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Current players were not invited to the heroes dinner

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McNamee admitted he was "mortified" when he learned six weeks ago that the current players were not invited to the dinner.

Having addressed that oversight, he was hopeful the players could listen and learn from their predecessors' camaraderie and achievements, and forge their own history.

Sorry can't get the link going, but my god what in the hell are we running here. Imagine people paying to go on saturday night and being told sorry no current players are here. They weren't invited. Get Jim Stynes in there now. Not inviting the current players to the dinner. If the players are ever going to learn about the legends we had at melbourne especially from the older players who played in the 50's and 60's it will be this weekend. They need to learn about the history and all the success we had back then. McNamee must be thinking who in the hell runs this club. He has a lot of work to do.

Imagine Collingwood having a night like this and not inviting there cureent team. get it together melbourne!!

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    your right. that would have been a disgrace.......what logic would there be in not having the current list there to represent the club..... :wacko:.

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    Where in the world did you hear this? I'm paying $500 dollars for a table, the extra $150 coming just to get a player on my table.

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    on an article on the MFC site too...

    don't stress 45hotgod... McNamee couldn't believe they weren't attending, and has rectified the situation...

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    I'm doubting whether this was ever the situation

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    Well he said he learned six weeks ago that current players weren't invited. That means Neitz wouldn't have been invited, right? Surely not.

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    I'm doubting whether this was ever the situation

    Then read the quotes attributed to our CEO on our site.

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    Then read the quotes attributed to our CEO on our site.

    Show me where he states "The players weren't invited, i was mortified about it and so i addressed the problem." There is no direct quote from him saying this.

    I vividly remember round 3 talking about going to the dinner, before McNamee came on board, and thinking about whether it was worth the money to have a player at the table.

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    Show me where he states "The players weren't invited, i was mortified about it and so i addressed the problem." There is no direct quote from him saying this.

    I vividly remember round 3 talking about going to the dinner, before McNamee came on board, and thinking about whether it was worth the money to have a player at the table.

    you may not get a current player at your table... you're just as likely to get one of the 150 heroes to host your table instead...

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    Really? Then why would they ask you to nominate?

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    you may not get a current player at your table... you're just as likely to get one of the 150 heroes to host your table instead...

    This is how it was explained to me by MFC.

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    Show me where he states "The players weren't invited, i was mortified about it and so i addressed the problem." There is no direct quote from him saying this.

    No problem. I think this is pretty clear:

    "McNamee admitted he was "mortified" when he learned six weeks ago that the current players were not invited to the dinner.

    Having addressed that oversight, he was hopeful the players could listen and learn from their predecessors' camaraderie and achievements, and forge their own history."

    I vividly remember round 3 talking about going to the dinner, before McNamee came on board, and thinking about whether it was worth the money to have a player at the table.

    Perhaps you were mistakenly thinking that your ticket would guarantee a current player on your table, as opposed to a 'hero'? It seems that current players weren't invited back in round 3.

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    you may not get a current player at your table... you're just as likely to get one of the 150 heroes to host your table instead...

    Hopefully not a dead one.

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