Certified Legendary Thread 34 Essendon* Players suspended for doping violations - No opposition fans. Check OP for thread rules

If Essendon* gets slapped on the wrist with a wet lettuce leaf, I will .......


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Essendon would not and could not have been humiliated in this way for mere administrative incompetence. Simply, the Bombers have been marked out as having made the single most egregious mistake by any club in VFL/AFL history.

Seemingly, Little - so recently belligerent - finally accepted this on his club's behalf. Probably, he figured that a good and noble club - and Essendon, despite all, is one - can and will redeem its reputation, ultimately
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Im not sure it makes logical sense either. Either the team got done,or only half the team.
It makes no sense at all. As I understand it, the EFC brought the game into disrepute & I would have thought their VFL team was part of the EFC. Very strange.
I'm kinda just hoping that next time I see Kane Lambert play it will be as a Carlton rookie. Pretty sure he played his last game for the NB on Saturday.
I would be happy for us to draft Lambert. He has had a really good season this year. Should be a runaway winner of the NB B&F & should poll well in the JJ Liston Trophy as well.
 
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Bomber Thompson on FC further reinforced James Hird's culpability. How many people need to tell you to stop before you listen. AFL, doc Reid, bomber Thompson. He's a tool and a dangerous one at that. If someone of the standing of bomber can not pull you up then something is definitely wrong! Hope at some stage bomber and the supporters are able to redirect their anger away from caro and to the people who truly deserve it.
 

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I bet you these essendon ****heads get record memberships next year.
Simple people respond to slogans and the 'us v them' mentality...it's the human trait Kev and Tony are pinning their hopes on.

Let them revel in their wallow like the pigs most of them are.

The fact remains that if an Essendon player asked James Hird to tell him exactly what he had been injected with, the Great Golden Hope couldn't look him in the eye and tell him the truth.

If they're happy to give that their support then meh...they can have it.

I'd rather Carlton have 20,000 members than build momentum on the back of a deluded sense of victimisation.
 

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Simple people respond to slogans and the 'us v them' mentality...it's the human trait Kev and Tony are pinning their hopes on.

Let them revel in their wallow like the pigs most of them are.

The fact remains that if an Essendon player asked James Hird to tell him exactly what he had been injected with, the Great Golden Hope couldn't look him in the eye and tell him the truth.

If they're happy to give that their support then meh...they can have it.

I'd rather Carlton have 20,000 members than build momentum on the back of a deluded sense of victimisation.
I agree completely. I just find the contrast between Carlton supporters' reactions after the salary cap breaches and the reaction of the essendon supporters to be fascinating.

I was disgusted by the fact that our club cheated. Obviously I continued to support the team, but I did NOT condone the actions of the administration. The majority of essendon supporters make no such distinction.
 

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I agree completely. I just find the contrast between Carlton supporters' reactions after the salary cap breaches and the reaction of the essendon supporters to be fascinating.

I was disgusted by the fact that our club cheated. Obviously I continued to support the team, but I did NOT condone the actions of the administration. The majority of essendon supporters make no such distinction.
Its puzzled me about the whole process. We got rid of a good part of our board, took the presidents name of the grandstand and made him persona non grata. No one believes we did the right thing, As opposed to Essendon...
 

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For people saying the punishment was too soft: just wait until ASADA get through them. Players will not only get infraction notices, but Essendon will be up for more charges under the anti-drug code. Which will mean loss of premiership points (retrospectively too), and loss of more draft picks. This isn't over by any stretch.

Doesn't anyone remember Dillon's statement when the report was announced? The AFL is within its power to bring further charges as new evidence comes into light.
 
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Good god. How can one club get so stupid? How can one club worship a man so bad?

Hird getting a contract extension is probably one of the worst signings i've heard of. Let me get this straight.. He screws his players out the finals with all these ASADA crap, he stuffs around and accuses the AFL of bullying, he makes everything about himself.. and he gets a contract extension!? o_O
 

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When will we here from ASADA? AD confirmed AOD was banned, when will we find out about player infractions?
Hopefully ASADA will come in 2 days before the draft and hand in their full report along with a shitload of infraction notices to be handed out to all the senior players on the Essendon* list.
 
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