daisycutter

if it is michie as expected then it is reported he is not on a rookie salary but maintained his previous list salary so no net increase needed (or maybe a minor difference)

i listened to a (current) afl player (anonymous) giving an interview on 3aw with tony jones (ess supporter) this morning. he basically disputes your first para. he claimed that from tac level on the players are continually warned and educated on the taking of substances. they are trained to trust no-one, club, coach, players, manager, doctor etc. that they are solely responsible and they are personally given numbers to call to check. he went on to give a lot of detail and examples jones kept butting in with all the usual but...but.. type arguments and he swept them all away with lots of knowledge and first hand examples

what's there to hear from him? he has been found guilty of using peds in 2012 which should automatically rule him out for eligibility the only tricky bit might be concerning the return of earnings directly arising out of the award

given milkshake doesn't get paid and we get no top-up player and can promote a rookie (presumably michie, who is reportedly already on his normal wage) we will be $400k short on our cap. will the afl let us stay short or do we have to distribute it to the other players? an extra $400k would be good for our p&l account.

sorry, od........you'll never live this down

the decision to sack evans and instal little has turned out to be a catastrophic strategy by the essendon board i don't expect them to acknowledge this though

the aflpa need to have a really good look at their current management and their mission in general at the moment they are looking very silly and making even sillier public comments they should share some responsibility for this drawn out comedy. they have let down all afl players in general through misguided tactics condoning, supporting or excusing cheating by a minority of their members is not in the interests of the others they represent

i suspect there could be an argument of joint responsibility i.e. a finding that the club is x% responsible and players y%. so damages paid but reduced to x%. just as in some accident claims now

let's not dilly dally with words ldvc. essendon stand condemned for cheating.....pure and simple

well it's nearly tomorrow

Late News. ASADA has hired Sean Penn to find the missing Essendon supplements injection records

was he recovering from a knee reconstruction?

what time tomorrow does the fat lady sing?

“I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more, is none” ― William Shakespeare, Macbeth

you were supposed to listen, ba

Slobbo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bYWTKrwRIc

Dank: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnUEPc4tFCs

Hird: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SXWX6qg0y4

from when they admit guilt would be a good idea? edit: dreaded quote bug again. this was supposeed to be in response to bing's "(god knows when the start date would be though ...)"

Dutch discus thrower admits to using anabolic steroids ahead of Los Angeles 1984 Olympic gold medal win Add comment By Nick Butler Saturday, 9 January 2016 Dutch discus champion Ria Stalman has admitted doping during her career, including ahead of winning the gold medal at the Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games. The 64-year-old, who retired from the sport soon after her Olympic triumph, revealed she used drugs in order to match rivals who, she claims, were also using similar products. "During the final two years of my career, I daily used a light dosage of anabolic steroids," she told Dutch public broadcaster Nederlandse Omroep Stichting. "I wanted to beat them badly. "I then thought: the only way was that if you can't beat them, join them." This supposedly came only at the end of a decade-long career in which she won 15 discus and shot put golds at various editions of the Dutch National Championships. She won gold in Los Angeles with a mark of 65.36 metres, but had set a personal best of 71.22 shortly before the Games. This remains the Dutch record today and makes her the 17th longest thrower of all time. Ria Stalman is the 17th longest thrower of all-time behind East German world record holder Gabriele Reinsch ©Flickr She was also named The Netherlands' Sportswoman of the Year in 1984. It is not completely clear why she has decided to come clean more than three decades after the Games, except that the admission "gives her some relief" and will, she hopes, finally draw a line on the issue. It appears unlikely she will be stripped of her gold medal, because the 10 year Statute of Limitations on doping cases has long passed. Silver in LA went to home favourite Leslie Deniz while Romania's Florența Crăciunescu took bronze. The revelation comes as the sport of athletics faces fresh allegations of doping after the World Anti-Doping Agency's Independent Commission published allegations of state-sponsored doping in Russia. There are still many suspicions about performances from earlier periods, including the 1980s. With the exception of 13th ranked Xiao Yanling of China, every woman above Stalman on the all-time discus list is from an ex-Soviet bloc country, with all having set their best mark between 1980 and 1992. Many of these throwers were absent from Los Angeles 1984 due to the Soviet Union-led boycotts. East German world record holder Gabriele Reinsch set her best mark of 76.80 in Neubrandenburg in 1988, nearly six metres further than the best throw of the 21st century. She has never admitted cheating despite many suspicions given the revelations about state sponsored doping in East Germany in the 1970s and 1980s.

if not guilty one side will be outraged and the other will say see we told you all along if guilty the other side will be outraged and lawyer-up, the rest will bask in delayed schadenfreude guilty or not guilty the afl will still look like hopeless morons whilst the legal fraternity will stay up late counting their windfall riches

nice to have you back saty

seems it was a metatarsal (foot bone) and not a phalanx (toe bone). 5th metatarsal is the longer bone connecting to the little toe source is good. lets hope bone is healed as expected after 4 weeks rest

lol p.s. btw, you wouldn't have a clue about the 50's. there was much to like about the 50's but you had to be there

you're a sad little fellow stuie. part of the perpetually aggrieved mob. always seeing more than was there. always on a mission. a real first world 'problem' for a hyperactive mind