Certified Legendary Thread Sympathy for *essendon II - over 6500 days since EFC won a final / AC signs w NM, EFC implode / RIP D2D and T_S

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Inject this into my veins.



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Just make sure you destroy any record of having done so.

 

[LuvtheKangas]

Inject this into my veins.



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At least he had the decency to put "unlucky" in quotation marks.

 

[7577969923]

I hear that Essendon is lobbying to have their games deferred until any quarantine period for McGregor's training group is over. This is exactly the reason that the AFL stipulated the teams break up their lists into smaller training groups of 8 or 9, so that if there was a positive test it could be isolated and not blow the season up. Essendon clearly took the risk of organising those groups for the best on-field outcome, i.e all best 22 backs training together, rather than take a risk management approach.

There is no way they should be able to defer their games. It is no different than if a group of players was struck down with food poisoning for example. You turn up and play with the players you have available. It is part of the reason why we have 45 players on a list after all.

 

[Oakleigh Roo]

 

[Snake_Baker]

A false positive nasal swab?

 

[big_e]

I hear that Essendon is lobbying to have their games deferred until any quarantine period for McGregor's training group is over. This is exactly the reason that the AFL stipulated the teams break up their lists into smaller training groups of 8 or 9, so that if there was a positive test it could be isolated and not blow the season up. Essendon clearly took the risk of organising those groups for the best on-field outcome, i.e all best 22 backs training together, rather than take a risk management approach.

There is no way they should be able to defer their games. It is no different than if a group of players was struck down with food poisoning for example. You turn up and play with the players you have available. It is part of the reason why we have 45 players on a list after all.

Might be giving them too much credit....

 

[7577969923]

Might be giving them too much credit....

Credit for doing exactly what the AFL advised them not to do? Typical Essendon I would say.

 

[Hojuman]

Xavier Campbell thinks it would only be fair to stop the competition for 2 weeks while they re-adjust.

Sure Xav. Take your time.

 

[SpiderBurton22]

Never change *


Essendon do not believe the weights session conducted by Conor McKenna and his fellow defenders will lead to forced 14-day quarantine periods for those players.

Bombers ask AFL to consider postponing Carlton game

Essendon has told the AFL of their view that the league's flexible arrangements should allow for postponed games.

t.co

 

[LuvtheKangas]

It would be nice if, just once, they manned up and admitted their blatant breach of rules that everyone else has followed. And accepted the consequences.

 

[LB2Snake]

Inject this into my veins.



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So stop acting like 5 star dickheads that are above everything. Embarrassing club that is full of themselves.

 

[Colbys Boots]

A false positive nasal swab?

Is that unlikely?

 

[Flawed Genius]

Never change *


Essendon do not believe the weights session conducted by Conor McKenna and his fellow defenders will lead to forced 14-day quarantine periods for those players.

Bombers ask AFL to consider postponing Carlton game

Essendon has told the AFL of their view that the league's flexible arrangements should allow for postponed games.

t.co

They're going to set the competition back five years


Again

 

[Kangaroo Cat]

 

[SpiderBurton22]

They're going to set the competition back five years


Again

I can smell a high court challenge when 7 defenders are ruled out this week.

 

[LuvtheKangas]

I can smell a high court challenge when 7 defenders are ruled out this week.

something, something ... Anzac Medals Defense ... something, something

Yeah, I'm just dialing in that joke from now on.

 

[shimaburnsgrieg]

As expected they raise doubts, question the testing process, have the ex players protest loudly in the media about the unfairness of it all, put forward alternative and lesser penalties....just no sense at all of accepting the umpire's decision - straight out of the Essendon playbook!

 

[Snake_Baker]

Is that unlikely?

Yes.

 

[barnrokn]

It would be nice if, just once, they manned up and admitted their blatant breach of rules that everyone else has followed. And accepted the consequences.

 

[glenn2479]

As expected they raise doubts, question the testing process, have the ex players protest loudly in the media about the unfairness of it all, put forward alternative and lesser penalties....just no sense at all of accepting the umpire's decision - straight out of the Essendon playbook!

Sounds like China’s playbook.

 

[ferball]

Sounds like China’s playbook.

Sounds like everyone's playbook.

 

[SonofSamsquanch]

Your sarcasm meter may require a re-tune SoS. I suspect it was posted with tongue firmly in cheek.

I can see that there's a tongue in cheek element to the post so I'll take your counsel on the poster's intent.

But to ensure nobody misunderstands my position, I don't believe a word of anything that comes from the mouth of any football administrator from any club north of Racecourse Road, and also from the vast majority of any football administrators that are located south of there either.

 

[Tectonic]

Is that unlikely?

How accurate are COVID-19 tests

www.labtestsonline.org.au

 

[Shermanator]

#suchanethicalclub

******* worst club in the whole ******* world!

 

[tazaa]

Have they turned on the wee boy McKenna yet.

Imagine being home sick, jumping on a plane back to Ireland cause you don’t want to play for *, coming back cause you have a contract, booting off once again when lockdown was announced cause you’d rather be in Ireland than here with your * teammates - and then to top it all off a you get Coronavirus and possibly rule your teams whole backline out before they take on Carlton.
Not to mention halting the momentum of * undefeated start to 2020.

No wonder their supporters are in pain lol