Essendon also ask for AFL hearing delay August 20, 2013 - 6:07PM Essendon have confirmed they want a delay to their AFL Commission hearing next Monday. The Bombers said on their website that they sought the delay after making several requests to the AFL. "Lawyers for the club requested the AFL advise which witnesses it would be calling, the evidence it expected those witnesses would give and specified procedural matters," they said in a statement. As the AFL has not provided that information the club is not in a position to proceed next week and that is why the matter needs to be adjourned. The AFL and Essendon have been in negotiations for several days over the hearing, which was scheduled for next Monday. It has emerged that senior coach James Hird, club doctor Bruce Reid, assistant coach Mark Thompson and Bombers football manager Danny Corcoran will also have their hearings delayed beyond next Monday. The AFL has charged the club and the four individuals over Essendon's supplements scandal.