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Gee, at the top of the Board is an ad that states 5 foods never to be eaten, if you want to stay trim, number 1, the banana. Mercy no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Stop now or this will be a bigger thread than the No T$ one. There are probably a million examples we could all list.

The AFL CEO has long held the view that as long as players are not told to lose a game, then whatever the Coach does, is protected by long term goals, under the heading "List Management". Clubs for as long as we have played the game, have at times not worried about winning and experimented for the long term good of the club. I won't list the various experiments as we all know them. The AFL has sanctioned this and especially when referring to the Priority Picks. I don't see any investigation into GWS who rested a dozen of their best players in a game against GC that would decide who got Whitfield. The next week those same players were back in the side. This was not even worth a phone call from AFL headquarters. AFL legend Matthews called for Freo to lose a game to avoid the Cats in their first final, he said that is what he would do. Freo ignored him, won that game and then beat the Cats. I don't recall one word in the media criticising him or any comment from the AFL. So therefore it is ok to actually throw games according to many in the game as long as it is for the club's greater good and you don't get a priority pick as a result. I am just [censored] off at the double standards of the AFL and the media. The worst tankers of all who got the most out of it, have a former champion as the Chairman of the AFL and sleep very soundly as a result. We have gone through hell for 7 months and it still continues. Why couldn't there just have been an investigation into tanking generally, that would have been fair. I am sure if you speak to some disgruntled ex Blues players and coaches you would uncover some amazing material. I do agree with Patrick Smith who said that the first resignation if the Dees are charged, should be that of AD.

I am incredulous that you don't understand what I said. I said we did exactly what several other clubs did and yet we are the only one being investigated. Bailey did nothing different to the Coaches of Hawthorn, Freo, Carlton, Collingwood, StKilda, Richmond etc. Also I am mystified as to what you mean by we didn't tank successfully prior to Bailey, just because we won one extra game. I thought tanking was if you threw a single game.Are you saying tanking only occurs if you get a priority pick as a result of throwing games? Does that mean you believe a team can throw several games but if it wins 5 it is not tanking? BTW Bailey has apparently told the AFL investigators that he never tanked or threw games. His Solicitor has confirmed that. If he in fact said that, why is this farce going on, unless there is absolute proof he did?

Think I said Rodan would play a lot this year.

We must be insane as we are the only team to win 5 games in a priority pick year and we did it twice. We are also the only team to lose our pirority pick player within 2 years of getting him due to a new AFL rule that wasn't there when we drafted him. Despite almost universal acceptance in the football community that we did what the AFL said was ok and exactly what several other teams have also done, we are also the only team being investigated for tanking. Yep, insanity.

I think Rodan barring injury, will play a lot this year. He could nearly be the specialist sub. If Pederson reproduces the "you tube game" form, he will play a lot as well.

Channel 7 News reported that the Coaches Association has had secret talks with the AFL in respect to Bailey. Also suggested that Connolly will face allegations that he told MFC staff to tank or be sacked. Not sure if this refers to the " Vault Statement" that Bailey was quoted as saying he thought was clearly a joke and which he never acted upon. Bailey of course has been reported as denying that he or the team ever tanked and this has been supported of course by his Solicitor. If the Coach didn't tank, I fail to see how any charges can then flow.

Interesting question for the AGM on wednesday could be to ask how much have we budgeted for or put aside to fight the Tanking case in Court, if it becomes necessary. Sure the answer would be that it is a matter that won't be discussed at the AGM. Then again with a bit of luck, it could be a redundant question by wednesday evening.

Collingwood has said it will use its entire list of players in the NAB Cup. That is clearly an admission that winning is not the be all and end all. I await the 6 month AFL investigation or an AFL statement that it is fine to do that and that the MFC Inquisition is over without any charges being laid.

Maybe the strategy is 2 games by $700k = $1.4m per year plus some extra members as we go along. Anyone else know where we can get $1.4m each year for 2 H & A games?

He is a Melbourne supporter and signed a new contract with the Suns last year.

Beginning of the NAB Cup would be a great time to dismiss and hide it amongst the excitement of the new season. One can only hope.

Good informative post.

Yes as far as JT goes but Clark is a long way from playing just walking around. Hope the info is wrong as I said earlier.

Hope this is not true, but a guy at work today told me that he heard from a Doctor that Clark's injury is far worse than we are being told and that Trengove had surgery on his broken foot a week ago.

Aren't people who use twitter twits?

I think he also won the Stawell Gift. I find him ok.

So Brock didn't play against them in their 11 loss run or if not, see, hear or read anything about them in that period. Therefore unlike any other AFL football follower, let alone player, he would not have known what Carlton was doing during that 3 months. Even "blind Freddie " knew what they were doing and it was discussed in the media as well. Wasn't their something called the "Kreuzer Cup"?

Gawn on the long term injury list again. Anyone else getting worried about big Maxie ever being fit to play?

Can we get over the slip by AD on when we responded, it is irrelevant to the real issue.

Australia certainly can be tough at times, cyclones, floods, droughts, bushfires and now tornadoes. Still we are the lucky country. All the best to the people suffering at the moment and I mean the weather victims, not Melbourne supporters.

Why? All she will do is tell whoever challenges her to "not be ridiculous." That is her "modus operandi" everytime she is challenged and especially when shown she was wrong.

Glad to be back with my fellow banana lovers.