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The lid’s off at Bomberland in this expose by the Herald Sun chief football writer - AFL Integrity warns Essendon over Nick Hind and Jake Stringer’s associates.

The team which hasn’t won a final for two decades had one of the easiest fixtures in the competition but meekly fell out of finals contention after riding high in mid season. 

Now, Robinson reports that AFL Integrity has warned the Bombers to be vigilant over who they allow into their change rooms after concerns raised about players' associates.

“It's believed the Bombers were warned to be aware of a group of associates of recently delisted Bomber Nick Hind, who is known to have a shared friendship group with teammate Jake Stringer.

“It's believed the associates regularly attend Essendon matches and were seen in the Bombers' rooms more than once this season.”

The implication from the article is that the “associates” are possibly gangland figures as Robinson mentions the situation in 2013 when Richmond's Jake King was advised to not bring bikie underworld figure Toby Mitchell into their rooms after a match. 

The culture at Bomberland is rotten. We still haven’t forgotten the doping scandal that wracked the club a decade ago or the fiasco when Andrew Thorburn was forced to quit as Essendon CEO just one day after stepping into the role.

There must be a review of that club’s operations which indicate clear cultural deficiencies at that club. 

Heads must roll. 😀

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    Best thread i’ve seen in years

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    19 minutes ago, Whispering_Jack said:

    The lid’s off at Bomberland in this expose by the Herald Sun chief football writer - AFL Integrity warns Essendon over Nick Hind and Jake Stringer’s associates.

    The team which hasn’t won a final for two decades had one of the easiest fixtures in the competition but meekly fell out of finals contention after riding high in mid season. 

    Now, Robinson reports that AFL Integrity has warned the Bombers to be vigilant over who they allow into their change rooms after concerns raised about players' associates.

    “It's believed the Bombers were warned to be aware of a group of associates of recently delisted Bomber Nick Hind, who is known to have a shared friendship group with teammate Jake Stringer.

    “It's believed the associates regularly attend Essendon matches and were seen in the Bombers' rooms more than once this season.”

    The implication from the article is that the “associates” are possibly gangland figures as Robinson mentions the situation in 2013 when Richmond's Jake King was advised to not bring bikie underworld figure Toby Mitchell into their rooms after a match. 

    The culture at Bomberland is rotten. We still haven’t forgotten the doping scandal that wracked the club a decade ago or the fiasco when Andrew Thorburn was forced to quit as Essendon CEO just one day after stepping into the role.

    There must be a review of that club’s operations which indicate clear cultural deficiencies at that club. 

    Heads must roll. 😀

    Apologies. I forgot to mention that it has to be an independent review headed by someone commanding great respect in the football world like Steven Dank. 

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    who briefed the slobbster on this? mates at the peptides i assume, given it attacks stringer, and stringer is making life 'difficult' for them at the moment

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    Must be a bitter pill to swallow (pardon the pun) for Robbo.

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    5 hours ago, Whispering_Jack said:

    The lid’s off at Bomberland in this expose by the Herald Sun chief football writer - AFL Integrity warns Essendon over Nick Hind and Jake Stringer’s associates.

    The team which hasn’t won a final for two decades had one of the easiest fixtures in the competition but meekly fell out of finals contention after riding high in mid season. 

    Now, Robinson reports that AFL Integrity has warned the Bombers to be vigilant over who they allow into their change rooms after concerns raised about players' associates.

    “It's believed the Bombers were warned to be aware of a group of associates of recently delisted Bomber Nick Hind, who is known to have a shared friendship group with teammate Jake Stringer.

    “It's believed the associates regularly attend Essendon matches and were seen in the Bombers' rooms more than once this season.”

    The implication from the article is that the “associates” are possibly gangland figures as Robinson mentions the situation in 2013 when Richmond's Jake King was advised to not bring bikie underworld figure Toby Mitchell into their rooms after a match. 

    The culture at Bomberland is rotten. We still haven’t forgotten the doping scandal that wracked the club a decade ago or the fiasco when Andrew Thorburn was forced to quit as Essendon CEO just one day after stepping into the role.

    There must be a review of that club’s operations which indicate clear cultural deficiencies at that club. 

    Heads must roll. 😀

    Can someone remind me what Andrew Thorburn’s story was?

     

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    38 minutes ago, DeeGee said:

    Can someone remind me what Andrew Thorburn’s story was?

     

    His mother was from New Zealand. 

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    1 hour ago, The Jackson FIX said:

    Isn’t Hind delisted and Stringer on the way out?

    Doesn’t feel like there is a lot in this


    Except the conspiracy to hide the cultural issues at the club that have been allowed to fester in the background. The Bombers have a history of sweeping their problems under the carpet. Just look at the peptides scandal where they went off site to inject their players with substances supplied by suspect characters. 

     

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    9 hours ago, Whispering_Jack said:

    The lid’s off at Bomberland in this expose by the Herald Sun chief football writer - AFL Integrity warns Essendon over Nick Hind and Jake Stringer’s associates.

    The team which hasn’t won a final for two decades had one of the easiest fixtures in the competition but meekly fell out of finals contention after riding high in mid season. 

    Now, Robinson reports that AFL Integrity has warned the Bombers to be vigilant over who they allow into their change rooms after concerns raised about players' associates.

    “It's believed the Bombers were warned to be aware of a group of associates of recently delisted Bomber Nick Hind, who is known to have a shared friendship group with teammate Jake Stringer.

    “It's believed the associates regularly attend Essendon matches and were seen in the Bombers' rooms more than once this season.”

    The implication from the article is that the “associates” are possibly gangland figures as Robinson mentions the situation in 2013 when Richmond's Jake King was advised to not bring bikie underworld figure Toby Mitchell into their rooms after a match. 

    The culture at Bomberland is rotten. We still haven’t forgotten the doping scandal that wracked the club a decade ago or the fiasco when Andrew Thorburn was forced to quit as Essendon CEO just one day after stepping into the role.

    There must be a review of that club’s operations which indicate clear cultural deficiencies at that club. 

    Heads must roll. 😀

    Nahhh..   long may they fester in their puss

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    46 minutes ago, Sydney Pennski said:

    The Bombers have a history of sweeping their problems under the carpet.

    They’re hardly Robinson Crusoe on this 

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    5 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

    Stringer not surprised but hind surprised me

    It won't help Stringer find a new home.

    Edited by old dee

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    So former powerhouse club that has not won a final in 20 years and failed to finish above 7th in that period, has organisational cultural problems.  What a surprise.

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    Geez, I hope the media don't do a similar beat-up story on us.

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    3 minutes ago, M_9 said:

    Geez, I hope the media don't do a similar beat-up story on us.

    Why? Do you get access to the players room after the games?

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    5 minutes ago, drysdale demon said:

    Why? Do you get access to the players room after the games?

    My comment was made tongue in cheek. Nice to see another club in the spotlight.

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    13 minutes ago, M_9 said:

    My comment was made tongue in cheek. Nice to see another club in the spotlight.

    They won’t be in the spotlight. This story will be buried deep by the end of the week.

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    3 hours ago, beelzebub said:

    Nahhh..   long may they fester in their puss

    ... Do you mean Pus...

    Cos........

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    Kulcha Club

    stringer’s off to the Jaeger and Red Bull academy in the off-season for some top shelf pre season conditioning 

     

     

     

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