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Author: MD
Timestamp:- 2/8/2011 2:23:14 PM
Subject: Bank on the Tank
Message:
Are the AFL really so naive as to think that teams haven't 'tanked' to obtain priority draft picks? Dean Bailey virtually admitted so yesterday and yet Adrian Anderson still thinks it is only "public perception"!
Melbourne tanked and so did Carlton and both did the right thing in doing so. The Blues would now be without Kreuzer and possibly Judd if they had not tanked, all for the sake of winning 1 or 2 more games and finishing 15th instead of 16th - big deal!!
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 Author: quezacotl
Timestamp:- 3/8/2011 7:49:07 AM
Subject: Re: Bank on the Tank
Message:
Poor kapcher..
Might be time for another new nic spud for brains, you've well and truly worn the King of pop out.
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 Author: Relic Hunter
Timestamp:- 3/8/2011 7:42:29 AM
Subject: Re: Bank on the Tank
Message:
blackpill i think the VFL/AFL is a little bit different game to the main game up north lol. I get what you're trying to say though
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 Author: Blackpill
Timestamp:- 2/8/2011 9:06:06 PM
Subject: Re: Bank on the Tank
Message:
Relic, the AFL, and the VFL before them, have been rewarding failure for years by awarding a point for missed kicks at goal.
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 Author: infidel
Timestamp:- 2/8/2011 9:02:19 PM
Subject: Re: Bank on the Tank
Message:
If I was a supporter of an AFL club that was not going to make the 8, I would be angry if they didn't tank. 9th, 15th, same difference- nowhere.
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Author: MD
Timestamp:- 2/8/2011 8:45:19 PM
Subject: Re: Bank on the Tank
Message:
Kapcher, so as a Blues fan (something I know you'd cringe at being a Pies man) you would rather Carlton won, at most, another couple of games, finished 15th rather than 16th, and missed out on Kreuzer and, probably, Judd?!
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Author: Khaptingly
Timestamp:- 2/8/2011 8:31:24 PM
Subject: Re: Bank on the Tank
Message:
MD beat me to it, I was about to post on this and many other AFL issues. Maybe I will later.
It's another case of those clowns at AFL HQ with their head in the sand. It might be a slap in the face Kapcher, but it happens. And why shouldn't it. It is no worse than what the Demons displayed on Saturday. That is what I call a slap in the face to fans. This is another issue to be written about.
I only have heard of 2 people denying that tanking happens, and they both work for the AFL. What else would they say. For one thing they have to justify their position. Just like their embarrassing, feeble efforts to put a stop to players betting.
I'd love players from my team to be betting on my team. We know the Demons players did not bet on Saturday. Well not on Melb anyway.
There is that much wrong with the AFL, it is a farce. Funny radio show in Melbourne tonight. One caller called an AFL "suit" a banker, they could not cut his call quick enough before he said it. Well said caller.
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 Author: worker collective farmer
Timestamp:- 2/8/2011 8:27:37 PM
Subject: Re: Bank on the Tank
Message:
Rubbish, Kapcher.
I remember tons of Melbourne supporters cheering when Richmond's Jordan(?) goaled after the siren to deny them the 4 premiership points. It still wouldve felt like a win.
The whingeing about tanking is overrated. Every team does similar.... all of resting sore players or waiting a week or two longer to ensure an injured player's complete recovery, rebuilding, experimenting with new game plans and player positions, turfing older players, dropping good players with current poor form or for breaking team rules, maybe even some coach sackings - they're all done for long-term gain. People are naive to think tanking's the first instance of short-term sacrifice.
If your team is going to have a few horror years where's the logic in one more win and possibly one less premiership later?!!
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Author: Relic Hunter
Timestamp:- 2/8/2011 5:55:52 PM
Subject: Re: Bank on the Tank
Message:
Tanking is a fault brought on by the AFL and only the AFL is to blame in my opinion. Why reward failure???? Shouldn’t the rewards go to the teams that put in the hard work?? The AFL has been rewarding the teams that fail and finish with only a few wins for years. Things need to change or tanking will continue.
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 Author: Kapcher
Timestamp:- 2/8/2011 4:41:32 PM
Subject: Re: Bank on the Tank
Message:
"both did the right thing in doing so".
I can't agree.
Tanking is a slap in the face to all those supporters who pay good money for a membership and then have to sit at the football and watch their side lose?
That's garbage.
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 Author: Poindexter
Timestamp:- 2/8/2011 3:34:39 PM
Subject: Re: Bank on the Tank
Message:
Wot is gunna happen when they get rid of Priority Picks...
Interesting, seeing that ... That Catch me F... Me game actually wants to go in that direction
"do they still play that game".. Must be on TV after I go bed...
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