there was one definite almost two decades ago henry. it involved a sports bookmaker who had heavily layed a particular team to go through the season undefeated...... verrrryyyy heavily.... liability was between one and two million dollars and the payout would mean bankruptcy. particular sports bookmaker was also club member and member of clubs most important coterie group. Also highly respected and on first name basis with most of the players and club administration.
This was an extremely good football side and, in a 22 game home and away series, were undefeated after 21 games and final game was against mediocre club and expected to sh...tt in !!! The players at the club all knew what the bookmakers fate was if they beat their opponents in the last game !!!!
The game was played with the superior clubs champions all making disastrous mistakes throughout every quarter, a lot of those mistakes resulting in easy goals for the opposition. Chest marks were spilled, the ball was kicked out of bounds on the full, champion kickers were missing not only goals but targets around the ground by 20 metres and more, defenders deliberately pushing in the backs in opposition forward line...... it seemed like the whole team was in on it One instance i can never forget was a brownlow medallist streaming through the middle of the ground and with an unmarked target on the edge of the 50 metre zone. It was a gimme he would kick the ball to the unmarked player, who would then shoot for goal. The champions kick went 10 metres to the side and 10 metres behind the target.... and straight on to the chest of an oncoming opposition defender !!! I couldn't believe what i was watching.... but half suspected before the game that this would happen, myself knowing what the situation was for the bookie.
The result of the game made no difference to the teams final position on the ladder, and the odds for them winning the premiership did not change after the game.
They won all their finals and the premiership by a near record margin for VFL/AFL football. That game was the only loss for the year.

This elephant will always be in the room for all suspicious short priced fav defeats...and why not.....the money is easy and no questions ever asked....




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The game was played with the superior clubs champions all making disastrous mistakes throughout every quarter, a lot of those mistakes resulting in easy goals for the opposition. Chest marks were spilled, the ball was kicked out of bounds on the full, champion kickers were missing not only goals but targets around the ground by 20 metres and more, defenders deliberately pushing in the backs in opposition forward line...... it seemed like the whole team was in on it

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i]the Tigers played "dumb" football during Saturday night's disastrous loss to Port Adelaide and failed to execute fundamental skills that a local team would expect to nail.

How about those giants from the greater western region of Sydney.
From what i hear the whole region has been struck down by a serious case of AFL fever.
Apparently even weekend prayers in Cabramatta are being scheduled around giants games.
Incredible!!

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quite right lets.... tigers skills are close to the worst i've ever seen. Hardwick did a brilliant job getting the "best" out of them for last three years... he got them playing like he did, running hard, chasing hard and being very physical and that took them to the eight.... but behind every great side, for which the eight is just the starting point, is 18 of em doing not only that but doing all the skills along with it. Richmond were playing above themselves i reckon and now the hardwick motivation just isn't working.
..... and TINS, if you don't think match rigging can possibly take place in this day and age in team sports, i've just got two words for you 1. Bruce and 2. Grobbelaar ....... couldn't happen in a league like the english premier league could it !!!!

so favorites being beat according to henry gives concern for match fixing..........................your off your rocker, no more short priced fav's have been beaten this year than any other year, are
you seriously suggesting that every short priced fav beaten in the last 30 years was tanking it.

as a matter of fact henry AFL match pricing prepost runs pretty will to script. eg....... the 1.25 chance will lose once every 4-5 games and so on, up and down the prepost game odds spectrum.

so favorites being beat according to henry gives concern for match fixing..........................your off your rocker

of course fav's being beaten arent always cause of matchfixing.

But to be clear and again clarify and simply repeat henry's written statement ;

Conspiracy theories arise ...when betting market expectations....are not consistent with performance.......

Please quote henry on the statement ,,,,conspiracy theories arising,,,,,,


But for the purists whose hair gets all frizzy with this elephant in the room topic lets let authorities know there is no match fixing or tanking in afl and they can save their many millions  of dollars in integrety units and corruption monitoring

correct   ........ perhaps when wayne the stopper stops backing them, all damiens headaches will disappear.

What i can't understand about her is how she never gets sued for defamation. half the stuff she says about people is just made up in her own mind and the people she says it about don't ever take action. incredible.

Good game by Heeney there.

yes, but the finger pointing has started already with rocket in the coaches chair ...... blokes like aaron hall and co informing G Ablett of his flaws and how to improve his game
goodnight gold coast.

Mark Fine paying out big time on the AFL tonight on SEN in relation to GWS.
Could be his last night on air

roll up roll up only a couple of hours till the crows speed takes geelong apart... lay that last $6 guys, $8 later tonight.

*P us sies

What a win by the Tiges !

Marc Murphy 2016 without the helmet: LLLL
Marc Murphy 2016 with the helmet: WWWW

Kane Lucas to get his 1st Seniors game this year next week.

the hayne train, whose life ambition and total desperation was to play nfl, ........... will it be essendon in 2017 ???

Lloydy no chance of Lucas getting a game any time soon unless there's suddenly a massive and unprecedented injury crisis, although Dom Sheed will be back in a few weeks which will further strengthen their midfield.
Eagles were better on the weekend a more consistent effort and they didn’t have the big drop off in effort and intensity that we've seen at times, if they can beat port this weekend and there’s no reason why they can't, the draw opens up for them and they can get on a roll and build some momentum and confidence if they can get their act together and Sunday was a step in the right direction.
Masten actually pulled his finger out on Sunday and was actually very good, easily his best game of the season and played to the level that we know he's capable of producing, Le Cras back in form, Kennedy outstanding, Gaff very good, Mackenzie gaining in confidence, McGovern terrific, Yeo bouncing back to form Priddis very good, Duggan really starting to come on again, Wellingham running into some good form again, there were some very positive signs on the weekend.

and another thing, dickhead ....... if you knew some of the things i've achieved in the time i worked you'd realise just what a ****wits statement that was.