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FWIW, and I think I posted this elsewhere, apparently Karen Hayes (from the Board), spoke to a gathering of members at the match on Sunday, and reiterated that the board were happy with the submission they made to the AFL re this, but that Dr. Bates had not revealed his association(s) with Dank. Just re an earlier post of yours here OD, this is different (very!) to the tanking investigation, simply because the ACC and ASADA are into it. They very much have a "take no prisoners" approach, and at the whiff of anything, from any club or player, at anytime, will be on to it. Finally, just re the thread in general, we just have to wait to see who did what, who knew what, and who took what. There are some very long bows being drawn here.

Now there's a phrase you don't see round here all that often.

Unless you go through a Proxy Server, it (http://afltv.afl.com.au) will see you're in Oz and block your access. I don't believe you can even take out a subscription from Oz. I'm OS, so it works fine for me, but when I was back in Melbourne last year for a few weeks, it wouldn't let me even access my account, yet alone watch anything. If anyone does get it to work, image quality is often very good, but sound is a nightmare for the moment, as they're not using the same audio feed as the TV feed.

Redden has been cleared, Hanley has 1 week. Black back? Maybe. He said at the weekend that he felt he needed another week, but given how they played yesterday ...

We're still waiting on that one, so perhaps we need a "maybe" category. Apparently Karen Hayes spoke to a gathering of members on Sunday, and denied that the club had misled the AFL, but said that Bates had not revealed his association(s) with Dank. Otherwise, good post.

2 weeks if he accepts it. MRP report is up. Neville Jetta, Melbourne, has been charged with a Level Two engaging in rough conduct offence (225 demerit points, two-match sanction) for engaging in rough conduct against Lachlan Whitfield, GWS Giants, during the third quarter of the Round Four match between Melbourne and the GWS Giants, played at the MCG on Sunday April 21, 2013. In summary, due to his existing poor record, his two-match sanction must remain at two matches even with an early plea. Based on the video evidence available and a medical report from the GWS Giants Football Club, the incident was assessed as reckless conduct (two points), low impact (one point) and high contact (two points). This is a total of five activation points, resulting in a classification of a Level Two offence, drawing 225 demerit points and a two-match sanction. He has 87.50 demerit points carried over from within the last 12 months, increasing the penalty to 312.50 points and a three-match sanction. An early plea reduces the sanction by 25 per cent to 234.38 points and a two-match sanction.

Well, after a fashion I did. I don't live in Oz, but religiously get up at ungodly hours to watch the Dees (5 a.m. on Sunday) on streaming. At 3/4 time, I just felt I needed to be in a calm place, and went out and walked the dog, only checking the score later. I've since watched the last quarter twice if that makes up for it ...

Can't believe what I'm reading here. Well, I can actually. Pick pick pick pick pick. The speech wasn't even about criticism per se, it was about drugs in sport, all that goes with it, and the need to have quality people involved to maintain the integrity of the competition.

Misson isn't a sports scientist. Having got that part wrong, you might also like to brush up on his experience and qualifications before dismissing him with patronising one-liners.

Well, Voss is spitting chips, and to the extent that it's possible, they're going to come out fighting. They're also at home. On the other hand, we should take some confidence out of today - and even out of a half last week. But I think more to the point, it's one more game into the likes of Terlich, Matt Jones, Pedersen, Gawn, Evans etc. and one more game that this team plays together.

Post match presser below. Will answer some of your questions. Jack Trengove: "The way we played in that last quarter is the way we've been training all along" http://lon-cdn220-is-11.se.bponlinewoc2264.ngcdn.telstra.com/PlatformRelease/493/725/130421_Neeld__042995.mp4

He's been trying to get them to be bold the whole year. As Nate Jones summed it up last week: ""That's Melbourne footy – that's how we want to play, we want to be bold, we want to take it on."

Here, from the man himself: "The coach, thought, kept his nerve heading to the huddle and emphasised five things: style, training, spirit, fitness and supporters. He told the players they had "30 minutes to dig deep". No mention there of "play your natural game".

No, it's clear it wasn't, but that won't stop those here who only look for negatives.

Agree, but the pressure etc. in the first quarter was also good. Those couple of "lucky" O'hAilpin goals made their score a bit more respectable, but on all the stats at 1/4 time, we were well in front. Also, we managed 86 tackles, which weren't all just in the last quarter. Interesting stat actually - no team has managed 86 tackles against us this year, highest was WCE with 78.

Maybe, but no other team has kicked 12 goals against them in a quarter this year. We didn't overrun them just because they were terrible.

Like WC last weekend against us? FFS. No, we weren't perfect. But we still had a very good win.

As an aside, and not excusing Melb., GWS have really managed to plunder the draft with all their top picks, and have taken the cream. Give them a few years when their KPP's mature, and AD and co. will be happy bunnies. Makes it hard for the rest of us though.

Jamar was resting forward, Gawn was off the ground. Clark often has a run in the ruck, especially later in the quarters. He was across half back because that's where the ball was.

They have any number of fast, classy mids. We don't. Being beaten on spread and around the clearances.

He's not in the backline, he's in the Ruck, staying behind the ball as he should. Get a grip.

Of course they know about it, who's ever said otherwise? Injecting athletes is a standard procedure in all sports where applicable and necessary. Except, perhaps ironically enough, in cycling where since 2011 there's been a No Needle policy, unless where medically justified.

11 possessions? By that standard, even we have a team of stars ...

Not been reading the Casey reports? He's doing OK, nothing more, and today was even less than OK. Hopefully, will turn out to be a keeper, but still a fair way off it it seems.

You can only 'fess up what you know.