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The afl are still protecting themselves by protecting essendon. Because NO ONE wants the full story to get out.

The question is - are they dodgy because they test lots and get lots of positives Or Are they less dodgy because they test lots and find more drug cheats than a sport like, say, soccer which has less than token testing and very few positive tests as a result?

Yes that sounds familiar doesnt it

But like They would have been better off if they had done a deal

Honestly if you were an essendon fan how stupid would you have to be. The reason the afl was trying to do all that [censored] is TO save essendon. Who should have been kickdd out of the comp for 2 years. Burnside is a human rights lawyer, not a wada code lawyer (a code the players signed up to remember) Popcorn

Not overly enthusiastic... i certainly dont love him or even respect him in the same ballpark as the rev or even bails

Id be beyond wild if he coached at the dees. [censored] it took me a whole season to warm to melksham and hibbert. And they are a long way from my favourites no matter how good they are. This was a systematic black ops hidden doping program that required the players to sign waivers and leave club premises to have the injections that were imported from china and Mexico with "no records" of any of it. Their punishment has been extremely light.

And port lost.

http://www.betootaadvocate.com/sports/essendon-bombers-compete-footballers-essendon-following-asada-doping-scandal/ AAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA

I think this will happen sooner or later. The problem will be as follows- If a team is hunting for a flag/in the mix for finals, someone like sloane will stay in the team. If a team's season is done, that player will be dropped in favour of a kid so fast their head will swim.

If we ever were fortunate enough find ourselves as needing to wear a clash strip in a grand final id be happy enough to wear that. Way better than some white monstrosity and eliminates a clash v the likes of port, essendon, carlton and the saints. Laura dureya (spelling) put a post on instagram pre xmas and i swear she had an inverted jumper on too.... ill find it Thats a hint of red on the front yeah? Perfect set would be normal, inverted and royal blue imho

He's on his way to earning some respect back - but if he wants to be truly respected again he has to earn it every time he plays by not punching anyone in the jaw. Having said that he does appear genuinely remorseful and is obviously busting a gut to earn that respect back. Fair play to the lad so far.

https://amp.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/victoria-police-raid-house-of-essendon-great-mark-bomber-thompson/news-story/c76f9179bb9c6b4c0254783123e1feaa?__twitter_impression=true I wonder if related...

Look. Fair enough. My bugbear is that the policy isnt policed equally across the comp!

Hahahaha this'll be good!

Essendon 28-15 free kicks

Um who would channel 7 rather have in finals? Team from perth? Another lowly supported melbourne team #justsaying

The one against hogan sure was. It wasnt even a mark.

Still dont know how jordan lewis didnt get a free for his tackle at the end of the 2nd q on the half forward flank

Some shockers today again. I actually think the entire rule book needs to be re-written.

So jobe has retired. Out of love with the game. Reckons it feels like "his partner cheated on him"

Due to our defensive game being high pressure with lots of covering each other, the width of the mcg may explain why we have close games there as teams are able to open us up due to more space but we play etihad well now because its narrower?

Kingy had a point in that it wasnt equal, but his point was wrong - ziebell shouldnt have been given anything

Ah yes, the weapon. He shut up shop very quickly. "Say that again?!"

The article said anything about his daughter would have to be separate