So no one who came to the club post 2012 are allowed to participate in this stop/start match simulation vs Williamstown. i.e Goddard, Cooney, Daniher, Gwilt, Ambrose, Zac Merrett.
Just when you thought you had heard it all, now players who were not involved with the saga are banned from participating in a joint training session with Williamstown.
What’s next?
As each day goes by, my hatred for the AFL just continues to grow to new levels. Their incompetence knows no bounds. I will never sit foot in another AFL event that doesn’t involve my club.
Just when you thought you had heard it all, now players who were not involved with the saga are banned from participating in a joint training session with Williamstown.What’s next?
WFT? How is this enforceable?
Quoted PostJust when you thought you had heard it all, now players who were not involved with the saga are banned from participating in a joint training session with Williamstown.What’s next?
WFT? How is this enforceable?
Just smacks of an attempt to upend our preparation. Bit like this tribunal eating into our preseason comp games after a decision was expected in February. Call me a tin hatter but I really feel like we are one of the (if not THE) clubs that get handicaps imposed on us for the sake of ‘evening’ out the comp or people in high places pulling the strings to get certain clubs into better positions at the expense of others.
Barret has his opinion posted on the AFL propaganda website of all places.
Read at your peril.
Yeah, all teams put their best squads out in pre-season practice matches, don’t they?
LOL
Though I did think there was a little bit of a “is this what you really want in actual matches” message from us. But only a little bit; will Sydney be fined for excluding a fit Buddy?
I can completely see where the AFL is coming from. Regardless that everyone else outside the AFL, media and NAB see the NAB Challenge as glorified practice matches, they promote it as a real competition. To advertisers, sponsors, TV and the public. Whatever they think internally, that is the story they are pushing. Essendon has obviously tried to have a ‘real’ practice match using our best 22 including the 2012 list players against Williamstown, at the cost of the quality of the team put out in the NAB Challenge. Of course the AFL is going to crack down on it. Especially given they had to give permission for the Williamstown hit out to go ahead.
Frankly, the club seems to have behaved pretty stupidly if it thought it would get away with this. Slightly clueless on how this would be perceived by the AFL.
I can completely see where the AFL is coming from. Regardless that everyone else outside the AFL, media and NAB see the NAB Challenge as glorified practice matches, they promote it as a real competition. To advertisers, sponsors, TV and the public. Whatever they think internally, that is the story they are pushing. Essendon has obviously tried to have a 'real' practice match using our best 22 including the 2012 list players against Williamstown, at the cost of the quality of the team put out in the NAB Challenge. Of course the AFL is going to crack down on it. Especially given they had to give permission for the Williamstown hit out to go ahead.Frankly, the club seems to have behaved pretty stupidly if it thought it would get away with this. Slightly clueless on how this would be perceived by the AFL.
It may well be promoted as a real competition, and at one stage it was, but they devalued it with all the experimental rule changes and different formats they have played around with over the years.
I don’t mind the EFC attempting to not be once again hampered by this ■■■■■■ saga. Why the players should be once again penalised is completely beyond me.
Having stated that, I also understand the AFL pulling this up. There’s $'s associated with the NAB whatever the hell its called.
BJ will still get his two games in for the preseason. We’ll be fine.
I can completely see where the AFL is coming from. Regardless that everyone else outside the AFL, media and NAB see the NAB Challenge as glorified practice matches, they promote it as a real competition. To advertisers, sponsors, TV and the public. Whatever they think internally, that is the story they are pushing. Essendon has obviously tried to have a 'real' practice match using our best 22 including the 2012 list players against Williamstown, at the cost of the quality of the team put out in the NAB Challenge. Of course the AFL is going to crack down on it. Especially given they had to give permission for the Williamstown hit out to go ahead.Frankly, the club seems to have behaved pretty stupidly if it thought it would get away with this. Slightly clueless on how this would be perceived by the AFL. </blockquot
wow, have you been sucked in by the negative media out there.
You are wrong on all counts.
I mind. The AFLs pig headedness knows no bounds. It’s EFCs pre-season. We have met the requirement of putting together a team for Morwell and we should be able to include whoever else we want in “simulation sessions”. It’s about time the AFL took responsibility for their own actions. In trying to serve up a sacrificial lamb the AFL have stuffed up badly and keep trying to make EFC suffer for the AFL sins.
