During the year Sydney cheated and played North with 19 men. While the 19th man was on the field Sydney kicked a match drawing point.
Because Sydney get a leg up all the time by a corrupt and hopelessly compromised AFL, they dont get the 2 competition points taken off them, which means effectively North were cheated out of two competition points.
Instead we get a hastily put together interchange rule implement mid season (from the same incompetent liars who have stated countless times that they never, never change rules mid season
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In the wash up, the usual Sydney bias has cheated Nth out of a top four spot and the double chance.
Now I screamed as loud as anyone when the AFL took two points off us because of Sirengate. Those two points cost us a top four in 2006 and possibly (but as it transpires probably not) Grant Thomas's job.
Fast forward to 2008. Because of the inteference of the AFL once again, because of their inconsistency, and because of their blatant compromising of the competition, this time we, the Saints, have benefitted.
Why have to acknowledge that in that respect we have been lucky, just as we were stooged and cheated out of a top four in 2006.
As i always say, I take incompetence over conspirarcy every day of the week. We have to acknowledge that there is no conspirarcy toward the Saints, only gross incompetence and incredibly inconsistance on the part of the AFL as they try to maximise their earnings by protecting Non Victorian teams, especially Sydney.
Twice in three years the incompetents at AFL Headquarters have DIRECTLY influenced who has and who hasn't got a chance of winning the flag (historically no team has won the flag from outside the four).
So...
1) Time for us as Saints supporters to admit their is no conspirarcy against us, and
2) Time for Demetriou and Anderson to be sacked for gross incompetence by allowing their direct actions to so gravely disadvantage a football team twice in three years.
/rant