Certified Legendary Thread Sympathy for *essendon - congratulations on '16 Wooden Spoon (RIP The Scales)

[numchuks]

^^ Looks like I've overstayed my welcome! Enjoy the game this afternoon. Go Saints!

Don't mind me, you're welcome to keep posting here.

But when it comes to sympathy and some of the buisness Calrton got up to in my lifetime (90s and early 00s) I have as much sympathy for them as I do for essendon tbh.

 

[Devington]

Yeah, I was one of the supporters that really wasn't happy about the changes in coaching. I was raised to hate Malthouse so it has been a bit of an adjustment.



^^ Looks like I've overstayed my welcome! Enjoy the game this afternoon. Go Saints!

You're fine mate, we've gotten a little off topic, but you've partaken in the sympathy and shown you can handle the banter.

 

[IschenkoUBeauty]

No club is anywhere near as despicable as *, their arrogance, born to rule attitude and disgraceful treatment of North Melbourne is unparalleled.

Carlton used to treat North Melbourne as their 'play thing' on the stock market, having owned a share of the club in the 80s/90s and at one point considering a buy-out.

 

[Higgins2Waite]

You're fine mate, we've gotten a little off topic, but you've partaken in the sympathy and shown you can handle the banter.

MEB_ is good value. Good having some female sympathy added to this thread

 

[Heaps of fun]

I may be callous, but for the first time I can remember I have zero sympathy for teams that get hit by injuries in the pre season. Individuals, sure. It's terrible when players cop an injury, but for the other teams chances that take a blow I couldn't care less.

Totally agree, my thoughts are, ACL well that's only 12months out, and in reality you can't play and have to do rehab,

Our players have had 2 years with full on mental stress. It just seems a lot worse than any injury.

My cup overfloweth.

 

[Devington]

My cup overfloweth.

Whoever posted that needs to realise that they no longer like AFL.

They may like their club, but not the sport. When *Essendon* gets the everliving shit kicked out of them by the bans, then the AFL punishment, then the lawsuits, I hope they have the balls to stick around. I doubt it though. They'll probably just roll over and start writing letters to Charles Manson.

Those posters do not have my sympathy.

 

[numchuks]

No club is anywhere near as despicable as *, their arrogance, born to rule attitude and disgraceful treatment of North Melbourne is unparalleled.

Nah.

Carlton have a long history of belligerence and disrespect of our club, and the other battler clubs in the competition.

Every time any club was on death row, Carlton were waiting in the wings ready to stick the knife in. They told the afl " to let them rot" during st kildas financial woes. Bled fitzroy dry. Offered to replace the swans and take their away games to sydney. Tried to buy our club out and merge our champion team into theirs and then rorted premierships and cheated the salary cap during our golden era.

The way Elliot used to disrespectfully boast after Ron Casey died about how north would have been merged into Carlton had he still been around used to make me sick.

 

[ozzyoslo]

Also, the dumping of Ratten for Malthouse was a pretty arrogant look from the outside.

One has to wonder if * were running a little "hot" and decided it mightn't have been a good idea to turn up in Wang that day #justsaying

OI !! You slipped that in.....Damien

 

[Jay-Z]

http://www.essendonfc.com.au/player-profile/clinton-jones

Much sympathy for *

LOL!

 

[ozzyoslo]

Whoever posted that needs to realise that they no longer like AFL.

They may like their club, but not the sport. When *Essendon* gets the everliving shit kicked out of them by the bans, then the AFL punishment, then the lawsuits, I hope they have the balls to stick around. I doubt it though. They'll probably just roll over and start writing letters to Charles Manson.

Those posters do not have my sympathy.

Cheats in Australian sport needs the bejesus kicked out of them......it appears to have been a systematic process to push 20 odd players plus to the realms of legality with no thought of concern to what players were injected with to gain what ever it need to win games.

Now history has also shown the same amount of greed all those years ago way back when.......influenced history of the NMFC.

The sport will evolve whether a club dies of greed or the ineptitude of management of those who controlled it........we sit here and laugh at the expense of *Tird and Co but the reality is everyone, even opposition supporters will pay for it in the long run. And since ya gonna pay for it ya might as well get value for ya money.

 

[Jay-Z]

So, the four 2012 players to 'break ranks' and play this weekend, despite earlier 'solidarity' are Nick O'Brien, Jackson Merrett, Elliott Kavanagh and Lauchlan Dalgleish. Does that now mean the remainder of the 2012 players still on the list are those accused by ASADA?

If so, why haven't they been named in the media (even if it does mean you could work it out if you could be bothered). Why isn't David "I'm scared of needles" Zaharakis one of those four?

