biggestred

So, the afl have said that each team must start at the centre bounce with 6 players inside each 50m arc. To reduce "congestion" One would assume the penalty for a significant breach of this would be a free kick from the centre to the non offending team, given thats where the ball is at a centre bounce. However, i reckon the following scenario is an absolute lock to happen in 2019 and make a mockery of the rule. Team a kicks a goal with 45 seconds left in the last q to go, say, 2 points up. Team b now needs to kick a goal inside 45 seconds to win, but team a are no longer able to just push players back, as team b would get a free. But, what if team a said, ok, and just pushed all bar 4 players into the defensive 50? Team b gets the free kick but are then heavily outnumbered in their forward line (as they cannot push players forward and must start 6 back), and now face an impossible task, despite having the ball. Thoughts? am i nuts?

Well, they all travel 10 times Most vic clubs travel 6 or 7. Hell, we go gold coast and then perth inside 6 days next year, i bet wce dont do gold coast and then melb in 6 days

Funny how the interstate teams neglegt the fact that they get true home ground advantage for 10 games a year and the vic teams might only get it 4 or 5 times, when they play an interstate team at home, and effectively are playing at neutral venues most of the time. Ya kidding yourself if you don't think the likes of the eagles have benefited from this hugely, especially when it could be argued that it probably counts as a win or two in any given year and that without that extra win they wouldnt have finished 2nd and gotten 2x home finals. Swings and roundabouts, not saying its fair to have the GF in melb every year but they shouldnt overlook their natural advantages, which pretty much even themselves out over the course of a season. It is what it is

The 3 we have now are perfect. Just wish the shop would sell long sleeves

Who pays for his treatment?? Definitely shouldnt be brayshaw. Or freo. The taxpayer shouldn't pay for this either.

Sorry, not a facial surgeon

It seems we are in fierce agreement on the second point.

You literally said hed been all over the media for the wrong reasons.

Yes gaff deserves less weeks than bugg because the media like him more.

And what track record was that?? Mills was the first time he was suspended

This time next year brayshaws teeth and Jaw will be fine. Gaff will still be a piece of [censored].

The prospect of this has me extremely excited. I may need to sit down. Will chuck $$ at the club to make this happen

Nfi why essendon would want to bring this all up. Demetriou is just gonna say "i knew it was them and i rang them to stop them getting in [censored]" And theyll just say the doping program was huge and they should have been rubbed out as a club for 2 years so really we saved your asses and everyone will laugh and essendon

Well the drug saga came to light as a result of an investigation into organised crime. Which it would seem bomber is also mixed up in. Doesnt seem like too much of a leap to me. Not to mention that clearly his thinking on the matter of substances going into the body is obviously totally skewed.

I agree. I also have essendon mates saying how disgusting bancroft gate is...

Heres an essay topic for you The Bancroft ball tampering saga is a darker day for australian sport than essendons drug scandal. Discuss.

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.

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.