I need to vent this, it is really annoying that everywhere i go i get the same reaction from people.
Firstly; What Melbourne did tonight was nothing short of remarkable, you have to remember, these players are human beings, they are not machines. These players went to hell and back this week, and i don't give a sh*t if they are fielding an illegal team, the amount of emotional and mental turmoil these players have faced in the past week is enough to make many crumble. You can flame me all you want, i couldn't care, I am not saying they are in the right, as a matter of fact i completely support the punishment given and think the ADMINISTRATION is a bunch of corrupt pricks who screwed up the club. The point I am trying to make is that the mental and emotional obstacles they overcame tonight was amazing, and I am sick of people cutting me off and saying "omg they were fielding an illegal team, just give the points to the warriors". Yes, the warriors have every right to complain, and it is up to them what they do, which brings me to my second point.
If my team lost against the Storm but was gifted the two points, or if we were guaranteed the two points I would not support that decision (and i'm sure i'll get flamed for this also). I could not give a sh*t if Melbourne were fielding an illegal team, we beat them last year with an understrength side and many teams have also beat them. If we lose to them, we lose to them. Now i can understand how this could affect the chances of teams in making the finals, but it is just my opinion.
Now please, don't get me wrong, what they did was stupid, reckless and extremely moronic, but when you look at this group of boys/men, many of whom i'm sure were completely unaware of what was happening, you have to give them credit for what they did tonight. Now they deserve what they got, although i'm sure there were other ways around it, but I refuse to badmouth the players or the coach.
Now for those of you that are going to have a go at me for writing this, realise that this is MY opinion, I am not speaking for anyone else but myself, and if Melbourne continue to play like this for the rest of the season I will continue to stand and applaud, even if it comes to costing my team points, why? Because they are now at a bigger disadvantage than any other team, they have no incentive as a team, nothing to play for at all, only individual goals to keep them going.
So now that i've got that out i'm a little less angry, and please if you are going to have a go at me, please respect my opinions as I would continually respect others, no matter how absurd their opinions are.
Firstly; What Melbourne did tonight was nothing short of remarkable, you have to remember, these players are human beings, they are not machines. These players went to hell and back this week, and i don't give a sh*t if they are fielding an illegal team, the amount of emotional and mental turmoil these players have faced in the past week is enough to make many crumble. You can flame me all you want, i couldn't care, I am not saying they are in the right, as a matter of fact i completely support the punishment given and think the ADMINISTRATION is a bunch of corrupt pricks who screwed up the club. The point I am trying to make is that the mental and emotional obstacles they overcame tonight was amazing, and I am sick of people cutting me off and saying "omg they were fielding an illegal team, just give the points to the warriors". Yes, the warriors have every right to complain, and it is up to them what they do, which brings me to my second point.
If my team lost against the Storm but was gifted the two points, or if we were guaranteed the two points I would not support that decision (and i'm sure i'll get flamed for this also). I could not give a sh*t if Melbourne were fielding an illegal team, we beat them last year with an understrength side and many teams have also beat them. If we lose to them, we lose to them. Now i can understand how this could affect the chances of teams in making the finals, but it is just my opinion.
Now please, don't get me wrong, what they did was stupid, reckless and extremely moronic, but when you look at this group of boys/men, many of whom i'm sure were completely unaware of what was happening, you have to give them credit for what they did tonight. Now they deserve what they got, although i'm sure there were other ways around it, but I refuse to badmouth the players or the coach.
Now for those of you that are going to have a go at me for writing this, realise that this is MY opinion, I am not speaking for anyone else but myself, and if Melbourne continue to play like this for the rest of the season I will continue to stand and applaud, even if it comes to costing my team points, why? Because they are now at a bigger disadvantage than any other team, they have no incentive as a team, nothing to play for at all, only individual goals to keep them going.
So now that i've got that out i'm a little less angry, and please if you are going to have a go at me, please respect my opinions as I would continually respect others, no matter how absurd their opinions are.