Let's do the maths, Zaharkis it appears is one of the 34* little cheats.

I had a list somewhere of the players on their 2012 list that were still at the club and I've just managed to dig it up so as far as I can tell the "17 or 18" current players that have Infraction Notices are (Note: I think the media keep saying 17 or 18 because there is a strong suspicion Zaha is ok):

Alex Browne
Ariel Steinberg
Ben Howlett
Brent Stanton
Cale Hooker
Courtenay Dempsey
David Myers
David Zaharakis
Dustin Fletcher
Dyson Heppell
Heath Hocking
Jake Carlisle
Jake Melksham
Jason Winderlich
Jobe Watson
Mark Baguley
Michael Hibberd
Michael Hurley

 

[blackshadow]

Nah.

Carlton have a long history of belligerence and disrespect of our club, and the other battler clubs in the competition.

Every time any club was on death row, Carlton were waiting in the wings ready to stick the knife in. They told the afl " to let them rot" during st kildas financial woes. Bled fitzroy dry. Offered to replace the swans and take their away games to sydney. Tried to buy our club out and merge our champion team into theirs and then rorted premierships and cheated the salary cap during our golden era.

The way Elliot used to disrespectfully boast after Ron Casey died about how north would have been merged into Carlton had he still been around used to make me sick.

* inflicted 50+ years of hardship on NMFC as the price for admission to the VFL, they hamstrung us competitively and for that they will always have done far more wrong by NMFC than Carlton ever can.

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

'Simulated training' against another team, with three field umpires.

Lawyer speak for practice match.

 

[Devington]

HNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGG.

Gameday tag please mods.
Or shall we have our own gameday thread?

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

* inflicted 50+ years of hardship on NMFC as the price for admission to the VFL, they hamstrung us competitively and for that they will always have done far more wrong by NMFC than Carlton ever can.

I am one of the few posters that don't mind Carlton, l know they have cheated in the past but l have real sympathy, not the * kind, for their supporters over the last few years. * can ead however.

 

[muttley45]

Saw this tweet by Richard Ings Re: appealing to CAS if unhappy with a doping suspension, by all means *essendon, go the appeal route please

Richard Ings ‏@ringsau 9h9 hours ago

Turkish hurdler's doping ban increased from 2 to 3 years | FOX Sports CAS appeal sees ban increased. http://www.foxsports.com/other/story/turkish-hurdlers-doping-ban-increased-from-2-to-3-years-030615…

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[Higgins2Waite]

it's starting it's starting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Devington]

I've got a good feeling guys. I think there's going to be some quality trolling on the main board gameday thread.

I'm genuinely excited for this 'game'!

 

[ChopChopDigDig]

This game is the worst game of footy I've ever seen.

St Kilda should receive compensation from *essendon for affecting their 2015 prep.

 

[Higgins2Waite]

#73 hahahaha

 

[Devington]

What a disgusting game of football. Just what I was hoping for.

 

[Black2Blue]

I had a list somewhere of the players on their 2012 list that were still at the club and I've just managed to dig it up so as far as I can tell the "17 or 18" current players that have Infraction Notices are (Note: I think the media keep saying 17 or 18 because there is a strong suspicion Zaha is ok):

Alex Browne
Ariel Steinberg
Ben Howlett
Brent Stanton
Cale Hooker
Courtenay Dempsey
David Myers
David Zaharakis
Dustin Fletcher
Dyson Heppell
Heath Hocking
Jake Carlisle
Jake Melksham
Jason Winderlich
Jobe Watson
Mark Baguley
Michael Hibberd
Michael Hurley

Now the picture starts to become clear. *Golden Boy looked at his list in 2012 and thought this lot aren't going to get close to winning a flag. "Danksy, help me out here will you. I've got a crap list on my hands but I need a flag, and now. Whatever it takes. Any ideas?"

 

[Passmore]

The camera work is doing justice to the standard. And to think the AFL were concerned about a substandard coverage lastvweek

 

[Jay-Z]

Now the picture starts to become clear. *Golden Boy looked at his list in 2012 and thought this lot aren't going to get close to winning a flag. "Danksy, help me out here will you. I've got a crap list on my hands but I need a flag, and now. Whatever it takes. Any ideas?"

Yeah its a funny list isn't it. Half crap players (who doesn't laugh every time they read the name Ariel Steinberg!) but also all of their good players outside Goddard and Chappy

 

[Devington]

5 of the last 6 goals to the saints. And they look bad.

Floodgates will open next quarter I suspect.