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Left Foot Snap Mighty Demon

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Given they won last year towards the end of the season, and would not have finished last unless North subsequently won, I don't think there is much to investigate. 

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1 hour ago, Left Foot Snap said:

Given they won last year towards the end of the season, and would not have finished last unless North subsequently won, I don't think there is much to investigate. 

Agree.

They beat the Dogs in round 23 when they were $16-1 to win the game, after seemingly having the spoon in the bag.

It’s the polar opposite to tanking.

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8 minutes ago, chook fowler said:

Hawks are worse

It’s a three way draw, Roos, Hawks and Eagles who will receive the most handouts from AFL.

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4 hours ago, TassieDevil said:

Harley Reid. If it was MFC in their position it would be investigated.

Really? A team managing the load on one of the most promising first year players to have entered the system in years?

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20 minutes ago, gs77 said:

Really? A team managing the load on one of the most promising first year players to have entered the system in years?

To be honest, I took the original post to be about WCE tanking last year to GET Harley Reid.

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20 hours ago, TassieDevil said:

Harley Reid. If it was MFC in their position it would be investigated.

Not sure why this post has copped the laughs and criticism it has. It’s a fair comment and question. 100% the “managing” of Harley Reid is suspicious. 

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10 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

Not sure why this post has copper the laughs and criticism it has. It’s a fair comment and question. 100% the “managing” of Harley Reid is suspicious. 

Why ET? As in the WCE don't want to win too many games in 2024 ?

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16 hours ago, Left Foot Snap said:

To be honest, I took the original post to be about WCE tanking last year to GET Harley Reid.

Let's face it, he didn't play very well last match anyway 😜

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There is no such thing as tanking any more. 

1. The league has some magic formula to give clubs access to additional players/picks. The old system which encouraged tanking under a formula previously used no longer exists. 

2. Finishing bottom gets you the first pick, and then pick 19...one pick  after the premier for that year, and so forth.  So all you finish up with is one player/pick more than the premiers.  Look how much it has done for WCE this year. That is not how you build a list.

3. WCE played finals in 2020.  There is no way the league will give them any access to extra picks. As hard it is to believe, they haven't been bad enough for long enough yet. 

4. WCE were offered 3 first round picks for pick 1.  They refused, just so they could get 5 minutes of coverage with Reid when they selected him.  With Darling, McGovern, Gaff all gone in the near future, they will need more than 1 player to replace them. 

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