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True Believer Mighty Demon

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i really don't care about the priority pick, i just want us to finish with pick 2, in order to Cotchin or Kreuzer. it just so happens that a PP will come with it. BONUS

No Tanking...tankyou.

All players must committ themselves for a placement in our team next year. :angry: :angry:

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rumpole Mighty Demon

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We don't get priority picks no matter where we finish.

If we win four games or less then we get a priority pick at the end of the first round of draft selections. If we win fivwe games there's no priority pick for us. Therefore, if we win two more games, we get no PP.

Carlton are in a different boat. Because they won less than four games last year, they're eligible for a priority pick at the beginning of the draft if they win four games or less. Therefore, if they win one more game or even draw, they miss out altogether.

That's why the last game is shaping up as a monumental disaster with both clubs possibly not being all that interested in winning. In short, if Carlton loses every game it stands to get picks 1, 3 and 19 but if it wins one game it could get 3, 21 and 37 for its first three picks.

If Melbourne loses every game then it gets 2, 19 and 21 but if it wins 2 games it could end up getting 4, 21 and 37.

The tanking stakes are enormous if clubs can only keep losing.

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might not be such a concern now....seems the Blues are actually trying to win...lol

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The Backyard Charizard Redleg

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I have been wondering where does the word Tanking come from? Where was it first used? Is it just an Aussie saying?

Games that are deliberately lost are sometimes called "thrown" games. When a team intentionally loses a game to obtain a perceived future competitive advantage rather than gamblers being involved, the team is often said to have tanked the game instead of having thrown it.

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Looking at the top option of going for glory, i had to ask myself "what glory would be achieved if we won all of our last 6 games?"

9 wins from a season is hardly glorious for a team touted as making top 4 that year.

i would name the first option as "go hell for leather and do the unthinkable, win 3 of our last 6 games"

If it said that, maybe i would have chosen that option.........................nah who am i kidding, of course i wouldn't.

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Games that are deliberately lost are sometimes called "thrown" games. When a team intentionally loses a game to obtain a perceived future competitive advantage rather than gamblers being involved, the team is often said to have tanked the game instead of having thrown it.

Thanks I knew that is what teams do but where does the word come from- its origin in terms of the giving up? For instance does it have a military connection?

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Thanks I knew that is what teams do but where does the word come from- its origin in terms of the giving up? For instance does it have a military connection?

it still doesnt explain it, but wikipedia suggests it comes from tennis...

tanking:wikipedia

a brief history of war tanks says that the word tank in this context comes from the army trying to keep the project hushed up, they were just developing tanks (for water)

war tanks

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it still doesnt explain it, but wikipedia suggests it comes from tennis...

tanking:wikipedia

a brief history of war tanks says that the word tank in this context comes from the army trying to keep the project hushed up, they were just developing tanks (for water)

war tanks

That's sounds closer to what it could be- trying to keep it hushed whilst achieving a plan of action behind the scenes.

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