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The Trumpeter

Whispering_Jack
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I hope so Jack. Time he and his velvet jacket disappeared.

Happy for him to turn up after wins.

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    Maybe he didnt show up until the 3rd Quarter when R Howcroft noisily arrived from the Rugby.

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    Frank are you suggesting we play better when Howcroft isn't there? Is he to blame for the fade out?

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    Maybe he didnt show up until the 3rd Quarter when R Howcroft noisily arrived from the Rugby.

    Frank are you suggesting we play better when Howcroft isn't there? Is he to blame for the fade out?

    Next to go and good riddance...I hope the liniment had a good smell at the rugby.

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    Lots showed up in the MCC after half time. All good. But I was surprised he made such a big deal about leaving the rugby to come.

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    The trumpeter now only plays at the end if we win. He was on the 2nd deck next to the members but he was drowned out by the crowd and song playing.

    He has been the only person that Jackson hasn't removed.

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    Staggering that you'd not go and see the MFC play. Equally, that you'd ditch the MFC for a mind-numbling boring sport that involves a bunch of private school boys running into each other and throwing a ball backwards. Ridiculous.

    Further, get the F off our board if you're going to prioritise a game of Rugby over your AFL football. You sit on our board for crying out loud. Not for long, one hopes.

    Oh and I'm a swinging voter on the bugle. Some days I find it utterly pretentious and potentially harmless to attracting a wider fan base, while others I love it for the arrogance.

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    To be honest if I could have afforded the rugby is have gone too.

    It is an international event, one of the highlights in world sport and very rate in occurrence (lions).

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    Reality is the bugler is where he belongs. If he wants to blow his trumpet when it's obvious we have won (or are going to win), then great. I just objected to him being out front and center before the game. It's like Joffa and the gold jacket.

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    To be honest if I could have afforded the rugby is have gone too.

    It is an international event, one of the highlights in world sport and very rate in occurrence (lions).

    Yeah, but I don't think you are on the board of the MFC a club that needs people with serious passion to get it back to the top, not half baked arrogant tossers who pick and choose.

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    Yeah, but I don't think you are on the board of the MFC a club that needs people with serious passion to get it back to the top, not half baked arrogant tossers who pick and choose.

    I'm not on the board, correct, and the second half of your sentence has no relevance to the conversation. I have no problem with a director purchasing tickets to an international event such as that Lions v Wallabies match. It's quiet possible he was the With clients etc. We play 22 games per year, I'd be surprised if all directors were at every game. Not only for us, for all clubs.

    If he made a fuss about his arrival that's a different story and a different conversation. My comment was that attending the event isn't a problem, even for a director.

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    I'm not on the board, correct, and the second half of your sentence has no relevance to the conversation. I have no problem with a director purchasing tickets to an international event such as that Lions v Wallabies match. It's quiet possible he was the With clients etc. We play 22 games per year, I'd be surprised if all directors were at every game. Not only for us, for all clubs.

    If he made a fuss about his arrival that's a different story and a different conversation. My comment was that attending the event isn't a problem, even for a director.

    I think it is, particularly where we are sitting at the moment. It's all hands on deck or ....off. So lets just agree to differ on this.

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    I think it is, particularly where we are sitting at the moment. It's all hands on deck or ....off. So lets just agree to differ on this.

    I understand your point so happy to agree to disagree.

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    I've been vehemently against the bugler ever since it started. At the end of the game is better than before it, but it's still unnecessary, pretentious, silly and embarrassing. It also reminds me of the Schwab era, and for that reason alone it should probably just be done away with.

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    Channel 10 has the broadcast rights for the rugby, Russel is an exec at Channel 10... The detractors; you do the maths...

    Jeez we like to whinge. I guess we want guys to have corporate experience on our board, but then..... we don't want them to work in corporate roles? As an FYI, corporate roles are typically not 9-5 Monday to Friday.

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