Melbourne's new facilities

[Rogue 585]

3. Having players available in the centre of Melbourne is vital in season. Every wondered why Collingwood is always in the news? Because Journo's are lazy and would prefer a 5 minute drive down the road instead of heading to Frankston ( St.Kilda) Waverley ( Hawthorn) etc.

First, I'm pretty sure they didn't suddenly become big news when they moved into what was the Lexus Centre. Second, I reckon the big interest Collingwood attracts - from their huge supporter base and from the attitude fans of other teams have towards them - plays a big part in their media coverage.

4. Casey can accomodate closed sessions. Vital during the summer period when team tactics are being planned.

How's that? I've been down there a few times and it was extremely open. I hope this isn't relying on the idea that footy people are too lazy to drive out to Casey

6. AAMI is across the road from MCG. When in season, post match, players can start their rehab straight away. No more sessions at St.Kilda beach or MSAC etc.the day after. These facilities will give our players 24hours more recovery time than they currently enjoy.

Don't players with decent facilities still hit the beach the next day? I might be wrong on this though.

Meanwhile, they might want to consider auctioning off some of the 'junk' from the 'Junk'tion oval. There's always a market for odd-ball memorabilia, and it adds a touch of ceremony.

Nice idea - I like it. One man's trash...

[Rosso 59]

Did anyone else notice that in Schwabby's photo of our new training ground that there were kicking nets........ But no bloody goalposts!

[Guest Balls_Grinter_14]

Did anyone else notice that in Schwabby's photo of our new training ground that there were kicking nets........ But no bloody goalposts!

i am sure the posts will go up

[Arthur Dent 2]

Medical imaging - x-ray, CT scan, ultrasound, MRI etc. It would be part of the Olympic Park Sports Medicine Center, which will move from just down the road. Very useful for our players to have access to this medical imaging department for scans.

OPSM have already moved into the stadium some time ago I believe. Very handy.

[Cards13 9,117]

You could be excused for assuming we wouldn't be playing on a friday night.

Is this the first game at AAMI Park?

Good game to be at, pity about the scheduling.

Yea 1st ever game, the reason I'm going and I thought he might have been Union when it was 1st announced.

As I said previously if the Rebels are not looking to have there admin or training there hopefully it will open up a lot more space and the Dee's can look at rolling all of the staff into the new stadium. Also frees up training/pools/gym up for us to use too I would expect.

[Inner Demon 1]

We'll never move lock, stock into AAMI Park. We never want to lose our presence at the MCG.

[Rogue 585]

We'll never move lock, stock into AAMI Park. We never want to lose our presence at the MCG.

We might not move all offices into AAMI Park, but it's not because we don't want to lose our presence at the 'G.

Check out the recent comments by Schwab re: the mooted Docklands development - he says that having all departments under one roof is an attractive proposition.

[jayceebee31 761]

We might not move all offices into AAMI Park, but it's not because we don't want to lose our presence at the 'G.

Check out the recent comments by Schwab re: the mooted Docklands development - he says that having all departments under one roof is an attractive proposition.

Cam has mentioned this a few times now,which is totally undertandable.However, he has also says the MCG will always be home. This to me,says ,whilst the operations of the club maybe elsewhere, our heritage and future playing wise will always be at the MCG