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The tribunal should have required them to demonstrate that it was something else, eg. thymomodulin. And balanced the alternate explanations. (Remember, it's not a court of law. It's a sporting tribunal.) But Mr Jones soon put a stop to that dangerous nonsense.

The 8 pages in the Hun read like a brief for the defence. Distort, query, undermine, confuse, introduce uncertainty and doubt. Those innocent lambs didn't even know what it was they were getting!

Favourable light? "Yes, I provide this substance not approved for therapeutic use which everyone knows is mostly used by body builders and sportsmen seeking to gain an unfair advantage." That's a favourable light??? How about, "No, of course not! I only provide the legal and harmless thymomodulin, not this ... other ... bad.... whatever. I've never even heard of TV6! Sorry, TB4." Now that's portraying yourself in a favourable light.

So right there they stop looking. The rest of the evidence effectively doesn't even exist. This "chain of custody" nonsense is just that. If you're dealing with eg DNA found on a gun at a murder site, then yes, you have to show chain of custody to prove that the DNA wasn't contaminated somewhere along the way. Or the knife used to stab someone, to show that it wasn't swapped for a different knife at some point. Even then, it usually comes down to someone's word. But if this "chain of custody" from China to Charter to Alavi etc ... breaks down, then that somehow proves that TB4 wasn't at Essendon? Chain of custody my behind. If you can show TB4 was at Essendon, then it doesn't matter how it got there, who brought it, or when. If it's there, it's there. Another (probably foreseen) consequence of treating this in an overly legalistic fashion. Mr Jones, it's not a criminal case in a court of law, it's a sporting tribunal. I reckon the players' lawyers might have stitched ASADA up on that one, getting them to agree to this chain of custody business.

Lumumba's exact problem is that he takes the game on. He ends up with either himself or his teammate with a Messerchmidt up their jaxie.

Even though our “usual suspects” like Jones, Vince, etc, were not going well today, we still fought back from a terrible start – in past years that would have led to a 100 point shellacking. Also without those players firing we were right in it until the last 15 minutes … means the newer guys and the lesser lights are performing. Tyson deserves more love than he's been getting on here lately ... he has been carrying an injury. And it has to be said: well done Dawes! For a while I wondered who it was who was wearing his jumper.

It's called scoreboard pressure and we don't apply it.

Those are the ones we send through for behinds.

It's a lottery. If you pick every free correctly you win a million bucks. They've never had to pay out.

Nope. They score too easily and we squander it in front of goal.

They take their chances, and we don't.

If we lose it won't because of the slow start so much as we squander opportunities near goal.

We're pressuring them but we are wasteful with our chances. That might be the difference.

This Hogan guy looks alright. Anyone know much about him?

Viney is kicking straight. This is our day!

Is ... is that a young David Schwarz wearing the no. 6 ???

Great to see they haven't dropped their bundle. A few straighter kicks at goal would have been nice. Watts!!

Vander looked like he sprained his ankle. Landed awkwardly during marking practice. They might just be icing it to make sure.

News Warp have stronger links with Channel 10. They'll be laughing their heads off at this year's debacle.

Although it was "within the rules" (sounds familiar?) it was against the spirit of the COLA. Which was to compensate PLAYERS for the higher cost of living in Sydney, not for the CLUB to stockpile $$$$ for a big purchase. Although they landed Buddy, Sydney shot themselves in the foot. Soon COLA will be a thing of the past even though the reasons for its existence may continue. A nd yes, Sydney are not taking away the COLA. The AFL is. But Sydney are culpable.

"Dad, one of them things came today. In that ... that ... box thing out the front." "The letter box?" "Yeah. That thing." "It's alright son. It can't harm you. What's it about?" "How would I know? It's one of them flat white things." "A letter. You can open it. Tell me what's inside." "How do you open it?" "Just tear it." "Oh right." (sound of tearing) "I opened it." "What's inside?" "Another flat white thing. Only some bastard's gone and and torn it in half." "Well, that's because-- never mind. Read it out to me." "How do I do that?" "Pretend it's an ipad and you're reading someone's facebook page." "Oh right! It says 'D.... de.....dead'! Oh no, someone's died!" "Is it 'dear'?" "Oh right. 'Dear. Dear J.... j...... j......" "Never mind son. Bring it with you for Sunday roast and I'll deal with it." "Cool. Is it roast magpie again?" "No, you dill, it's chi--- yeah, it's roast magpie. See you Sunday."

It's kind of plausible that Jab has taken a secret provisional suspension ... but then why wouldn't Heppell and some other of their better players also have mysterious injuries and end up far away from the club. They've got nothing left to play for this season. Doesn't make sense to single out only one. More likely to me that he's crumbled under the weight of (potentially) losing his Charlie.

Too much like hard work. He'd sue you for not paying his rental fee for him.

Jab: The doc reckons my shoulder's gone. I don't think I can play any more games this year. Craig: Damn. Listen, why don't you go away for a while, take a break and get your head right and your body 100% fit? Jab: Jeez, I dunno. I'm the captain, I don't want to let the boys down. If I can be of any use around here ... Craig: Hey, why don't you go into the coaches box? Hang around with Jim, learn the ropes, be his kind of right-hand man --- Jab: WHEN'S THE THIRD TEST START????

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