Opinion Is there a possibility of 'Tanking' in the West Coast vs Hawks game or are those days behind us?

[Chinacats]

Will be an interesting watch on that. With gambling & the amount of money involved you would think they couldn’t do it.. but let’s see. I’m expecting a competitive match with a hawks win.. so will be interesting

 

[Wosh]

Dunno about tanking but there’s a definite possibility of drinking.

And napping.



And maybe some crying.

 

[Tugga27]

Barret wont be happy

 

[chaddy22]

Eagles are definitely not tanking with all their injuries.At the moment with only about 26 to pick from you have to play players who most probably will be delisted at the end of the year.We couldn't even drop Jack Darling

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Jack Darling

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31

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191cm

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95kg

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Last 5

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12.1

3star

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7.9

3star

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4.2

3star

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5.0

5star

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3.0

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1.9

5star

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8.0

2star

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4.3

2star

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3.7

3star

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2.7

3star

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2.4

3star

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1.3

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14.6

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7.6

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7.0

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6.0

5star

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4.0

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1.4

5star

who was out of sorts but now injured.The hope is we will improve after the bye with hopefully a few senior players back from injury.Also will be looking forward to seeing Hewett,Long,Burgiel,Bazzo,Chesser,Hough get some games in the back half of the year as that is our future.

 

[Blackhawk42]

Considering how unlucky we were to lose against GWS and Adelaide this season it's frustrating knowing that this entire thing wouldn't still be a discussion point if we were 3-6 heading into today.

Winning culture over messiahs for mine personally.

We're already getting a first round talent as a father/son at the draft this season. If we miss out on Harley Reid because we won too many games then the silver lining is a stronger winning culture and two first rounders. Sign me up.

 

[Blue1980]

Considering how unlucky we were to lose against GWS and Adelaide this season it's frustrating knowing that this entire thing wouldn't still be a discussion point if we were 3-6 heading into today.

Winning culture over messiahs for mine personally.

We're already getting a first round talent as a father/son at the draft this season. If we miss out on Harley Reid because we won too many games then the silver lining is a stronger winning culture and two first rounders. Sign me up.

History shows you could find an equally as good if not better player as pick 3.

Reid is probably a guaranteed gun, but as we have seen with the messiahs of the past, they rarely transform sides.

Has a draft pick ever transformed a side? If it happens it’s usually longer term and getting other guns in as well (like hawks draft in 2004).

 

[demondavey]

If West Coast get Harley Reid at no.1 then he will be playing for Carlton or Collingwood by 2026 or 2027. What’s the point. Better off splitting the no.1 pick and getting best available WA talent given the go home factor that these squids lean into these days.

 

[Corn Cobbers]

Eagles are definitely not tanking with all their injuries.At the moment with only about 26 to pick from you have to play players who most probably will be delisted at the end of the year.We couldn't even drop Jack Darling who was out of sorts but now injured.The hope is we will improve after the bye with hopefully a few senior players back from injury.Also will be looking forward to seeing Hewett,Long,Burgiel,Bazzo,Chesser,Hough get some games in the back half of the year as that is our future.

I've never seen a worse injury list, Hawks should win by 10 goals

 

[Rotayjay]

The Hawks should win 'at home'. There might be some light tanking, in the sense that the players won't have the same motivation as if (say) a finals spot were on the line. You can't get motivation out of thin air. However, I can't see AFL teams actively trying to lose in this day and age. Both these clubs are cellar-dwellers at the moment, and the players would be playing to make themselves look good as individuals.

 

[cznsnowy91]

Hawks are doing a terrible job of tanking so far. 5 goals up at quarter time

 

[HTPunter]

The Hawks should win 'at home'. There might be some light tanking, in the sense that the players won't have the same motivation as if (say) a finals spot were on the line. You can't get motivation out of thin air. However, I can't see AFL teams actively trying to lose in this day and age. Both these clubs are cellar-dwellers at the moment, and the players would be playing to make themselves look good as individuals.

Agreed.

For example it’s potentially career suicide for Phillips and Powell to participate in tanking at North for Reid.

IF Reid comes in, with LDU, Simpkin, Wardlaw there as well, there isn’t heaps of midfield spots to go around.

Why would you play to lose as a player when you could end up in the VFL?

 

[#23 Hill]

Sounds like a lot of excuses...

You still had the same talented players on your list who were good enough to win finals in 2020 and 2022

How come they couldn't be arsed trying in 2021 when things went sour? You do realise this is the actual definition of tanking?

e.g. Nick Kyrgios, good enough to make the final of any tournament he enters... But he wakes up one day with a hangover, or just isn't feeling it for some reason... Loses the first set against some journeyman no-hoper in the 1st round... Gets a few bad line calls... Argues with the umpire... argues with the crowd... and then doesn't give a rat's arse, quits running, tries to lace winners with every forehand, serves double faults and loses 0-6 in the final set.

