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Dawes is fine. Interview available on MFC for those who'd rather get it from the horses's mouth.

Waterproof Mascara. (also a great song by Sheryl Crow if you're into curntry)

Perhaps of interest to recall that drugs were first banned from sport in the early 60's not because it was unethical, or cheating, but because it was dangerous - prompted in particular by the death of Knud Jensen at the 1960 Olympics. Having athletes collapse mid-race was a step too far.

That's a chapter of the book of Neeld that remains to be written. Craig was there specifically to make sure what happened didn't happen. So what happened?

Even Jamie Bennell managed 7 ...

Jack isn't "one of the talls". He's a (now) a mid.

Agree. To add to that (though guessing somewhat, as I only watched on TV), it shows the discipline that is already in place - as there wasn't always a clear option or target, the players were holding the ball up rather than just bombing it long. IOW, the lack of a fully functional forward line and KPF's cost us doubly: not enough firepower up forward to kick more goals, and then exposing ourselves to turnovers and opposition goals by having to hold the ball up across half-back and the centre. Though as I said, watching on TV, so could be wrong.

Bring it on.

M6. Mitch doesn't muck around.

Beatles v Stones?

Hawthorn. Effortless. Impressive.

Let's see how well Rivers gets through this season, didn't do all that well last year on the injury front.

Hard to imagine him being voted into the leadership group if his investment in the club/team was waining.

Around the time we win our next premiership?

A number of the posts on this thread go much further than that OD.

Until such time as the AFL move away from a business model which has TV Rights at the centre, all other forms of media content and broadcast are going to be compromised. I live OS, and watch online through a subscription to AFLTV (not accessible in Oz, though perhaps there's a way round that with a proxy), but the service is - and I'm being generous - substandard and unreliable. Even then, it's just a simple broadcast over the net: clearly the AFL has yet to even begin to grasp the reality of online and interactive viewing - or perhaps they have, but won't budge for fear of upsetting their precious broadcasters. If the AFL want to get rid of the illegal streams, they need to get their own house in order.

If it's compounded, it can be legally prescribed. But that doesn't change its approval/authorisation status. As such, it remains prohibited under WADA section S0: "AOD9604 has not been granted approval by Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration or any other government health authority in the world to be marketed as a pharmaceutical product."

Still going to be a long season - albeit with perhaps some glimmers of light up ahead.

Both Bailey and Neeld had their strengths and their weaknesses, though not all of our (massive) failings can be attributed to them alone. But neither was ready to be head coach of an AFL side, and I suspect that there won't be too many more senior coaches appointed after only a few years in the system. The career paths of Hinkley, McCarthy and Richardson are more what we'll see in the future I imagine, as we move more into line with other sports where head coaches are often "senior" in every sense of the word. Coaches are going to need to spend either a lot longer as assistants, or longer in the lower leagues - though for the moment, that's not a recognised career path either. Will be interesting to see where Nathan Bassett ends up.

If it's on the prohibited list, WADA rules are pretty clear on when/what/how there might be mitigating circumstances, and the answer is pretty much "never". One of the main reasons WADA came into existence was to harmonise penalties internationally and across different sporting codes, and as a result, "leniency" is not a word that figures largely in the WADA regulations.

Back in the day, a lot of people got in "just in time".

A lot has changed since then. WADA only came into existence at the end of 1999, and ASADA was established in 2006. In 1999 the AFL was only beholden unto itself.

Melbourne players as "decent free agents" is surely an oxymoron? Frawley would just about be the first, so it'll be a good test for your hypothesis. I grant you Sylvia and Rivers as "decent", though both have injury/fitness concerns, and I don't know how hard the club really tried to keep them.

Just believe in me Yoko and me That's reality. - John Lennon