Tell em to get stuffed !
It’s restraint of trade, they should take it further. No doubt they’ll say it’s just a new rule they are trialling during the nab cup.
Agree with Ant - Once you send some of the non-snactioned 2012 list to Morwell, you then can’t turn around, and play the rest of the non sanctioned 2012 list in a simulated game against Williamstown - This was always going to end in tears.
Barret has his opinion posted on the AFL propaganda website of all places.Read at your peril.
I really wish for horrible things to happen to that ****sucker and CoW too.
Is that bad?..
Fark me. It’s preseason. We can’t put a decent side together because the authorities who are supposed to be sorting this mess out are still twiddling their thumbs. In the mean time we thought we’d try some match like conditions against another side to keep our preseason going rather than having to play catch up with the rest of the comp because of reasons outside of our own control.
Quoted PostI can completely see where the AFL is coming from. Regardless that everyone else outside the AFL, media and NAB see the NAB Challenge as glorified practice matches, they promote it as a real competition. To advertisers, sponsors, TV and the public. Whatever they think internally, that is the story they are pushing. Essendon has obviously tried to have a 'real' practice match using our best 22 including the 2012 list players against Williamstown, at the cost of the quality of the team put out in the NAB Challenge. Of course the AFL is going to crack down on it. Especially given they had to give permission for the Williamstown hit out to go ahead.Frankly, the club seems to have behaved pretty stupidly if it thought it would get away with this. Slightly clueless on how this would be perceived by the AFL.
wow, have you been sucked in by the negative media out there.
You are wrong on all counts.
Um, if I’m wrong on all counts maybe you should actually put forth a case that I’m wrong, rather than simply stating that “you are wrong”. Am I wrong in how the AFL promotes the preseason cup? Or how the media does? Am I wrong EFC needed permission to have the Williamstown practice?
I think this was pretty predictable. That our club didn’t see that was poor for them. And I’m not sure how the “negative media” is meant to have sucked me i.
Quoted PostI can completely see where the AFL is coming from. Regardless that everyone else outside the AFL, media and NAB see the NAB Challenge as glorified practice matches, they promote it as a real competition. To advertisers, sponsors, TV and the public. Whatever they think internally, that is the story they are pushing. Essendon has obviously tried to have a 'real' practice match using our best 22 including the 2012 list players against Williamstown, at the cost of the quality of the team put out in the NAB Challenge. Of course the AFL is going to crack down on it. Especially given they had to give permission for the Williamstown hit out to go ahead.Frankly, the club seems to have behaved pretty stupidly if it thought it would get away with this. Slightly clueless on how this would be perceived by the AFL.
wow, have you been sucked in by the negative media out there.
You are wrong on all counts.
Um, if I’m wrong on all counts maybe you should actually put forth a case that I’m wrong, rather than simply stating that “you are wrong”. Am I wrong in how the AFL promotes the preseason cup? Or how the media does? Am I wrong EFC needed permission to have the Williamstown practice?I think this was pretty predictable. That our club didn’t see that was poor for them. And I’m not sure how the “negative media” is meant to have sucked me i.
AFL promotes the…?
I’ve seen very little promoting the competition without a winner, and absolutely none regarding the Essendon game.
Not that that matters, because the match practice against Williamstown wasn’t open to the public anyway. It wasn’t in competition with anything.
And they had the Williamstown prac…you know what?
■■■■ it.
Quoted PostI can completely see where the AFL is coming from. Regardless that everyone else outside the AFL, media and NAB see the NAB Challenge as glorified practice matches, they promote it as a real competition. To advertisers, sponsors, TV and the public. Whatever they think internally, that is the story they are pushing. Essendon has obviously tried to have a 'real' practice match using our best 22 including the 2012 list players against Williamstown, at the cost of the quality of the team put out in the NAB Challenge. Of course the AFL is going to crack down on it. Especially given they had to give permission for the Williamstown hit out to go ahead.Quoted PostFrankly, the club seems to have behaved pretty stupidly if it thought it would get away with this. Slightly clueless on how this would be perceived by the AFL. </blockquot
wow, have you been sucked in by the negative media out there.
