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Mitch is still posting his photos on facebook.

I just offered him 100% support and we are all thinking of him and right behind him, and he liked the comment.

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Mitch is still posting his photos on facebook.

I just offered him 100% support and we are all thinking of him and right behind him, and he liked the comment.

I see that someone has also set up a Mitch Clark Support page on Facebook.

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Probably stuie!

Well, it already has over 500 likes (followers).

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Well, it already has over 500 likes (followers).

I hope it perks him up.

But that does not of course solve the leg problems.

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I think the issue there is that mjt considers himself as a shareholder (if he is a member, that is) as opposed to being a supporter.

Earn your wage do your rehab the guys on $35,000 a game surely there's a place in Melbourne to deal with his problems, there's no point in arguing because the guys finished anyway, the best way to deal with the issue is to tell him to retire and offer him an assistant job under Roos at least that way he's earning his money.And yes HT my whole family are paid up members .
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Apart from the issues others have raised about how such a strategy would stop others from wanting to play with the MFC, your logic is also flawed and simplistic. We have to pay a certain amount of dollars to the players as part of the players' Collective Bargaining Agreement. We wouldn't just 'save' $3.2 million by not 'spending' it on Clark. It would have to spent on player payments anyway. In addition, Clark has offered value beyond the games that he's played - why else would he have been voted into the leadership group?

So we paid $3.2 million for someone to be in a leadership group, that's value beyond the games lol, If you took reigns of this club it would be wound up in 6 months the clubs done its balls and they know it and the sooner this debacle is finished the better because there's no way the MFC will offer him another contract.
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Earn your wage do your rehab the guys on $35,000 a game surely there's a place in Melbourne to deal with his problems, there's no point in arguing because the guys finished anyway, the best way to deal with the issue is to tell him to retire and offer him an assistant job under Roos at least that way he's earning his money.And yes HT my whole family are paid up members .

He IS doing his rehab though, and the best place for it might be Perth. You clearly have no understanding of the idea of "health issues" possibly meaning something other than a hamstring.

And it's not like telling players to retire has been a blight on our recent history......

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Earn your wage do your rehab the guys on $35,000 a game surely there's a place in Melbourne to deal with his problems, there's no point in arguing because the guys finished anyway, the best way to deal with the issue is to tell him to retire and offer him an assistant job under Roos at least that way he's earning his money.And yes HT my whole family are paid up members .

You clearly do not understand the first thing about mental illnesses.

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He IS doing his rehab though, and the best place for it might be Perth. You clearly have no understanding of the idea of "health issues" possibly meaning something other than a hamstring.

And it's not like telling players to retire has been a blight on our recent history......

Lets say all of what you propose is done stuie ( which I believe it will be )

And we get to August and Mr. Clark is still not playing and still has physical and other issues.

Are you going to keep on keeping on?

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He IS doing his rehab though, and the best place for it might be Perth. You clearly have no understanding of the idea of "health issues" possibly meaning something other than a hamstring.

And it's not like telling players to retire has been a blight on our recent history......

If they suggest retirement and offer a job I can't see a problem with that , it's not like he's out of pocket is it, he's paid massive money and there's no return in sight so why not earn it in the coaches box and who better to learn off than PR.
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Earn your wage do your rehab the guys on $35,000 a game surely there's a place in Melbourne to deal with his problems, there's no point in arguing because the guys finished anyway, the best way to deal with the issue is to tell him to retire and offer him an assistant job under Roos at least that way he's earning his money.And yes HT my whole family are paid up members .

He is doing his rehab! The club has stated as much in their comments regarding their continuing to work through his injury issues with him. You and I both have absolutely no idea whether he is finished or not, so perhaps we should let the MFC be the judge of that.

I do find it funny that you criticise a poster for his views on Clark's value, suggesting that the club would fold in 6 months if he took the reigns, yet here you are suggesting we should dump players who are going through a bad trot with injuries and who have personal issues that are possibly in some way related. If you took the reigns at the club, we would eventually have no chance of attracting players and would have a lot of trouble retaining the players we do have... net result... we would eventually fold.

Oh, and I was not questioning whether or not you had membership... I was questioning the way you view the club, the players and by association, the game.

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He is doing his rehab! The club has stated as much in their comments regarding their continuing to work through his injury issues with him. You and I both have absolutely no idea whether he is finished or not, so perhaps we should let the MFC be the judge of that.

I do find it funny that you criticise a poster for his views on Clark's value, suggesting that the club would fold in 6 months if he took the reigns, yet here you are suggesting we should dump players who are going through a bad trot with injuries and who have personal issues that are possibly in some way related. If you took the reigns at the club, we would eventually have no chance of attracting players and would have a lot of trouble retaining the players we do have... net result... we would eventually fold.

