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The Lightweight who is Eddie McGuire


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9 hours ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Eddie was a big hitter (remember at one stage he was CEO of Channel 9) who still has clout that is probably greater than his position deserves.

Collingwood Presidents have a tradition of talking up their club but I wonder if his time (like that of Buckley) has now come.

The latest "review" smacks of a last ditch effort to placate the Board and key backers.

The other issue for Collingwood is what does it do with its money. With salary caps and limits on soft dollar spending on football it is now dabbling in other area (netball for example). One day someone is going to question the future direction of the "business."

Spot on. For all its wealth and high profile, at the end of the day they have won two flags since 1958 (1990 and 2010). We have won one. Hardly a high performance team they make out they are, and one on the downward slide - why would a high ranking player want to transfer to them and not us?

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16 minutes ago, Dees2014 said:

Spot on. For all its wealth and high profile, at the end of the day they have won two flags since 1958 (1990 and 2010). We have won one three. Hardly a high performance team they make out they are, and one on the downward slide - why would a high ranking player want to transfer to them and not us?

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There was another president from the past who used to come onto TV telling opposition players that they should come play for his club (because of money they could pay them).

He also invested a pot load of money into a team in a different sport that turned out to be a white elephant (his was soccer in the old NSL).

He also tended to crack the poos if someone made the slightest noises about wanting to become the club president one day. He also lashed out at rival clubs that said anything to be perceived to be vaguely hostile (he talked about how the Dogs had only won one premiership in their tragic history and that the MCC said we were expendable as an MCG tenant).

He also looked to undermine the overall integrity of the league by undermining the competitive mechanisms that equalized it (in his case, the salary cap). 

This president also hung around for twenty odd years and thusly wore out his welcome. 

Do you know who I'm referring to? Pig's arze you don't. 

Eddie will be the next Big Jack. You mark my words. 

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Incoming players to Collingwood need to know one thing.

Collingwood turn and crucify their own players like no other team. Sure they have nice facilities,  but if you aren't performing there is nowhere to hide from the fanbase's criticism. They are relentless. 

Eddie can spin whatever he wants in the media about his club, but at the end of the day they are nicknamed the filth for a reason.

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12 hours ago, Dees2014 said:

I'd rather Pettrac thanks...

Tongue in cheek there. You do realise Pendles was a Dee's supporter as a kid!

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On 6/17/2017 at 11:44 AM, Diamond_Jim said:

On the business side... I wonder if Collingwood will dabble in the area of media.

Rather easy to set up a radio station. They have a good listener base in their fans and therefore a ready sponsorship base. Next step would be to cover games. (Assuming the AFL would deal with them in a radio rights deal.)

Eddie would have a conflict with his MMM connections but that could be "managed".

NFL teams have had local radio stations for years (admit they are one team cities).

 

I know a TV station going cheap

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I think it is important to remember that the sole purpose of Collingwood winning a flag in 2010 was to set up their run at holding the all-time record across all sports ever, for consecutive years of decline.

They may well already hold the AFL record, after their string from 2010 -

Premier

Runner Up

4th

6th

11th

12th

12th (with one fewer win)

And right now they sit in 13th.

 

Also feel free to see a metaphor for Eddie McGuire's career.

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On 17/06/2017 at 10:50 AM, Jara said:

Sorry I got nothing original to add, but Jeez, Biff, I wish you hadn't reminded me. Can't believe the duds we got from them. And it kind of broke my heart to see that beautiful mark in a Collingwood jumper.

 

22 hours ago, Dees2014 said:

I'd rather Pettrac thanks...

Stuff MOTW

only wanna see Jackie Boy Run in from 60, get the four points

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4 hours ago, Little Goffy said:

I think it is important to remember that the sole purpose of Collingwood winning a flag in 2010 was to set up their run at holding the all-time record across all sports ever, for consecutive years of decline.

They may well already hold the AFL record, after their string from 2010 -

Premier

Runner Up

4th

6th

11th

12th

12th (with one fewer win)

And right now they sit in 13th.

 

Also feel free to see a metaphor for Eddie McGuire's career.

I know it shouldn't and I want so much for it not to, but that post just makes me feel sooooo good. The "successful club" so caught up in its own self percieved glory, it cannot see itself as the slowly boiled frog that it is, dying slowly with a smile on it s face. 

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A puff piece but well timed if you want to head up the CFC

https://www.domain.com.au/news/property-council-of-victoria-executive-director-sally-capp-what-melbourne-property-needs-20170620-gwtx74/

" A student of law and commerce at Melbourne University, her legal and business background has been invaluable. Capp has a history of leading the charge for women.

She was the first female board member of the Collingwood Football Club and the first woman to hold the post of Agent-General for Victoria in London. Other career highlights include being one of five women running an ASX-listed company in the early 2000s, working with then chief executive John McFarlane at ANZ, and heading the not-for-profit Committee for Melbourne.

She admits to being a “feral Collingwood supporter” and was thrilled to become the club’s first woman board member."

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On 2017-6-18 at 7:18 AM, Adzman said:

Incoming players to Collingwood need to know one thing.

