The silly thing is we're only talking about pick #19.

It wasn't that long ago that the well argued position was that any club that won four or less games in a season needed a significant boost and would get a pick at the start of the first round. It wasn't an instant cure for a bad list, but it did give the supporters a bit more to hopeful about come the next season.

The AFL didn't realise at the time that a club that had won four games with only a few to play might not be so keen to win that fifth game and lose the pick. Oops.

Now, even after FA has been introduced, (which makes things even harder for the bottom teams), the original argument seems to have been totally forgotten. If you'll excuse the paranoia I think being Carlton seems to have brought out a lot more "anti-PP" sentiment, (see some of the replies to Judd's comment*).

Well we're a serious chance to finish the season with two or less wins I reckon and the AFL might like to revisit the original argument for PPs now that the rules that allowed for tanking have been removed.

* I can't believe some of those idiots are claiming that we're tanking for a pick. Don't they understand .... actually scratch that, I doubt that they understand anything much.

The silly thing is we're only talking about pick #19.

It wasn't that long ago that the well argued position was that any club that won four or less games in a season needed a significant boost and would get a pick at the start of the first round. It wasn't an instant cure for a bad list, but it did give the supporters a bit more to hopeful about come the next season.

The AFL didn't realise at the time that a club that had won four games with only a few to play might not be so keen to win that fifth game and lose the pick. Oops.

Now, even after FA has been introduced, (which makes things even harder for the bottom teams), the original argument seems to have been totally forgotten. If you'll excuse the paranoia I think being Carlton seems to have brought out a lot more "anti-PP" sentiment, (see some of the replies to Judd's comment*).

Well we're a serious chance to finish the season with two or less wins I reckon and the AFL might like to revisit the original argument for PPs now that the rules that allowed for tanking have been removed.

* I can't believe some of those idiots are claiming that we're tanking for a pick. Don't they understand .... actually scratch that, I doubt that they understand anything much.

You have to wonder how bad a club has to be now to get a PP at the start of the first round.
I think people forget how many other clubs have benefited from PP's in the past and some of those clubs won flags with those extra players.
It has been 11 years since we had a PP.
Maybe the club has played this extremely well, or maybe we really are dumb.

You have to wonder how bad a club has to be now to get a PP at the start of the first round.
I think people forget how many other clubs have benefited from PP's in the past and some of those clubs won flags with those extra players.
It has been 11 years since we had a PP.
Maybe the club has played this extremely well, or maybe we really are dumb.