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

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What a spineless campaigner.
In fairness, its not like he met Dank and Charter 'accidentally' while holidaying in Queensland. Nor did he have a preexisting relationship with the supplier. Nor did he receive communications from Dank regarding injection schedules, including weekly updates. Nor did he get involved in calming an angry club doctor who put a stop to the program so as to get it up and going again. Nor did he encourage his players to get behind the program. Nor did he get jabbed himself leading to a 4 day boner.

He is totally blameless.
 

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What a spineless campaigner.
what did you expect this prick has lied from the start we now know that essendone* self report in sept 2012 yet when it finally has to be made public in feb
2013 that sack of excrement is "shocked to be sitting here" right from the start his first statement in this whole sorry mess was a LIE
 

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That article from Hird is just shameful. I'm not sure if he's just arrogant enough to see himself above any wrong doing, spineless or just plain delusional.

Maybe it's the side effects from his orange tan and permanent erection. It's sent the campaigner insane.
 

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That article from Hird is just shameful. I'm not sure if he's just arrogant enough to see himself above any wrong doing, spineless or just plain delusional.

Maybe it's the side effects from his orange tan and permanent erection. It's sent the campaigner insane.
He is narcissistic with some slight psychopathic traits. None of this is surprising.
 

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I'll admit to having a bad memory, but I'm pretty sure that on that day in Feb 2013 when *Albert claimed to be "shocked to be sitting here", he also stated that he takes full responsibility for what happened. Every day of the three years since has shown this as a lie, culminating beautifully in this latest statement blaming everyone else but him.
 

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What *albert should have written:

I'm really sorry for this whole mess. I'm sorry I tried to exploit loopholes and bend rules to try and get an edge over other clubs and that the consequences of that was that there was enough evidence for the CAS to be comfortably satisfied that 34 players at the club where I was coached took banned substances.

I'm sorry to all footy fans that the reputation of this sport is up there with weightlifting and cycling now and that all other players' reputations from the other 17 clubs have been besmirched through the constant inference that they were doing something similar but just did not get caught. I'm sorry that the game has taken a substantial financial hit and the media attention has been diverted from the many great on-field achievements over the last 3 years.

I'm sorry to the AFL who have had to pour a lot of time and resources into dealing with this that could have been better spent building the game at grassroots level or spreading its appeal throughout the country and the world. I'm sorry to the employees at ASADA and WADA who have had to deal with the brinkmanship and bitter rage from the club and its supporters whilst they were just trying to do their job, which is ensuring a level playing field for all competitors. I'm sorry to people within the club and AFL who I've blamed in the past for my own failings. I'm also sorry to the players who I coaxed into getting all these jabs because in the past a similar approach around injections has given me a ripping tan and spring in my step.

I will do 'whatever it takes' to restore my reputation in the game through conducting thousands of footy clinics and goal umpiring at hundreds of Buchan v. Swifts Ck ressies matches in sub-zero temperatures. I am truly sorry.

Love *albert.


What he actually wrote:

I'm sorry David Evans wanted me to win at all costs but we couldn't hire someone who might have obeyed the rules and anyway the Cats players were all on the juice (how else could they be so good) so Bomber and Macca thought it'd be ok for Weapon and Danksy to work their mojo at the club as we were puny weaklings by comparison. Those blokes didn't report to me (trapped in the Matrix) and when they started doing what I wanted them to do and kept me informed via SMS, e-mails etc. so what would I know? I sent a couple of e-mails saying keep it above board, that's good enough don't you think? I told Danksy to make sure Doc Reid knew what was happening, but the bits the Doc would be ok with, footy clubs aren't the UN you know. Anyway blah, blah, blah, it's not my fault and it's not me, it's you who are wrong.

James A. Hird - ANZAC Day and Brownlow Medallist and 2 x premiership player
 

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I will do 'whatever it takes' to restore my reputation in the game through conducting thousands of footy clinics and goal umpiring at hundreds of Buchan v. Swifts Ck ressies matches in sub-zero temperatures. I am truly sorry.
Oi!! I'm a paid up member of the Buchan Fotball Club. They do not deserve this punishment.

Although somewhat ironically, they were kicked out of the finals in 2014 for playing an unregistered player......but still....*Albert?
 

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There have been many many opportunites for their leadership to stand up and take their medicine but even now, when they have been caught out completely and found guilty by the highest level of authority in sport, they are still trying to chane the narative to one where they did nothing wrong.

What I find even more mind boggilingly stupid is the willingness for sections of their supporter base to just accept it. For the upper levels of their current leadership to want the man who was the figurehead who oversaw all this back at the club?

Just nuts.
 

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Reckon Hird is going to go nuclear on Sunday. With nothing to lose anymore he will lob hand grenades everywhere. He's on the ABC, no commercial obligations. Will be very interesting viewing.
 

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Reckon Hird is going to go nuclear on Sunday. With nothing to lose anymore he will lob hand grenades everywhere. He's on the ABC, no commercial obligations. Will be very interesting viewing.
My understanding is that Tracey Holmes, who will be interviewing him, has been a rabid Hird supporter (i.e. KoolAid imbiber) throughout the whole saga. Expect no hard questions as she gets off by the presence of her hero.

It would be far better if there was someone who would ask him to explain the commercial aspect of the supplements program - what did "the financials are ready" actually mean? Get him to deny that they were seeking to use the players as guinea pigs to test supplements that they were going to commercialise and get mega-rich from. Then that denial can subsequently be used against him when the others decide they've had enough of his finger-pointing and admit to the commercial objective.
 

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Reckon Hird is going to go nuclear on Sunday. With nothing to lose anymore he will lob hand grenades everywhere. He's on the ABC, no commercial obligations. Will be very interesting viewing.
Will be more of the same shit from Hird.

Taking zero responsibility and blaming all and sundry.
 

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No point in being irrationally defensive about the faults in the AFL. They are many and varied and all the labels you're attributed to the NRL are equally applicable to the AFL context.

It's this sort of self-righteous attitude that make our governing body think it can continue to not adhere to general principles of accountability, transparency and integrity. As it were Masters' point about the Tribunal are absolutely right. But continue to bury your head in the sand about the shambolic state of our sport.
What, like having an extra mil in your salary cap? Please mate, you are the single biggest beneficiary.

I think I love Dave Colbert
Nope, he is another who doesn't get it.
We arent the olympic games, never will be, and don't want to be.

I am strongly against outside people having a go at our indigenous sport.

The Olympics are so far down the pecking order these days and his love for athletics (yep, the 2nd dirties sport in history) often overules any concept of reality he possesses.
 

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Loving my 2 bets before the suspensions were handed down with 2 essendon posters.

Both were a bet about who would finish higher on the ladder in 2016 Roos V *ess:

1st was a sig bet with Milanista28

2nd was a bet with Jade - loser has to buy the others team jumper and wear to the pre match catch up and 2017 game. Winner gets to also pick which number is to be placed on the back of the jumper. Hoping Harvey goes around again as Jade is not a fan of our little champion.

The bet will be won if we beat the Crows in round 1.
 
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