ESSENDON chairman Paul Little says the Bombers will not rest until the 34 players issued with show-cause notices from ASADA have had their names cleared.

Speaking ahead of the Bombers' crucial clash against West Coast, Little also reflected on the challenges the embattled club has faced in the 12 months since his first speech as chairman.

"There's certainly no shortage of challenges and the challenges are still coming," he said.

"Those challenges, there's been none bigger than what the club has been through in the last week and probably the first three days of last week in the Federal Court, were a huge challenge for the footy club and a huge challenge for those people who were looking after our interests.

"The job however will not be done until we are able to clear the names of the 34 present and past players of the Essendon Football Club.

"And the job will not be done until we have been able to have the show-cause notices removed for those 34 players, 20 of whom are still in the club today."

Little said the club had to act in the best interests of its members, supporters, sponsors, players, employees and volunteers, despite acknowledging the football public's growing fatigue with the long-running saga.

"We've certainly been accused on occasions of having ulterior motives," he said.

"Motives that may be aimed at trying to ensure that the real truth doesn't come out, motives that surround the delaying tactics – again that's just all scurrilous.

"That's simply not the case. The board is extremely dedicated and is very aware of its responsibilities."

Little called on ASADA to release the information it has gathered if the Bombers' win their Federal Court case. 

"If we win the Federal Court challenge that we've just been through, we believe we're entitled to better understand the future process and we're entitled to understand what really took place," he said.

"And having spent most of last week in court, I think it's fair to say there was a lot that took place that we were simply unaware of.

"So whether you believe or disbelieve that the Essendon Football Club did have all the answers, it sort of doesn't matter much now.

"What matters is that the truth needs to come out. 

"We need to have the answers, we need to have the truth and we need to be able to better serve the interests of the 34 players who are only young men and young men who have been under significant stress now for some time.

"If ASADA has further information, then it must be produced, it simply has to be produced.

"It is just not acceptable that information is out there that we don't know about and we can't use to help and assist these 34 players.

"And again if we win the Federal Court challenge we need to pro-actively work with all the key authorities to bring a key resolution to this whole matter."

Little said he was unsure what a resolution would look like at this stage.