I hope the Melbourne press get right behind Crowley and call out the boo-boys as the unthinking morons they are.
Ryan made a mistake in going outside the club to get some pain relief for a chronic back complaint. Foolish but understandable. He was honest in owning up to his mistake and accepted his punishment with dignity.
The Essendumb 34 are (according to WADA) proven drug cheats, willingly taking performance enhancing substances to "gain an edge". They have never accepted personal responsibility.
Yet the same banned players are treated either as victims, heroes or bloody rock stars by the Melbourne press and Crowley's booing is laughed off as "what happens when you get caught".
Shameless hypocrites.
