Rumour :

I heard today was that as part of the Fallout of sacking Neeld ,

Chris Connolly will also not be resuming his position with Melb

but as a result will also have to have his contract paid out .

More lost Monies

I am not sure if others have heard this or not , or if it has already been discussed and I have missed it pls

Just remember I'm only the messenger

that idiot Schwab should have to pay off Connolly out of his own pocket

this was out before it was reported that Connolly was offered a 2 year contract, not sure if anyone knows whats happening with chris

Who ever signed that joker Cuddles to a 2yr deal when the guy was in the position that he was should be [censored] ashamed of themselves, us supporters should be very thankful to the AFL for wanting to help us after some of the moves that our former CEO pulled.

there is a rumour one supporter won't be renewing their membership in 2014 - me ha ha! This club is gutless and panders to media and soft [censored] supporters. No balls.

there is a rumour one supporter won't be renewing their membership in 2014 - me ha ha! This club is gutless and panders to media and soft [censored] supporters. No balls.

that [censored] Schwab should have to pay off Connolly out of his own pocket

Maybe he could pay him out from the loan he had with the club! It was at a nice low interest rate...

The nicknames Cuddles gives me a kick everytime. Ahh, love the MFC.

there is a rumour one supporter won't be renewing their membership in 2014 - me ha ha! This club is gutless and panders to media and soft [censored] supporters. No balls.

The club is definitely not being gutless at the moment.

Paying out some of CC's contract is presumably unavoidable.

Seems to me that PJ is not mucking around at the moment - and that he's obtaining AFL endorsement for all of his tough guy moves at the moment. Can't be a bad thing ...

Damn people aren't that stupid are they???

He was signed for two years because he took the bullet for Melbourne as the whole admin tanked but only one person was suspended... It was a thanks for taking one for the team

But with the same admin gone the afl was happy to pay out cuddles contract as part of the hand out as they know they tanked but couldn't prove it this just got him out of the industry...

Although cuddles was in a commercial role not a football role which he hasnt been for two years... Saying this I seriously wonder about some of the contracts for ex players in admin commercial roles as I doubt there payment equals there commercial experience

I'm no legal eagle, but why would we have to pay him out?? We would surely have a strong case against him for misconduct?? If I said something stupid in a meeting that ended up costing my employer 500k (and you're dreaming if you think that's the only thing he did) I'm pretty sure I'd be shown the door without having my contract honoured. As a matter of fact my employer has a code of conduct that spells out to me what's acceptable and not, surely the MFC have something similar. Surely??

And for the last time, his contract has not been recently extended. He signed a three year contract last year, before the #tanquiry was wound up. Schwab was once again protecting his great mate, Connolly can see which way the wind is blowing now PJ is in charge.

I knew when I heard he'd signed that 2 year contract it was purely a pay out for him taking the tanking fall. Also had a feeling that might not be coming back to the club anyway. God I go back to that year and I remember thinking, "just take the priority pick out of contention, then there is no temptation and we can get on with playing footy". That direction we took is the reason we are where we are. Sickens me that somehow Carlton managed to avoid that karma.