Aker implicates Sydney player as drug cheat

[Legs Akimbo]

Braun wasn't only name on Aker's hit list | The Australian

I wonder if he was talking about Crouch?

Surely Akermanis would have known that leveling such accusations based on his subjective opinion is (a) a waste of time and (b) injurious to the reputation of the players involved and of their clubs.

I have no respect for this individual at all.

[connolly]

Basically anyone who cleaned up the little yapper was/is on drugs apparently. The article should keep Crouchy in fine wine well into his retirement.

[dimelb]

"Now that confidentiality has been undermined, the integrity of the system as a whole is seriously in question," Bell said.
He's absolutely right. I think Akermanis is genuine in his beliefs if mistaken on the evidence. In any case a player ought to be able to trust the testing agency. If they can't, then scrap it and try something else.

[AnnieH]

Aker is a first class tool-box.

If Rocket was a better coach, he'd be able to pull Aker's head in for him.

Where's his proof?

[hammo]

Aker is a first class tool-box.

If Rocket was a better coach, he'd be able to pull Aker's head in for him.

Where's his proof?

Before everyone blows up at Aker, keep in mind he provided the names in confidence to ASDA and somehow there has been a leak to the Australian.

I thought the original article (which ultimately outed Braun) was poor, however players should be encouraged to report any suspicions of drug use to ASDA, then allow that agency to investigate. There is nothing here that suggests to me that Aker has done anything wrong.

[ROK Lobster]

There is nothing here that suggests to me that Aker has done anything wrong.

He's a first rate player who never played for the Swans. He deserves our irrational wrath.

[NMWBloods]

Aker is a first class tool-box.

If Rocket was a better coach, he'd be able to pull Aker's head in for him.

If only Matthews was a better coach too...

[NMWBloods]

People on RWO complaining about Aker's comments about drug using are the same ones who called West Coast cheating drug users. Does that seem strange...

[AnnieH]

People on RWO complaining about Aker's comments about drug using are the same ones who called West Coast cheating drug users. Does that seem strange...

Not at all. We ended up having proof (via admission) that the criminals are drug cheats.

Where's his proof? He can "suspect" till the cows come home, but without proof (or admission) he's a tool-box talking out of his arse.

[liz]

Before everyone blows up at Aker, keep in mind he provided the names in confidence to ASDA and somehow there has been a leak to the Australian.

I thought the original article (which ultimately outed Braun) was poor, however players should be encouraged to report any suspicions of drug use to ASDA, then allow that agency to investigate. There is nothing here that suggests to me that Aker has done anything wrong.

I agree with most of what you say.

While I agree that players have the right - maybe even the duty - to report their suspicions through the appropriate channels, I think a bit of evidence is probably a good thing before you do so. It is not uncommon for players to change their size / fitness over a fairly short period of time and presumably most (if not all) do so using completely legitimate methods.

Aker's big mistake was to use the media to report his original suspicions rather than just using the appropriate channels. If he had, no-one would have been alerted to his accusations and this article would almost certainly never have been written. As it is, this article doesn't really do a whole lot for Aker.

[Legs Akimbo]

People on RWO complaining about Aker's comments about drug using are the same ones who called West Coast cheating drug users. Does that seem strange...

Spot the difference

Akermanis makes accusations of steroid use against players who can run faster than him. Names one individual and other clubs, thereby effectively casting into doubt the legitimicy and honesty of 36 people or more players without the a shred of evidence.

vs.

Cousins admits to being a repeat offending recreational drug user. Kerr caught phoning a dealer to score some horse tranquiliser and that other guys (allegedly) ends flat lining in a Las Vegas emergency room after taking illegal substances. An ex player in close contact with current players, dies from a drug overdose. Various players known associates of criminal bikie gangs with form in the area of amphetamine trading. The AFL's review, and the West Coast's own externall appointed review, both conclude systematic failures of culture and oversight.

Does that explain it or do I really need to spell it out?

[jenky28]

Crouch is definately not a drug cheat!
I could never stand aker even prior to the Crouch V Aker thing.
He needs to learn to keep his oppinions to himself unless he has proof!

[swantastic]

Spot the difference

Akermanis makes accusations of steroid use against players who can run faster than him. Names one individual and other clubs, thereby effectively casting into doubt the legitimicy and honesty of 36 people or more players without the a shred of evidence.

vs.

Cousins admits to being a repeat offending recreational drug user. Kerr caught phoning a dealer to score some horse tranquiliser and that other guys (allegedly) ends flat lining in a Las Vegas emergency room after taking illegal substances. An ex player in close contact with current players, dies from a drug overdose. Various players known associates of criminal bikie gangs with form in the area of amphetamine trading. The AFL's review, and the West Coast's own externall appointed review, both conclude systematic failures of culture and oversight.

Does that explain it or do I really need to spell it out?

Very well put Legs.

[reigning premier]

Crouch is definately not a drug cheat!
I could never stand aker even prior to the Crouch V Aker thing.
He needs to learn to keep his oppinions to himself unless he has proof!

Couldn't agree more.

Crouch wouldn't be caught anywhere near steroids or EPO.

However... Never let him get in your spliff circle... As I keep telling him.. "Two tokes and pass to the left Crouchy" but he won't listen... Just keeps puffing away...

[NMWBloods]

Not at all. We ended up having proof (via admission) that the criminals are drug cheats.

We had proof that some Eagles players used recreational drugs. Not the same thing as saying the whole team is on performance-enhancing drugs. And the claims of WC being drug cheats was said long before any proof arrived.