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Did anyone else see the conversation between Caroline Wilson and Francis Leach (both off whom i rate as knowledgable and objective commentators) on the Offsiders on ABC1 last Sunday? http://www.abc.net.au/iview/#/program/39476 In it, Wilson was mounting the argument that the AFL should help the MFC rebuild on the grounds that it is one of the poorer clubs in the AFL, and has done nothing worse than the wealthy a clubs Essendon, WC, Adelaide and Brisbane over the last couple of years, all of whom have the resources to recover. When Leach disagreed, Wilson asked the question "do you want the AFL to have 18 clubs or not?", Leach's reply was "bring it on!". Whether he believes the oldest football club of any code anywhere in the world, the first club to play a game of Aussie rules (with Geelong), and the pivotal club to the MCG should be encouraged to fold or not, this should not be made as such a flippant remark as this. If it is going to be canvassed, it should be properly debated, and not the "behind the hand" behavior this represents, and I suspect is rife in the football world at the moment. Leach himself is a mad Saints supporter, and I bet he has already forgotten that his beloved club was not all that many seasons ago seen as a basket case with deplorable governance and needed to be bailed out by the AFL. A bit of balance please Francis - and the ABC.