Or another idea, reinstate Kennett at Hawthorn and send us Clarkson!

Cool...thanks for the chuckle.....wading through the hate is getting tedious on here

The more I think about this, the more it excites me.

Kennett wants "the greatest challenge in sport", few are qualified to take that challenge. Jeff is.

_{Kevin Rudd has just announced he wants to lead the MFC.}

Not without the members voting for it.

Yes but once he controlled a board which wants a merger and is in control of the 'facts' it could be very hard for members to counter it. After a season or so Kennet tells us we are bankrupt, makes little effort to turn it around and says the only solution is merger.

Surely there is someone with the right qualities out there who could do the job without the danger of being a person with pro-merger history.

EDITED TO ADD: I know many members are desperate but I am staggered that anyone would take such a risk. DM may be useless but when drowning it is better to look around for a new life buoy than grab a hold of the nearest shark.

Kennett has just announced the names of two of his running mates, Attila the Hun and Benito Mussolini but i think it's a ploy to make his board look more moderate.

_{Kevin Rudd has just announced he wants to lead the MFC.}

Will no doubt pike at the last minute.

Why would we want someone from Hawthorne to lead us?

Next thing I will be reading is that Eddie want in as well (would not blame him as he is in Collingwood after all)

Ox is the man for the job, he's already got my vote.

Step one.... Replace CEO....

Step two.... Replace president and board

Step three.... Convince supporter/members that relocation is best for the club

Step four.... Relocate club

Maybe all the Melbourne supporters who are against the idea because of Kennett's political history, could go off and join the Western Bulldogs! Their No. 1 ticket holder, Gillard has an illustrious record in management!

No, there are other people who support the club that would be available and apparently Freeman has been brought on board for that purpose.

Firstly, where are they?

Secondly, forgive me for being cynical but why should the rank and file members have any confidence that another finance person is going to be any more successful than McLardy, Gardner, Szondy etc

Look at the bio's of our board members on the MFC website, majority are people involved in finance, insurance, economics, accountants etc the only one with any footy experience is Healy who is in a "casual vacancy" position. Clearly none of them have little to none idea about running a footy club or how to address the problem's Melbourne faces. Besides moving out to Casey (something which I think was set-up by the prior board) what exactly have they done to grow our supporter base? What have they done to expand our revenue streams? What business relationships have they used to bring sponsors on board? They seem like a bunch of abject failures in their roles at MFC if you ask me, despite what their finance/insurance etc pedigree is.

Step one.... Replace CEO....

Step two.... Replace president and board

Step three.... Convince supporter/members that relocation is best for the club

Step four.... Relocate club

This is ridiculous scare mongering. This is exactly what Kennett would be doing everything in his power to stop from happening.

Stupid idea. Yeah and Eddie is going to become president of the bulldogs. Who are the idiotic members that approached him. Kennett was a hawthorn president for 7 years. He is a hawthorn supporter. He just cant switch that off. I think he thinks the football world has forgotten about him and wants the attention. Forget it. Imagine if Don went on to become president of another club. Its weird. Gp away Jeff we will sort it out.

Look at the grief he cause Clarko with his stupid comments.

Also he compared GWS to the 1st world war at Gallipoli. What a goose.

It was a dump.

It wasnt a dump - it was a festering sore on the landscape - calling it a dump was far too kind.

Firstly, where are they?

Secondly, forgive me for being cynical but why should the rank and file members have any confidence that another finance person is going to be any more successful than McLardy, Gardner, Szondy etc

Look at the bio's of our board members on the MFC website, majority are people involved in finance, insurance, economics, accountants etc the only one with any footy experience is Healy who is in a "casual vacancy" position. Clearly none of them have little to none idea about running a footy club or how to address the problem's Melbourne faces. Besides moving out to Casey (something which I think was set-up by the prior board) what exactly have they done to grow our supporter base? What have they done to expand our revenue streams? What business relationships have they used to bring sponsors on board? They seem like a bunch of abject failures in their roles at MFC if you ask me, despite what their finance/insurance etc pedigree is.

Can't argue with that.

We have gone nowhere but backwards.

We need people who truly believe this club is a huge challenge, that is worth resurrecting.

Let's see the Kennett ticket.

Kennett will get people through the gate.

Yes but once he controlled a board which wants a merger and is in control of the 'facts' it could be very hard for members to counter it. After a season or so Kennet tells us we are bankrupt, makes little effort to turn it around and says the only solution is merger.

Surely there is someone with the right qualities out there who could do the job without the danger of being a person with pro-merger history.

EDITED TO ADD: I know many members are desperate but I am staggered that anyone would take such a risk. DM may be useless but when drowning it is better to look around for a new life buoy than grab a hold of the nearest shark.

Anyone who would vote for merger/relocation is an idiot regardless of the facts. Would rather die than merge and if the members voted for it they'd deserve whatever they got.

