i hope this not correct - KG said tonight that the roo is only few weeks away - the crows need his leadership - rates as a leader up there with mayer - 2 great leaders of men

Channel 10 mentioned tonight that he is now in a neck brace....does not look good....

And to you two anonymous 'Fudgepackers' who are implying that Roo is like Cousins you might want to get some legal advice with fucking rediculous posts like that.

(Mod: Cleaned it up)

MW - just because you disagree with something posted doesnt necesarily mean its not true - and certainly doesnt mean you need to attack the posters - whether they be anonymous or not.

Could it be your blind faith in someones public persona has closed your mind to what seems to be a rather strong and persistant rumour?

there goes your top 4 spot

Oh f**** no!!!!!

Don't tell me this!

Port will do worse then the Crows.

Look....

I'll spell it out for you so you can understand.

P-O-R-T S-U-C-K

Don't make this into another thread of this...

This could be true, appart from one blaring fact.
If Roo had a ruptured disc that was known earlier, they wouldnt have waited to announce his retirement till 2 days before their first game. If he ruptured a disc then his career would have been instantly over. Anyone who knows just how bad this injury is knows that its hard enough to play golf or go fishing let alone sustain 5 minutes on a football field, training or playing a game.

interesting that kg and cornes stated tonight they spoke with him and he was optimistic for round 3

Obviously the starter of the thread has given us absolutely no reason to believe this as they can't even be big enough to put their name to the post.

If for some reason this is true, I can only say that it is a very sad way to see him retire because if anyone deserves a send-off, it definitely is Roo!

MW appear rude. No need for the language either...

Roo has been a champion on the field...either way, its no ones business if he was off it or not, now. Hope his back sorts out, and he doesn't have major pain for the remainder of his life.

9 times all australian 2 times as captain no player is close to that other then harvey 8 times who is currently playing and carey 8 times retired

it would be a sad day but at this point i have my doubts

Wont make a difference to the result this week tho. Essendon to thump them. Go Bombers!

Hmmmm interesting. If MW does his research ... I mean really does he research and asks around he will find the truth. Yes there may be neck problems but it is well known that Crows and sharps dont mix.

Go crows

MW, you are very naive if you think the Roo is squeaky clean. Not to the Cousins extent, but Roo likes getting on it and I have from two independent sources close to the club that he tested positive twice in this off season for coke.

A ruptured disc, unless it was done at last night's training, would have been obvious weeks ago.

ruptured disc my neck ! Parvovirus , back and now neck and retirement . Way too much going on here for that to be the case .
From what i have heard he and do not quote me is that he will be saved the embarrassment from the club but the interstate media ??
There are numerous rumours and innuendo that he would be ousted for drug taking but seems to have been spared so far .

I have also heard this rumour. I am very close to a very high profile person with the Advertiser.
People who me, will know how high this source is as well.
From what I hear, this is a very good cover up by the club.

i also think the AFL would be all for the club handling this the way they are .
Not another premiership winning brownlow medalist who has succumbed .
Not good for the brand and image .

FFS - Skip, Michelangelo Rucci knows shit all about the day to day happenings at the Crows and is just a glorified ego centric power TROLL who can post his crap in the paper.

Isaac - how can you possibly allow this thread to continue with all the allegations that Mark Ricciuto is a drug cheat? Just because the lawyers have not rang up and complained doesn't mean any future defamation law suits are out of the question.

As far as I know  in South Australia we only have the one AFL premiership player who has been caught twice (out of season) for taking illicit drugs and he doesn't represent the Adelaide Crows. So all you Power monkeys who are trying to hang shit on Mark Ricciuto take a long hard look in your own back year.

I do not know Michelangelo. Sorry.

ummm cameron crazy , you might wan't to ring a lawyer if you are going to openly slander a journo like that .
I have not quoted anyone and have stated when it is rumour , so back off !

I would be very careful not to start accusing wealthy and influential people about being drugs takers.

Source or no source, unless you have some tangible hard hitting evidence that you can prove that you are telling the truth, I would not be naming anyone.

Rotate on this 

What you said can and is construed as defamation, what I said can and is construed as the truth.

Rucci is an ego centric power troll who posts his articles (crap) in the paper. Fact

i don't think so co..breath

Not naming anyone Cameron, but head to Mile High Club around 8:30am on a sunday morning and play spot the celebrity licking lips and drinking evian!! Olympic Cyclists, Swimmers, Crows and Power players, Cricketers, Basketballers, netballers, Actors, TV and radio presenters and so on and so on. Not saying its right or wrong, but fact is its a every where and its not just the scum of society who participate!

So if some one bags your precious captain it is defamation, but you can bag the hell out of someone else because they go for the Power, and it is not defamation????

riiiiggghhhht.....

DB5 -

Why don't you go and take you video camera so you can gain some hard hitting evidence, speculation that it is done at a night club is just not good enough.

