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1 hour ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

Possibly somebody who wanted the deal killed?

Wasnt it Bartlett or Jackson who mentioned it either in a podcast or an interview which then lead into newspaper follow ups?

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    On 10/15/2020 at 10:15 PM, Chook in Perth said:

    [b]So putting this on the front page of the Hun killed it.[/b]

    Taskforce coming back very soon with recommendations. One option building over the AAMI carpark on Gosch's side. 

    Either way, likely to have a location for our future base soon.

     

    It did, but this was done by govt themselves. Internally we [censored] ourselves that the leak came from us & the govt would be filthy, until we found out otherwise. It was all political grandstanding. 

    Pert has plenty to do and has achieved little so far. His attitude doesn’t help and I fear he’s already damaged the culture of the club as a whole.

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    Essendon has received $6.28m in funding from the Victorian state government to complete the second stage of the development of its training centre.

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    By the time we get around to announcing and getting approval for our new digs, Governments will be saying that they are all out of money.

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    1 hour ago, Demon Disciple said:

    By the time we get around to announcing and getting approval for our new digs, Governments will be saying that they are all out of money.

    No votes in giving money to a football club who is perceived to be from the opposite political divide. 

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    3 hours ago, old dee said:

    No votes in giving money to a football club who is perceived to be from the opposite political divide. 

    ...and whose supporters are believed to be consolidated in non-swinging electorates.

     

    Nevertheless, I should add that I believe the Vic Government(whoever is in power) will provide funding once we have the right plans in place.

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    Just now, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

    ...and whose supporters are believed to be consolidated in non-swinging electorates.

    Exactly. Essendons latest past president was a X federal Labor MP. Says it all. 

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    1 hour ago, old dee said:

    Exactly. Essendons latest past president was a X federal Labor MP. Says it all. 

    And our Premier is an Ess supporter.  And an ex Labor Minister's brother (Madden) is on their Board.

    The old story of 'who you know', od.

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    1 minute ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

    And our Premier is an Ess supporter.  And an ex Labour Minister (Madden) is on their Board.

    The old story of 'who you know', od.

    If the parties were  reversed we would still miss out  because 75% of members votes were guaranteed money or not.

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    5 hours ago, Demon Disciple said:

    By the time we get around to announcing and getting approval for our new digs, Governments will be saying that they are all out of money.

    We shouldn't ever hear this again. I'm sure we will, but it's simply not true.

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    59 minutes ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

    And our Premier is an Ess supporter.  And an ex Labour Minister (Madden) is on their Board.

    The old story of 'who you know', od.

    Simon Madden is on the Essendon board. It was his ex-Carlton (and for a short while ex-Essendon) brother, Justin, who was the Minister in the Labor Government.

    But if we want to extend the conspiracy, the Governor, Linda Dessau was also on the Essendon Board.

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    7 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

    Simon Madden is on the Essendon board. It was his ex-Carlton (and for a short while ex-Essendon) brother, Justin, who was the Minister in the Labor Government.

    But if we want to extend the conspiracy, the Governor, Linda Dessau was also on the Essendon Board.

    Thanks for correction.  I will go back and change my post.  Family connection is there.

    It wasn't so much a conspiracy theory - just mates and favours.

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    2 minutes ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

    Thanks for correction.  I will go back and change my post.  Family connection is there.

    It wasn't so much a conspiracy theory - just mates and favours.

    Apologies. I wasn't intending to suggest that you were peddling any conspiracies. I know from your posting history that you're far too sensible to fall for that. 

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    30 minutes ago, Pickett2Jackson said:

    Another new partner

     

    https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/894446/melbourne-forms-new-bond-with-abx

     

    Seems we have a new sponsor coming in on a weekly basis.  Is Perty doing a great job?

    Yes I noticed the Board behind Goody during his after match presser was filling up with some new names. 
    excellent work under the current world climate 

    Time to do some investing!!

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    42 minutes ago, old dee said:

    A quarter of the year has now past and the silence is still deafening!

    Turn on your hearing aid OD

    Do you need some new Eveready’s?

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    Since we’re in an all in lovefest moment I think Gary Pert needs some dry humping too. The club did a magnificent job during the finals campaign to get the WA people on the Dees train or bus (hopefully they can park it in car park E at AAMI).
    The Dee for a day campaign was great, we sold a boat load of merch pre grand final and with the flag in the bag the money is rolling in. Feels like the club has ticked a lot of boxes with the not raising membership prices and auto resigning of memberships for next season. Maybe a merch back order process could be better but over all it feels like we’re capturing the moment incredibly well and we’ll not fizz it all away like we’ve seen come clubs do relatively recently. 

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    12 minutes ago, Cards13 said:

    Since we’re in an all in lovefest moment I think Gary Pert needs some dry humping too. The club did a magnificent job during the finals campaign to get the WA people on the Dees train or bus (hopefully they can park it in car park E at AAMI).
    The Dee for a day campaign was great, we sold a boat load of merch pre grand final and with the flag in the bag the money is rolling in. Feels like the club has ticked a lot of boxes with the not raising membership prices and auto resigning of memberships for next season. Maybe a merch back order process could be better but over all it feels like we’re capturing the moment incredibly well and we’ll not fizz it all away like we’ve seen come clubs do relatively recently. 

    I agree. He’s been a good appointment. Experienced and well connected. Some of the baseless commentary on this thread is embarrassing.

    re the merchandise. I believe the forecast by all parties inc the AFL, MFC and suppliers was well under. Which is a slight miss but I think MFC supporters generally don’t wear as much club kit as other Vic clubs.

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    On 11/11/2020 at 9:28 PM, Mach5 said:

    Pert has plenty to do and has achieved little so far. His attitude doesn’t help and I fear he’s already damaged the culture of the club as a whole.

    HaHaHa.

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    30 minutes ago, JJJ said:

    I agree. He’s been a good appointment. Experienced and well connected. Some of the baseless commentary on this thread is embarrassing.

    re the merchandise. I believe the forecast by all parties inc the AFL, MFC and suppliers was well under. Which is a slight miss but I think MFC supporters generally don’t wear as much club kit as other Vic clubs.

    I was just reading we'd sold something like three years worth of the stuff in the lead up and post grand final celebrations? Is that still unders?

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    9 minutes ago, AllMyTeamsAreWank said:

    I was just reading we'd sold something like three years worth of the stuff in the lead up and post grand final celebrations? Is that still unders?

    The selling isn’t the problem. The problem is supply.

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    Re: merch supply. 
    Keep in mind there are a lot of issues going on in China that most people who don’t work in product development like me wouldn’t know about. 
    Basically as soon as they get one Covid case they shut the city down. And I mean lock people in their houses. 
    There was a big shut down of a big port in China a few weeks ago when a worker tested positive, that is still delaying containers arriving into Australia.

    And since the relationship between China and Australia has gone down the toilet, a lot of suppliers have upped their prices. Production is also slower as Australia is no longer a priority growth market. 
    Combine all that with the minuscule levels of stock the club is ordering (big scheme of things you got Kmart ordering 500,000 navy T-shirts and MFC ordering 5,000), and they’re always going to be up against it in terms of costs and turnaround times. 
     

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