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6 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Have posted before the ditching of the Darwin game which I thoroughly support will almost certainly result in the loss of around 5k of   memberships that would have been sold to the NT govt as part of the contra deal for their sponsorship. So we get both a revenue loss and a nominal membership drop.

Pity about the abysmal 2019 on field performance. If we had made top 4 we would take it in our stride.

 

We have to take a Hit for 2019. That’s life

It should not have happened to that level, regardless of the high surgery numbers last Summer. 
The Membership Numbers in the NT have always been dodgy. I have called the Club twice over the years to get a figure and have been sidetracked each time. 
The City of Melbourne is growing weekly, we need to be part of that growth. 

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    How could any MELBOURNE supporter actually want us to play home games interstate....??

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    15 minutes ago, sisso said:

    How could any MELBOURNE supporter actually want us to play home games interstate....??

    Hawthorn has done it rather successfully and of course North like us are desperate for $$

    GCS play in Cairns.

    Footscray play on Mars and others even play in China.

    It's the way. The trick is to make it work and Darwin just doesn't.

    That aside I really admire the Socceroos. Last Thursday they played on a cold wet night in Canberra and then last night they were playing in the humidity of Taiwan and of course many are back to Europe for games on the coming weekend.

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    2 hours ago, sisso said:

    How could any MELBOURNE supporter actually want us to play home games interstate....??

    Because I live in Alice Springs and it is the one game a year I get to take my children to

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    2 hours ago, Rod Grinter Riot Squad said:

    Because I live in Alice Springs and it is the one game a year I get to take my children to

    Fair enough, but in that case for you games at the G are interstate

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    6 hours ago, sisso said:

    How could any MELBOURNE supporter actually want us to play home games interstate....??

    Money!

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    1 hour ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    Unless the club specifically says we'll be playing 10 home games a year at the MCG (which they haven't), I bet this home game will be at Marvel.

    Still better than Darwin

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    I don't mind docklands anymore. I'm in the northwest suburbs now so docklands is actually easier for me to get to than the G. Easier when taking kids too, can't find parking close to the G anymore and you don't have to worry about them sitting in the cold/wind/rain.

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    Fantastic news!  the impact of players fitness is just too great

    and we need every advantage we can get especially in a 22 round season.

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    32 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    100% it is. Miles better than Darwin.

    A pity of most of our fans won't turn up to it.

    Do MCC members get free entry to Docklands? I think not which drops the crowd by 7-8k.

    The other issue is that the second level which is the prime viewing area is reserved (read empty) seating.

    If we are performing I will go along but it is a rather soulless venue.

    Presumably we will also be there against it's tenants for their home games if we have them...Essendon, Carlton Saints and Footscray

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    57 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

    Do MCC members get free entry to Docklands? I think not which drops the crowd by 7-8k.

    The other issue is that the second level which is the prime viewing area is reserved (read empty) seating.

    If we are performing I will go along but it is a rather soulless venue.

    Presumably we will also be there against it's tenants for their home games if we have them...Essendon, Carlton Saints and Footscray

    MCC members most certainly don't get free entry, so you're right in the drop off right there. AFL members do though.

    You'd hope all standard members that have free entry would get along to it...because well...they still get free entry.

    Hopefully (if we do get a home game there) we can play one of the higher drawing interstate clubs there such as Brisbane, Sydney or Adelaide to retain some sort of home ground advantage,  and at the same time not record a disastrously low crowd. However I suspect you're right in that it will be a Marvel tenant.

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    I found this years trip to Darwin particularly pleasant and i was looking forward to a trip in 2020  .The weather is beautiful that time of year and the people hospitable .We play the stadium better than we play most grounds and despite the heartbreaking loss to Adelaide this year we ,in my view anyway ,had developed a  genuine home ground advantage .I doubt the final decision was ours and was a result of the demise of the Northern Thunder .The AFL  are concerned with the drop in draftees from the NT and saw a need to align NTFL with a geographically  closer club .I understand the members support of  moving back to the G and the reasoning  of the AFL is generally sound but I am still a little saddened by the news

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    24 minutes ago, kallangurdemon said:

    I found this years trip to Darwin particularly pleasant and i was looking forward to a trip in 2020  .The weather is beautiful that time of year and the people hospitable .We play the stadium better than we play most grounds and despite the heartbreaking loss to Adelaide this year we ,in my view anyway ,had developed a  genuine home ground advantage .I doubt the final decision was ours and was a result of the demise of the Northern Thunder .The AFL  are concerned with the drop in draftees from the NT and saw a need to align NTFL with a geographically  closer club .I understand the members support of  moving back to the G and the reasoning  of the AFL is generally sound but I am still a little saddened by the news

    As per my #292 post earlier in this thread, our Darwin game was dumped after the AFL announced their rescue package for the Suns. They now have first dips on the Darwin zone, we were effectively sent on our way by the AFL and thanks for your help. Perts announcement of listening to our fans calling for a MCG game is just so much corporate weasel word spin, we were always leaving, at least I hope so! The worst outcome would be for us to be playing there as the away team. 

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    On 10/18/2019 at 12:55 PM, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    Unless the club specifically says we'll be playing 10 home games a year at the MCG (which they haven't), I bet this home game will be at Marvel.

    So you want the club to say "we will get 10 games at the G next year", despite what Pert said as per the below?

    On 10/16/2019 at 1:18 PM, titan_uranus said:

    Not only is this in the article:

    “Supporters have made it very clear to the Club they would love to see the Darwin home game return to the MCG as soon as possible, so they can watch their team live and share in the excitement,” he told Melbourne Media.

    “This is something we have been working on with the AFL for quite some time. However, it was important the timing coincided with the opportunity to return the game to our traditional home, the MCG, rather than other alternatives.”

    But if you watch the video, Pert says (verbatim): "Great news for Melbourne supporters and members today, I can announce that the Melbourne Football Club will be bringing one of its Northern Territory home games back to the MCG"

    You're concerned that what will actually happen is we'll bring the Darwin game home to the G but then lose a pre-existing MCG home game to Marvel?

    Which would make what Pert is saying completely redundant and misleading to our members?

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    43 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

    So you want the club to say "we will get 10 games at the G next year", despite what Pert said as per the below?

    You're concerned that what will actually happen is we'll bring the Darwin game home to the G but then lose a pre-existing MCG home game to Marvel?

    Which would make what Pert is saying completely redundant and misleading to our members?

    The fixture will tell the story. The fact that he technically didn’t announce that we’re playing 10 games at the G leaves me a little sceptical (even though I don’t mind home games at Marvel)

    If we end up still playing 9 home games at the G and 1 at Marvel, then yes, he’s mislead the members and should’ve just announced that we’ve withdrawn home games from Darwin.

    Ofcourse, we could end up playing the 10 at the G, no home games at Marvel and I’ll be the first to put my hand up and say I was wrong.

     

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    6 hours ago, JakovichScissorKick said:

    Darwin game dumped, and  the coup in getting Darren Burgess to the club.

    Looks like theyve sucked me back in again...  ahhh!

    Good to see you back Rangey/Matsuo

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