Essendon players were so angry about a mid-season meeting called by Bombers bosses to discuss illicit drugs that they took up their grievances with the AFL Players Association.

9News' Tom Morris reported on Tuesday night that Essendon chief executive Craig Vozzo, coach Brad Scott and football boss Dan McPherson held a meeting with players ahead of their mid-season bye in June.

Vozzo told 9News that the intention was simply centred on "care, support, welfare and education". Advertisement

But some players felt Vozzo had breached boundaries regarding players' confidentiality, Morris explained.

Some players also believed Vozzo was too "heavy-handed" in his approach to the meeting, and felt he implied there was a drug problem within the playing group.

In the contact players had with

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