You are wrong on all counts.Quoted PostQuoted PostI can completely see where the AFL is coming from. Regardless that everyone else outside the AFL, media and NAB see the NAB Challenge as glorified practice matches, they promote it as a real competition. To advertisers, sponsors, TV and the public. Whatever they think internally, that is the story they are pushing. Essendon has obviously tried to have a 'real' practice match using our best 22 including the 2012 list players against Williamstown, at the cost of the quality of the team put out in the NAB Challenge. Of course the AFL is going to crack down on it. Especially given they had to give permission for the Williamstown hit out to go ahead.Frankly, the club seems to have behaved pretty stupidly if it thought it would get away with this. Slightly clueless on how this would be perceived by the AFL.
wow, have you been sucked in by the negative media out there.
You are wrong on all counts.
Um, if I’m wrong on all counts maybe you should actually put forth a case that I’m wrong, rather than simply stating that “you are wrong”. Am I wrong in how the AFL promotes the preseason cup? Or how the media does? Am I wrong EFC needed permission to have the Williamstown practice?I think this was pretty predictable. That our club didn’t see that was poor for them. And I’m not sure how the “negative media” is meant to have sucked me i.
AFL promotes the…?
I’ve seen very little promoting the competition without a winner, and absolutely none regarding the Essendon game.
Not that that matters, because the match practice against Williamstown wasn’t open to the public anyway. It wasn’t in competition with anything.
And they had the Williamstown prac…you know what?■■■■ it.
I never said it was in competition. The point was it de-values the game that the AFL is putting on. However, a few St Kilda players who wanted a hit out might disagree that it wasn’t in competition with anything.
Quoted PostQuoted PostI can completely see where the AFL is coming from. Regardless that everyone else outside the AFL, media and NAB see the NAB Challenge as glorified practice matches, they promote it as a real competition. To advertisers, sponsors, TV and the public. Whatever they think internally, that is the story they are pushing. Essendon has obviously tried to have a 'real' practice match using our best 22 including the 2012 list players against Williamstown, at the cost of the quality of the team put out in the NAB Challenge. Of course the AFL is going to crack down on it. Especially given they had to give permission for the Williamstown hit out to go ahead.Quoted PostFrankly, the club seems to have behaved pretty stupidly if it thought it would get away with this. Slightly clueless on how this would be perceived by the AFL. </blockquot
wow, have you been sucked in by the negative media out there.
You are wrong on all counts.Quoted PostQuoted PostI can completely see where the AFL is coming from. Regardless that everyone else outside the AFL, media and NAB see the NAB Challenge as glorified practice matches, they promote it as a real competition. To advertisers, sponsors, TV and the public. Whatever they think internally, that is the story they are pushing. Essendon has obviously tried to have a 'real' practice match using our best 22 including the 2012 list players against Williamstown, at the cost of the quality of the team put out in the NAB Challenge. Of course the AFL is going to crack down on it. Especially given they had to give permission for the Williamstown hit out to go ahead.Frankly, the club seems to have behaved pretty stupidly if it thought it would get away with this. Slightly clueless on how this would be perceived by the AFL.
wow, have you been sucked in by the negative media out there.
You are wrong on all counts.
Um, if I’m wrong on all counts maybe you should actually put forth a case that I’m wrong, rather than simply stating that “you are wrong”. Am I wrong in how the AFL promotes the preseason cup? Or how the media does? Am I wrong EFC needed permission to have the Williamstown practice?I think this was pretty predictable. That our club didn’t see that was poor for them. And I’m not sure how the “negative media” is meant to have sucked me i.
AFL promotes the…?
I’ve seen very little promoting the competition without a winner, and absolutely none regarding the Essendon game.
Not that that matters, because the match practice against Williamstown wasn’t open to the public anyway. It wasn’t in competition with anything.
And they had the Williamstown prac…you know what?■■■■ it.
I never said it was in competition. The point was it de-values the game that the AFL is putting on. However, a few St Kilda players who wanted a hit out might disagree that it wasn’t in competition with anything.If you’re concerned about the preseason being devalued, I reckon your criticism could be far better directed.