Demons Grand Plan for Yarra Park Training HQ

[binman 38,165]

57 minutes ago, old dee said:

If that is correct why are we even considering Yarra Park.

It would appear the MFC have a totally different idea of what is required for an AFL team than Essendon and Hawthorn.

Why? Because yarra park is a brilliant idea. One oval is fine for Pete's sake (no issue for th Magpies it would seem) and having our gym, medical stuff, recovery, footy department and admin all in one place will be awesome.

Not to mention a space for fans and members. A MFC owned bar above jolimont station would make a fortune - and not just from dees fans. It would be packed every time  there was any event at the G. A natural meting place. We would also have a place for the demon shop. 

The Hawks are going to Dingley, which is not all that far from their current base and there is much to play out in terms of the viability of the project. The Bombers facility might be great but it is miles from anywhere and has costed an arm and a leg. it also does nothing in terms of a base for their fans.

I got the election call right OD and i reckon i'll be right on Yarra park.It. Will. happen.

[Diamond_Jim 11,775]

All about future proofing Binman...

The Yarra park solution is better than we have (almost nothing) but it will be miles behind what the big clubs develop in the near future.

EFC have an enormous indoor facility in which you can kick a football for example. Collingwood have spent big money on the old pool site but I suspect the architectural constraints of the place have limited them. If they had their time over again I think they would be elsewhere.

Richmond is the unknown. Good facilities at Punt road but not really 21st century facilities. Richmond with their success and membership base (especially if they can hook their members onto the pre reserved seats merry go round) will soon be rolling in money.

Social clubs are dead unless you can think of a use for them on the other 340 days of the year.

Here's a site showing the training grounds for the EPL clubs. Not suggesting we have the money they have but the most recently built training facility is for Tottenham. Worth a look. It's about 30k from their home ground.

http://www.footballtraininggrounds.com/tottenham.html

Edited November 28, 2018 by Diamond_Jim

[Cards13 9,117]

2 hours ago, Redleg said:

Bribes.

Seriously,  it would be architects and planning consultants.

“Lobbying” is the political term isn’t it?

[Redleg 37,617]

32 minutes ago, Cards13 said:

“Lobbying” is the political term isn’t it?

Politically correct term.

[binman 38,165]

59 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

All about future proofing Binman...

The Yarra park solution is better than we have (almost nothing) but it will be miles behind what the big clubs develop in the near future.

EFC have an enormous indoor facility in which you can kick a football for example. Collingwood have spent big money on the old pool site but I suspect the architectural constraints of the place have limited them. If they had their time over again I think they would be elsewhere.

Richmond is the unknown. Good facilities at Punt road but not really 21st century facilities. Richmond with their success and membership base (especially if they can hook their members onto the pre reserved seats merry go round) will soon be rolling in money.

Social clubs are dead unless you can think of a use for them on the other 340 days of the year.

Here's a site showing the training grounds for the EPL clubs. Not suggesting we have the money they have but the most recently built training facility is for Tottenham. Worth a look. It's about 30k from their home ground.

http://www.footballtraininggrounds.com/tottenham.html

A couple of points. I didn't mention a social club. I said a bar owned by the mfc. In use all the time. Did you ever go to the old Hilton pub (directly opposite jolimont)? Game days it was packed to the rafters before and after demons games. Just as the cricketers arms is on any game day. A decent bar one train station to the city would always do well, particularly in a a practically dry area.

Secondly, a purpose built space would include all the bells and whistles and we would make income from the office space. 

And one oval is enough. As the tigers, pies etch have shown.

I'll bet players don't want to drive to outer woop woop eirher.

[Diamond_Jim 11,775]

1 hour ago, binman said:

Secondly, a purpose built space would include all the bells and whistles and we would make income from the office space. 

to do that we would need to pay commercial value for the land... East Melbourne is amongst the highest value per square foot in Melbourne.

Woop woop as you call it will not get any cheaper and it will get further out the longer we wait.

