No Oppo Supporters CAS hands down guilty verdict - Players appealing - Dank shot - no opposition - (cont in pt.2)

[2one2]

I started it and I'd hardly call what I said cruel. Or the picture that followed my comment either, unless you are saying pictures of him are cruel? Which in itself is cruel?

But on more important issues I only came here to bemoan at Doss that he closed the boycott thread.

Pretty straightforward. No not the picture to follow your post or your post - it's the jibes about his weight etc that are just a bit rank. I've got swept up in it myself in the past when discussing pat smith etc - not finest hour.

 

[Pweter]

Love the pic.. but at the same time.. that is one of Phatpricks less woeful opinions this year.

Essentially I see him stating:
Hird should come back next year UNLESS the players receive infraction notices (I would add successful infraction notices but nevertheless)
The footy public needs to move on next year because EFC has done its 'time' even if you don't agree with it (fair enough)
Hird shouldn't coach this year as it is a distraction (I personally don't agree.. but it is a very valid point and fair enough too)
Trigg deserves another chance (the guy set out to cheat.. and now he will be working at the biggest cheating club in history.. good fit for me)

So I agree the headline is wonky.. but the text (on the Phatprick scale) isn't as bad as his usual efforts!

I bet you felt dirty after typing that, I assume you've washed your hands 10 times yet they're still not clean, but it is what it is.

 

[Whispering_Jack]

That Smith article is surprisingly good. The winds, they are a changing.

 

[84859300]

Hird should come back next year UNLESS the players receive infraction notices (I would add successful infraction notices but nevertheless)

Wasn't it Hird that said if the players were issued IN's, that he'd walk away from the game anyway??

 

[Alfred E Neuman]

That Smith article is surprisingly good. The winds, they are a changing.

couldn't resist this cheap shot though could he?

"As it is, Hird needs a break. He has done it tough in Paris with his family, eking out a living on his salary of something like $700,000 and more."

 

[Doss]

Guys...

Despite your feelings about fogdog, this is cruel and uncalled for.

Do we really want to be those sort of people?

Agreed. We don't need to make fun of people's physical appearance, please.

 

[rines]

Wasn't it Hird that said if the players were issued IN's, that he'd walk away from the game anyway??

Absolutely.. and Bomber Thompson said it on 360 too...

Essentially IF any player gets suspended over this mess.. then you won't need to fire either man.. I believe both will walk...

The key point being not if they are ISSUED notices.. if they are found guilty of the charges and suspended...

And I would have no problem with that... if the club is found to have breached the anti-doping regulations, however inadvertently, and any player is suspended.. then the WHOLE lot of coaches/administrators/fitness staff that were there during that period need to go.. ALL of them.

 

[Mercurial89]

Agreed. We don't need to make fun of people's physical appearance, please.

YOU HAVE A CATS HEAD!

 

[Doss]

YOU HAVE A CATS HEAD!

And it's ******* grand. Don't cross the cat.

 

[Bennett.]

Agreed. We don't need to make fun of people's physical appearance, please.

can I still use my picture??

 

[Whispering_Jack]

Agreed. We don't need to make fun of people's physical appearance, please.

What about their eating habits? Nicoise salad anyone?

 

[Bennett.]

And it's ******* grand. Don't cross the cat.

pussy

 

[kfc1]

Guys...

Despite your feelings about fogdog, this is cruel and uncalled for.

Do we really want to be those sort of people?

Exactly, save it for Caro

 

[Ben the Gooner]

That Smith article is surprisingly good. The winds, they are a changing.

The answer my friend is blowing in the time.

 

[Doss]

Peace in our time?

 

[Lord Nicholson]

This is the story of a coach named James,
The man the authorities came to blame,
For something that he tangentially done,
Etc.

 

[Whispering_Jack]

The answer my friend is blowing in the time.

I was going to use 'the Times, they are a changing' but didn't think it fitted particularly well, so I did a bit of a hybrid of the winds are changing and 'the Times, they are a changing.'

 

[silk]

This is the story of a coach named James,
The man the authorities came to blame,
For something that he tangentially done,
Etc.

Awkward moment when I sing this to the tune of The Brady Bunch.

 

[silk]

I was going to use 'the Times, they are a changing' but didn't think it fitted particularly well, so I did a bit of a hybrid of the winds are changing and 'the Times, they are a changing.'

 

[rumply]

Love the pic.. but at the same time.. that is one of Phatpricks less woeful opinions this year.

Essentially I see him stating:
Hird should come back next year UNLESS the players receive infraction notices (I would add successful infraction notices but nevertheless)
The footy public needs to move on next year because EFC has done its 'time' even if you don't agree with it (fair enough)
Hird shouldn't coach this year as it is a distraction (I personally don't agree.. but it is a very valid point and fair enough too)
Trigg deserves another chance (the guy set out to cheat.. and now he will be working at the biggest cheating club in history.. good fit for me)

So I agree the headline is wonky.. but the text (on the Phatprick scale) isn't as bad as his usual efforts!

Yeah, to be fair it wasnt that bad, but the pic just had to be posted

 

[Matthew_Lloyd]

Hird's going to inherit a list which is more mature than when he left it, and the additions of players such as Ambrose and Zerrett, improved form of Colyer, and Heppell rising into an A-grader. Hope he focuses on players such as Bellchambers and Melksham this pre-season, can't hurt having a firing backup ruck and a stronger midfield. Would also be interesting to see if he improves on Bomber's possession-focused gameplan or if he returns to his contested based one

 

[rumply]

for those interested, Hardie is stirring the pot

https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/afl_asada_joint_investigation_fr#incoming-2278

 

[84859300]

Absolutely.. and Bomber Thompson said it on 360 too...

Essentially IF any player gets suspended over this mess.. then you won't need to fire either man.. I believe both will walk...

The key point being not if they are ISSUED notices.. if they are found guilty of the charges and suspended...

And I would have no problem with that... if the club is found to have breached the anti-doping regulations, however inadvertently, and any player is suspended.. then the WHOLE lot of coaches/administrators/fitness staff that were there during that period need to go.. ALL of them.

This still may well be the result.

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

Smith's article mentioned that Asada will still go after players what ever the court outcome is,surely if EFC win the court case it's over can't have this going into a 3rd year.

 

[TheFrenchCut]

Has anyone else found it amusing that ASADA has adopted a 'whatever it takes' approach to suspending players?