DemonWA

that was a promotion where cadbury were giving people a chance to play in a team with AFL stars. Dont think we've missed the boat

Hawks had a fair few Tasmanians in there sides over the years, I think they had a good supporter base down there before they started playing down there

Any club founded in a pub (even if it is the Royal Hotel) os ok in my book!

You can have any opinion you want on this forum, but the reality of the situation is that we are all passionate demon fans who, mostly, want our club to succed - to expect a people to agree with you if you arent sticking up for the club is delusional

I predict that Dustin Martin or Dane Swan will spiral out of control and turn into Benny Cousins the 2nd, while the best drug policy in the cosmos continues to do a great job!

Unlucky for your mate JB that he's injured hey? he'd be a walk up start wouldnt he?

i'm probably only half your age mate, but i agree 100% Drugs are illegal (I dont care if its socially acceptable). As soon as you choose to take an illegal drug you should be prepared to face the consequences.

do you know this for sure? Couple of players fit the bill, especially a rookie who showed some reasonable form for casey?

I agree, however its a cut throat, black and white system, which is why it would work. I dont believe many AFL players are drug addicts that need to score. They're cashed up young blokes who have a heap of spare time and a high profile in society. They're going to dabble with dugs if they can get away with it. But although some of them arent the brightest sparks, i reckon the 'no second change' system would get the desired outcome.

its either all or nothing as far as i'm concerned. this 3 stike policy sends mixed messages, do the AFL really want to stamp it out or just pretend they are concerned? If they really want to stamp it out then do what they do in construction and mining jobs; Daily random drug and alcohol testing. you fail the test you get shown the door. Anything less than this wont stop players from taking drugs.

The comment about a best 22 player needing to show up to training with a needle hanging out of their arm in order to be delisted is bang on the money IMO. Cousins was the prime example, he was delisted and publically outed, but other guys like [censored], [censored] and the rest were not much different Wonder who the article is written about?

I actually like Healy's has finally said what we all wanted someone in the media to acknowledge Demetriou has also got to understand he has played a significant role in creating the environment for which four or five clubs have tanked. They have taken away the incentive, but his reluctance to accept what the whole world was telling him, his complete denial that tanking existed, allowed clubs to think they could get away with it. It was almost tacit approval.

Howe Clark Sylvia Byrnes Dawes Davey

MELBOURNE has described as "an innocent mistake" a comment from AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou suggesting the club had failed to respond to tanking allegations by Tuesday's deadline. thats a terrible sentence!

Thats Evans

I hope this matter is resolved by the end of the week, the longer it drags on the more uneasy i will get

good points, especially regarding Clark and Trengove. Gawn is running and kicking and the other 2 who arent on the LTI list arent!

i was hoping to wake up to news that we had no case to answer

If anyone else on this forum had said this statement i'd breath a sigh of relief.

Whaaaaaa???

he looked average at times when surrounded by a premiership side, who's to say he wont look a cut above the rest of his team mates at the dees?!

A filth supporter at work has been harping on about Dawes kicking 100 goals in a season for years and years. Now he's not in the black and white he reckons he's no good.... Typical of the flith

I cant believe the journo's dont join the dots and note that this is the same scumb bag who managed Scully's deal to GWS. They draw the longest of bows when 'reporting' (speculating) about the tanking saga, but somehow they dont feel obliged to muck rake in this scenario?

Watts strikes me bloke who has gotten everything his way (or the easy way) for a great deal of his life. I hope he doesnt cruise through his AFL career.Hopefully guys like Neeld, Craig, Byrnes & Rodan can get in JW's ear and can teach him what is requried to take his game to another level.

Thanks for the History lesson AoB!