Dirty Weekender wrote: Darkest days were in the late 80's and early 90's lads when roids were rife in AFL football and lets not forget the HGH years...for all you blokes know the players at Essendon may just be healthier from the immune boosting supplements they have apparently been injected with. Unless you know first hand through personal involvement you are just speculating and are therefore acting in a manner akin to a lynch mob. I suggest we all call our local federal ministers and demand an independent enquiry in to the AFL for corrupting the outcome of the investigation. That is if you truly believe in what you are saying here, or are you just speculating in what you believe you know. Think I've observed this pattern of behaviour somewhere else recently. Hmmm
Many conveniently forget Essendon were pulled out of a finals series, fined 2 million dollars, lost draft picks and have basically had 2 seasons hijacked with a third 2015 to be no different all for their failings back in 2012. All this and not one player testing positive whilst having samples taken right in the middle of the moments they were allegedly taking these unknown drugs you speculate about. As Schwaborn said, time to let go, let essendon, let football, let the AFL and let ASADA learn from the mistakes they have made and get on with redeeming themselves and the game. Nobody comes out of this whole investigation with a clean slate of health. Not those listed above, not the interfering govt, not the lynch mob media who parade around imitating investigative journalism and not even us the footy fan, who have allowed ourselves to be spoon fed bullshit on a daily basis from all of the above. If you can't move on then write to your minister...that's the only way forward from here.
FYI, I have already done so, twice!
Ahh like thats gunna help DW. If ya dont think the AFL has power/s in the upper echeleons of Govt, i would be very very surprised.There are so many questions that begger belief. In these days of players being monitored from everything they eat, to the amount of times they have a crap, is all recorded on computers. yer somehow injecting 30 odd human being with "substances" ( and they would dmand to know EXACTLY what was in them) is not recorded. Ohhh and the bombers get what, cheucked out of a final series, that they were highly unlikely to win, a small poxy fine, which is small change to little and the club, a couple of draft picks ( big deal).
Ohh meantime a fully paid holiday for the blke who said he takes full responsililty. Look at 2 instances over seas that DID NOT invlove drugs ( which is far more serious).
Both Juventus ( everybody has heard of them, then Rangers ( evrybody has heard of them too) got pinged for corruption. Both teams got sent spiralling from thier respective A GRADE leagues, and both still suffering.
What happens in AUS?, well we run our own tribunal (AFL) fine Essendon in effect NOTHING, then bleat about how pure as the driven snow we are, and lets put the past behind us ( lovely warm and fuzzy stuff) We as a country in SPORT are now in my opinion a disgrace. People NEVER forgot the underarm incident in cricket, people will never forget what Essendon ( and AFL) has done to the reputation of our game. AS regards media DW there has been more "pro Esendon" than any other. Just check the commentators at Channel 7 if ya need proof. Personally i am hacked off with the AFL as much if not more than Essendon. Essendon were corrupt, alas the AFL were corruptable!!!