CARN THE EAGLES!!!!!!!!!

And I can't believe the carry on about Essendon. It's taken far too long to get to this point. Watson should have lost his medal years ago and the meeting occurring in February is farcical - just take it off him as he won it juiced (even unknowingly - which from some of the evidence presented in the newspapers any ignorance is a bit dubious).

Anyone want to make rash early declarations for the Premiership, Brownlow and top 8?

They backed the wrong horse.
Cronulla would feel very relieved I'm sure.

Some of the excuses have just been hilarious if it was not so serious. James Hird just killed his once beloved club for 5 plus years. No longer the favourite son one would think

Brownlow - agree fully Drip. Not even a discussion needs to take place on that one. Maybe just following due process to avoid any further farrrrrk ups at AFL head quarters.


Predictions - Eagles can not win it but will come close. Blame the coach

AFL....Brownlow

What is this they speak of

As a Bombers fan I'm devastated, but in truth it's probably the right decision as although there is a level of trust in a footy club surely you have to question things when you are being told not to disclose treatments to the authorities.

It's done now so hopefully AFL footy can move on.

I don't care who wins it this year as long as it isn't the Hawks. If I had to have a bet I'd definitely be looking at a WA side with Geelong as a smokey. What is certain though is that the Bombers will have pick 1 in 2017.

How did the bombers finish in that year peptides ?

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Salty Sea Dog said...
As a Bombers fan I'm devastated, but in truth it's probably the right decision as although there is a level of trust in a footy club surely you have to question things when you are being told not to disclose treatments to the authorities.

It's done now so hopefully AFL footy can move on.

I don't care who wins it this year as long as it isn't the Hawks. If I had to have a bet I'd definitely be looking at a WA side with Geelong as a smokey. What is certain though is that the Bombers will have pick 1 in 2017.

Geelong's midfield is certainly going to be pretty awesome if J Selwood and Dangerfield stay fit and if S Selwood gets back to somewhere near his best (possibly debatable).

I don't think anyone enjoys what's happened at Essendon, but Woosha is a such a standup guy I am sure he will put the club on the straight and narrow similarly to the effort at the Eagles ten years ago.

Not that they should be contenders, but the Pies are my "anyone but..." team. I'd rather see Freo take it out than the Pies.

mac is going on the juice this year.

Its the gyms mirror cleaning agent apparently. Some one stumbled on to it's mind bending powers.
massive bulk growth if you look hard enough

Completely undetectable to the eye because they cant see past themselves


Be nice if the lions could put something together this year

Weeeell hopefully the dockers win, but I don't really care too much

Lacey you should support your local team,no matter how bad they maybe.


Oh hang on that would be asking too much from a guy who dose not support his local shaper
Carry on go the Lions

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Macaha said...
Lacey you should support your local team,no matter how bad they maybe.


Oh hang on that would be asking too much from a guy who dose not support his local shaper
Carry on go the Lions

It might comes a surprise to you mr mac but beau young is a local shaper. Doh


Dont go laying your guilt trips on everyone else because you sold out on the aussie made market and instead, try to pacify your guilt by buying the dearest oz made board you can find.
Thats cool ,but hey leave us kids alone

Scotty I Do believe they started the year like champions then faded .

The supplements taken allowed them to train harder then the reSt so could be the reason behind their performance , but then a lot of teams start well then fade through the season .

How did the Sharks go in the season they took the same stuff

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Tassiedevel said...
Scotty I Do believe they started the year like champions then faded .

The supplements taken allowed them to train harder then the reSt so could be the reason behind their performance , but then a lot of teams start well then fade through the season .

How did the Sharks go in the season they took the same stuff

They faded because they got a lot of soft tissue injuries from being too powerful too quick. They just missed the finals after being 8 and 1, and their captain won the Brownlow medal. So the juice had mixed benefits.

Eagles for the cup
Yeo for the brownlow

Top 8 in order

Eagles
Geelong
Adelaide
North Melbourne
Hawthorn
Sydney
Richmond
Freo


I'm with Drip anyone but the ****ing Pies

Disappointing for Bombers supports, lucky for the guys and girls that placed bets on them getting the wooden spoon before this all went down. Don't think they deserve a bail out either because what would that be saying to other clubs thinking of trying a similar thing. Should just take it on the chin and use it as motivation for 2017

The afl will need to bail them out once the law suits are done I reckon. If I was one of those 34 I would have them in court very soon.

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Ted the Kiwi said...
The afl will need to bail them out once the law suits are done I reckon. If I was one of those 34 I would have them in court very soon.

Financially, keep them solvent, but no drafts concessions in the coming years. My two bobs worth.

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The afl will need to bail them out once the law suits are done I reckon. If I was one of those 34 I would have them in court very soon.

Yeah crew are quoting 30-50 million in damages once its all said and done...wonder whether the sponsers will be asking for money back or cutting ties

www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-15/james-hird-blames-supplements-sports-scientist-essendon-bombers/7090080

James need to tuck his string...

He is the Complete package of self importance, arrogance and general arseholery..... He is the definition of a Cunt

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SP said...
James need to tuck his string...

He is the Complete package of self importance, arrogance and general arseholery..... He is the definition of a Cunt

Got nothing. Perfect.

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SP said..
James need to tuck his string...

He is the Complete package of self importance, arrogance and general arseholery..... He is the definition of a Cunt

Don't beat around the bush SP just tell us what you really think of him

Yep I thought I captured my opinion pretty well... And under 50 words

What the hell has AFL got to do with surfing,spoken on behalf of SP.

I don't remember saying that???

But I'll guess the pros like drugs??

Or maybe a lot of surfers like footy..
Footy threads have always been part of the Greenroom do you want to get rid of them?

SP you summed it up nicely. Incredible that he is in charge of everything football related and blames the people he employed. Especially if he had reservations part way in why did he not axe them them confess all and move on. What a (insert SP word)

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SP said..
James need to tuck his string...

He is the Complete package of self importance, arrogance and general arseholery..... He is the definition of a Cunt

Coming from the man that won't tolerate jokes about Muslims and or picking on peeps in general ....

please SP wipe the hypocrisy off your face.

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SP said..
James need to tuck his string...

He is the Complete package of self importance, arrogance and general arseholery..... He is the definition of a Cunt

Coming from the man that won't tolerate jokes about Muslims and or picking on peeps in general ....

please SP wipe the hypocrisy off your face.

WTF.. ??

Do you mean like whining about people posting surfing in a surfing forum then posting completely unrelated **** to surfing in the same surfing forum?

Or asking about mid lengths then complaining when someone else posts something??

Come on lads, back to the footy, only a few weeks left till it's starts.

http://iview.abc.net.au/programs/abc-news-special-james-hird-interview/NS1604H001S00

Interesting watch. I thought the interview was very poor. The interviewer was poor - she failed to follow up on any of her perceived tough questions. Leigh Sales would have been a much better choice. I thought she left a lot on the table. Never really took it to James. Whimp.

Some of the questions that remain un-answered in my world:

1. How come there was no record of the injections?
2. Why did none of the players admit to injections?
3. If no one knows what was injected how can you say that no one took any banned substances?
4. Why do you still fail to take any real responsibility?
5. Dank and Robinson - why did she not hammer more questions about those two - especially given the comments Hird made. Poor journalism.

It seemed to me that Hird did not want to say too much to incriminate himself but made it pretty clear that everyone else was to blame but himself - still not taking any responsibility ! Incredible. I would think that after that interview the guilty 34 should be looking forward to a pretty substantial settlement.

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MickPC said..
Weeeell hopefully the dockers win, but I don't really care too much

I hope they don't...**** Ross Lyon