ONGOING interviews with Essendon and Melbourne officials by the Australian Anti-Sports Doping Authority will delay discussions with Bombers players until early next week.

Interviews with captain Jobe Watson and Essendon's leadership group had initially been scheduled for today, but the anti-doping body has not finished talks with Essendon officials and coaches.

Melbourne director of coaching Neil Craig yesterday confirmed he had met ASADA officials last week.

The Demons are being investigated after it was revealed their doctor Dan Bates -- who has since stepped down -- had regular communication with biochemist Stephen Dank and may have approved use of anti-obesity drug AOD-9604.

Craig called for a speedy resolution, while the Demons are more confident after weekend reports they had admitted to the AFL in February they had "communications" with Dank.

"What I can tell you is myself, (football manager) Josh Mahoney and (elite performance manager) David Misson have all been interviewed (by the AFL and ASADA) with Dan Bates," Craig said.

"I would think they want to do some more interviews and just from an AFL perspective the sooner that is resolved with ourselves and Essendon, we can get on and enjoy playing this great game."

Essendon will release the recommendations of its internal inquiry into "irregular practices" this week, but not the entire report.

The report by former Telstra boss Ziggy Switkowski will go to the AFL, and the Essendon board is likely to review it before parts of it are released as early as Wednesday.

The report is likely to contain information that is relevant to the ASADA inquiry, which explains why not all of the report will be released.

When he announced the review in February, Essendon chairman David Evans assured coach James Hird and senior assistant Mark Thompson of their jobs next year.

Essendon believes it is in a strong position to defend a potential law suit for unfair dismissal of Dank because it had the right to review his position every year.

While the AFL has gone to war on "phys-edders", Craig defended their role yesterday.

"In technology, measuring the game in terms of rule changes, in preparation, with sports psychology and player welfare in terms of anxiety . . . science plays a big role in that," he said on 3AW.

"And by pushing the boundaries within the roles, that's why sport has improved. (Injections) are something the AFL are addressing and once again there is a perception issue with that."