After what Whately said eight years ago about us - that there would be a mutiny from the other 17 clubs if we were to receive draft assistance - the situation was something of our own making and it would be outrageous if Carlton were to receive draft assistance- how is Essendon*’s current situation any different to the position we found ourselves in 2018.

If Essendon* get draft assistance this year I’ll spew up.

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"Hence you will not say that Greeks fight like heroes but that heroes fight like Greeks"?

Winston Churchill

Of course they'll get assistance, because if they didn't then they might come to us for a mutually beneficial trade that helps us land our respective F/S guns.

Remember: always ask what's worst for Carlton, and voilà, you've got an AFL strategy.