Essendon Breakdown

Essendon coach James Hird has an emotion breakdown, 'It's very hard when you keep looking at the hurtful and damaging nature of those comments'. He talks about the Half truth and lies about him and his AFL club.

"There's been some truth put out there, but the constant innuendo, rhetoric, half-truths and probably lies that have been spun about the club, the players, the great people that work here, and the half-truths, rhetoric and lies that have been spun about myself have been very hurtful and very damaging," Hird said.

The Bombers have denied that Hird was the main part of the club’s controversial 2012 supplements program.

‘It’s hard when you can’t respond either. It’s hard when you want to talk about the facts, when you want to explain to people what has happened here,’’ Hird said.

Hird also praised Essendon fans for their support throughout the saga, and urged them to maintain their faith.