Teams v Melbourne / Are Melbourne tanking?

[RogueSwan]

I am disappointed not to get to see Vez play, but the idea of him needing a rest is plausible. He appeared to injure himself towards the end of last week's game - he had the trainer attending to him on the ground. He and Bird have long, long careers ahead of them so I guess we can survive missing them for one week.

I hope this is close to the truth. I would have liked to see Vez as well. It would have been could to see some fist pumping celebrations, footy hasn't been enjoyable for the last couple weeks.
Bird out for a break I can handle, he is still young and has shown that he can play at the top level.

[Hartijon]

Given the outs and list of youngsters Melbourne have put forward, we'll win, and older players like Ablett and Bevo(if he plays),(we know what they bring to the table) and no doubt they will perform ok against a tanking bottom side and therefore hold their spots for another week or 2.
At the end of the season decisions on many reserve players will be made, players like MOD, DOK, Laidlaw, Braba, with out having seen them play more than a game or 2 of seniors. Yet even with a perfect opportunity, like this game, we don't play them. ...For a club that is looking to rebuild...? Extremely puzzling to say the least.

Not puzzling..PATHETIC

[bigdane14]

is mike pyke playing? hope he gets in, an not left on the emergency list...

[royboy42]

Pyke's in!

[CJK]

No Vez? Meh, hasn`t done much this season so I, for one, won`t miss him.

[TheHood]

is mike pyke playing? hope he gets in, an not left on the emergency list...

This issue bothers me. Pyke has shown enough for mine to get more games. What's so wrong with he and Jolls rucking with Jessie at FF? LRT is just too short to ruck. Mike's a good mark and with more game time, will do more around the ground - I think he should play every game remaining in 2009.

[Jeffers1984]

Huh? But Pyke is playing tomorrow....

[Xie Shan]

Tenuously related but had to laugh at Hughesy's comment about tanking on Before the Game:

"What's the point of tanking when you can get three number 1 draft picks and Chris Judd and still get flogged by Collingwood!"

May have said this before but I think the fact that he is clearly insane and his fellow panelists know it is the only reason the show is still worth watching

[pinkemu]

Tenuously related but had to laugh at Hughesy's comment about tanking on Before the Game:

"What's the point of tanking when you can get three number 1 draft picks and Chris Judd and still get flogged by Collingwood!"

May have said this before but I think the fact that he is clearly insane and his fellow panelists know it is the only reason the show is still worth watching

It's a fair comment in a round about way. What is the point?, It's a team sport and 1 or 2 top picks are not a guarantee for success.

[Xie Shan]

It's a fair comment in a round about way. What is the point?, It's a team sport and 1 or 2 top picks are not a guarantee for success.

I know! I couldn't agree more in fact, I was more amused at the irony that it took a comedian to come up with the most sensible comment I've heard in the 'tanking' debate all week!

[jdow]

This issue bothers me. Pyke has shown enough for mine to get more games. What's so wrong with he and Jolls rucking with Jessie at FF? LRT is just too short to ruck. Mike's a good mark and with more game time, will do more around the ground - I think he should play every game remaining in 2009.

Pyke is not going to make it in my opinoin he is really a stop gap untill we get another back up or Curries is up and running. Perfect example Pyke v Jarrah Pyke front spot should be easy mark but Jarrah uses the one thing Pyke will never have insticnt and out marks him easily.

[Lohengrin]

Are the Swans tanking...?

[Big Al]

Are the Swans tanking...?

Hope we @@@@ it up if we are.

[BSA5]

Pyke is not going to make it in my opinoin he is really a stop gap untill we get another back up or Curries is up and running. Perfect example Pyke v Jarrah Pyke front spot should be easy mark but Jarrah uses the one thing Pyke will never have insticnt and out marks him easily.

If you're 200 cm, built like a brick @@@@house, have an amazing work eithic, and can run 100 in 11 seconds, you can be a good solid player without instinct. I agree that it's unlikely Pyke will ever be a superstar, but given how quickly he has adapted to the game, he's a chance (no certainty, mind you) to make a spot his own and have a decently successful career as an AFL footballer.

[jdow]

If you're 200 cm, built like a brick @@@@house, have an amazing work eithic, and can run 100 in 11 seconds, you can be a good solid player without instinct. I agree that it's unlikely Pyke will ever be a superstar, but given how quickly he has adapted to the game, he's a chance (no certainty, mind you) to make a spot his own and have a decently successful career as an AFL footballer.

Disagree, but Iam sure we could argue all day about it