Oppo Camp Non-Eagles Discussion

[Truckosaurus]

Government used its numbers to block documents being tabled so the Boys' Club is already riding to the rescue. There'll be a few Melbourne scapegoats sacrificed, much will be made of the AFL having a new leadership (even though he's basically Gil with a name change and likely knew himself what was happening) and they'll tell their media puppets to go heavy on the Gather Round PR.

 

[ep2018]

Honestly wouldnt surprise me if we were doing this sort of thing with the mid 2000s team.

 

[ThePuma #9]

 

[WCErevival]

Is anyone surprised?

Also does it explain all of our random injuries that mysteriously happened after the injury list came out?

 

[bzparkes]

Is anyone surprised?

Also does it explain all of our random injuries that mysteriously happened after the injury list came out?

Ernie Dingo already explained that.

 

[ZergMinion]

Ernie Dingo already explained that.

Just imagine though if our extra injury bad luck was because most of our players were on the gear rather than hard surfaces or curses. It would be like all the media's Christmas's had come at once.

 

[TY24]

I for one am shocked at the allegation that a bunch of cashed up blokes in their 20's-30's are prone to a bit of Uncle Charlie in their downtime

 

[UseR2006]

I'll say that I don't think we'll be caught in this one. No way the club is stupid enough to be involved in this.
Though Eastern state clubs, where the AFL has a vested interest in keeping them afloat, QLD, NSW, VIC sides probably all on a watch.

 

[Schmedit]

I for one am shocked at the allegation that a bunch of cashed up blokes in their 20's-30's are prone to a bit of Uncle Charlie in their downtime

It's not the crime, it's the cover up

 

[EagleMan87]

NicNat late out?

 

[Spod]

Is anyone surprised?

Also does it explain all of our random injuries that mysteriously happened after the injury list came out?

Presumably this would only really explain people missing one game, maybe two. We tend to lose people for the season so probably mostly still the legit injury curse - assume you would need a pretty serious bender to be testing positive for a full season.

 

[garlic munchers]

Just imagine though if our extra injury bad luck was because most of our players were on the gear rather than hard surfaces or curses. It would be like all the media's Christmas's had come at once.

Doctors certificates anyone?

 

[flamingEMBERS]

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Any footage of the speech in parliament?

 

[bzparkes]

Doctors certificates anyone?

 

[Seadog]

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If this was done to avoid a drug test it would make him look like less of an idiot.

 

[oak79]

If any club / supporters ever refer to the West Coast scandal again... seriously, Essendon, Hawks (?) & now Melbourne drug scandals have surpassed what happened at the Eagles. Throw in the Collingwood actual performance enhancing infractions, the Freo scandals, and other random ones around the league.

When some eagles players were crossing the line... players at every other club around the league was doing the same.

Where are the media cries for mums not to let there kids play for Melbourne now?

 

[Pwani Magharibi]

The timing of Andrew Wilkie's allegations in Parliament is uncanny as only last night I finished reading Michael Warner's The Boys's Club (and what a revealing book it is). So, none of the allegations surprise. It will be interesting to watch the reputation management shenanigans to follow.

As an Eagles fan, it will be interesting to see if the Melbourne media applies the same blowtorch to other clubs as it did to the Eagles in the 2000s. I suspect we know the answer to that though. One small benefit of us being at the wrong end of the ladder is that we don't need to look forward to a new Rita Panahi expose on lives ruined by the West Coast Eagles every September.

 

[Cuzz09]

We need a full blown apology and extra draft picks and Nick Daicos

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[ziad]

The timing of Andrew Wilkie's allegations in Parliament is uncanny as only last night I finished reading Michael Warner's The Boys's Club (and what a revealing book it is). So, none of the allegations surprise. It will be interesting to watch the reputation management shenanigans to follow.

As an Eagles fan, it will be interesting to see if the Melbourne media applies the same blowtorch to other clubs as it did to the Eagles in the 2000s. I suspect we know the answer to that though. One small benefit of us being at the wrong end of the ladder is that we don't need to look forward to a new Rita Panahi expose on lives ruined by the West Coast Eagles every September.

This has more of East Germany about it than Essendon.

 

[Bender_]

The timing of Andrew Wilkie's allegations in Parliament is uncanny as only last night I finished reading Michael Warner's The Boys's Club (and what a revealing book it is). So, none of the allegations surprise. It will be interesting to watch the reputation management shenanigans to follow.

As an Eagles fan, it will be interesting to see if the Melbourne media applies the same blowtorch to other clubs as it did to the Eagles in the 2000s. I suspect we know the answer to that though. One small benefit of us being at the wrong end of the ladder is that we don't need to look forward to a new Rita Panahi expose on lives ruined by the West Coast Eagles every September.

Hard to describe how I feel about that book - great read and very interesting, yet so disappointing that the league is like that. I've always known that they like to make things up as they go along as being in the best interests of the competition but the lengths they go to is quite shocking. And they answer to absolutely nobody about it too.

 

[Schmedit]

Hard to describe how I feel about that book - great read and very interesting, yet so disappointing that the league is like that. I've always known that they like to make things up as they go along as being in the best interests of the competition but the lengths they go to is quite shocking. And they answer to absolutely nobody about it too.

It definitely makes you understand the decision making at VFL house, just a bush league tarted up robbing peter to pay paul.

 

[KERRPOW]

i like how wce were hung out to try, yet all the vic clubs get protected from the AwFL

 

[Bender_]

i like how wce were hung out to try, yet all the vic clubs get protected from the AwFL

Read the book mentioned above - the AFL tried their best to step in and sweep the Eagles scandals under the rug too but were too slow.

 

[HoneyBadger35]

The West Coast Eagles circa 2006 are now the only honest team in a league full of cheats, crooks and charlatans.

Where others hid behind fake injuries and medical exemptions, the Eagles stood boldly, nay proudly, and proclaimed in one voice: “Yes, we are absolutely on the gear”.

They should throw us a ******* parade.

 

[Chris_6678]

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BREAKING: The AFL has confirmed it does allow club doctors to “take steps to prevent a player from taking part” in training and games if they have been found to have an illicit substance in their system.


.....So what they are saying is that clubs are aloud to cover up drug sanctions.