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Is it tanking if we barrack for St Kilda?

Certainly not sue but I would actually prefer not to finish last

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    Allan Richardson said it would be surprising if we got one and St Kilda didnt because we were higher on the ladder then they are.

    Well maybe if they didnt tank and trade out all there senior players and send playera to surgery we wouldnt be higher.

    Could have sworn it was the Sainters own odd drafting /trading strategy that landed them where they are. They can hardly call foul !!

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    Certainly not sue but I would actually prefer not to finish last

    was tongue in cheek....

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    given we're only about 5%of the landscape I would have thought 33% quite a bit

    5% is very generous bub

    reckon we'd be lucky to account for half that

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    5% is very generous bub

    reckon we'd be lucky to account for half that

    sorry point 5 % :unsure:

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    Hopefully we should get a refund on some of our dud picks……goodbye watts,doulas,trengove,grimes,spencer,bail,nicholson,mckenzie,bail,blease,fitzpatrick,tapscott,strauss ……… sh.t this most of our team. WE must if we get draft no.1

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    So rather than actually going before the commission where it is debated Mark Evans circumvents the process and tells us it's not going to happen. For mine, the Polo Playing Punce who now heads up the AFL will be remembered as little more than a smooth talking, spineless git who is devoid of both real vision and balls. You can take that to the bank. Whatever you thought of AD, I don't believe he would tolerate Evans ignoring due process.

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    Meanwhile Micky Malthouse, you can choose who your team wishes to play for your 400th (or 500th) game next season. And Sydney, I know you have won the 2014 Premiership but take the best all round midfielder in the draft (Heney).

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    So rather than actually going before the commission where it is debated Mark Evans circumvents the process and tells us it's not going to happen. For mine, the Polo Playing Punce who now heads up the AFL will be remembered as little more than a smooth talking, spineless git who is devoid of both real vision and balls. You can take that to the bank. Whatever you thought of AD, I don't believe he would tolerate Evans ignoring due process.

    gillom reminds me of one of those upper class ponces in a monty python class skit

    i never could see what the commiss saw in him other than someone easy to manipulate. smile and make them look more youthful

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    gillom reminds me of one of those upper class ponces in a monty python class skit

    i never could see what the commiss saw in him other than someone easy to manipulate. smile and make them look more youthful

    I prefer your assessment. That's exactly right DC. His brother is another with the charisma of a stale turd who miraculously heads up a TV show. Whothefuckishe?

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    i will never forget his attempt to justify melbourne's punishment for non tanking in a press interview

    pure monty python

    he proved himself as the perfect commiss stooge

    i think team-afl is in big poo and for once jeffry was right on a football issue

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    DC, the bloke is totally devoid if presence. He will make AD look like a visionary and in many ways has assured AD's legacy. Was it Moyle who followed Sir Alex in the EPL?

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    Hopefully we should get a refund on some of our dud picks……goodbye watts,doulas,trengove,grimes,spencer,bail,nicholson,mckenzie,bail,blease,fitzpatrick,tapscott,strauss ……… sh.t this most of our team. WE must if we get draft no.1

    Who the hell is Doulas? is he so bad he doesn't even get a game at Casey?

    I notice Frawley isn't in your list, you convinced him to stay on ENYAW?

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    After all the initial outrage and crap stories about melbourne not deserving a pp i suspect the tide maybe turning. Fox football has support for Melbourne at around 43% so get over there and vote.

    http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-premiership/melbourne-midfielder-jimmy-toumpas-not-considering-move-home-to-south-australia/story-e6frf3e3-1227029842129?nk=5e5a9d9926305bce77067fdfbcb0a7d7

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    After all the initial outrage and crap stories about melbourne not deserving a pp i suspect the tide maybe turning. Fox football has support for Melbourne at around 43% so get over there and vote.

    http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-premiership/melbourne-midfielder-jimmy-toumpas-not-considering-move-home-to-south-australia/story-e6frf3e3-1227029842129?nk=5e5a9d9926305bce77067fdfbcb0a7d7

    couldn't find it........more details pls

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    The argument that we don't 'deserve' a PP has no merit. None.

    Sure, Hawthorn/Geelong etc. haven't had a top-5 pick in ages, whilst we've had a fair few. But that's because they've been winning premierships whilst we've been winning nothing.

    Sure, GWS managed to fight through adversity to pull off a great win, whilst we hoisted the flag. The very fact that this can happen, that our players are incapable of playing 22 games in a row without turning in a performance that reeks of a lack of care, indicated exactly how far behind we are and that we need help to level out.

    Sure, we've had high draft picks before. But how did we get those picks? From finishing at the bottom of the ladder. And that PP we already got? From finishing with 4 wins in back-to-back seasons.

    Sure, we haven't helped ourselves of late. Again, that's the point. We have continued to wallow for 8 years.

    Sure, we may have some potential stars on our list. But we don't know yet. That's why they're 'potential'. They mightn't come good. And we can only focus on the 'potential' in our list because there's no 'actual' in it.

    Now, all that granted, I don't believe for one second that a PP changes everything. It doesn't. We need to continue to fundamentally change our culture, our ethic, and our list, and one PP does not do that. But it helps. That's the point. It helps.

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    i will never forget his attempt to justify melbourne's punishment for non tanking in a press interview

    pure monty python

    he proved himself as the perfect commiss stooge

    i think team-afl is in big poo and for once jeffry was right on a football issue

    Good one DC I still remember that presser, we were being hammered for not tanking, it was cringe worthy. But to be fair to the Gil he was thrown to the lions by AD who should have faced the press as Numero Uno and of course the real culprit was Adrian Anderson who went on an inquisition off his own bat while AD was away on arduous Olympic duties.

    By the way has anyone ever seen the AFL's tanking report into the MFC? Tanking is always thrown up against us in these PP discussions yet I believe if we had not been on AFL welfare and were say in the position of the Pies we would have called their bluff and said we will see you in court. The AFL would have then backed off into some face saving discussions with us. Let's face it Caro had a direct line to the AFL at the time and all she had were ashen faced officials, some odd player moves and some comments from Connelly.

    Edited by Earl Hood

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    if we get a 2nd round compo for Chip we will have lost Chip, Clark and jurrah and been compensated with pick 20 in the 2014 draft

    the AFL really is a joke

    We'll get good compo for Chip, but I doubt we'll get a PP.

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