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Re: Tanking

Postby Adelaide Hawk » Sat Aug 06, 2011 5:07 pm

MightyEagles wrote:
Adelaide Hawk wrote:Are Gold Coast tanking?


As they are a new side and are trying to know each other. I think that they are not.


Well, under the definition most people are using for tanking ... they are.
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Re: Tanking

Postby Leaping Lindner » Sat Aug 06, 2011 5:17 pm

Bailey's admitted to playing to get priority picks.
Actual quote.....
"I had no hesitation at all in the first two years (of his contract) in ensuring the club was well placed for draft picks".

Unless the AFL comes down hard it has no credibility left especially after the mockery Carlton made of it a couple of years back.
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Re: Tanking

Postby ORDoubleBlues » Sat Aug 06, 2011 6:42 pm

FWIW, Dale Thomas was the no.2 pick (also a priority pick) in that 2005 draft taken ahead of Pendlebury at 5.
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Re: Tanking

Postby spell_check » Sat Aug 06, 2011 9:19 pm

Leaping Lindner wrote:Bailey's admitted to playing to get priority picks.
Actual quote.....
"I had no hesitation at all in the first two years (of his contract) in ensuring the club was well placed for draft picks".

Unless the AFL comes down hard it has no credibility left especially after the mockery Carlton made of it a couple of years back.


The AFL made their bed with the early draft picks going in reverse order on the ladder (rather than a lottery for the bottom 8 clubs) - now they should lie in it!
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Re: Tanking

Postby Dirko » Sat Aug 06, 2011 9:22 pm

spell_check wrote:
Leaping Lindner wrote:Bailey's admitted to playing to get priority picks.
Actual quote.....
"I had no hesitation at all in the first two years (of his contract) in ensuring the club was well placed for draft picks".

Unless the AFL comes down hard it has no credibility left especially after the mockery Carlton made of it a couple of years back.


The AFL made their bed with the early draft picks going in reverse order on the ladder (rather than a lottery for the bottom 8 clubs) - now they should lie in it!


Exactly....only Carlton did it though hey LL :roll:
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Re: Tanking

Postby Turbo » Sat Aug 06, 2011 10:36 pm

SJABC wrote:
spell_check wrote:
Leaping Lindner wrote:Bailey's admitted to playing to get priority picks.
Actual quote.....
"I had no hesitation at all in the first two years (of his contract) in ensuring the club was well placed for draft picks".

Unless the AFL comes down hard it has no credibility left especially after the mockery Carlton made of it a couple of years back.


The AFL made their bed with the early draft picks going in reverse order on the ladder (rather than a lottery for the bottom 8 clubs) - now they should lie in it!


Exactly....only Carlton did it though hey LL :roll:


After the excessive salary cap breach penalty I reckon we were just that crap
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Re: Tanking

Postby Reddeer » Sun Aug 07, 2011 12:25 am

want evidence of tanking. try Port tonight!!
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Re: Tanking

Postby stan » Sun Aug 07, 2011 12:22 pm

Reddeer wrote:want evidence of tanking. try Port tonight!!


Yeah because port were every chance to win that game last night and just threw it away....;)
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Re: Tanking

Postby mighty_tiger_79 » Mon Aug 08, 2011 5:35 am

brisbane tanked, the crows didnt win :lol:
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