{"id":359264,"date":"2024-01-11T18:18:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T19:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=359264"},"modified":"2024-01-11T21:02:20","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T21:02:20","slug":"something-not-right-demons-great-torches-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=359264","title":{"rendered":"'Something not right': Demons great torches club"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Melbourne<\/a> player David Schwarz has slammed his club after its tumultous period carried over into 2024.<\/p>\n

Headlined by \ufeffrecent news of a possible two-year ban for forward Joel Smith<\/a> after his positive drug test during the 2023 season, as well as star midfielder Clayton Oliver<\/a>'s early exit from the club's training camp early last month<\/a>, following intense\ufeff trade speculation<\/a> as well as a brief hospital visit<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Demons revealed on Thursday that Oliver's leave from pre season will continue indefinitely<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The plethora of problems has the retired 173-gamer worried about the state of the 2021 premiers.\ufeff<\/p>\n

"There's just too much smoke around Melbourne at the moment," Schwarz told 3AW's Wide World of Sports<\/em> radio on Thursday.<\/p>\n

\"Joel<\/p>\n

"The Joel Smith (positive drugs test), there's been board issues and Clayton's issues.<\/p>\n

"There's just something not right down there at Melbourne, I don't know what it is … some of the choices Melbourne players are making are the wrong choices, for whatever reason that is.<\/p>\n

"I'm not playing the captain, coach or the club, just looking from the outside in, there's clearly choices being made by players that are selfish and would indicate that it is not a really happy environment at the moment.<\/p>\n

"Because things like this don't happen in good clubs, they just don't."<\/p>\n

Schwarz went on to blast Smith after he tested positive to cocaine after the Demons' round 23 match against Hawthorn in 2023.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Clayton<\/p>\n

"I've got no sympathy for him. I've got no sympathy for any player that takes drugs on the day (of playing) or the day before and gets caught," Schwarz said.<\/p>\n

"He chose to do whatever he's done. If you choose to take it and put yourself at risk, you're going to suffer the consequences.<\/p>\n

"If he misses four years, well his career is finished. If he misses two years, he's still probably finished.<\/p>\n

\"Malthouse<\/p>\n

"I'm very black and white when it comes to drugs. If you want to play footy, no problem, you sign up to the code, the AFL is signed up to WADA and you know the obligations in front of you.<\/p>\n

"We're different, we sign up to WADA because the Australian Sports Commission put money into the AFL.<\/p>\n

"Run the gauntlet and you'll get caught and your career will be over."<\/p>\n

The Demons began pre-season on Thursday without Oliver, who remains on indefinite leave and Smith\ufeff, who is continuing to serve his provisional suspension from Sports Integrity Australia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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