Thursday, June 26, 2014: Dirty laundry...

With the dark clouds of ASADA gathering ominously over Windy Hill or Tullamarine or wherever the Bombers hang out nowadays, Essendon coach Bomber Thompson is making an effort to keep his players spirits high.

"I was strolling around in a pair of jocks this morning because I lost a bet, they were laughing, they were having fun, at me, at my expense" he revealed in his press conference this morning. The bet, which related to the team completing a set play on the weekend, was supposed to result in the coach completing training in his underwear, but as Thompson told the gathered media - "I actually can't train in my jokes because you guys are here".

Indeed they are, and will be for some time to come one suspects. Another Dank whistleblower came forward last night alleging he had forged signatures, while ABC is planning to broadcast tomorrow's Federal Court hearings live - where it's expected the only briefs on show will be briefs of evidence (an original Smother pun which will surely be borrowed by someone in the media tonight). Either way, it appears we are on the eve of what the media folk wanted all along - the ASADA case fought out in open court.

An occasion for dirty laundry to be aired, if ever there was one...

In the news...
The Gold Coast Suns have taken to counting their chickens whilst still in their eggs after their 40 point trouncing of Geelong last week. They've announced that next weeks match with Collingwood should break their attendance record, despite it still being over a week away.

Mick Malthouse, the moustachioed senile fella often seen yelling at media people, has declared that he would hate football - if he wasn't coaching. Malthouse has urged the AFL to do something about congestion around the ball.

And finally, in news that has headline writers everywhere all abuzz. Mitch Honeychurch will BEE playing for the Bulldogs this weekend. Hive not heard a name this good in a while (Stop. Smother ed)...