Essendon Football Club Drama

[Ruck'n'Roll]

The talks between Essendon and the AFL failed to reach any conclusion last night . . . . . Apparently the main sticking point now in the clubs demand that they be presented with the 2013 premiership cup immediately, rather than being forced to wait to then end of September. Julian Burnside is heard muttering about AFL bullying.

In additional news from loony land, apparently Danny Corcoran decided to answer all media questions in French, peurile twits.

[ScottH]

Are we there yet?

[AnnieH]

Soon sweetie.
One more toilet stop, then it's just around the corner.

[Untamed Snark]

Can I have an ice cream?

Can we ban Hird from the media as well as coaching? Not sure I can cope with him spending the next nth amount of time bleating about how hard done by he was/is

[Triple B]

I'm looking forward to Richmond winning this weekend and sewing up 5th spot.

After a decade or more of running 9th every other year and missing the finals, it would be p1ss funny to see Richmond bowled out of the finals in week 1 by the side who ran......9th!!!

[Jewels]

I'm looking forward to Richmond winning this weekend and sewing up 5th spot.

After a decade or more of running 9th every other year and missing the finals, it would be p1ss funny to see Richmond bowled out of the finals in week 1 by the side who ran......9th!!!

Oh Trips I thought I was the only person on earth with such mean thoughts! Would be freaking hilarious, especially the reaction of The Tiger Army!

[MightyBloods]

I'm looking forward to Richmond winning this weekend and sewing up 5th spot.

After a decade or more of running 9th every other year and missing the finals, it would be p1ss funny to see Richmond bowled out of the finals in week 1 by the side who ran......9th!!!

Now thats funny!

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Now to be serious, who is running the comp?!! Essendon playing hardball on the charges and penalties? Ok, how about this? Accept the penalties agreed by the AFL Commission or we'll give you extra extra time to talk to your lawyers. How about we take your license to participate in the AFL and de-register some club officials until you can put up a good case to re-enter the AFL sometime in the coming years. Oh, by the way, you'll need to pay the new license fee if your application to re-join the AFL is approved. Now, I'm off to dinner. Donnez-moi votre reponse avant que je suis coince dans mon dessert. Au revoir! Oh Danny, thats french for "Give me your answer before I get stuck into my dessert! Goodbye!

[justabaraker]

Now, I'm off to dinner. Donnez-moi votre reponse avant que je suis coince dans mon dessert. Au revoir! Oh Danny, thats french for "Give me your answer before I get stuck into my dessert! Goodbye!

There has to be a clever dick on every forum, and you know what ? It's me for now.
Mighty, I put your Francaise through the Google mincer and it came up with, "Give me your answer before I am stuck in my dessert.

Sticky pudding no doubt !

Like I said....... a clever dick on every forum.

[ScottH]

Essendon finish 9th in 2013.
Lose 1st and 2nd round draft picks for this year, and 1st round next year.
Hird gone for 12.
Bomber for $30K.
Corcoran gone for ??

Reid waiting for a few days.

[undy]

12 weeks ?
Bloody oath, Tippo got 11 !

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OK 12 months. That is better. Calm down undy.

Now to see if Mick Molloy burns down AFL house if Carlton make the finals from "9th".

[MightyBloods]

There has to be a clever dick on every forum, and you know what ? It's me for now.
Mighty, I put your Francaise through the Google mincer and it came up with, "Give me your answer before I am stuck in my dessert.

Sticky pudding no doubt !

Like I said....... a clever dick on every forum.

yep...leeeeerve my dessert!!

[barry]

WADA: aod is a banned drug.
Jobe Waltson: I took aod.
AFL: jobe clear to play.

AFL: Hird banned for 2 years
Essendon: Hird did nothing wrong and has a contract extension.

Its a complete joke. If they are guilty lets run these mongrels out of the game.

[hot potato]

So Hird can coach The Bombers from August 26 2014, the most important part of the AFL SEASON if they make the eight.
That's a flawed penalty surely.
HP

[Ruck'n'Roll]

The spin doctors are claiming the penalty the severest ever. What a load of horse excrement. The fines are meaningless, Skull Little will simply extract it from some coterie of club billionaires. The move to 9th place and subsequent exclusion from finals similarly laughable, even the Essendon faithful aren?t stupid enough to believe they can win this year.

And when it comes to the draft penalties, it?s the exactly the same as Adelaide got for Tippett (whether the picks were lost of volunteered is a meaningless distinction). No wonder their president thought the penalty ?tough but fair? ? they have been treated with absurd leniency. Whether it was because of Essendon?s threats and bombast or just the AFL?s pro Victorian bias I don?t know but the result sucks.

And as for Little?s press conference, he described Hird as a martyr (Little?s response to one question was James accepted the penalty to save Essendon). Which I thought was amusing because when he returned as coach he was seen as a messiah. And of course like another well regarded messianic figure, after 12 months he will rise again. Some reporters have descriped faith in Hird as being like a cult, at the risk of possibly causing offence:


We believe in one Club,
the Bombers, the mighty Don?s,
winner of more premierships,
than any other club, ever.
We believe in one Messiah, James Hird,
the truest Son of the Club,
begotten of a Bombers Father (and Grandfather)
Coached by Sheedy, toached by Brownlow.
For us and for our salvation
he undertook the coaching job:
with the power of absolute faith
he became incarnate in the coaches box,
and was made messiah.
For our sake he was crucified under Andy Demetriou;
he chastisement and was suspended.
On the twelfth month he will rise again
in accordance with the Comission;
he will ascend to the coaches box
and may be seated at the right hand of Kevin Sheedy.
He will come again in glory to win more premierships,
and his kingdom will have no end.

[ScottH]

What other club has had so much free publicity this year??
The bomber logo has been on a page of every newspaper, nearly everyday this year.
Mostly front or back page. Prime position.

They are loving it!!!!