Tanking affair darkens for Dees ....... (Age)

[Penelope]

actually i was out beyond buttphuck and didnt know it was happening.
when i found out later i didnt give it another thought.

anyways, even if i did, what is wrong with changing your opinion if you think something may be better? do you advocate dogmatic stupidity?

take away draft picks and you could ultimately give the club more early draft picks.

if only the club is punished, blokes are more likely to take the risk, as they may personally get very little retribution, particularly if they are no longer at the club when the poo hits the fan.

punish the blokes responsible and people are more likely to think about the consequences before going down the path.

Besides, i thought you were an advocate of tanking?

[Francois Jackson]

actually i was out beyond buttstuff and didnt know it was happening.
when i found out later i didnt give it another thought.

anyways, even if i did, what is wrong with changing your opinion if you think something may be better? do you advocate dogmatic stupidity?

take away draft picks and you could ultimately give the club more early draft picks.

if only the club is punished, blokes are more likely to take the risk, as they may personally get very little retribution, particularly if they are no longer at the club when the poo hits the fan.

punish the blokes responsible and people are more likely to think about the consequences before going down the path.

Besides, i thought you were an advocate of tanking?

Blues got more draft picks directly after their punishment and what have they done with them? Russel, Walker. rubbish.

mate the club needs to be punished to set an example to the rest of the league, Carlton like.

Yes bloody oath i did want mclovin to miss that shot against the Demons. Maybe if it was someone else shooting for goal i wouldnt have cared so much but that bloke should never have been at the club to begin with.

Tanking days are over, and the facts are the RFC dont tank, i really believe that, and even if they did or wanted to they would reverse tank and actually win.

Just my take

[Penelope]

yet the example set upon carlton didnt stop melbourne did it?

Now, if the individuals involved were banned from all activities associated with football clubs at all levels, or even spent time in jail (football is a game that can be gambled on, so it is theoretically possible) then that may be more of a disincentive.

[Bird Man]

far out the AFL is soft on this backwater club

[Chuck17]

far out the AFL is soft on this backwater club

It's more pity than anything else, it's a shambles of a club that recruits power players as Morton and watts

[mightytiges]

far out the AFL is soft on this backwater club

AFL trying to avoid a can of worms. If they punish Melbourne then the media will turn its focus to what Carlton did when Ratten first took over from Pagan. The AFL created the draft rules that rewarded early draft priority picks for tanking to finish low on the ladder with just 4-5 wins while other poor onfield clubs that tried to win as many games as possible lost out as they were pushed further down the draft order. Then the AFL were in denial tanking even existed until what was going on behind the scenes in this Melbourne saga became public knowledge.

[tiga]

One question....Was Jordan McMahon at the meeting in "The Vault"? in 2009 

[rogerd3]

gone all quiet with this, i personally think not much will come of it.

considering they went soft with the Crows, the same will happen to this mob.

[Penelope]

i dont think the individuals that got suspended would reckon they went soft

[wayne]

Speaking of the Dees, a Norf and Demon supporter was just having a go at me for the Tigers rookie list drafting. 

The Dees supporter is a little delusional...

Me: They're only back up players, with luck injury wise, none will get a game.

Him: Ya can only pray! Waste of time, better off blooding in kids for future. Will just go around in circles and end up 9th for next 10 years. 

Me: You got to have a balance. Look where having just kids on the list got Melbourne. You're rebuilding again after only a couple of years and Neeld is desperately trying to get some experience in.

Him: Yer but our kids are guns and we in a position to grab a few big names as well as still pick up viney and hogan. We've played system to perfection  , last to top! Not 9th to 9th. 

Me: You could be already fighting for top spot if you had of drafted properly.

Him: All part of the master plan! 

He's 100% serious too!! 

[Judge Roughneck]

Speaking of the Dees, a Norf and Demon supporter was just having a go at me for the Tigers rookie list drafting. 

The Dees supporter is a little delusional...

Me: They're only back up players, with luck injury wise, none will get a game.

Him: Ya can only pray! Waste of time, better off blooding in kids for future. Will just go around in circles and end up 9th for next 10 years. 

Me: You got to have a balance. Look where having just kids on the list got Melbourne. You're rebuilding again after only a couple of years and Neeld is desperately trying to get some experience in.

Him: Yer but our kids are guns and we in a position to grab a few big names as well as still pick up viney and hogan. We've played system to perfection  , last to top! Not 9th to 9th. 

Me: You could be already fighting for top spot if you had of drafted properly.

Him: All part of the master plan! 

He's 100% serious too!! 

Cook, Jurrah, Pettard

Cale Morton, and Jordie Gysberts

 

[dwaino]

Speaking of the Dees, a Norf and Demon supporter was just having a go at me for the Tigers rookie list drafting. 

The Dees supporter is a little delusional...

Me: They're only back up players, with luck injury wise, none will get a game.

Him: Ya can only pray! Waste of time, better off blooding in kids for future. Will just go around in circles and end up 9th for next 10 years. 

Me: You got to have a balance. Look where having just kids on the list got Melbourne. You're rebuilding again after only a couple of years and Neeld is desperately trying to get some experience in.

Him: Yer but our kids are guns and we in a position to grab a few big names as well as still pick up viney and hogan. We've played system to perfection  , last to top! Not 9th to 9th. 

Me: You could be already fighting for top spot if you had of drafted properly.

Him: All part of the master plan! 

He's 100% serious too!! 

1. What big names?
2. When did we last finish 9th?
3. We didn't buy any of our potatoes, and most are expendable on a rookie list
4. What Bents said.

[one-eyed]

THE AFL has all but finalised its five-month investigation into alleged match tanking at Melbourne, with the club to be provided with all findings before the Christmas break.

The probe, into practices employed during Dean Bailey’s tenure as coach, is believed to have found adversely against former football manager Chris Connolly.

No official sanctions have been determined, as that will be a matter for the AFL commission.

The Demons will be given at least three weeks to review and respond to the AFL findings ...

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2012-12-19/tank-verdict-looms-for-dees

[Hellenic Tiger]

Throw the kitchen sink at that half way house of a footy club.

[mightytiges]

The AFL may target individuals such as Connolly with fines but I bet Melbourne as a club get off  . The AFL won't want to open a can of worms for themselves as they laid down all the freebie priority picks for to clubs finishing with less than 5 wins. Btw Bailey's solicitor the other day was trying to claim his client was only coaching normally in the second half of 2009  .