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Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2016 7:53 pm
by Presti35
http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/s ... q76cj.html
With 6 weeks left in the regular season, the news of the remaining players staying/leaving should start to come through.
Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2016 8:50 pm
by Presti35
Presti35 wrote:Been a while since we've heard some news but....
Tom Bellchambers has signed the offered extension to remain at the club until 2018.
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-06-10/y ... until-2018
This now leaves:
Michael Hibberd
Ben Howlett
Michael Hurley
Tayte Pears
Brent Stanton
Jobe Watson
Hibberd would be a good addition if we cannot land Hurley.
Stanton and Hurley remain at Essendon.
Hibberd is officially leaving. Demons looking like the team he wants to go to, but Pies should try for him. Turns 27 in January.
Still waiting on Howlett, Pears and Watson. All washed up imo.
Dons have managed to keep almost everyone.
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2016 2:33 am
by Presti35
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-08-24/b ... eyear-deal
Ben Howlett signs on for one year.
Not much to see here. Will probably be delisted in 2017.
This leaves only Pears and Watson.
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2016 3:09 am
by Presti35
RE: The 12 top-up players.
Matt Dea and James Kelly are being asked by Essendon to remain on the list.
The ruled have been looked at and they will be considered delisted free agents. So both players will have a contract in front of them. I'd love it if someone snatched Dea from under their noses tho.
The others top ups are; Ryan Crowley, Jonathan Simpkin, Mathew Stokes, Mark Jamar, Sam Grimley, James Polkinghorne, Nathan Grima and Sam Michael.
All those guys have most likely played their last AFL game.
Just my opinion, but Sam Grimley would be a good pick up for the VFL team.
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2016 6:18 pm
by Presti35
Pears has retired, which leave Jobe Watson as the only player who has not made a decision.
Tomorrow, the banned players will be allowed to begin their training for next season.
(And I'd probably expect Jobe to make some kind of surprise appearance at training, signalling his intent to play on).
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2016 8:01 pm
by piedys
Presti35 wrote:Tomorrow, the banned players will be allowed to begin their training for next season.
All good things must come to an end...
Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2016 2:29 am
by Presti35
Yes, well it should have been 2 years.
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2016 10:21 pm
by Presti35
Here's something to ponder....
Who replaces Jobe Watson in the 2012 AA team??
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_All-Australian_team
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2016 4:05 am
by ronrat
Pendlebury to centre. Selwood onto Bench.
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2016 5:32 am
by Presti35
So Essendon has come to a principal agreement with 18 of the 34 banned players. This leaves another 16 players.
The only one named so far has been Crameri. You'd probably think that the other 17 players no longer play for the club, but I could be wrong. We know that 11 of the 12 from last season returned to Essendon with one being traded to Melbourne. We know that another 5 play for different clubs now.
These settlements would be to avoid another set of court cases, which Essendon simply could not afford to happen. Wether or not we see any court cases linked to health issues could be years away.
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2016 5:33 am
by Presti35
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/nov/22/essendon-settle-with-18-players-over-lost-earnings-from-afl-doping-bans
Essendon settle with 18 players over lost earnings from AFL doping bans