Collingwood turn and crucify their own players like no other team. Sure they have nice facilities,  but if you aren't performing there is nowhere to hide from the fanbase's criticism. They are relentless. 

Eddie can spin whatever he wants in the media about his club, but at the end of the day they are nicknamed the filth for a reason.

If you replaced "Collingwood" with Richmond, I'd agree with you. I actually think Collingwood supporters are the opposite of what you believe. I think they not only never criticise their players, they continue to praise them irrespective of any obvious failings and beyond logic.  I suspect, however, this constant sanctification is as damaging for the Collingwood players psyche as the Richmond supporters' vitriol to their own.   

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On 6/18/2017 at 0:22 AM, Colin B. Flaubert said:

There was another president from the past who used to come onto TV telling opposition players that they should come play for his club (because of money they could pay them).

He also invested a pot load of money into a team in a different sport that turned out to be a white elephant (his was soccer in the old NSL).

He also tended to crack the poos if someone made the slightest noises about wanting to become the club president one day. He also lashed out at rival clubs that said anything to be perceived to be vaguely hostile (he talked about how the Dogs had only won one premiership in their tragic history and that the MCC said we were expendable as an MCG tenant).

He also looked to undermine the overall integrity of the league by undermining the competitive mechanisms that equalized it (in his case, the salary cap). 

This president also hung around for twenty odd years and thusly wore out his welcome. 

Do you know who I'm referring to? Pig's arze you don't. 

Eddie will be the next Big Jack. You mark my words. 

That [censored] from Essendon asked Garry last night on Footy classified during the yes or no segment (i forget what they call it), if Melbourne should make Etihad our home (due to winning their this year). Garry looked quite bemused and said no way, we are the original team there and it is our home. I wish Garry had been stronger on it but didn't have time. 

I really don't think anyone outside our club understands that the G is ours, it is our home, there is no other place that we will ever move to (not like the rest of teams). All the others teams who call the G home are in fact tenants, we are the landlords!

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On 17/06/2017 at 8:18 PM, Dees2014 said:

Spot on. For all its wealth and high profile, at the end of the day they have won two flags since 1958 (1990 and 2010). We have won one. Hardly a high performance team they make out they are, and one on the downward slide - why would a high ranking player want to transfer to them and not us?

What ????    Don't  '59, '60 and '64 count as  three ????

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2 hours ago, Chris said:

That [censored] from Essendon asked Garry last night on Footy classified during the yes or no segment (i forget what they call it), if Melbourne should make Etihad our home (due to winning their this year). Garry looked quite bemused and said no way, we are the original team there and it is our home. I wish Garry had been stronger on it but didn't have time. 

I really don't think anyone outside our club understands that the G is ours, it is our home, there is no other place that we will ever move to (not like the rest of teams). All the others teams who call the G home are in fact tenants, we are the landlords!

We need to stamp it as ours AGAIN.  At every opportunity...banners etc...lets remind folks of whos game this is..and whos house they play in.

Lets get it to the point they don't like us...we 'unsociable' chaps and all !!  :rolleyes:

It's the MELBOURNE Cricket Ground....there's no other f'n team's name in that!!

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6 hours ago, Chris said:

That [censored] from Essendon asked Garry last night on Footy classified during the yes or no segment (i forget what they call it), if Melbourne should make Etihad our home (due to winning their this year). Garry looked quite bemused and said no way, we are the original team there and it is our home. I wish Garry had been stronger on it but didn't have time. 

I really don't think anyone outside our club understands that the G is ours, it is our home, there is no other place that we will ever move to (not like the rest of teams). All the others teams who call the G home are in fact tenants, we are the landlords!

As a sporting section of the Melbourne Cricket Club the Melbourne Football Club has the right to claim the Melbourne Cricket Ground as its home ground like no other club. The MFC still has to pay its way to the MCC but its a bit like paying board to a parent while the other clubs pay rent.

The Melbourne Football Club - 1858

Collingwood Football Club - 1892

Port Adelaide Magpies - 1870 

 

 

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5 hours ago, beelzebub said:

We need to stamp it as ours AGAIN.  At every opportunity...banners etc...lets remind folks of whos game this is..and whos house they play in.

Lets get it to the point they don't like us...we 'unsociable' chaps and all !!  :rolleyes:

It's the MELBOURNE Cricket Ground....there's no other f'n team's name in that!!

There was signage on the fence on QB saying the MCG is our home or something like that, IIRC.

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8 hours ago, Chris said:

That [censored] from Essendon asked Garry last night on Footy classified during the yes or no segment (i forget what they call it), if Melbourne should make Etihad our home (due to winning their this year). Garry looked quite bemused and said no way, we are the original team there and it is our home. I wish Garry had been stronger on it but didn't have time. 

I really don't think anyone outside our club understands that the G is ours, it is our home, there is no other place that we will ever move to (not like the rest of teams). All the others teams who call the G home are in fact tenants, we are the landlords!

Well said Chris. I use this line all the time as the other teams think it's "their ground". They hate been told YOU ARE ONLY TENANTS and it's OUR home ground. Haha

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