Tanking verses Belief, Structure and Faith?

[TigerTimeII]

never believed in tanking, never will

thats why the saints and demons and blues will never win premierships because karma will screw them

geelong built a great team and never bottomed out

we can do the same

[torch]

look, i will be on the Adelaide, West Coast, Port Adelaide, Melbourne band-wagon!

Tank!

our season is done!

winning pointless matches doesn't do anything for 2011!

look at Fremantle now and Adelaide now!

last year one finished close to a prelim, and the other talk of a wooden spoon!

the pre-season is important!

Andrew Gaff at Pick 4, Melbourne boy, left footer - worth the Tanking.

Cotchin (21) Martin (19) Gaff (18) in 2011 with Tuck, Foley, Jackson, Deledio, Tambling, Edwards - Midfield.

yes, if McMahon did not kick that goal, we would of had pick 2 and 18.

yes, who knows if we would of picked Martin and Griffiths at 3 and 19.

but, this year we would of had picks 4 and 6!

i think we should win matches we can afford to win.

for example, this week, play to win.

it depends on 15th position!

finish last, because I BELIEVE, we have a future!

play McMahon, Polo, Poast, Morton, Polak, Rance, Nahas, Gourdis, Roberts, Hicks, etc, etc, etc.

because we can delist another 6-8 players and just draft kids.

our best 30 is good enough!

i hate it when we lose, but we had the first 11 matches to do something and we didn't!

so why win matches now, when teams are dropping off!

if we are serious, we win in the first half of the season.

yes, it is a new coach and a new plan, and it looks like they are getting used to it.

but play it "Week By Week!"

i will not be upset if we lose now!

SHORT TERM PAIN, FOR A DECADE OF MARTIN, COTCHIN, DELEDIO, GRIFFITHS, RIEWOLDT, TAMBLING, ASTBURY, DEA, FOLEY - PREMIERSHIPS!

think LONG TERM!

i am!

and i likey!

 

[Ox]

eat the wagon wheel................the wagon wheeeeel.

[Infamy]

yes, if McMahon did not kick that goal, we would of had pick 2 and 18.

yes, who knows if we would of picked Martin and Griffiths at 3 and 19.

but, this year we would of had picks 4 and 6!

NO WE WOULDN'T!!!

 

[WA Tiger]

yes, if McMahon did not kick that goal, we would of had pick 2 and 18.

yes, who knows if we would of picked Martin and Griffiths at 3 and 19.

but, this year we would of had picks 4 and 6!

NO WE WOULDN'T!!!

 

 , GC17 anyone

[wayne]

NO WE WOULDN'T!!!

 

Keep punching Infamy 

If Melbourne had of won the game against us, they would have tanked against Freo. They were never going to lose pick 1 & 2. 

[camboon]

we would then have got pick 2 and an extra second round by finishing last

[cub]

we would then have got pick 2 and an extra second round by finishing last

So we would of got Trengrove or Scully and Martin would not be palying for us. Tooooo many ifs and buts.
WIN

[Infamy]

we would then have got pick 2 and an extra second round by finishing last

We WOULD NOT have got an extra 2nd round pick

We had too many points after we beat Essendon, how friggin hard is this for people to understand?

The only thing our win over Melbourne did was mean that didn't have to tank against Freo to get pick 1 & 2

[blaisee]

we will play the kids and try and win.

Build the right winning culture and develop them well.

young players will be gifted games and older players will have to knock the door down to get an opportunity if they keep doing their jobs they will get games if not, they will be sraight out.

[Stripes]

I want to see Browne, Gourdis, Hicks and even Westoff play if they can engineer it! I want to see as many of our young players on the part for extended periods and I want to see if Astbury should be playing forward or back, Lids in the backline or midfield, King as a tagger, backman or for Coburg? I want to see all of this this year when wins DON'T matter. This is our year to be our basis for the future right, our structural foundations to build upon.

The minute we start looking for wins instead of focusing on developing is the step back to the Wallace era I believe.

Tank.

Stripes

[Ramps]

we will play the kids and try and win.

Build the right winning culture and develop them well.

young players will be gifted games and older players will have to knock the door down to get an opportunity if they keep doing their jobs they will get games if not, they will be sraight out.

this is acceptable going forward imho.

[Tigermonk]

All l ever want is to go watch the Richmond football club play football.
Show improvment each week with the chance of winning at the end of the day.
Show the skills of the best players in the country & a bit of biff 

[Smokey]

......... & a bit of biff

   Can't take the 70's out of the old fella hey TM?

[Tigermonk]

......... & a bit of biff

   Can't take the 70's out of the old fella hey TM?

got to love running around in todays packs lol