Everything posted by bing181
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WELCOME TO THE MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB – JAKE MELKSHAM
I can't find anything in the WADA rules that cover a team situation where players have long-term contracts. I know that in cycling, if you're banned, you aren't paid by your team. Maybe someone else has clear info. At the very least, he would lose match payments (as in the Crowley case), and if the contract is mainly built around match payments, then we don't leave ourselves with too much of a financial millstone. As for bans, I've always thought that they'd be banned. 2 years, but a reduction for no significant fault, probably down to 18 months, perhaps 12 months. But they've already served 6 months or so, and it also depends on what's currently happening. It's the off-season again, so have these players restarted their provisional bans, just in case? IOW, if he only received a 12 month ban, he could be available from early next season. If it's 18 months, he would miss next season, and be ready to go when Goodwin takes over. Also, on returning from a ban, you can return to (team) training 2 months before the end of the ban. As I understand it ...
- WELCOME TO THE MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB – JAKE MELKSHAM
- WELCOME TO THE MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB – JAKE MELKSHAM
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Delistings/trades at end of the season
OK. Carry on.
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Delistings/trades at end of the season
Something you've heard, or something you're proposing?
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Delistings/trades at end of the season
Given what we've experienced across this season (especially the latter part), I'd be making "competitive" the first requirement. No point being fast, skilful and blessed with a footy IQ if you only use it every other week, or 3 out of 4 quarters.
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Delistings/trades at end of the season
It's the draft ... comes with the job, and it's the same for all clubs.
- WELCOME TO THE MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB – JAKE MELKSHAM
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WELCOME TO THE MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB – JAKE MELKSHAM
This is very very different. WADA didn't take anyone to CAS for starters. I'll be very surprised if there are no penalties, but with the 6 months already served (provisional suspension), and a reduction for no significant fault, it could come down to 12 months or so to serve = 1 season (or even less, though hard to see how given the rules in place). Presumably that's being (or has been) weighed up.
- WELCOME TO THE MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB – JAKE MELKSHAM
- WELCOME TO THE MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB – JAKE MELKSHAM
- WELCOME TO THE MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB – JAKE MELKSHAM
- WELCOME TO THE MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB – JAKE MELKSHAM
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Delistings/trades at end of the season
Will be interesting to see if someone gives Fitzy a second crack. 1-2 year contract on minimum payments mightn't hurt, for a tall he's still comparatively young. Either that or he finds a home in the SANFL.
- WELCOME TO THE MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB – JAKE MELKSHAM
- WELCOME TO THE MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB – JAKE MELKSHAM
- WELCOME TO THE MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB – JAKE MELKSHAM
- WELCOME TO THE MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB – JAKE MELKSHAM
- WELCOME TO THE MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB – JAKE MELKSHAM
- WELCOME TO THE MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB – JAKE MELKSHAM
- WELCOME TO THE MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB – JAKE MELKSHAM
- WELCOME TO THE MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB – JAKE MELKSHAM
- Fix the Midfield and we'll rise very quickly!
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Movies/DVD's
The Theory of Everything, the film based on Stephen Hawking's life/relationships is worth a look. Remarkable acting from the two main characters playing Hawking and his first wife, Jane Wilde, mutterings of Oscar nominations etc. etc.
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Movies/DVD's
Ahem, having lived in Belgium for a number of years, it's both. Almost. The official name of the town is Brugge: it's in Flanders, and "brugge" is the Flemish (i.e. Dutch) word for "bridge". Bruges is the French version of the name, and the one that is used internationally - at least for the moment. Which reflects the history of administration in Belgium, which was French-speaking until the Flemish had had enough around the time of WWII. The local first division football team there (not too shabby either), is Club Brugge. FWIW, the same situation applies to a number of Belgian towns/cities. Perhaps some here might have heard of the WW1 memorial in Ypres ... though if you go there, the only signs you'll find use the official, Flemish name, Ieper. Similar towns that might ring a bell are Leuven/Louvain, Liege/Luik, and some which get rather odd: Mons/Bergen. Think of it as a bit like Ayers Rock/Uluru, or even Mumbai/Calcutta - complete with all the political subtext and baggage that that implies.