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BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!! said:
Do you reckon Hird will comeback if he steps down? what if he promises the players?
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Apparantly it's well known in the hird camp if he cops a suspension he will not be returning ever.
 
How many times can those fuarkheads on the HTB board bust their load over the mere smell of a anti-essendon article?

They must walk around in pain constantly.
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Recent studies have found that there has been a 95% decrease in anger and frustration amoungst the lowest educated and skilled people in our community. This has been directly attrributed to the refocusing of this section of our community's brain capacity in regards to anger and frustration at the Essendon Football Clubs plight. A spokes person from this study indicated bins have been emptied more often and streets cleaned more efficiently.

The AFL are pleased that their "processes" have contributed in a positive way in our community. Less violence and agression is always a good thing, an AFL spoke person stated. Justice and truth arnt necessarily important the AFL concluded, and this 7 month experiment has proved this.
 

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Mercurial89 said:
Besides cant we trade for picks?
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This. 1st and 2nd round draft picks for two years equates to four players. Less if in either of those two years we take a F/S that someone else bids high on. Draft penalties impacted Carlton because they were right at the end of a "cycle". A lot of older players, they'd topped up (Elliott: "we dont rebuild at caaaaarlton"). On top of that, after they were hit, their recruiting under Pagan was awful - recycle duds or players past their prime.

Our list is currently quite young, only 4 players over 29 years of age, none certain to be there next year (yes I know Fletch will play forever). I'd back the club to keep the list going in the right direction, particularly given free agency is something that didn't exist for Carlton back then.

If Hird is adamant he did nothing wrong and no peds were taken (if they were, all bets are off) then I'll be happy for the club to fight for his right to continue. Not because he's James Hird (sorry, I've been around a while, no one is bigger than the club) but because I'm a big believer in loyalty to people who have served you well.

That said, if he were to stand down to take some of the heat out of the situation I wouldn't blame him at all. I cannot begin to imagine the pressure he's under, it must be immense.
 
Well, these two ain't going anywhere anytime soon. In fact - get a room!
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http://www.essendonfc.com.au/news/2013-08-23/open-letter-from-the-chairman
Dear members and supporters

Thanks for the phone calls, letters, emails and text messages of support that have been flooding into the Club over the past months and particularly in recent days.

In addition to your strong support, another clear and consistent message is that you want these matters brought to a conclusion as soon as possible.

The Board and everyone at the Club is listening to you and we share your view.

The ongoing controversy is harmful to our players and their families, our officials, the Club, other AFL clubs and the AFL itself.

Despite the events of recent days, we believe these matters can be resolved before too long.

At yesterday's meeting of AFL Club Chairmen and Presidents, I stressed we wanted matters resolved… but also that matters need to be concluded in a fair manner with charges and penalties that reflect the Club's actual failings and the evidence.

We have made mistakes in terms of governance and people management, and we apologise for them. We also accept there will be AFL sanctions as a consequence…but the evidence does not extend to drug cheating, and we're working to ensure that the charges and ultimate penalties reflect this.

Thanks for your support of our players, our officials and the Board through these difficult times.

In addition to thanking those of us who take memberships year-in and year-out, in particular I'd like to thank and welcome our new members who’ve signed up during 2013 in record numbers .

We're all part of Essendon's large and growing family. Our family extends far and wide and together we will come through these tough times stronger, wiser and in a position to build on our 140-year history.

We will keep you updated with any developments over the coming days.

Go Bombers!

Paul Little
Chairman
 
Keystone agony said:
Implied more as a joke

I know MODS dont understand jokes very well though
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Yes, mods sit around all day in straight jackets, hitting people who are funny and pinning voodoo dolls.
 
Dear members and supporters

Thanks for the phone calls, letters, emails and text messages of support that have been flooding into the Club over the past months and particularly in recent days.

In addition to your strong support, another clear and consistent message is that you want these matters brought to a conclusion as soon as possible.

