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[BookMan]

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WatchAFL Subscription Packages

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There seems to be a discrepancy with the price between which country u are accessing the package from.

The price i gave was accessed from an Ip address in australia. Australian $164

When i accessed it through an IP address in Thailand I got it in GBP, ($183 converted)

Then the second time i got it in US$ from Thailand and the same price as Ozzzydom. $153US = $217AUD

Does this mean that is u are in Thailand and used a service that showed an IP address in australia, you could get the package for $164?

[BookMan]

As most of you know, the Swans have 4 future Brownlow medal winners in its team this year. Dan Hannebery, Luke Parker, Issac Heeney and Callum Mills. Looks like this could be the year of Dan!

The Swans' running man: Hannebery reaches another level

STAR Sydney Swans midfielder Dan Hannebery could be set to take his game to another level after finishing an impressive second behind running machine Jack Hiscox in the team's first time trial of 2016 on Monday.

Hiscox and Hannebery beat home defender Dane Rampe, and midfielders Dan Robinson and Harry Cunningham in the Swans' post-Christmas 3km workout around the Centennial Parklands in warm conditions.

Former under-age national 800m champion and Swans' academy product Hiscox has dominated the club's endurance testing since arriving in 2014, but it's the effort of gun midfielder Hannebery that would have coach John Longmire rubbing his hands together.

In the Swans' first time trial in early December - again won by Hiscox - Hannebery failed to finish inside the top five, but has returned from the Christmas break in fantastic shape.

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-01-11/the-swans-running-man-hannebery-reaches-another-level

[ripstanley]

The Essendon saga continues

Current and former Essendon players are banned for this AFL season because of doping, after the Court of Arbitration for Sport handed down a stunning verdict on Tuesday.

CAS upheld the World Anti-Doping Agency's appeal against the AFL tribunal decision to clear 34 players of taking the banned substance thymosin-beta 4.

It is understood half those players from Essendon's 2012 list are still in the AFL - 12 with the Bombers and five at other clubs.

http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/2016/01/12/05/07/judgement-day-arrives-for-afl-bombers

[BookMan]

The Essendon saga continues

Current and former Essendon players are banned for this AFL season because of doping, after the Court of Arbitration for Sport handed down a stunning verdict on Tuesday.

CAS upheld the World Anti-Doping Agency's appeal against the AFL tribunal decision to clear 34 players of taking the banned substance thymosin-beta 4.

It is understood half those players from Essendon's 2012 list are still in the AFL - 12 with the Bombers and five at other clubs.

http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/2016/01/12/05/07/judgement-day-arrives-for-afl-bombers

Thats big news alright.

Barring a successful legal challenge,

Port Adelaide will be without their ex-Bombers Paddy Ryder and Angus Monfries for the relevant period

, while the Bulldogs will lose Stewart Crameri and

St Kilda and Melbourne will be deprived of recruits Jake Carlisle and Jake Melksham respectively.

Essendon will be without Watson and many of their premier players, such as Dyson Heppell, Michael Hurley, Cale Hooker, Michael Hibberd and Brent Stanton, along with Travis Colyer, David Myers, Tom Bellchambers, Heath Hocking, Ben Howlett and Tayte Pears. Exactly half of the 34 are no longer playing AFL football.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/afl/afl-news/cas-verdict-essendon-players-to-miss-season-2016-20160107-gm18nq.html#ixzz3wyxew3mV

Follow us: @smh on Twitter | sydneymorningherald on Facebook

Edited January 11, 2016 by BookMan

[Will27]

The Essendon saga continues

Current and former Essendon players are banned for this AFL season because of doping, after the Court of Arbitration for Sport handed down a stunning verdict on Tuesday.

CAS upheld the World Anti-Doping Agency's appeal against the AFL tribunal decision to clear 34 players of taking the banned substance thymosin-beta 4.

It is understood half those players from Essendon's 2012 list are still in the AFL - 12 with the Bombers and five at other clubs.

http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/2016/01/12/05/07/judgement-day-arrives-for-afl-bombers

Woah

Because Woosha is there, I was hoping Essendon would catch a break.

Surely Watsons Brownlow must be a real chance of being taken away now.

If it was, would the medal be given to the second place getters Trent Cotchin & Sam Mitchell?

[BookMan]

The Essendon saga continues

Current and former Essendon players are banned for this AFL season because of doping, after the Court of Arbitration for Sport handed down a stunning verdict on Tuesday.

CAS upheld the World Anti-Doping Agency's appeal against the AFL tribunal decision to clear 34 players of taking the banned substance thymosin-beta 4.

It is understood half those players from Essendon's 2012 list are still in the AFL - 12 with the Bombers and five at other clubs.

http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/2016/01/12/05/07/judgement-day-arrives-for-afl-bombers

Woah

Because Woosha is there, I was hoping Essendon would catch a break.

Surely Watsons Brownlow must be a real chance of being taken away now.

If it was, would the medal be given to the second place getters Trent Cotchin & Sam Mitchell?

Please no, NOT Sam Mitchell!!

