understood the story of whether he was told he wouldn’t be picked to play in the GF, or whether he made the decision to go home after the prelim because his wife was due. What I mean is, was Jones told by Goodwin you that he wouldn’t be the sub? Or did Jones just go home? I still think he was entitled to play as the sub, but even if he’d been in form at the time, he would have had to choose between the birth of his twins and a Grand Final.

He explains it in depth in a recent “dyl and friends” podcast.

Basically knew that the only way he would get a game was via an injury. Pressure from the mrs came the day after the prelim, and he just felt the right thing to do was be at the birth, rather than hang around hoping for an injury and potentially missing both the GF and the birth 

Watching Fox Footy before today’s game and just heard that the Dees said it was May who threw the first punch.

Anyone else heard this or am I slow to the news?