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What's a false flag? Winning a flag in the same season you're found guilty of significant salary cap breaches, as Essendon was in 1993 (still the only club to have been found guilty of such breaches during a premiership year), or perhaps winning a flag with the assistance of a drugs program so...

Dank Dank Dank, Dank Dank Dank, Dank Dank. Dank. Anyone would think this guy snuck into the EFC and started injecting PEDS into players without anyone there actually knowing about it. It's bit like US Postal trying to paint Michele Ferrari as some kind of 'rogue operator'. From the 'I'm...

Umm, doping players with drugs that you choose to believe are within the rules but are clearly and evidently NOT within the rules is doping in anyone's language. And because the the EFC deliberately created, funded and approved the doping program that led to their players being injected with...

I think most of us realise that "careless and inept" has been Essendon's defensive position all though this sorry saga; a position endorsed by the AFL. Most of us also realise that these are euphemisms for something a little less palatable than carelessness.

Thought is that game one would be: Australia 66.10. 406 def. Ireland 2.1.13 and game two would be Ireland 10-20 def. Australia 0.2 So if you want a series made up of two hideously lopsided contests where the only entertainment value is seeing how hopelessly out of their depth the losing...

It pains me to say it, but Carlton supporters have no right to slate any other club when it comes to sub-standard development of young talent. Well, perhaps Melbourne. But that's about it.

Yes, I think we all know that COLA is nothing more than a prop to ensure the viability/continued success of the Swans. And yes, for the financial health of the AFL it makes perfect sense. The dollars that flow in from winning teams in the Sydney market ensure that our players, our coaches, our...

Love this guy, my favourite by a mile. So happy for him. That would've been a really popular win around the club too, I'd say.

Yes. Self-serving doesn't even begin to sum up his modus operandi.

In the last 10 years? Won a Walkley Award. Got shortlisted for another Walkley Award. Scored an editor's position in the UK. She's done alright.

Magnay would have a huge number of contacts within WADA, and more than a handful at ASADA. I would be absolutely staggered if the story didn't come from within one of those two organisations. Wouldn't have to be involving Fahey at all. Of course, Fahey would have to deny. It's the SOP for...

You're kidding right? Carlton got pick 1, 1, 2 + the first pick in the second round two years running, plus third round pick taken off them. And they couldn't trade into the draft either. Essendon got mid-table picks removed for the first two rounds for two years, but got given a bonus pick...

Reasons? It's as plain as day. The club failed miserably in its regard for player welfare, and the club had to be punished as a result. This wasn't a rogue operator, a single coach or any of that nonsense. As EFC's own internal investigation revealed, this was a clubwide problem. And as such, it...

I guess it's because I met Buckley a couple of times during his playing days, when he was at the heights of his footballing powers, and was really impressed with him as a person. So when I saw him on the field, I saw more than just the footballer. Collingwood is very lucky to have him. Hird...

Demetriou said that Essendon "came forward" yet your own coach is adamant that Demetriou tipped off Essendon about the ACC investigation. So which is it: is Demetriou lying about Essendon coming forward, or is Hird lying about Demetriou tipping them off? Personally, I think they're both full...

Actually, that pretty accurately sums up my feelings towards Hird in his playing days. Liked watching him play, couldn't stand the OTT adulation. My favourite non-Carlton champion of the AFL era is Nathan Buckley. Always liked him, never understood the figjam stuff. Met him a couple of times...

So Hird purchased the gun, bought the ammo, loaded the gun, handed it to Dank, who then fired the fatal shot. Dank is such a rogue. Such a rogue.

I'm struggling to understand any of this without the use of Essendon's trademark euphemisms. Next time, can you please use some of the following: Rogue operator. Governance. We went down a path. Exonerated. Cleared. We have absolutely no idea what we took (but we know nothing we took was...

Essendon's trick has been to lose the records of which player took which PED. So while ASADA knows TB4 and AOD was used, they may struggle to identify specific players. But it's a risky game they're playing, because it just may open the door for a total team sanction. It's happened before...

It seems that every single person in the known universe believes that the AFL went too hard on Carlton... yet at the time, our penalties were celebrated by pretty much all non-Carlton people, with barely a dissenting voice. I only wish this level of insight was around at the time. Remember...

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Well, technically robbery is theft via threat of force. He stole from a bank, but he didn't rob a bank. Anyway, I don't think they'll boot hird but his presence in the HOF will always be a bit of an embarrassment because being a dodgy drug cheat is what he'll largely be known for in the future.

^This. There is such a huge weight of (at the very least) circumstantial evidence that points to this being a case of deliberate doping, it's staggering that Essendon* has been allowed to get away with their ridiculous 'governance' doublespeak for so long. Well, it's not surprising given the...

Of course you'd be happy with that. You'd be happy with a $44 fine and the loss of your 2013 Round 5 pick too. What Essendon has done is unprecedented in the history of the VFL/AFL, and by the time this is over you won't be happy with the punishment/s at all, both from the AFL and later from...

yes. trumped up. of course.

The players/people that most embody the self-image of the club seem to be the ones that supporters gravitate to the most. Doggie fans love Whitten and Hawkins because they were products of the Footscray streets. Grant because he's a humble champion, a pure footballer who lets his actions speak...

I think we can all agree that Hird was never intending to take full responsibility for it. It's just something he said to get him through the press conference with his halo intact. A common theme with this bloke it seems. The sooner we never hear from Hird ever again, on anything, the better.

I'll bet you were probably pretty happy when you thought that Bill Kelty was going to collude with the rest of the commission to get EFC the softest penalty possible, though. And I'm sure you'd be more than happy to have Vlad preside over the case if you thought he was in cover-up mode. Admit...

Here's how the EFC uses the phrase "factually incorrect": A man walked into a crowded bar at 9.26pm on Friday the 20th of March. From underneath his heavy grey overcoat he produced a 5.56mm semi-automatic assault rifle and proceeded to kill 14 people, seriously wounding 11 others. If the...

That SMS exchange is full of lies and half-truths and Hird will be in a very good place when the report is made public. Which is why he is spending 15 grand a day trying his hardest to have the report not be made public. I'm #standing right by him as he drags the EFC into the tar pits.