[Cynical Sailor]

James Hird can be as outraged as he likes. The fact is that if he and the Essendon management had had better oversight of the 'supplement program' this wouldn't have happened.

I'm glad it's now over. Move on.

[Will27]

In hindsight, the initial 3 month offer would've been a good choice.

Essendon CAS verdict: Why the Bombers' penalty was so different to Cronulla's

Read more: http://www.watoday.com.au/afl/afl-news/essendon-cas-verdict-why-the-bombers-penalty-was-so-different-to-cronullas-20160111-gm3v7n.html#ixzz3wzDAEqg4

[BookMan]

Here are the headlines from the HeraldSun and the Age newspaper

[BookMan]

James Hird can be as outraged as he likes. The fact is that if he and the Essendon management had had better oversight of the 'supplement program' this wouldn't have happened.

I'm glad it's now over. Move on.

Essendon is in la-la land about tehir responsibilities.

Look at their very recent media push about welcoming back James hird

[BookMan]

Essendon drugs scandal: Mark Robinson says banned Bombers will have to deal with drug shame for rest of their lives

• MARK ROBINSON
• Herald Sun
• January 12, 2016 10:45AM

THE 34 Essendon players are drug cheats, a fact they will have to live with for the rest of their lives.

It is a brutal reality.

The club undertook a drugs program and the players followed like blind sheep.

Those at Essendon should feel ashamed because the players have been held to account for what goes into their body despite the players placing all their trust in Essendon officialdom.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport, however, laid the blame at the players.

They are responsible, it said.

Clearly, the blame should lay heavily on everyone at Essendon. All of them. Then Essendon chairman David Evans and his board. The coach James Hird and his staff. And Stephen Dank and Dean Robinson.

Through their actions, the players have lost careers and reputations.

The three-year nightmare has become a four-year hell and a lifelong sentence.

Dank, Robinson, Hird and everyone else involved can disagree, but this decision is final.

They too, have to live with their decisions and they will receive no sympathy.

It came, in part, because the players did disclose what and when they received injections and pills on the necessary forms.

That is the responsibility of the athlete.

It points to a shoddy and irresponsible environment at Essendon and one that lacked total professionalism.

The decision to sign consent forms and keep secret the regime also went against the players — this despite the club demanding it.

The decision to give the players 12 months will cripple the Bombers, savage the 2016 season and almost certainly set off a chain of legal action from the devastated players.

The financial toll could run into millions.

The Bombers will be the target and so will the AFL.

Also suspended are players at other clubs, including Patrick Ryder, Angus Monftries and Jake Carlisle, which derails their clubs. The club officials would be livid.

The future of Jobe Watson is a major concern. Will he sit out and return for the 2017 season or will this morning’s announcement drive him from the game?

The AFL will have no alternative than strip Watson of the 2012 Brownlow Medal. It happens all over the world when doping violations are proven.

It’s just another kick to the head for the skipper.

It would be a scene of utter devastation at Essendon today.

Bombers chief executive Xavier Campbell had addressed the players yesterday and contingency plans had been outlined. He did not expect this outcome, however.

Comprehensively cleared by the AFL’s anti-doping tribunal earlier this year, the CAS decision is a complete about face.

It is mystifying how two separate hearings could return two staggeringly different outcomes.

The players did not return positive tests, but clearly the evidence of a lack of duty from the players overwhelmed the CAS panel.

The carnage that will now rain down on the competition will be unprecedented.

Hindsight is a cheap option, but the players taking a deal was probably that best option, although very few people would’ve predicted today’s outcome

Edited January 12, 2016 by BookMan

[Cynical Sailor]

AFL press conference at 1:00pm AEDT. I hope they tell us two things:

1. How they got their investigation so wrong and exonerated these players.

2. That Jobe Watson will be stripped of the Brownlow Medal.

[farmerjo]

Carlton will be happy.

[Cynical Sailor]

An interesting article by ABC's Tracey Holmes:

http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-12/holmes-a-devastating-verdict-for-essendon-and-its-players/7082930

[kkerry]

THE SEN LISTEN LIVE STREAM IS UNDER HIGH LOAD DUE TO THE ESSENDON DECISION.

PLEASE KEEP REFRESHING IF YOU ENCOUNTER ISSUES WITH THE STREAM.

[Will27]

For those wanting to stream the footy, this website has been getting some good reviews.

https://www2.unotelly.com/home

Has 2 packages for $7 or $11 per month.

This one seems to have a fair few Aussie channels including SBS, Foxtel and the ABC.

They currently have a free 8 day trial.

[BookMan]

For those wanting to stream the footy, this website has been getting some good reviews.

https://www2.unotelly.com/home

Has 2 packages for $7 or $11 per month.

This one seems to have a fair few Aussie channels including SBS, Foxtel and the ABC.

They currently have a free 8 day trial.

That's a good one.

Would Kodi have add ons u can watch for free?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3Rkx3F1b0E

[Cynical Sailor]

[GrantSmith]

Well that's some interesting news to wake up to this morning! Knock me down with a feather!

