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ESSENDON ruckman Paddy Ryder has dismissed claims the playing group is distracted by the supplements saga, but conceded he was frustrated the issue remained unresolved after 15 months.
The Bombers have struggled, losing three games in a row before racking up scrappy eight-point wins over the Bulldogs and Lions over the past two rounds.
Their poor form has prompted some commentators to suggest the players are distracted, but Ryder disagreed.
"No, (the ASADA investigation) is out of our hands now,'' he said. "We've just got to focus on our footy. There are no excuses.
"You might think about it and stuff like that, but at the end of the day you can't do much about it. But you can do stuff about your footy, so that's where all of our energies are put, and that's our release from it all.''
Ryder said Essendon's acting chief executive officer, Xavier Campbell, had met with the players this week to discuss concerns about a report suggesting ASADA show cause notices were imminent.
"Upstairs is always talking to us and a lot of the stuff that comes out in the papers and that is a lot different to what we know and what we've been told by the people that we trust," Ryder said.
"We've just got to trust the word that we're getting from the footy club and that's the only thing that we can go on.''
"Personally I think it's just dragged on. Another article pops up and it's just the same stuff over and over again. People just keep talking about it and talking about it."
Ryder, who expects to shoulder the bulk of the ruck duties against the Swans tonight, attributed the club's poor form to not doing the football basics.
"The last couple of weeks we've had a couple of wins, but they've been ugly wins really,'' he said. "We've gone away from some of the things we pride ourselves on, really. Contested ball is the one that every team prides itself on and we've been lacking in that area.
"The main thing is we're looking to play a consistent four quarters rather than playing in patches or having a good quarter here and there."
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