IT'S TIME TO GO THE TANK- IT'S OUR ONLY HOPE! [merged]

[mightytiges]

West Coast - Beat the reigning premiers convincingly one week then the next start losing to the bottom side that's won just 4 games from its last 50 and lost its past three games by 10 goals

[Ramps]

West Coast - Beat the reigning premiers convincingly one week then the next start losing to the bottom side that's won just 4 games from its last 50 and lost its past three games by 10 goals

your not suggesting the eagles tankfest is back on again 

On the other hand Melbourne would move to 8 points just 4 beneath us. Interesting scenarios all round.

Melbourne play

Us (Richmond)  in Round 18
Nth in Round 19
Freo in Round 20 (Melbourne)

West Coast Play

Port in Round 16
Freo in Round 17
North in Round 20
Richmond in Round 22.

We can cost WCE there priority pick in R22 if they havent won the 1 remaining game they need to forfeit the pick.
Melbourne requires a lot of luck and alot of stupidity at the same time from there point of view nevertheless if they notch up win no2 today anything could happen.

[mightytiges]

your not suggesting the eagles tankfest is back on again 

How could you say such a thing . I'm sure this is all above board 

Hmmm there's still a chance Melbourne won't finish with the first two picks if they beat us .

[Ramps]

Herald Sun not updating scores past 26 minute mark but the snowflakes are 20 points up so they move to 8 points. Tom Scully to Richmond is still possible 

[mightytiges]

Herald Sun not updating scores past 26 minute mark but the snowflakes are 20 points up so they move to 8 points. Tom Scully to Richmond is still possible 

The Dees won 112-92. Sadly I can't see the Dees winning 3 more games for us to get Scully. Yep we could tank and they may beat Freo in Melbourne but that's about it. North should beat them.

[Judge Roughneck]

West Coast - Beat the reigning premiers convincingly one week then the next start losing to the bottom side that's won just 4 games from its last 50 and lost its past three games by 10 goals

Hwthorn is not much chop these days

[Smokey]

Looking at the remaining games here are some scenarios:

West Coast must lose every game to get a priority pick - if they do that then North have 5 wins, Richmond and Fremantle have a minimum of 4.
North must lose every game to get a priority pick - if they do that then West Coast have 5 wins, Richmond have a minimum of 4, Melbourne have a minimum of 3.
Fremantle can win one more game and still get a priority pick - if they don't then then West Coast have 5 wins.
Richmond can win one more game and still get a priority pick - if they don't then North and West Coast have 5 wins, Melbourne have a minimum of 3.
Melbourne can win 2 more games and still get a priority pick - if they don't win any then North have 5 wins, Richmond and Fremantle have a minimum of 4, only 2 of Richmond/Fremantle/West Coast can stay under 5.
It's only possible for a maximum of 4 teams to get a priority pick.

Here are the 'affected' games:

R16 - Richmond vs North
R17 - Fremantle vs West Coast
R18 - Melbourne vs Richmond
R19 - North vs Melbourne
R20 - West Coast vs North
R20 - Melbourne vs Fremantle
R22 - West Coast vs Richmond

[mightytiges]

Nice work smokey.

North just in front at half-time up at the SCG. Hopefully one less team to worry about.

[mightytiges]

North just in front at half-time up at the SCG. Hopefully one less team to worry about.

Scratch that. Swans kicked away in time-on of the last to win.

[FooffooValve]

No surprise that WC lost on he road to a fired up Melbourne. That's their 18th consecutive road loss.

[HD]

Given how many teams *could* be eligible for priority picks come end of season - is the tank even worth it? if 4 teams can get it and we are 1 of them that leaves (likely) WC, Freo and Melbourne around the same if not worse position than us.

I'm not sure how they scale the priority picks but surely the worse position = the better pick so if we end up the best of the worst (which is a distinct possibility) is that priority pick likely to be much of an advantage anyway? We'll still get picks for being low on the ladder and Melb, Freo, WC will use their priority picks to snap up the best of what they can before we can.

It seems like a catch 22, even if we tank we have to tank better than others in the "draft pick cavalry" and given our inability to maintain a winning drive for four quarters can we even tank properly at this stage? Although we did it the smart way on Saturday - let em break away early then we can seem like we're trying for the second half but lost because we couldn't recover our first half losses!!

[mightytiges]

We have both the Eagles and North's PP chances in our own hands given they are on 4 wins and we play both of them in the last 8 rounds.

Worsfold is speaking tank-talk again ...

"I'm prepared to wear that pain and prepared to wear the short-sighted criticism for the long vision that we have."

http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/80204/default.aspx

[mat073]

We have both the Eagles and North's PP chances in our own hands given they are on 4 wins and we play both of them in the last 8 rounds.

Worsfold is speaking tank-talk again ...

"I'm prepared to wear that pain and prepared to wear the short-sighted criticism for the long vision that we have."

http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/80204/default.aspx

With Terry now gone...Worsfold has taken the mantle of the biggest "Spin Doctor" in the AFL.

After their loss to Melbourne I can say its starting to wear a little thin on the Perth public.

[mightytiges]

We have both the Eagles and North's PP chances in our own hands given they are on 4 wins and we play both of them in the last 8 rounds.

Worsfold is speaking tank-talk again ...

"I'm prepared to wear that pain and prepared to wear the short-sighted criticism for the long vision that we have."

http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/80204/default.aspx

With Terry now gone...Worsfold has taken the mantle of the biggest "Spin Doctor" in the AFL.

After their loss to Melbourne I can say its starting to wear a little thin on the Perth public.

The Perth public will be back on side if in late November the back page of West Australian has a photo of Worsfold with two of the best 4 kids in the draft standing either side of him in West Coast polos. The RFC has to make sure for its own self-interest that doesn't happen.

[Ramps]

Another loss today gets us one small step closer towards our much needed priority pick at the start of the 2nd round.