Ian4 said:wouldn't you rather March, or a club representative come out and say something like "right now our list is not good enough and the last 11 weeks will be all about evaluating the list and making decisions for the future." How would Vlad take offence to that?
but furthermore to that... it was less than 2 weeks ago that deledio said publically "we are still aiming to play finals." T74, i don't know about you, but i'm insulted by that. i know lids was toeing the party line, but it was a crap statement.
its not about what I think, its about the wrong message being given to the betting markets that we will not be trying to win. AFL gets revenue from the agencies now, so it has a legal obligation to make sure the competition is not corrupted. Reality is tanking is a corruption (you ain't putting the best team out there to win).