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You, me and quite possibly everyone except Rioli have absolutely no idea of what he actually did. It might have been a practical joke or brain-fart but it might also have been an attempt to hide legitimate PED use. In order to catch anyone at all the system must assume the latter. In the...

A) Strict liability - without it any positive finding could be mitigated by anyone and drug use could be rampant without fear of penalty. Some of the best in the world get away with it even with the seemingly harsh rules. Cheating a test MUST be treated the same as a positive for the worst...

The same amount that they would have collected from the taxpayer had the money been earned through working for an employer or any other investment. Under Labor's plan they are being taxed above their marginal rate. Like I said, it won't raise much anyway add companies and investors will make...

Perhaps if you understood what franking credits were you might know that what you are stating here is wrong at the most fundamental level. Franking credits are a credit (duh) for the value of tax that the company has paid already as company tax on the profits they have made which are now being...

No, six months after "retiring" he just says that he can't deal with footy unless he is playing back home and that he needs the game to help him recover. GWS deny the trade and look like heartless pricks to the world (and everything else that goes along with that which the AFL wouldn't allow)...

If he doesn't get a trade maybe he will quit footy citing mental illness/depression then we can pick him up for nix next year. Works for some...

The AFL want two finals in Melbourne in the first week rather than one. That is all the justification they need to tick the box on approving North tanking. If they were playing Adelaide making the outcome reversed you can guarantee it would be killed off.

Had you won more of those games perhaps those teams would not have finished top eight? Hindsight is 20/20 as they say. The draw is fixed for revenue, it's not fixed to advantage or disadvantage teams (although it may do that as a side-effect.)

Even the "independent" AFL tribunal found that it could not possibly have been thymomodulin didn't they? As thymomodulin and TB-4 are the only two possible substances in play doesn't simple logic dictate that if it could only be A or B and it wasn't A then it must be B? Somehow the AFL...

Do we hand Fyfe the Brownlow now then?

Gee, I wonder why???

Good player but I never got the "hard man" tag that Eagles supporters applied to him and this video does nothing to change that opinion. Might have something to do with the low standard set by his team mates I guess? Didn't take a backward step but nothing extraordinary. Sad to see a player...

Who exactly did they beat when they "harnessed the new coach's game plan"?

I don't have an issue with the way it is set up I just think that the two actions should have to be treated as separate. Paddy's delisting must be demonstrably not dependent on the other deal. i.e. After he is delisted Essendon's ability to negotiate for his services ends, effectively he...

What due diligence can you do on such an issue? As far as I am aware the AFL hasn't provided a strategy for dealing with the ramifications and are unlikely to do so for fear of pre-empting the judgement or some such other rubbish reason to be non-committal. In the absence of knowledge due...

Would you still be happy with it if he then was suspended for anywhere between six months and two years with no contact with the club? Depending on the way things go you could be offering those picks up for a 29 year old who hasn't played footy at any level for two years. Is the AFL offering...

So what would Essendon give up for a player who has shown massive up side but is injury prone and may not be able to play for the next two years? May not get suspended or may get 48 months not being able to play, train or have contact with the club in any official capacity. If the AFL choose...

There is absolutely nothing wrong with this. As evidence to back my claim I cite Puopolo's mark of the round. As long as you claim the mark you can put your damn hands anywhere and do whatever you like.

Which is exactly why the Eagles won in the manner they did. Can't give them confidence early. Downhill skiers of the highest order. Mind you Collingwood were pathetic. A team consisting of the fringe GWS and Melbourne players would have flogged them.

Unfortunately for you guys I think you will lose Lycett at the end of this year. South Australian boy out of contract, Port need a big man and on current form he would be thinking that he's more likely to see success there in the near future and be the number one ruckman instead of the number...

Be nice to play you guys twice in the regular season every now and then, or if only once at least somewhere other than Sydney. Nine of the last eleven regular season meeting have been at the SCG. Unfortunately though we may end the regular season with only two top four victories. Geelong are...

Kick is a verb...but your point is a valid one. To be fair though I think most of the radio commentators are very aware that their listeners are often watching the game live, either at the ground or on telly and this gives them a choice: either give full (and coherent) descriptions and always...

How is anyone rating the WCE backs? Sydney, Freo and Port have all conceded less (Hawks not far behind) and consider the opposition that the respective sides have played. Sydney and Port have not given up 100 points in a game yet, Freo have once, West Coast have twice. For mine (and this will...

That equates to a 9.97 second 100m. I'd be checking the GPS. If it's working he's probably done himself a disservice by signing on. Could make a bucket load more as a sprinter with dedicated sprint training. LOL

The loss of Barlow to injury has been huge, not just in the midfield but he is always dangerous around goals too. A lot of our goal scoring potential comes from sending the ball inside fifty and bringing it to ground scoring from the resulting chaos. Ballas and Walters in combination mean that...

Agreed. The manner and magnitude in which Freo lost would put them very high up the order, if not top.

Right now a win over Sydney isn't looking that flash.

The doggies won four of their last six but only one (Carlton) were in finals contention. You guys and Adelaide had already put the cue in the rack and the other win was Melbourne. There was definite improvement as you'd expect from a relatively young team no doubt but it wasn't that dramatic...

Well last year you beat the Doggies at home by 70 points (with a lot of your big names missing or short of a pre-season) and this year only 65 (with a full strength side.) Clearly you are on the way down** and judging on last week not being a shellacking the Dees are on the way up so it should...

Interested that the West Coast supporters are thinking the tall forward line will be an issue. Last week they were much, much taller than the Doggies yet still most of the goals came from the small/mid forward in LeCras and the midfield. Only six shots on goal (for six goals) between Darling...