Officially requested a priority pick. No chance of getting one.

Joke of a club etc

Pfft. They dont deserve one . Its their fault for being idiots

Wellington pulled the pin on the Anzac game

Should t this be in state league?

It's incredible how much his reputation has deteriorated from where it was just five years a go, I feel sorry for the Essendon supporters who have had to watch this unfold.

He will has his reputation restored. He needs to keep a low profile . Also that runour is disgusting. Some people need to stop spreading salicious rumours.whats next buddy is a coke head oh wait

I would honestly be amazed if Buddy wasn't a massive fan of the gear, I know a player he lived with was big into it and have heard a lot of stories from reliable people who claim to have seen things which support the rumours. Personally I've seen a lot of blatant drug use from footballers on nights out (some very high profile) in the off season, recreational drug use in sport is a lot more common than people think and every list would have plenty of players who indulge.

That being said though, if drugs are a factor in Buddy's mental health issues anyone who thinks that makes it any less serious is a dead set fuckwit. I think people hear the drug rumours and assume this is a cover up for his drug use or a cop out for addiction when it's linked to mental health, this is highly ignorant of the ways in which drugs can exacerbate and/or trigger pre existing underlying mental health issues.

Edited by fredsta: 11/10/2015 01:00:16 PM

Fremantle AFL fan pleads guilty at magistrates court

B-but "he has the passion" :lol:

^ I dont even like AFL

Another huge draft by us. :d

Did curnow end up getting drafted??

Gone to Carlton.

Heres hoping he can become the player everyone knows he can be. Also glad we draftes mitch brown. He showed during preseason he is a player

Essendon Chairman Paul Little has resigned

He knew very little

No schadenfreude intended at all

Thank god, smart move by the club to bring Ken Lay to the board. Some credibility restored.

Umm . He actually said he will step down about 4 months ago. He needed to find a replacement

http://m.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/cas-verdict-essendon-players-to-miss-season-2016-20160107-gm18nq.html

Fuck you dank, Robinson thompson and hird. Fuck you fuck you fuck you. Hirdy you are a legend of the club . Why ? Why? Why?

impression is
this payback from WADA, giving the AFL HQ a big FU , for interfering with investigations and trying to protect the brand

I would tend to agree with this - but will the code lose fan support or gain?

I havent googled it but how/why should an Aussie football league give 2 shits about sone court ruling in Sweden or wherever it is?

-PB

They see it as important to behave in line with community expectations. One of those is that the league is clean and drug free, hence the association with WADA and ASADA. If they were to ignore this ruling, the association would be dropped.

Felt sorry for the players but then I read a number of them tried to cover it all up so I don't have as much sympathy.

no idea
I suspect the players will get a lot of sympathy from the media (especially AFL associated journos ) and the code itself will probably milk this to gain more support

ultimately though, the impression was always the AFL trying to protect the brand ,but not the integrity of the game.... hence doing their own investigation and coming up with their own summary/punishment and of course PR....

WADA has thrown all that out the window it took them years to get Lance Armstrong but they got him
... .... expect AFL journos to attack WADA now and defend the code...

I think other codes should have the balls to go on the offensive.
The problem is performance enhancing drug use is so common amongst amateurs (plenty of gym junkies inject roids, for example) that I have a feeling the public don't care.
The statement from the Court of Arbitration stated the players were complicit and even covered up their drug use - that can be used against the journos who want to protect the sport. IIRC, Caroline Wilson is not sympathetic to the players and I expect she will go after them with a sense of vindication.

Well, the AFL do promote their code very hard, and hence I suspect they are in damage control now, purely because they see themselves as "Australias Code " and have promoted themselves to the public very much.
So the public would expect a clean and corrupt free code... which is now being seriously questioned.
They ( AFL ) have the connections and the resources to smooth this over....but it will take a hit in the short term

and they say FIFA is corrupt (* which it is*) but the AFL is no clean house either

:lol: how cute .

Ruling was made in sydney iirc

Want to feel sorry for the players but can't anymore. Don't feel sorry for the club, the afl, or the arrogant supporters (not all) that couldn't take the banter for the past 3 years.

Typical Greens policy. Follow the evidence & science. Deal in reality.

Well done Nostradamus - burden of proof for this was 'comfortably satisfied'.

Anyone who was following the hearing could have told you this would be the outcome.