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I found her 'he is preaching to the converted' a bit hypocritical - that is what, the third public statement by the MFC on the issue over how long? Two days ago we were being criticised for being too quiet - honestly no winning with her.

Unless the AFL turn around and say we dont have a case to answer too... its a long shot

Hmmm her tone too me seemed that "if they can prove it" was a bit vindictive. As in at the end of all this she will say "Melbourne did tank, the AFL just couldnt prove it"... for obvious reasons - we didnt do it.

"will be charged... um I'm not sure of the nature of the charges yet" - glad to know we aren't the only ones who dont know what the charges will be like

She couldnt even pronounce his name correctly... A grade journalism

***BREAKING NEWS*** "Shane Warne has come on the record and has expressed that he too was given questionable substances from the Essendon Football Club and would like to clear his mother/sandwiches. His ex-wife also highlighted that the diaretric tablet obviously didnt work, he still looks ugly and no amount plastic surgery will change this..." Brave, brave man. Our thoughts go out to him.

DAMN, I knew Morton and Cook put on too much muscle...

Lol, definately some funny stuff on there but did seem like a bit of deja vu.

Been pulling your leg DWA. I only rate them in that they have managed to bounce back after 2006 (premership winners) and when they lost Kerr to injury, Judd and Cousins from 15th (2008), 11th (2009), 16th (2010), 4th (2011), to 5th (2012). They have done more than we have over 6 years than we have in 12. Will be interesting to see how they perform. On my to-watch-list (for better or worse) with Geelong, Carlton, Richmond and us

"The ultimate success - is it worth it?"... ask Lance Amstrong

I could not disagree anymore with you. Alright, sure their supporters are terrible, but what a team.

Looks legit

Essendon's moto on their homepage: "WHATEVER IT TAKES" Ahhh I love the smell of irony in the morning http://www.essendonfc.com.au/ http://statigr.am/p/307488573836377806_21625142

Haha agreed. I couldnt believe it until i read it. Got to enjoy the small things in life!

You talked too soon, Channel 9 news preview said "ex-demon"

Bahahaha that will cost me $141 for the tequila and $0.75 for the beer - one expensive round!

Your right - media has indicated that the AFL will target individuals, not the club, with specific focus on Connolly, Schwab and Bailey. (but the media has been wrong bout alot of things) I still reckon these charges are bs and will have no problems defending them. But the media will still turn individual charges as a club charge

Just what I've read in the media. We know they are likely to charge us, they have come too far and could have dropped the investigation at any point (particularly considering they are bothering to wait for our reply on the evidence). Being charged is just a formality. We will take them to the cleaners any day of the week when this issue goes to an independent tribunal (i.e. the Supreme court) - which the MFC have said they would fight it to and showed this by hiring the fink. RE my view on how the media will treat us... in 5 days caro wrote 7 anti-MFC articles, and to date I only managed to find 1 pro-MFC article during that month when there were rumors - imagine when we are charged with something. We are the team everyone likes to kick when we are down, just take a look at the Jarred Rivers articles. They deliberately chose to print 'ex-Melbourne' rather than 'Geelong'. WYL - if by some miracle we are not charged with some bullsh1t offense Ill buy you a pint of beer and shot of tequila at the first game (Melb v. Port)

We will be charged with the closest thing to tanking, and the media will interpret and portray it as tanking. We saw their headlines with Jarred Rivers. Instead of 'Geelong player ejected from the MCG' it was 'ex-Melbourne player'. What do you reckon the headlines will be for our charges? 1) Dean Bailey charged with not performing on his merits (or however they will word it) 2) The Melbourne Football Club charged with tanking With the current state or churnalism and shock-jock reporting i doubt it will be the former.

My theme song for AD this year... better not let me down

True, formally no. But it will all look like we will be charged with tanking in the eyes of the public & the AFL - reporters like CW will make sure of that. Same [censored] different smell

We will be charged for tanking. They will merely reword or reinterpret the current rules. We know the charges, we know the people they are targeting and we know (roughly) what the evidence is like.

29th of February 2014

I hold no bitterness about Liam. A lot of underlying issues that we wouldnt understand and like some I'm willing to be a bigger man and move on. All I can say is what a shame. Won't help his current case, will have a criminal record, won't play another game of AFL and with his current attitude won't go far in VFL. The world was in his hands and he threw it all away.

I cringe at the thought of anyone, including CC making public statements. Everyone should keep their heads down until the MFC have replied to the evidence... Only we can stuff this up