I was very disappointed to hear Garry Lyon raise the MFC Tanking hearing, on Footy Classified on Tuesday. There was absolutely no need to, during a discussion of the Bombers player suspensions and it just put some more Sh- t on the club, for absolutely no reason. 

Couldnt imagine MFC Officials would be thrilled. 

Well lets just wipe off every year bar our premiership years from the history books.

 

 

Can you lend me a few pounds?

Red I think it's because a football club get a bigger fine for not tanking then it does for have a program of injecting illegal substances to its players.

1 hour ago, Redleg said:

I was very disappointed to hear Garry Lyon raise the MFC Tanking hearing, on Footy Classified on Tuesday. There was absolutely no need to, during a discussion of the Bombers player suspensions and it just put some more Sh- t on the club, for absolutely no reason. 

Couldnt imagine MFC Officials would be thrilled. 

Whilst disappointing 'Red', he did also say we weren't the only club...

I think Garry made a good point, Essendon is probably not the only one team that had players that took prohibited drugs just like Melbourne was not the only team that tanked.  He is demonstrating the manufactured outcomes the AFL creates to sweep things under the carpet.

 

 

We tanked it is history that will  be bought up from Time to Time.

In the nicest possible way Mr. Leg

Get over it.

17 minutes ago, old dee said:

We tanked it is history that will  be bought up from Time to Time.

In the nicest possible way Mr. Leg

Get over it.

I thought the AFL investigation found no evidence of tanking by the MFC.

2 minutes ago, DemonFrog said:

I thought the AFL investigation found no evidence of tanking by the MFC.

They also think the Essendrug players were unjustly suspended DF

So I would not use them as any  guiding light.

But we were 'not guilty'.

Albeit 'AFL not guilty".

Just now, TRIGON said:

But we were 'not guilty'.

Albeit 'AFL not guilty".

exactly

8 minutes ago, DemonFrog said:

I thought the AFL investigation found no evidence of tanking by the MFC.

Melbourne we're not guilty of tanking according to our friends at the AFL, only of bringing the game into disrepute. How is it that we can still get this distinction wrong ??

28 minutes ago, old dee said:

They also think the Essendrug players were unjustly suspended DF

So I would not use them as any  guiding light.

The tanking decision was made in Vlad's days, while the Drug Lords had Dill in charge.

Can you not see the difference between these two opinions?

agree red. that struck me too whilst watching it. seemed a complete distraction and i thought wtf gary.

also thought that gary was a little on the sympathetic side of the players and avoided the hard questions

57 minutes ago, Deecisive said:

I think Garry made a good point, Essendon is probably not the only one team that had players that took prohibited drugs just like Melbourne was not the only team that tanked.  He is demonstrating the manufactured outcomes the AFL creates to sweep things under the carpet.

 

 

Essendon were very arrogant and now pay the price.

Where are the tanking police?!

1 hour ago, old dee said:

We tanked it is history that will  be bought up from Time to Time.

In the nicest possible way Mr. Leg

Get over it.

Brought up. 

I thought he was more saying that if an independent body had investigated and judged that we would have been in trouble - ie he had no faith in the afl to do things properly.

The purple headed warrior pretty much said he didn't have  any faith in the afl anti doping tribunal because it was afl run straight after. 

 

Ie they are corrupt

At least in the tanking saga the club did the right thing and settled rather than spending substantial resources, time and effort fighting it in court - unlike the Bombers who are reaping what they sowed for the fourth year in a row and at tremendous cost.

It's funny how posters here lament the bias of pro-Essendon media personalities who blindly support their club, yet we chastise Melbourne personalities refusing to do the same. Lyon should be applauded for calling a spade a spade and not blindly supporting his former club, rather displaying objectivity as a commentator even if it's an inconvenient truth about past mistakes of the MFC.

The point Lyon was making about our laughable "guilty for not tanking" finding was just how corrupt the AFL is; a corporation who now put their business interests before justice, and he was 100% correct.

Edited January 14, 20169 yr by SaberFang

5 hours ago, Redleg said:

I was very disappointed to hear Garry Lyon raise the MFC Tanking hearing, on Footy Classified on Tuesday. There was absolutely no need to, during a discussion of the Bombers player suspensions and it just put some more Sh- t on the club, for absolutely no reason. 

Couldnt imagine MFC Officials would be thrilled. 

Why raise tanking again Red?  Every time you complain the wound just gets opened. 

I think we tanked, you don't. But by raising it you just remind me we did.  

We all know what happened. Help the club and move on. 

Edited January 14, 20169 yr by Baghdad Bob

12 minutes ago, Baghdad Bob said:

Why raise tanking again Red?  Every time you complain the wound just gets opened. 

I think we tanked, you don't. But by raising it you just remind me we did.  

We all know what happened. Help the club and move on. 

lets hear you say it bbob, that many clubs had tanked/list managed,  well before we tried our hand at it.

 

let hear you say it so we know you can?

 

lets hear you say it bbob, that many clubs had tanked/list managed,  well before we tried our hand at it.

 

let hear you say it so we know you can?

Of course they did. We were just the unlucky ones that got busted.

I think the MFC should sue Garry and Carro for slander. The AFL clearly found we did not tank and for them to say we did and the AFL is wrong is grossly unfair...........!!!!!

 

I was very disappointed to hear Garry Lyon raise the MFC Tanking hearing, on Footy Classified on Tuesday. There was absolutely no need to, during a discussion of the Bombers player suspensions and it just put some more Sh- t on the club, for absolutely no reason. 

Couldnt imagine MFC Officials would be thrilled. 

I thought the context was right.

He compared the AFL's performance over tanking to the doping scandal. I dont think the handling of either issue has been one of the AFL's shining moments. 

 

I thought the AFL investigation found no evidence of tanking by the MFC.

Exactly! We were punished by the AFL for "bringing the game into disrepute" (by being fined and  denied Priority Picks) despite being found innocent whilst EFC is rewarded (with "top-up players and financial assistance) for being found guilty of running a drug regime. Talk about double standards and re-inventing the definition of "disrepute".