According to Damian Barrett on Twitter:

AFL integrity alert: Given Dean Bailey’s comments today, Brett Clothier is now obliged to properly investigate Melbourne’s tanking

Those comments were Dean Bailey mentioning that he was setting the club up through draft picks, or something to that extent.

great.. just what we need

According to Damian Barrett on Twitter:

Those comments were Dean Bailey mentioning that he was setting the club up through draft picks, or something to that extent.

'Now obliged'...reads like Barrett is requesting the AFL to investigate given the comments made.

And in our defence we present Andrew Demtriou who is on record as saying tanking is not an issue with the. Doesnt exist.

Defence rests

Ok sure. I'm fine with that, on the premise that if we are punished, so too should every other club that has gained compensation draft picks. Carlton in the whole 2nd half of 2007, Eagles in 2008&10, Bombers & Richmond in 2007, Filth in 2005. Bulldogs, Hawthorn and Saints in the early stages of 2000's.

He can look all he wants, he ain't gonna be able to grab hold of something.

But he's right isn't he?

We have an ex-coach petty much declaring that he was an issued a directive not to win games of footy.

How can the ruling body let that slide?

bailey said that he put players in different positions in order to develop them quicker. which is 100% on the money - if he hadnt done this it would be remiss of him.

Bailey said this afternoon he was issued a directive to do what was possible to win games of footy.

edit: + 1 for Benno too.

Damien Barrett enough said.

Barrett is way off the mark here. Bailey's comments were simply that the club put itself in a position to strengthen itself through the draft. The way I read it, he was saying that more players were axed than might have been normal, in order to maximise the number of draft picks we had, in order to build out list up using the draft as the prime mechanism (i.e. as opposed to trading etc.)

Call me naive if you like, but I think Barrett is drawing a very long bow here. Mischievously so.

Saying that we will get more then likely get stung on the Scully compensation picks. Our club is a rabble.

Non-issue.

Damien Barrett isn't know as the purple-headed warrior for nothing - it's because he's a consummate d%ckhead.

Didn't Libba blow the whistle on Carlton's tanking?

According to Damian Barrett on Twitter:

Those comments were Dean Bailey mentioning that he was setting the club up through draft picks, or something to that extent.

Funny. That a journalist of all people, does something that will drive honesty further under the cover of darkness.

Another storm in a very tiny cup.

Another storm in a very tiny cup.

a very tiny mind....Barrett's !!

Perhaps a subtag on the thread title...

In the opinion of Damian Barrett

Ok sure. I'm fine with that, on the premise that if we are punished, so too should every other club that has gained compensation draft picks. Carlton in the whole 2nd half of 2007, Eagles in 2008&10, Bombers & Richmond in 2007, Filth in 2005. Bulldogs, Hawthorn and Saints in the early stages of 2000's.

He can look all he wants, he ain't gonna be able to grab hold of something.

^^^ This^^^ Why do journalist's continue to spruik that the MFC were the only club to do this?? clubs who don't once finals are a no go, are just dumb.

The AFL is just concerned about the TV situation....18 clubs will create more Tanking Vlad.

He also said on Triple M that we should have future draft picks taken off us. I think he is trying to create a new story out of nothing.

Typical journalist tripe.

yes no investigation

reported by channel 7

I'm sorry, I must have missed something. (And I heard the whole press conference.) When precisely did Bailey admit to tanking? Anyone got a quote?

Mind you (yes, we've had this discussion ad nauseum) anyone who thinks we weren't tanking - or tanking under another name - against Richmond is naive to say the least.

"He also said on Triple M that we should have future draft picks taken off us. I think he is trying to create a new story out of nothing."

Ok they can have no.96 and 114 or whatever we cop this year.

What a legend.

I'm sorry, I must have missed something. (And I heard the whole press conference.) When precisely did Bailey admit to tanking? Anyone got a quote?

He didn't. He said he did "the right thing by the MFC" in that "he was asked by the club to play players in different positions". He has NEVER, EVER said he told players to lose a game. Demetriou himself said that resting players, sending others off for operations or playing players in different positions to see where they could play or if they could play was not tanking. End of story. If I was the MFC I would sue Channel 7 and the Herald Sun who FALSLY and I repeat FALSLY claimed that Bailey admitted we had TANKED. Anderson spoke to him tonight and said that is the end of it.

This attack on the club should not go unchallenged. Channel 7 and the Herald Sun have defamed Bailey and the whole Club.