That's tanking.

Which is what Collingwood did in 2021.

It's not tanking when a crappy tennis player loses in straight sets or when a crappy football team loses and finishes down in the cellar. That's just being bad. There's nothing manufactured about it. People keep saying that us trading Tom Mitchell and Jaeger O'Meara means we're tanking, but we had the worst midfield in the AFL last year with those two. Our midfield is better this year with the young blokes in the guts. We're just a really bad team right now. Everyone has seen this coming for a long time and predicted us spooners every year for the past 3 seasons. Our current level of mediocrity is due to 10 years of bad recruiting. It's not the result of us trading 2 ageing, ineffective midfield plodders.

Methinks, the lady doth protest too much.

 

[onthehill24]

If West Coast get Harley Reid at no.1 then he will be playing for Carlton or Collingwood by 2026 or 2027. What’s the point. Better off splitting the no.1 pick and getting best available WA talent given the go home factor that these squids lean into these days.

He already told Eaglehe won't go dares

 

[citizen-erased]

Eagles are definitely not tanking with all their injuries.At the moment with only about 26 to pick from you have to play players who most probably will be delisted at the end of the year.We couldn't even drop Jack Darling who was out of sorts but now injured.The hope is we will improve after the bye with hopefully a few senior players back from injury.Also will be looking forward to seeing Hewett,Long,Burgiel,Bazzo,Chesser,Hough get some games in the back half of the year as that is our future.

You guys almost need a mini msd/FA period to yourself....gotta be some curse

 

[Back One Out]

Methinks, the lady doth protest too much.

"To tank, or not to tank? That is the question."

(Hamlet)


"A Harley... a Harley! My kingdom for a Harley!"

(Richard III)

 

[CoastersFlag No.5]

There's no tanking here the bottom of our list is this bad. Confidence and form have left Mineral Resources well and truly.

 

[Gavin Excell]

"To tank, or not to tank? That is the question."

(Hamlet)


"A Harley... a Harley! My kingdom for a Harley!"

(Richard III)

Tanking is a tale, told by an idiot
Full of sound and fury
Signifying nothing


(Macbeth)

 

[Rob R]

Eagles are definitely not tanking with all their injuries.At the moment with only about 26 to pick from you have to play players who most probably will be delisted at the end of the year.We couldn't even drop Jack Darling

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Jack Darling

Age

31

Ht

191cm

Wt

95kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.1

3star

K

7.9

3star

HB

4.2

3star

M

5.0

5star

T

3.0

5star

G

1.9

5star

D

8.0

2star

K

4.3

2star

HB

3.7

3star

M

2.7

3star

T

2.4

3star

G

1.3

5star

D

14.6

4star

K

7.6

3star

HB

7.0

5star

M

6.0

5star

T

4.0

5star

G

1.4

5star

who was out of sorts but now injured.The hope is we will improve after the bye with hopefully a few senior players back from injury.Also will be looking forward to seeing Hewett,Long,Burgiel,Bazzo,Chesser,Hough get some games in the back half of the year as that is our future.

Injuries are a partial excuse but they aren't even trying on the field and have a few players out who would be playing for other clubs. Tanking by WC and NM isn't even being hidden this weekend.

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[Gavin Excell]

This win effectively rules out Reid going to Hawks

 

[TheUnicorn]

Mitchell smarter than he looks! He knew it would be hard to convince people he wasn’t tanking if he lost this game. So instead he flogs them! Giving him free reign to lose the rest of the games for the year!

 

[Blue1980]

If West Coast get Harley Reid at no.1 then he will be playing for Carlton or Collingwood by 2026 or 2027. What’s the point. Better off splitting the no.1 pick and getting best available WA talent given the go home factor that these squids lean into these days.

West coast usually hang onto their talent. I mean they lost Judd but got a Brownlow and a flag out of him first.

 

[Blue1980]

These some qanon level stupid s**t conspiracies about tanking in here.

The bottom 3 are s**t, west coast have half their list out and even if all fit would still be pretty s**t.

 

[Rob]

If the Eagles aren't tanking they're the worst team in history.

At least when GWS and the Suns were getting destroyed they were playing a team full of kids.

 

[Blue1980]

If the Eagles aren't tanking they're the worst team in history.

At least when GWS and the Suns were getting destroyed they were playing a team full of kids.

Yes half a team out and struggling to even field a team, let alone a decent one.

Part of the problem is they have hung onto guys who have barely played football for now on 3 years hoping their injury problems would stop. They haven’t and they have f all young talent.

They are like Carlton 2002 with their list, with even more injuries than we had that year.

 

[kriles76]

If the Eagles aren't tanking they're the worst team in history.

At least when GWS and the Suns were getting destroyed they were playing a team full of kids.

Nah. Fitzroy just before they folded were worse than this. Their best players were plundered for bigger money until there was just nothing left.