Oh, and I was not questioning whether or not you had membership... I was questioning the way you view the club, the players and by association, the game.

Im saying offer him a job so it's not exactly dumping him is it?
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Lets say all of what you propose is done stuie ( which I believe it will be )

And we get to August and Mr. Clark is still not playing and still has physical and other issues.

Are you going to keep on keeping on?

But it is not August yet OD. But in the slough of despond that is Demonland, August is almost here. What Stuie is saying now is appropriate for now. Let's worry about August in August.

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Im saying offer him a job so it's not exactly dumping him is it?

The comment that I initially responded to (indirectly) had no mention of a job, it was simply "You can't build a culture in 2 years , Roos knows that and so do you as for Clark the sooner he's delisted the better he's been a waste of 3,2 million ." Later when you folded under pressure and reconsidered your response, you stated they could tell him to retire and then offer him a job. However, as I stated, neither of us (or anyone else on here) know the true state of things, so we should just leave it to the MFC (which we have to anyway).

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Im saying offer him a job so it's not exactly dumping him is it?

if we don't honour his contract and support him now he won't be interested in having anything to do with us in the future, we need to be about supporting ourselves not being selfish idiots and only thinking about money when there is a human factor involved.

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Lets say all of what you propose is done stuie ( which I believe it will be )

And we get to August and Mr. Clark is still not playing and still has physical and other issues.

Are you going to keep on keeping on?

I think seeing he's contracted, the decision should be up to him. He's tremendous for us when well, and I'd prefer to be patient if there's any hope still by then.

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If they suggest retirement and offer a job I can't see a problem with that , it's not like he's out of pocket is it, he's paid massive money and there's no return in sight so why not earn it in the coaches box and who better to learn off than PR.

What if he doesn't want to coach? What if he thinks he can go on and not have to retire? What if he does want to coach and they bring in a cap on football department spending after we've promised to pay out his contract? Who will you fire to fit him in then? Rawlings? Stone? It's not feasible.


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if we don't honour his contract and support him now he won't be interested in having anything to do with us in the future, we need to be about supporting ourselves not being selfish idiots and only thinking about money when there is a human factor involved.

They have to honour his contract I never said that , I can guarantee you there will be no more contracts for him in the future anyway and you would have to be an absolute idiot to think there would be, you can be an assistant coach alot longer than you can play ask Brian Royal this guys futures not in playing anymore, it's amazing that people think he's going to play again he needs to think about the next phase of his life though I hear he takes a good photo .
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I wonder what it would be like to be as self-confident as mjt and a few others around here - so sure they know what's what. Must ask my therapist.

It's reasonable to think it is unlikely he will play again, it's reasonable to hope he will. But these ex-cathedra statements ...

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They have to honour his contract I never said that , I can guarantee you there will be no more contracts for him in the future anyway and you would have to be an absolute [censored] to think there would be, you can be an assistant coach alot longer than you can play ask Brian Royal this guys futures not in playing anymore, it's amazing that people think he's going to play again he needs to think about the next phase of his life though I hear he takes a good photo .

Hahaha mate, if Mitch gets back on the field in any sort of capacity then he will get another contract for sure, infact at this stage all we are hearing is that he is fine in terms of his foot, struggling abit with soft tissue injuries but so did richo and has some personal issues, he might play the entire second half of the year yet.

no point jumping the gun

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The longer he takes to get back on the paddock the more likely he never will.

Its been a while already.

Dreamers dream on.

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I wonder what it would be like to be as self-confident as mjt and a few others around here - so sure they know what's what. Must ask my therapist.

It's reasonable to think it is unlikely he will play again, it's reasonable to hope he will. But these ex-cathedra statements ...

If I recall people hear didn't have the sympathy when Fev broke down maybe someone should reopen that thread?

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Hahaha mate, if Mitch gets back on the field in any sort of capacity then he will get another contract for sure, infact at this stage all we are hearing is that he is fine in terms of his foot, struggling abit with soft tissue injuries but so did richo and has some personal issues, he might play the entire second half of the year yet.

no point jumping the gun

You must swallow Missions weekly reports then hardly surprising .
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If I recall people hear didn't have the smpathy when Fev broke down maybe someone should reopen that thread?

Gee, I wonder if that has anything to do with the fact that Mitch is one of our players and that we should possibly show him some support for problems that are not of his own making?... I wouldn't be expecting Brisbane supporters (or any other non MFC supporters) to be too sympathetic to his plight.

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