Ted Lasso

Very interesting that he didn't nominate for the national or rookie draft despite serious interest from clubs in picking him up, particularly as a rookie draft. He might have felt that a rookie contract at another club might not have been worth as much as starting his post footy career now.

Of course we are, best 3 in's Lewis, Hibberd, Melksham best 3 out's M.Jones, Grimes, Dawes it's a clear upgrade though i wouldn't have minded keepign Matt Jones for another year personally.

He's quite raw but i reallly like his intent and his follow up work, and he's quite good at getting clean hands on the ball in the ruck, will take some time but in 3-4 years i think he could be an AFL standard ruckman, good selection. very happy with our other two rookies as well.

I reckon he's a bit of a project player, clearly has some ability, but he's also quite Raw, a bit like Joel Smith, i think most of the year he'll look to develop in a role at Casey unless we're smashed by injuries.

Can kick this bloke.

Thing is, for me H isn't best 22 right now anyway so he'd need to have a significant jump in form to gain and lock down a spot in the best 22. had he managed to find some form and played well this year the club would likely have re-signed him anyway. sounds as though he thinks it's all a bit to hard and wants to blame everyone but himself.

Wow... Cya H

So, we're going to be spending a lot of time together, at Casey.

Geez Nibbler is on a mission isn't he!

I suspect they are being paid to keep their mouths shut.

Not as much of a fan of this years range but i like to grab 2 things per year to support the club a bit extra on top of my membership, Polo and Shorts pre-ordered.

What's the point in contesting the lifetime ban from AFL? it's not like anyone would consider hiring him again surely.

I write this being very confident Dank is all talk and has absolutely nothing, but even if he did have smoking gun evidence somehow i would have thought the players were still in breach - failure to keep records is a bannable offense on it's own isn't it?

I reckon you're overthinking it, i get the impression Roosy is done with club land. Having said that by round 12 this year if the Suns, Tigers and Pies have had rubbish starts to the year, they may all be shopping for a new coach and all three are capable of offering big $$ his way, so who knows. Wonder if Roosy will talk about us constantly like he used to do with the Swans?

Really hoping all is good with H, but to have lingering symptoms after this long isn't a good sign! fingers crossed he can get back and play a role.

I find this all very strange, i mean the only way i could see that he could come out on top is if he produces new evidence like records of the program that would not only clear him but the 34 players as well, and then the players would quite rightly be asking why they had to wait until they'd missed a year of footy and so on before he bought this out. otherwise i can't see him overturning it and he's just wasting money and time.

Brayshaw looks set for a huge year if the start of pre season is anything to go by, showed up in fantastic shape, running extremely well, looks clean and sharp, i reckon he could really bounce back strongly this year.

In my opinion the GIANTS should do what you've suggested and the AFL should have very little involvement at all until the relevant parties have determined what happened. ASADA investigate, working with the Giants to ensure there are no breaches and pass the information back to the Giants and the AFL, if after all that it's deemed there needs to be a sanction, they work through it, but until that has happened i'd say it's between the Giants and ASADA. The AFL need to take a lesson from PJ, the best management teams are not seen or heard, they pull strings in the background, the AFL are way to involved and always protecting the bottom line.

Not sure how this works so the legal people on here will be able to help.. With Jobes compensation claim and all the other players, do they have to prove they weren't complicit? for example do they have to produce records showing an alternative to what they've been found guilty of to prove they were duped? or do they simple get compensated because EFC officials ran the program regardless of whether they were in on it or not

I think the line should be awards, All Australian isn't fair because a player has missed out on the honor because he's cheated.

Surely if he isn't able to win the brownlow that's the league admitting he cheated, and making his entire season a write off and all achievements like the Brownlow and AA void, can't be shades of grey here, either he did the wrong thing and loses it all, or WADA have no idea and he keeps it all, playing games like this just makes the league look silly.

The AFL is upset beccause they were made to look stupid and corrupt, and didn't get their own way.

That one sounds right! still Whitfield should have been given at least 12 months imo

Great news! getting back to work seems to make a massive difference to those with depression. all the best Gaz.

So he doesn't miss a game? 6 months and 0 games for actively avoiding a drug test? they can't be serious... wasn't SAAD given 2 years because he bought something and didn't even drink it?