No Opposition Supporters The ASADA Thread... from a Tiger perspective

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Vitamins Mcviegh cant coach , who was asleep?, where are the apologies to Kyle Reimers?
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''I knew 100 per cent that it was within the WADA [World Anti-Doping Agency] and the AFL doping regulations,'' he said on SEN.

''When we were told we would be taking certain supplements, and having certain injections, the club and the players asked not that we would have a waiver form - let me stress it wasn't a waiver form - it was a consent form that the players asked for,'' he said. ''Everything we would be taking, we were going on a different program to what we had been on before, we had never really gone into some of the supplements we were taking, so we asked for a consent form that WADA and the AFL doping code would make sure that it was ticked off and within the regulations.

''Players got forms in front of the doctors - Dr Bruce Reid who has been at the club for 30 years, coaches - and everyone knew that this had been ticked off. The doctor had told us it was fine, we trust [him] with everything, and James Hird, who we trust, we signed it, then that would give them consent [for us] to be able to have these tablets.''

McVeigh added: ''Kyle Reimers has come out and said some things that are untrue. He is a disgruntled player, was delisted from the football club, very rarely turned up for pre-season training in any sort of form that resembled a professional footballer.

''It wasn't a waiver, it was a consent form. It was clearly stated to us what we were taking. If you didn't know, you must have been asleep in the meeting. You know what, Kyle probably was.''

McVeigh said players were taken to a sterile environment away from the club for legal injections with a registered nurse. He said he had taken only vitamin C or B supplements. ''At the time I had a little baby girl, I wasn't getting much sleep, I was rundown, I had a bit of cold, I had a vitamin C injection. It's not uncommon,'' he said.
http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/mcveigh-blasts-drugs-claims-20130206-2dyww.html
 
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Footy Classified special edition tonignt after the croquet

Cant wait to hear what Caro has to say and Lloyd will no doubt be glowing a bright red all night
Surely slobbo will want his say on fox . Hopefully whateley is there to reign him in . Loved how Gerard slammed the smug hird last year when he tried to say they were found innocent because they were not found guilty !
 
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The sad thing is that the drugs didnt even enhance their performance..
It did at the height of the program, they were bursting packs, breaking tackles and running out games with ease, something they couldn't do a mere 6-7 months earlier.
 

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It did at the height of the program, they were bursting packs, breaking tackles and running out games with ease, something they couldn't do a mere 6-7 months earlier.
It was a strange year for them.

They started with a bang and I remember people talking up their strength and conditioning guy as having worked some kind of wonder.

But then they started having heaps of soft tissue injuries in the later part of the season.

I guess people can think what they like about the part played by the "supplements programme" in all of this, but I certainly don't recall it being just another ordinary season as far as team performance was concerned.
 

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Zaharakis copped a lot of internal flack for not taking part, didn't he? Dropped from the leadership group etc?
He should write a book about the whole process. Redemption for him, Reimers (still don't like him) and Knights. Condemnation for trying to create a culture of secrecy and denial.

I tell you, if I were an Essendon supporter, I'd be tallying the amount that monster Hird has cost the club and stapling invoices to his door.
That man's arrogance and refusal to accept accountability has cost that club, the supporters, the players and their families so damned much it's unbelievable.
Start with recouping funds for the year-long paid vacation in France.

On a related note, I desperately want to see an official list of fines and financial assistance given to all AFL clubs over the last 5 or so years. If anyone's aware of something like that existing, please let me know.
 

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Zaharakis copped a lot of internal flack for not taking part, didn't he? Dropped from the leadership group etc?
He should write a book about the whole process. Redemption for him, Reimers (still don't like him) and Knights. Condemnation for trying to create a culture of secrecy and denial.

I tell you, if I were an Essendon supporter, I'd be tallying the amount that monster Hird has cost the club and stapling invoices to his door.
That man's arrogance and refusal to accept accountability has cost that club, the supporters, the players and their families so damned much it's unbelievable.
Start with recouping funds for the year-long paid vacation in France.

On a related note, I desperately want to see an official list of fines and financial assistance given to all AFL clubs over the last 5 or so years. If anyone's aware of something like that existing, please let me know.
I actually rate Zaharakis and think he is also a good player. Suggested last season we should target him in the off season and I think we can get him pretty cheap now. No way he will want to be a part of this club.

Anyone know his contract status? Surely he never extended his contract while this REGIME was going on.
 
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