The Board and everyone at the Club is listening to you and we share your view.

The ongoing controversy is harmful to our players and their families, our officials, the Club, other AFL clubs and the AFL itself.

Despite the events of recent days, we believe these matters can be resolved before too long.

At yesterday's meeting of AFL Club Chairmen and Presidents, I stressed we wanted matters resolved… but also that matters need to be concluded in a fair manner with charges and penalties that reflect the Club's actual failings and the evidence.

We have made mistakes in terms of governance and people management, and we apologise for them. We also accept there will be AFL sanctions as a consequence…but the evidence does not extend to drug cheating, and we're working to ensure that the charges and ultimate penalties reflect this.

Thanks for your support of our players, our officials and the Board through these difficult times.

In addition to thanking those of us who take memberships year-in and year-out, in particular I'd like to thank and welcome our new members who’ve signed up during 2013 in record numbers .

We're all part of Essendon's large and growing family. Our family extends far and wide and together we will come through these tough times stronger, wiser and in a position to build on our 140-year history.

We will keep you updated with any developments over the coming days.

Go Bombers!

Paul Little
Chairman
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got a bit of a thing for this bloke. Evans was brilliant for us, but really, you want a multi-millionaire tyrant who doesn't take no shit from anyone running the club.
 

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This sums up the media at the moment:

Goodwin says: "We're playing Carlton this week, Richmond the week after and we don’t know what (will be) happening after that," he said, in reference to the possibility of being stripped of premiership points and missing the finals.

In actual fact Goodwin was referring to 'not knowing who we will be playing in the first week of the finals as the top 8 isn't sorted yet" but yeah.. make it what you will afl.com.au

It is stuff like this that just annoys me. Completely factually wrong.
 
Dave said:
This. 1st and 2nd round draft picks for two years equates to four players. Less if in either of those two years we take a F/S that someone else bids high on. Draft penalties impacted Carlton because they were right at the end of a "cycle". A lot of older players, they'd topped up (Elliott: "we dont rebuild at caaaaarlton"). On top of that, after they were hit, their recruiting under Pagan was awful - recycle duds or players past their prime.

Our list is currently quite young, only 4 players over 29 years of age, none certain to be there next year (yes I know Fletch will play forever). I'd back the club to keep the list going in the right direction, particularly given free agency is something that didn't exist for Carlton back then.

If Hird is adamant he did nothing wrong and no peds were taken (if they were, all bets are off) then I'll be happy for the club to fight for his right to continue. Not because he's James Hird (sorry, I've been around a while, no one is bigger than the club) but because I'm a big believer in loyalty to people who have served you well.

That said, if he were to stand down to take some of the heat out of the situation I wouldn't blame him at all. I cannot begin to imagine the pressure he's under, it must be immense.
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We're taking another Daniher with out 1st draft pick at the end of this year anyway.
 
rines said:
Hmmm.. that letter stinks of "we are going to take a deal" imho..

I just hope the deal is fair.. I trust Little..

Go Bombers
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A deal for poor gover
rines said:
Hmmm.. that letter stinks of "we are going to take a deal" imho..

I just hope the deal is fair.. I trust Little..

Go Bombers
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Me too Little to get the best deal possible.
 
Just a question for everyone here ... If Kevin Sheedy was to take over as Head Coach, what would we all think? would we be ok with all that?
 
I still remain confident we are in a strong position with relation to the drug stuff. I have very very confident that ASADA, and therefore the AFL, can not push forward with any charges that involve mention of doping.

Once this gets down to a 'governance' issue.. then tbh.. it is pretty lame. I think Fine and maybe 2 draft picks, Hird and Corc 3 months and thommo and reid completely cleared.

I think that is best case scenario, for what is happening at the moment, and both parties should bury the hatchet..

No one wants this lingering.. I would hope that the AFL come out and apologise to Hird and admonish the media as part of any deal.
 
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