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Are we tanking?

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Serious question.

With the quality of the forthcoming draft, the obstacles involved with Father-Son drafting, and the compensation picks, we would be better off purposely losing just like we have previously (whether you acknowledge it or not).

Is that what's happening?

Has to be, surely...

 

Makes you wonder - across the board terrible performances and totally off the pace. There is something wrong - whether its exhaustion, or lack of training on basic skills.

 

If we are tanking, then accusations of a lack of "buy in" from the players are totally incorrect. If our aim is to lose and lose badly, our players are right on board.

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Serious question.

With the quality of the forthcoming draft, the obstacles involved with Father-Son drafting, and the compensation picks, we would be better off purposely losing just like we have previously (whether you acknowledge it or not).

Is that what's happening?

Has to be, surely...

with a new coach on a 3 year deal it is not possible...this club is in a very bad state...deadwood must be identified and removed.

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Fark's sake. Really?

No, we are not tanking.

Fark's sake. Have a memory?

Couple of years ago we had to totally reverse our field positions in order to lose to Richmond by a goal after the siren... Arguably, our list is BETTER now.

Really think it's that ridiculous?

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with a new coach on a 3 year deal it is not possible...this club is in a very bad state...deadwood must be identified and removed.

*cough*cough* Dean Bailey says hi....

*cough*cough* Dean Bailey says hi....

It goes deeper than Dean Bailey mate....that is abundantly clear
 

deadwood must be identified and removed

Indeed. But today it was right across the board - so it might be hard to see the genuine ordinary from the just playing ordinary.


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Yes stu, it really is that ridiculous. Why would we deliberately humiliate the club by staging a 10 goal loss to bloody Richmond when there is nothing obvious at stake? Come on, think this through just a little bit.

Gee I dunno, because our list is crap and we are rebuilding AGAIN?

Indeed. But today it was right across the board - so it might be hard to see the genuine ordinary from the just playing ordinary.

Yes...exactly...this club has very serious problems that only get worse as time rolls on.

Mclardy is going to have to be one hell of a President to fix this...and i rate Don as a fine man...i am not putting any boots in here.

But it is time to acknowledge that things within this organization are not being done correctly or at all.

The Tanking issue from 3 years ago still haunts me.

Methinks the Richmond players sung the song too vociferously....

Take it easy, boys. You didn't beat much.

We need to start 'experimenting' now.

This is the last rebuilding this Club has left.


No, we ain't tanking .. yet.

But, I tell you what, the fact that we might benefit substantially from a terrible ladder positon at the end of this season might just end up being the only thing that prevents me from weeping into my beer each and every week of season '12.

1. First round pick attached to ladder position in reportedly excellent draft

2. Compensation pick attached to ladder position in reportedly excellent draft

3. Small chance of picking up JV with our second round pick, if we finish low enough, making the pick mentioned above in point 1 extra valuable.

That booty would make Ghandi consider tanking.

No, we ain't tanking .. yet.

But, I tell you what, the fact that we might benefit substantially from a terrible ladder positon at the end of this season might just end up being the only thing that prevents me from weeping into my beer each and every week of season '12.

1. First round pick attached to ladder position in reportedly excellent draft

2. Compensation pick attached to ladder position in reportedly excellent draft

3. Small chance of picking up JV with our second round pick, if we finish low enough, making the pick mentioned above in point 1 extra valuable.

That booty would make Ghandi consider tanking.

We are the only club i know that takes so many positives out of losing.

PROBLEM ONE.

Serious question.

With the quality of the forthcoming draft, the obstacles involved with Father-Son drafting, and the compensation picks, we would be better off purposely losing just like we have previously (whether you acknowledge it or not).

Is that what's happening?

Has to be, surely...

No mate, we're just crap. We shouldn't be tanking anyway. We clearly are no good at that either!

No, we ain't tanking .. yet.

But, I tell you what, the fact that we might benefit substantially from a terrible ladder positon at the end of this season might just end up being the only thing that prevents me from weeping into my beer each and every week of season '12.

1. First round pick attached to ladder position in reportedly excellent draft

2. Compensation pick attached to ladder position in reportedly excellent draft

3. Small chance of picking up JV with our second round pick, if we finish low enough, making the pick mentioned above in point 1 extra valuable.

That booty would make Ghandi consider tanking.

True. It's a booty Serena Williams would be proud of.

Indeed. But today it was right across the board - so it might be hard to see the genuine ordinary from the just playing ordinary.

Okay - lets just swap Casey Scorpions with the Dees and see how we go! betcha the Scopions' show some mongrel!


We are the only club i know that takes so many positives out of losing.

PROBLEM ONE.

Yep, totally agree. My post was somewhat tongue in cheek; pointing out the obvious irony of the thread. Hope that came across. :)

Yep, totally agree. My post was somewhat tongue in cheek; pointing out the obvious irony of the thread. Hope that came across. :)

No worries CC, but i do hope people within the walls of the club read all this.

The MFC culture at present, and tbh since J Northey left has been soft & wrong.

 

Gee I dunno, because our list is crap and we are rebuilding AGAIN?

Didn't realise rebuilding a rubbish list and tanking are one and the same...

realistically if we need to cull so much dead wood this season we have to think of where the likely replacements will come from. We are not going anywhere with this mob, not a fat chance in hell. We have to suck it up as another lost year. We have no choice.


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