You have to love Melbourne supporters. The club is a basket case. It's seen no success for 50 years. It has an opportunity to have an achiever take over and give it a chance to become relevant. But no, it seems some don't like his personality. Some of you lot deserve the crap you witness each week.

As for merging ? He's already stated that Melbourne is a strong brand and I believe he retracted those comments years ago. CLEARLY, if he wants to become Chairman it's to have the club become a success in its own right. Even his ego would love that challenge.

It's bloody great scenario.

Anyone who would vote for merger/relocation is an [censored] regardless of the facts. Would rather die than merge and if the members voted for it they'd deserve whatever they got.

think you've missed the point here....

Well McLardy had a crack at him. First time I've seen him throw a punch with any venom.

You call that venom... Geez...

Just when I didnt think things could get any worse.

Change for the sake of change and with only limited thought of the consequences

Bimbo - change for the sake of change? Can you point us to the sandpit that you've had your head buried in over the last 50 years or so???? Change for the sake of change - most mindless post I've read anywhere for sometime. If ever a club was in dire need of change its the MFC. Oh Dear Bimbo, Oh Dear..........

Strewth. How has it come to this? A crisis junkie as president...Working on the reverse psychology/ curse thingy, perhaps he could say we will never beat the Cats in the big games. Going on a winning streak against the Cats could only help. Just saying

Isn't this the guy who turned the once beautiful Albert Park into a F1 race track ?

I'm sure there are better 'uncursed' candidates.

He also got the Motogp back from Eastern Creek to Phillip Island.

Good work on both counts.

You have to love Melbourne supporters. The club is a basket case. It's seen no success for 50 years. It has an opportunity to have an achiever take over and give it a chance to become relevant. But no, it seems some don't like his personality. Some of you lot deserve the crap you witness each week.

As for merging ? He's already stated that Melbourne is a strong brand and I believe he retracted those comments years ago. CLEARLY, if he wants to become Chairman it's to have the club become a success in its own right. Even his ego would love that challenge.

It's bloody great scenario.

He retracted years ago did he?? How do you explain this from April last year?:

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/demons-and-kangas-should-merge-kennett-20120419-1x9pk.html

Yes, maybe his ego is so big that he'd forget his past views in order to be seen as saviour. But I say again, why take the risk? There must be someone out there who can do the job without the attendant risk.

My opposition has nothing to do with his politics or personality. Why take the 'merger' risk? Some of you guys just sound so desperate.

You call that venom... Geez...

Well he hit back. sure its like Peewee Herman punching Mike Tyson, but it was the most venom (the only venom) hes used.

You have to love Melbourne supporters. The club is a basket case. It's seen no success for 50 years. It has an opportunity to have an achiever take over and give it a chance to become relevant. But no, it seems some don't like his personality. Some of you lot deserve the crap you witness each week.

As for merging ? He's already stated that Melbourne is a strong brand and I believe he retracted those comments years ago. CLEARLY, if he wants to become Chairman it's to have the club become a success in its own right. Even his ego would love that challenge.

It's bloody great scenario.

The problem isn't just his personality BH. It's how his personality impacts his brusque, tactless and inflexible management style. Victoria was a different beast when he took over. Cain wanted to cut spending and reduce the size of the public sector but the unions wouldn't allow him to do so. Victoria needed a more autocratic style of leadership in those days. In those days, there was too much consultation with a certain group when the silent majority was being ignored. What happened after 186 (I'm starting to sound like WYL) was that the playing groups concerns were mothballed and consultation was put in shade. We need to become a club that is respectful of all opinions, not just those of a select few.

Right now, we have the footy club in way too many different camps: those who were with the playing group during the reign of Schwab and those who were mates of the CEO, those who were pro-merger or anti-merger, those who were with Gutnick and those who were not. Some might think that those last two are old hat but I can guarantee there are those in the club who still hold enmities over these old battles. There needs to be some reconciliation between these groups and I think a bloke who once offered to sleep with the female contestants of a Greek beauty pageant and who was caught on a mobile phone describing a conversation with John Howard that was far from harmonious might not have the people skills to smooth over these personality clashes.

You have to love Melbourne supporters. The club is a basket case. It's seen no success for 50 years. It has an opportunity to have an achiever take over and give it a chance to become relevant. But no, it seems some don't like his personality. Some of you lot deserve the crap you witness each week.

As for merging ? He's already stated that Melbourne is a strong brand and I believe he retracted those comments years ago. CLEARLY, if he wants to become Chairman it's to have the club become a success in its own right. Even his ego would love that challenge.

It's bloody great scenario.

Must agree with BH Here. Some of you are actually scared of this club getting bigger, being part of September.

I encountered the same vibe from some in '87.

Girl i worked with was scared of what would happen, she was so used to losing.

Just imagine for a moment

THE MELBOURNE TOWN HALL DECKED OUT IN THE RED AND BLUE

Parade down Swanston St....

To get there we need Big Changes internally.

It must happen.