daisycutter

i didn't realise until i read bomberblitz just how many essendope supporters are gay

yeah, saw that - huge (2.5 *5 / 6) / 1.25 * 100 = 166.7% so a 2/3 increase over previous contract that's a huge increase for the media industry supposedly under pressure and struggling

yeah ", sorry to tell you that mate”

Essendon and James Hird: Club reduced to laughing stock August 18, 2015 - 3:59PM Rohan Connolly Senior AFL writer for The Age Essendon is a former power of the AFL competition right now reduced to little more than a laughing stock both on and off the field. Essendon's administrators might as well have spent the past few years standing outside their new high performance centre at Tullamarine throwing wads of cash into the breeze. If a series of on-field humiliations haven't been bad enough, those running the club continue to make decisions bordering on farcical. James Hird's departure as coach is just another. On Tuesday, they terminated a coach still with a year left on his contract, after effectively paying him not to coach in 2014. A coach who replaced a predecessor in Matthew Knights also paid out for not completing the final two years on his contract. This follows millions of dollars spent on the legal ramifications of the drawn-out supplements saga. Essendon's administrators might as well have spent the past few years standing outside their new high performance centre at Tullamarine throwing wads of cash into the breeze. And the damage done to the club's reputation over the long-term could amount to far more even than that. Just what do the Bombers stand for now? Apart from seemingly attempting to write their own football version of Fawlty Towers? Is James Hird headed in the right direction? The powerful Essendonians have supported the club's wide-ranging review as pressure builds for changes in the football department. First they backed Hird. They agreed to a two-year contract extension as the original supplement saga club penalties were being handed down so he'd accept a 12-month suspension. Then, when his fill-in Mark Thompson got the Bombers into last year's finals, they made an in-principle decision to offload Hird but backed off, spooked by legal threats and supporter angst. Essendon spent much energy re-affirming their support for Hird when the AFL anti-doping tribunal found in March that it was not comfortably satisfied the Essendon players took banned substances. Last week, they announced a rather vague "review" of all football operations. The review had barely had time to commence before they did finally off-load their coach, three games before the end of the season. With the WADA appeal still hanging over their heads, player's futures uncertain, any prospective long-term replacement for Hird is obviously taking an enormous gamble. In terms of the supplement saga, Essendon has alternately cosied up to the AFL then made a big show of taking the league on. And the club's public relations during the entire soap opera have been an incompetent joke, leaving their fans either ill-informed or uninformed. This is a club for which the better part of 15 years has luxuriated in its reputation as an AFL heavyweight, refusing to make tough decisions and watching on as its status as such continued to slide. Those responsible for this latest move will probably pat themselves on the back for what they will see as courageous and swift action. They'll probably also desperately hope this will convince fans and foes alike that recovery from these depths is imminent. But it's not. And it won't be until those who have allowed this once-proud club to degenerate into a sick joke have fallen on their swords. They've been able to serially avoid responsibility for this colossal mess. They certainly don't deserve to once more. There's so much more Essendon need to do beyond getting rid of their coach to recover their reputation. In effect, this is ground zero. And a good start from there, both with whoever the new man is, and whoever else comes into the fold, is to make sure they come from a club with better practices both on and off the field, one not tainted by scandal, ego, arrogance and lack of principle. In effect, from anywhere but the Essendon Football Club. http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/essendon-and-james-hird-club-reduced-to-laughing-stock-20150818-gj1sd4.html

maybe little paul donated his millions in the form of memberships? alternately i think the northern suburbs has turned into a religious stronghold for efc as they feel persecuted like the christians of yore

there was a report that ch7 would switch to HD (as early as this year's GF) which would help......hope so

i also believe the $2B will be for a 6yr deal instead of 5yr deal as before so the value compared to previous deal is $1.67B vs $1.25B (over 5 years) effectively a 1/3rd increase

you seem to have lost your moral compass on this one stuie

from bomberblitz riley13 Younger and not as fat as you - formerly abers 5:37AM How good is James f*cking Hird. All class. Mr Smithers 5:37AM James Hird seems like the sort of person with the morals and principles we'd like to see at the club.

yep, bomberblitz has just crashed.......no surprises errrr......back up now

#StandByHearse

i wonder if the board paid out james on the basis of a confidential non-disclosure clause crazy if they didn't

bomberblitz poster imploring fellow posters not to burn their memberships cards before an egm so they can vote out the board first - lol

geez thoes bummer supporters don't waste time i can smell the microwaves from burwood

bomberblitz will be great reading off to get the popcorn first

i don't see anything wrong with saying how surprised he was that it was tough unless you have anything against honesty i found it tougher than i had expected, and that is in no way patronising we all know it is get fitzpatrick week, but to hang him on that comment is being over zealous as for the excuse over the lost 90 seconds. pathetic by the afl. i bet the doggies were impressed with less than a kick in it you only have to ask yourself if it was an afl double header, would they have cut the game short.....no fn way

if the delaying tactics was/is to get the players a shorter ultimate penalty then it would seem to be a phyrric victory the damage done to the players and club due to the delays probably outweighs what could have been achieved with co-operation and no unnecessary delays by cas decision time it will have been well past 1000 days......and it won't stop with the decision late news: just heard on 3aw hird/essendon to part ways

good pickup ldvc and it could have been 6 if bomba had stayed

3 years seems very optimistic. better chance of winning tattslotto

jealous, mandee? reminds me of an old barassi photo, but better......textbook kicking technique

thanks d-l this was a thread about same sex marriage until you came trampling in and brought all your usual off topic ramblings and personal anecdotes i would be well pleased if you didn't respond to my posts

now you are just talking rubbish and proving you don't either read or understand i don't support either party d-l i believe in some aspects that are to the left and some that are to the right - why is that so hard to understand i hate the current political environment, not just here but seemingly all over the western world despite all this i recognise there are generally two sides to any political story and no side is 100% correct what i don't understand is people who slavishly tie themselves to one party's ideology and blind themselves to any other opinions people who believe that only their way is right, that the world is black and white and denigrate all those who might hold alternate views or nuances no better or less bigoted than your hated romans, d-l if you think i'm a list clogger, then don't engage with me. i'm sure i could handle the disappointment

things have really picked up well for the bombers since sheedy's return that must be 4 senior coaches they have on their payroll

brayshaw doesn't need a rest playing carlscum will be like a tonic for him

picket lives in south africa? that would explain a lot......