I have no accused anyone of being a drug cheat; it is a fact that a Port Adelaide Power premiership player (no names) has failed an out of season drug test twice. It is not a fact that Mark Ricciuto has participated in any 'recreational drug taking'

Michelangelo is a TROLL and has a major ego that he loved to use to piss the AFC with. That is another FACT

I didn't name anyone, I didn't name any Port Adelaide player or even insinuate who it could be, others have openly named Mark Ricciuto. That is the difference.

Why do I need evidence, I never stated a name at all????

I am more curious as to your logic regarding naming people and lawsuits which you have openly contradicted by calling out Michaelangelo Rucci being a troll up to 3 times on here.

Relax man, take a deep breath....

DB5

You may not have but others have. That's is why this thread should be close.

Cameron Crazy - You have stated the following in your last post -

"It is not a fact that Mark Ricciuto has participated in any 'recreational drug taking'"

May I ask how you know that this is not a fact?

Then why call me out for not having proof!!!!!!

You say this thread should be closed because people have stated names, yet you keep stating a certain journo's name and slagging off at them!

The old pot and kettle story mate.

Statman  someone is innocent until proven guilty in this country, I don't need to prove anyone guilt.

The WCE didn't indefinitely suspend Ben Cousins for drug usage; they suspended him for missing a training session because they could not prove he used drugs.

Someone word is there bond and until he says that he is a drug user, I have no reason not to question it. Anyone who says other wise should come up with some evidence to counter this claim.

DB5

I am not going to argue with you anymore as I have stated my POV on the topic and this thread should be closed to protect the innocent. If the innocent happen to be Michelangelo as well, well so be it.

What if he didn't inhale?

Cameron Crazy,

Im not saying you need to prove anyones guilt - rather I am asking how you are so sure of your statement that I quoted in my earlier post?

Your posts in the thread are attacking others for posting without hard hitting proof so I would assume that your comments on the subject are in fact 100% factual and backed by proof? If they are not then you really are going to look quite silly and hypocritical arnt you!

Right.

The only person I belive in this thread is thedoctor, because he's been a credible source before, and skip, because everyone knows who he is (well everyone who goes to 36ers games anyway).

Isaac, you gonna put money on it?

Haven't read the whole thread - too busy, but where there's smoke, there's often fire.

If people here are aware of it, surely those closer to the action are. I'm wondering why it hasn't hit the papers or at least been speculated on in a more public situation.

Cameron, this has nothing to do with being a Crows or Power supporter. It's clear that players from all clubs do or have in the past indulged in illicit drug use. I stated in a previous thread that certain players indulged, and it was fairly clear who I was referreing to from the Power.

I dare say there will be no defamation action from anyone. Why? A defence to a defamation charge is that the allegations are true.

Appears that Cameron Crazy is intent on closing this thread down via Libel. Moderator(s) please resist! Seeing as I'm in the mood for prduct labelling let's label Cam. Crazy = CC and rather than just saying CC, act more like the alcohol and mellow out.

I also can recommend several Constructionn Contractors for those who need to build a bridge.

Nice Sween,
also a KC, Kleenex Consortium should you cry that river...

Its now tomorrow...what happened?

Even though I think this retirement thread is a load of bollocks and was just some punk trying to stir up trouble, the announcement was always said to be Thursday morning at 11.

sween i'll have a cc and coke , no ice , man needs to sleep tonight ......

the original post said...

"The Adelaide Football Club will issue a press release sometime tomorrow and the press conference will be Thursday morning at 11 am."

press release shouldve been today?

Found this on Herald Sun's Footy site:

Andrew Fraser spent almost five years in jail for trying to traffic cocaine from Africa.

He was also a cocaine addict.

He is also either a liar -- he has lied before -- or he has implicated some of the biggest names in football in a drugs scandal that has widened so much that the parameters between what is fact, what is public interest and what is bar-room grandstanding is now a blur.

Fraser said in a newspaper article yesterday that he saw three premiership players, one of whom was a Brownlow medallist, snort coke in an upstairs room of a Melbourne hotel.

Believe him or not, the list is narrow. Since 1979, there have been 12 Brownlow medallists who have won premierships.

The names are silk.

James Hird, Michael Voss, Adam Goodes, Chris Judd. Mark Ricciuto, Simon Black, Jason Akermanis, Greg Williams, Gavin Wanganeen, John Platten and Robert Dipierdomenico.

Lets all crucify a brownlow medallist and premiership player based on what a cocaine addict has said....pffft.

I will happily take bets that this (ie the retirement) is rubbish.

He will not retire today - there would have been something reported about it before now.

Guess we will see in an hour - whooooo! (that whoo is supposed to be foreboading)

Where's the press conference/announcement??

......behind the bike shed at 'Footy Park'.

It was a goddamn lie!

Ban that son of a b....!!!

An anonymous post was incorrect....stop the press!

But this lie was uncalled for!