Essendon Dilemma

[Torpedo10]

Well, what now?

Losing Heppell is shattering for us, but I'm sure there's worse off.

EDIT: Well it looks like we really are the worst off.

[RaisyDaisy]

Sucks that we traded in belcho and now this happens(not 100% sure if he is actually one effected but assume he is)

Oh well, lucky Tippett and Vardy have DPP

Just cop it on the chin like an LTI

[Nige]

Just cop it on the chin like an LTI

Yep, exactly.

If anything, put the 'top up players' in a draft pool and let affected clubs get their replacements like that.

[Ricochet]

I'd be curious to see if the timing was similar for when JThomas/Keefe copped their bans and what happened there in terms of XVs comps.

Surely we'd keep in line with whateva was done for those two boys

[Holz]

I'd be curious to see if the timing was similar for when JThomas/Keefe copped their bans and what happened there in terms of XVs comps.

Surely we'd keep in line with whateva was done for those two boys

to be fair though those guys were pretty much spuds. losing Hurley Heppell however can hugely affect a team.

[Ricochet]

I'd be curious to see if the timing was similar for when JThomas/Keefe copped their bans and what happened there in terms of XVs comps.

Surely we'd keep in line with whateva was done for those two boys

to be fair though those guys were pretty much spuds. losing Hurley Heppell however can hugely affect a team.

JThomas was rated pretty highly though

[Torpedo10]

I'd be curious to see if the timing was similar for when JThomas/Keefe copped their bans and what happened there in terms of XVs comps.

Surely we'd keep in line with whateva was done for those two boys

to be fair though those guys were pretty much spuds. losing Hurley Heppell however can hugely affect a team.

JThomas was rated pretty highly though

We had him too,

Typical,  :P

[Holz]

I'd be curious to see if the timing was similar for when JThomas/Keefe copped their bans and what happened there in terms of XVs comps.

Surely we'd keep in line with whateva was done for those two boys

to be fair though those guys were pretty much spuds. losing Hurley Heppell however can hugely affect a team.

JThomas was rated pretty highly though

he is decent, but not a superstar like heppell. Plus his was kind of self inflicted opposed to the essendon boys. saying that its basically the same thing as me losing Shaz to inury this year, thats not self inflicted.

[Ricochet]

I'd be curious to see if the timing was similar for when JThomas/Keefe copped their bans and what happened there in terms of XVs comps.

Surely we'd keep in line with whateva was done for those two boys

to be fair though those guys were pretty much spuds. losing Hurley Heppell however can hugely affect a team.

JThomas was rated pretty highly though

he is decent, but not a superstar like heppell. Plus his was kind of self inflicted opposed to the essendon boys. saying that its basically the same thing as me losing Shaz to inury this year, thats not self inflicted.

I see your point, but being banned for drugs is not where near the same as an injury

[Holz]

I'd be curious to see if the timing was similar for when JThomas/Keefe copped their bans and what happened there in terms of XVs comps.

Surely we'd keep in line with whateva was done for those two boys

to be fair though those guys were pretty much spuds. losing Hurley Heppell however can hugely affect a team.

JThomas was rated pretty highly though

he is decent, but not a superstar like heppell. Plus his was kind of self inflicted opposed to the essendon boys. saying that its basically the same thing as me losing Shaz to inury this year, thats not self inflicted.

I see your point, but being banned for drugs is not where near the same as an injury

well its both a bad luck case for your team that you couldnt see coming, you could argue in the essendon case people knew in advance so actually should get no compo

[Jay]

Hurley :'(

[Jroo]

We will lost Stanton not ideal  :-\

So what will happen regards to replacing them? Cause Essendon will get top up players. We would have a draft with teams affected such as myself wouldnt we

EDIT: Well apparently Baguley isn't one of the Bombers with suspensions

[ossie85]

We will lost Stanton and Baguley. Not ideal  :-\

So what will happen regards to replacing them? Cause Essendon will get top up players. We would have a draft with teams affected such as myself wouldnt we

^ that's what I think

[Memphistopheles]

Open up the trade period again to a free-for-all I think.

And make top-up draft picks tradeable...

[MajorLazer]

See what I reckon should happen is that everyone pulls a number out of a hat and then each top up player gets assigned a number. The corresponding number is the player that you get. Some good old fashioned luck should really fix this showerstorm of a situation that only a club like Essendon can cause. Just very selfish and overall terrible thing to do to us coaches who are putting blood, sweat and tears into this competition and they have the audacity to come out and pull this stunt. Absolute joke. Shocking and appalling.

Here's my one post for the year, savour it, enjoy it, live it. Just remember these parting words; If a kangaroo can jump around all day with a baby in its pouch, what's stopping you from doing the same?