Sep 28, 2015 'grats Natty, well deserved. But once again.. umpires... how many years will it take to realise Robbie Gray is one of the best players in the league. The showdown medalist didn't cop any votes on the showdown. Quite a few other BOGs were missed as well.
Sep 29, 2015 Wtf? Really? That's f---in ridiculous. I usually thought the medals were a good lock for the 3 vote getters if I'm ever attempting a form guide for betting on the brownlow Anyway in other news Luke Beveridge named the AFLCA Coach of the Year. Thought it'd be him. @Ordinary Joel and I discussed recently it'd have to be between him or Simpson.
Sep 30, 2015 What about the timing of this? Pffft. FORMER West Coast star Daniel Chick has revealed that a toxic culture of illicit drug use was rife within the Eagles’ 2006 AFL premiership-winning team. The revelations emerged just three days before the AFL grand final, the Eagles’ first since winning the flag nine years ago after beating the Sydney Swans by a single point. Chick claimed in the Herald Sun on Thursday that he and former teammates Daniel Kerr and Ben Cousins took massive doses of asthma drug prednisone in a pattern experts describe as bizarre and inappropriate. He revealed in the report that a club staffer hid certain players from drug testers, that a former Eagles figure dished out sedatives in B*** to players and that the use of cocaine, ecstasy and methamphetamine were widespread in the squad. Chick also said some players would snort crushed Xanax and take Valium with vodka to relax on flights to and from Perth. Prednisone use is banned under anti-doping rules, unless cleared by a special ASADA medical committee. Chick said Cousins, Kerr, and himself, who were asthmatic, had this approval. However, he would only ever take the drug during the season, on game days, and with other stimulants. “I couldn’t even sit still on the bench,” Chick said. “I started taking the 20mgs and 5mgs tablets on game day but then it escalated up to 40 to 50mgs quickly. “It smashes your system. I’ve since read a lot about it, we didn’t know what was done to us. You feel bulletproof basically. “Even the next day or two you wouldn’t feel knocks but by Wednesday you flatten out and it is hard to get going again. Once you are in that cycle it was like an addiction.” Chick said he’d gone public with the story as he wanted senior figures to be made more accountable for their players’ health. “What went on at West Coast is due to lack of leadership from the top down,” he said. “Players’ health should be more important than protecting the brand ... I don’t think the premiership is tainted but it came at too high a price.”
Oct 1, 2015 Such a dog move to bring it up before your former team plays in a f---ing Grand Final. Seems like a cash grab for Chick.
Oct 1, 2015 WTF - BIG NEWS, but why do this to your team? Must have something against them. Dog! Carn Eagles!
Oct 1, 2015 Heard last night apparently the reporter is an absolute joke and happens to be a Hawks supporter who's been sittin on the story for months. Apparently she's just scum and published it now on purpose. Still Chick's a fuckwit we all know it.
Oct 2, 2015 Anyone remember that funny ad where it had like Jonathan Brown singing to the premiership cup and the cup being in a bath full of rose petals etc? Tryna find it to show a mate but don't know what to look up
Oct 2, 2015 It was a couple years ago had different players singing some romantic song to the cup in all these romantic scenarios was really funny
Oct 2, 2015 Yeah i gotta ask how did you aussie bros find out about S80? Back at SL and RB there was only a handful of us now we are f---ing thriving up in dis b----, I started a AFL thread at SL last year and it was basicaly just me and deadline posting in there, didn't make a page from memory. Good to see some solid discussion about the great game of ours on here
Oct 2, 2015 I was a lurker on RB and SL I just never really posted. S80 is a great forum tho so I've become active here.
