daisycutter

are those pancakes or pikelets, mandee? might be important

nice informative post, luci. hope you can keep it up to date

what's frankston, od?

hey froggy, we need you to get to work and find out what jesse is up to over there. we want all the details. i know we can count on you

i thought it might be picket fence's car exhaust pipes

did it feel like losing a grand final? or did you say "oh what the heck, what's the harm"

the way sydney is expanding doc, hopping dicks creek must be a suburb of sydney by now. next you'll have the chinese buying up all the land for apartments. lol

in know i'm the odd one out, but i never warmed to cometti. too much of a narcissist. much like me

huh? did you actually read my post i was saying the complete opposite to choke because he just referred only to insurance payments sheesh, jnr

if the 18 games is so important, play 22 rounds but any non afl listed player can only play 18 games. more non listed players then get a game however with so many stand-alone teams it may be getting harder to justify 18 games

nice little bit of prize money there, jack, especially when converted to $aud

agreed, but it is still a short time from guilt to premiership (if they win) so i was wondering if the sydney public have goldfish memories or don't give a $hit

in some cases yes, but i think in the main it is shithouse reading and spelling directives that are forced on teachers by the lunatic ideologues in the education department

wonder if there will be mass vomiting in sydney town if tb4-cronulla win of course we know there will be if storm wins but for different reasons

has said he won't be attending

agree neither will be ready 2017, unless something amazing happens

that's not my understanding, iva. many peds are also used therapeutically for genuine medical reason. There has always been provision for athletes to get exemptions for special situations and under special strict conditions (dosage, documentation, who, why, when) sometimes (not always) including a period of non competing. there shouldn't necessarily be anything sinister in that as long as the procedures are followed

http://www.britishathletics.org.uk/EasysiteWeb/getresource.axd?AssetID=219&type=Full&servicetype=Attachment

actually it's 3 weeks and 5 days (the day before the next game) and on that day it becomes 2 games in 3 weeks and 6 days which is still less than a month and on that day it also becomes 3 games in 3 weeks and 7 days which is also less than a month (an avg month in football season being 4 weeks 2.5 days) so, i find it very misleading to say 1 game in a month conveniently ignoring the day before and after, and still being short of a month anyway, i now know where you are coming from. (btw i didn't need to study hard at school )

i'd be surprised if the club isn't handling it in the most professional way, abe. no matter how frustrating it may be to them.....and us there is obviously much much more between the lines that we will probably never know

plus, i'd add that the players must carry some guilt ( we can argue how much till the cows come home). consequently it's fair to expect that the player's role in this should have some impact on their football career and consequently their earnings from it. The question then is how much punishment should the players bear, and this is where we probably won't get much agreement. I agree the club has been "hurt" less than the players in terms of impact and that is another argument.

goody will fixit it. he will have a plan b and will be a better game-day coach i hope

no mickey, jnr. i just can't see it. i can't see a period of time between 2 games of nearly a month. maybe you were listening to brian taylor?

choke, iva has already said the insurers themselves wouldn't be party to overpaying, and i agree that is likely. my reply to that is we have no guarantee that the total accepted compensation payment will be paid by the insurers alone. extra could be paid by either essendon or wealthy benefactors. This could be part of the legal settlement whereby the insurers may argue they are only required to partially pay because of essendon's conduct and the terms of the insurance. This happens a lot in civil cases where payouts are met by multiple parties. Alternatively the players could receive separate payments via essendon benefactors on condition they accept the insurers offer. All of this amounting to a higher "compensation" but a lower contract value. I'm not suggesting any of this will happen, just pointing out there is scope for it and despite afl oversight i'm not sure they would necessarily pick it up or be able to do much about it. anyway the key point i'd make is that the insurers themselves would only be settling for the least amount they can without wishing to "assist" essendon

i think he stays for two reasons 1. he's better than the other similar depth players 2. we can't delist about 10 picks unless we are prepared to pick a whole bunch of players in the 80+ pick range