Hindsight's always 20/20 and some of the boys should've taken the deal and told Hird to get <deleted>... If Watson is stripped it will most likely become "2012 - Jobe Watson*

*stripped of medal in 2016"

Expect Essendon to be bankrupt by the end of the year.

[Will27]

For those wanting to stream the footy, this website has been getting some good reviews.

https://www2.unotelly.com/home

Has 2 packages for $7 or $11 per month.

This one seems to have a fair few Aussie channels including SBS, Foxtel and the ABC.

They currently have a free 8 day trial.

That's a good one.

Would Kodi have add ons u can watch for free?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3Rkx3F1b0E

Sorry mate, you lose me when you talk about Kodi and add ons

[AlexRRR]

As most of you know, the Swans have 4 future Brownlow medal winners in its team this year. Dan Hannebery, Luke Parker, Issac Heeney and Callum Mills. Looks like this could be the year of Dan!

The Swans' running man: Hannebery reaches another level

STAR Sydney Swans midfielder Dan Hannebery could be set to take his game to another level after finishing an impressive second behind running machine Jack Hiscox in the team's first time trial of 2016 on Monday.

Hiscox and Hannebery beat home defender Dane Rampe, and midfielders Dan Robinson and Harry Cunningham in the Swans' post-Christmas 3km workout around the Centennial Parklands in warm conditions.

Former under-age national 800m champion and Swans' academy product Hiscox has dominated the club's endurance testing since arriving in 2014, but it's the effort of gun midfielder Hannebery that would have coach John Longmire rubbing his hands together.

In the Swans' first time trial in early December - again won by Hiscox - Hannebery failed to finish inside the top five, but has returned from the Christmas break in fantastic shape.

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-01-11/the-swans-running-man-hannebery-reaches-another-level

nope didn't know you had any past of future BM winners in the Swans group...so there looking to recruit a few?

[AlexRRR]

Yeah well....if there's one team i kinda dislike with a vengeance its the Bombers, Hird made them more bearable and boy wish i could see the look on ex Aussie gfs face now.

All i can say is it took too long to come to this, Hird should hang his head in shame and along with the previous board should do a hari kari tonight, they have killed a once powerful club, Woosha must be a dill, his karma at work here chaps.

[farmerjo]

Yeah well....if there's one team i kinda dislike with a vengeance its the Bombers, Hird made them more bearable and boy wish i could see the look on ex Aussie gfs face now.

All i can say is it took too long to come to this, Hird should hang his head in shame and along with the previous board should do a hari kari tonight, they have killed a once powerful club, Woosha must be a dill, his karma at work here chaps.

If there 12 players down i guess the afl will give some concessions,Woosha is getting paid baby sitting duties.

Just read afl site and a lot will depend on whether Worsfold can blood the new players and keep them.

Edited January 12, 2016 by farmerjo

[AlexRRR]

Don't forget my club port and saints down a man all season now.

Blues won't get the wooden spoon again, its a given who will finnish last, might be a good idea for the whole club to take 12 months off, there going to get some hidings and unlikely to win a game.

They might be able to cover a dozen players for 4 or 5 games and even get some good results....but 22 games?

[Cynical Sailor]

I hear Ryan Crowley is available... [emoji12]

[GrantSmith]

Don't forget my club port and saints down a man all season now.

Blues won't get the wooden spoon again, its a given who will finnish last, might be a good idea for the whole club to take 12 months off, there going to get some hidings and unlikely to win a game.

They might be able to cover a dozen players for 4 or 5 games and even get some good results....but 22 games?

Speaking of your mob Alex, what about your next senior coach, wasn't he involved in this ASADA/WADA thing?

[BookMan]

"With five AFL teams due to play Essendon twice, Ubet's Gerard Daffy said it will need to recalculate its odds for the season given games against the club will likely result in an easy four point win for their opposition."

The teams are:

Suns

St Kilda

Carlton

Geelong

Richmond

[ripstanley]

"With five AFL teams due to play Essendon twice, Ubet's Gerard Daffy said it will need to recalculate its odds for the season given games against the club will likely result in an easy four point win for their opposition."

The teams are:

Suns

St Kilda

Carlton

Geelong

Richmond

Looks like Essendon will be the shortest price favourite for the wooden spoon for a long long time.

[Will27]

Last night on AFL360, David King made an interesting point.

He wondered if Essendon could recruit players from the rookie lists

of other clubs. If not, they will just get smashed every week.

Wonder if the other clubs would allow 1 rookie listed player maybe?

Somehow, I can't see them agreeing to that.

[BookMan]

Last night on AFL360, David King made an interesting point.

He wondered if Essendon could recruit players from the rookie lists

of other clubs. If not, they will just get smashed every week.

Wonder if the other clubs would allow 1 rookie listed player maybe?

Somehow, I can't see them agreeing to that.

Too much risk for other clubs, including injury to the player

Essendon just have to accept their fate and rue their decision to not to take a 3 month deal

In hindsight. I'd question why the AFL has to be governed by WADA at all. I'm pretty sure the NFL in the US is not governed by them