Will West Coast tank against Melbourne?

Question

Now Charliee, this question is not to annoy you..........LOL

Was a very good piece in today's paper about the West Coast V Melbourne game.

The writer was saying that this is the "who cares" game of the round ( if not the season) but that those in the know will be watching closely for another reason- to see how West Coast will handle this game

West coast are currently on 4 wins and qualify for the priority draft pick

and face Gelong and Hawks in final two rounds, so its highly unlikely they will bother the wins column again this season

To keep the priority draft pick, a team needs to finish will 4 wins or less

So if West Coast wins against Melbourne they will lose the priority pick.

This is a game which really means nothing, (as the wooden spoon is pretty much all ready decided) -

So how do West coast go about losing, err I mean playing this game?

Why would they bother trying too win, in a dead rubber, when it will hurt the clubs draft picks for next season?

- especially when there are a number of good young players coming out of WA next season.

Your thoughts?

Answer 1

No way they have to much pride to want to win the wooden spoon anyway they are pretty right for draft picks being the lowest finishing interstate side.

Answer 2

Tanking in their position would be very short sighted.

1. Everyone is waiting for them to do it and they will be crucified if they do.

2. Priority draft pick is just the START of a career, OK they got Judd, but he lasted only a few years in the West.

3.The morale is starting to pick up at WCE, why send it plummeting again?

4.Worsfold is too stern a bloke to allow it to happen.

5. I don't like the WCE, I'm a Bomber, but we can't apply every crime in the book to the Eags, charging them with tanking is OTT.

Answer 3

AAAAARRRRRGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

Getting a priority draft pick will not help us win more games next year or the year after, That is something that will take time and with the young team we have, it was going to anyway so a priority pick doesn't have the same effect on us as it did to say.... Carlton coz they missed a season of draft picks so they were behind the eight ball for future years. (and breath....)

Answer 4

No, I don't think that they will, I don't believe they have tanked so far. The most blatant display of tanking I have ever seen was Carlton!  

Answer 5

It is a good question

1) Yes they will tank they could because if they win they take position above PORT or in reach and your reasons as well

2) No they won't tank for pride and Melbourne are coming last anyway so there is no point

it could be quite funny as melbourne may want to be the only team with priority and they may tank as well...

maybe they will draw and no one will touch the ball

should be quite the interesting game

but then again west coast beat st kilda and essendon...

they may want some confidence to probably unsuccessfully have a crack at the two top teams.. so for the pride

they won't tank

Answer 6

Lol Steve, no, I am not offended.

A very interesting question I must say!

Surely they would not deliberately loose a game. I would hope not! Even if it is for a priority draft pick.

"Who cares" game of the round is a bit harsh though!

Be interesting to see who wins . . . . . !!

Ooh yeah, and Steve, you left the eagles off your most hated list in that question you answered earlier. I KNEW you were a closet eagles supporter!

Answer 7

Mate, we're not tanking. We have heaps of gun young players, one pick (probably 17 or 18) isn't going to make that much difference to be worth losing a game and getting huge amounts of criticism (from people like you) we will get one of the two great West Aussie players probably going 1 & 2 in the draft.

Answer 8

i don"t think that they will tank, both teams will just put young guys out there and try to win. i reckon melbornes will win coz of the home ground.

go hawks

Answer 9

Of course they will.

The reward for losing far out weighs winning.

Sad that it comes down to this but it's a fact with the rules the way they are.

Answer 10

Hmmm.  Lets see.  I'm going to try and get less than 5 wins in a season, but I've got to try and not let anyone think that I am tanking.

I know, lets beat teams like St Kilda and Essendon who've been playing pretty well recently, but then we will be forced to tank against the bottom placed team who have been shocking all season. Yeah, thats obviously the way to do it.  No one would suspect a thing.

Well no-one except the asker of perhaps the most ridiculous question we have seen to date.  You're not Aker are you?

Answer 11

**You bring up a good point.  

I can't see West Coast winning this game, I mean they won last week so we really shouldn't be expecting them to win two games in a row.**

Answer 12

No, they won't tank, John Worsfold won't do it.

Answer 13

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