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    What do you think about 'scrutinising the club song'?

    P.S. At least Glen Bartlett (or Caroline Wilson) knows the difference between 'lackadaisical' and 'laconic'. ^_^

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    How would we get Melbourne into our team song?

    And interesting to hear about the Casey contract possibly in jeopardy.

    I'd like a simplified version of the logo, something cleaner. Even just removing the text would help.

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    What do you think about 'scrutinising the club song'?

    P.S. At least Glen Bartlett (or Caroline Wilson) knows the difference between 'lackadaisical' and 'laconic'. ^_^

    or languid, maurie eh?

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    or languid, maurie eh?

    You're smooth DC! No wonder you can cut a swathe through the "blue rinsers". Do you cast them off immediately after porking them, or do you simply make them work their way up the list again?

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    Win footy games.

    That is what I would say to anyone from the club who is thinking along the same lines as Bartlett here.

    That story just had a mish-mash of different image devices that don't do anything bar scratch the surface of our issues; no region to call our own, a dwindling and aging supporter base, and, up to two months ago, a terrible outlook for the foreseeable future.

    The emblem is a distraction. If you are going to change it, do it, don't talk about how it signifies a change in anything other than the letterhead on press releases.

    The song featuring the word 'Melbourne' is such an interesting aside but any money and time spent on this in our current predicament is bordering on insane. Let Demonland start a thread and work the word in - save you a few hundred thousand dollars...

    The desire for a presence in Collins St brings a word to bear - why? Hardly anyone lives there. I won't discuss this any further as 'presence' could mean anything from where he wants the boardroom to where he wants a billboard...

    The statement that Casey 'is not our heartland' is ironic, well it would be if it weren't so sad, we have no heartland - that's the point; we grew out of a stadium. We have shed so many supporters in the last 49 years. We have no 'heartland.' We are trying to build one out east. If we are not going to bother with Casey anymore the players will be happy they don't have to trek out there but they better have a bloody good business case.

    Nothing in that impressed me.

    Winning footy games will impress me, and it might impress a few others - if you really want to be the New York Yankees - you better win.

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    But RPFC we do have a region to call our own...we just dont take the bold step to do that...its a little place you may have heard of MELBOURNE

    Bartletts very point ( it seemed to me ) is we need to lay claim to it, nit fiddle faddle in and around it. We unlike any other can be MELBOURNE...thats what he wants to do. Yes, lots of images devices ( as you have it ) but they would surely be part of the methodology to do this.

    He wants to make us an irresistable and unavoidable part of this towns very fabric .....bully for him :)

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    Finally some big ideas. Sick of accepting we are one of the poor clubs, living on handouts. We should be aiming to be the biggest club in the land. I think most admins we've had have been content to mearly tread above water.

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    I really like his idea for the Dees Toiges pre Anzac game.

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    A bit confused but still have an open mind. What's in Collins Street that we need to tap into? The Melbourne Club. And Casey is too far away from The Gee I agree but are we making any friends out there? If not I agree let's realign with some VFL team closer to home. I don't believe you necessarily have to have a stand alone VFL side, can't see the difference myself. Hasn't held the Hawks back. But there is a tyranny of distance with the Casey alliance.

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    A bit confused but still have an open mind. What's in Collins Street that we need to tap into? The Melbourne Club. And Casey is too far away from The Gee I agree but are we making any friends out there? If not I agree let's realign with some VFL team closer to home. I don't believe you necessarily have to have a stand alone VFL side, can't see the difference myself. Hasn't held the Hawks back. But there is a tyranny of distance with the Casey alliance.

    Indeed Viscount!! Especially if you live in Romsey!!!!

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    What a ridiculous article, I don't even know where to start. We want to be the Yankees do we? The same Yankees that have hundreds of thousands of fans? The same Yankees that are one of the biggest most iconic brands in the world? We may have the name Melbourne but there's at least 5 or 6 teams in this city with a bigger supporter base and a lot more cash than us. This is all pie in the sky stuff, we need to get back to reality, roll our sleeves up & win some respect & footy games.

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    the sooner we cut ties with Casey and get our own reserve side the better

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    What a ridiculous article, I don't even know where to start. We want to be the Yankees do we? The same Yankees that have hundreds of thousands of fans? The same Yankees that are one of the biggest most iconic brands in the world? We may have the name Melbourne but there's at least 5 or 6 teams in this city with a bigger supporter base and a lot more cash than us. This is all pie in the sky stuff, we need to get back to reality, roll our sleeves up & win some respect & footy games.

    good to see you didnt miss the gist of it

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    What a ridiculous article, I don't even know where to start. We want to be the Yankees do we? The same Yankees that have hundreds of thousands of fans? The same Yankees that are one of the biggest most iconic brands in the world? We may have the name Melbourne but there's at least 5 or 6 teams in this city with a bigger supporter base and a lot more cash than us. This is all pie in the sky stuff, we need to get back to reality, roll our sleeves up & win some respect & footy games.

    i think the sleeves have been rolled up off field since last August.

    It just hasn't been made public.

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    Time for the Melbourne football club to dominate football in Melbourne

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    Time for the Melbourne football club to dominate football in Melbourne

    No reason why we cannot get there with the CORRECT decisions being implemented.

    A 100,000 seat home ground is a superb base to start.

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