[binman 38,165]

34 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

to do that we would need to pay commercial value for the land... East Melbourne is amongst the highest value per square foot in Melbourne.

Woop woop as you call it will not get any cheaper and it will get further out the longer we wait.

Makes you wonder then why  savvy, switched on operators like Glen Bartlett and Peter Jackson, after presumably considering all of the facts and relevant considerations, decided yara park was their preferred option.

Not.

[old dee 22,854]

3 hours ago, binman said:

Why? Because yarra park is a brilliant idea. One oval is fine for Pete's sake (no issue for th Magpies it would seem) and having our gym, medical stuff, recovery, footy department and admin all in one place will be awesome.

Not to mention a space for fans and members. A MFC owned bar above jolimont station would make a fortune - and not just from dees fans. It would be packed every time  there was any event at the G. A natural meting place. We would also have a place for the demon shop. 

The Hawks are going to Dingley, which is not all that far from their current base and there is much to play out in terms of the viability of the project. The Bombers facility might be great but it is miles from anywhere and has costed an arm and a leg. it also does nothing in terms of a base for their fans.

I got the election call right OD and i reckon i'll be right on Yarra park.It. Will. happen.

Binman I said if you need the same facilities as Essendon and Hawthorn then the idea for Yarra park is not going to fill the future 21st century needs. Important word there is "if". I have little idea what is needed, the MFC have " experts" to decide that.

My feelings are too fold.

Yarra park will be too hard due to political / Greenie problems. 

Second I don't care where it is really. As long as the players get good facilities and are happy. Yarra park, Casey, Goschs paddock or somewhere in between.

What the average supporter needs is running a bad last IMO.

[binman 38,165]

10 minutes ago, old dee said:

Binman I said if you need the same facilities as Essendon and Hawthorn then the idea for Yarra park is not going to fill the future 21st century needs. Important word there is "if". I have little idea what is needed, the MFC have " experts" to decide that.

My feelings are too fold.

Yarra park will be too hard due to political / Greenie problems. 

Second I don't care where it is really. As long as the players get good facilities and are happy. Yarra park, Casey, Goschs paddock or somewhere in between.

What the average supporter needs is running a bad last IMO.

I trust the club to make the right call. They have all the information and of course will have assessed all options and then come up with their preferred option. Their call is yara park. Good enough for me.

[old dee 22,854]

1 hour ago, binman said:

I trust the club to make the right call. They have all the information and of course will have assessed all options and then come up with their preferred option. Their call is yara park. Good enough for me.

Me too binman it is not as though we supporters have any say anyway. 

Hard to believe I know but no one has rung me asking for my opinion!

astounding really.

[CBDees 3,162]

Despite the enthusiasm of Binman (which I share), the initial concept is focussed on players and administration rather than a gathering place for the MFC faithfull. There is still a fair bit of concept work to go as I understand and hopefully the patient MFC membership base can end up with a high profile facility next to the “G” which they can own rather than share with other codes. My belief is that it will include components which will benefit the local community rather than merely the Club’s football operations and have a positive outcome for the local area. It is the most appropriate position by a long shot and it has merit on planning grounds which hopefully the Club can elucidate to convince East Melbourne/Richmond that it is a Win/Win proposal!

[Willmoy1947 3,780]

We win a flag and look like we're going to win the next one and things might look rosier.
Also, is it any good us,  MFC, being more  close to the MCC than ever to get this over the line, or don't they care as much? 

[Diamond_Jim 11,775]

this is the new West Coast facility

https://thewest.com.au/sport/west-coast-eagles/eagles-show-off-plans-for-new-home-at-lathlain-bc-5557316662001

There is obviously a big push by the powerhouses to take their facilities to another level.

Adelaide spent $16M on their facility at AAMI park in 2008.
Freo train in a facility that cost $109M

http://www.fremantlefc.com.au/news/2018-07-19/fremantle-dockers-training-facility-tours-

Getting back to our own facility we clearly don't have the money to match the powerhouses. Compromise is needed but we need to get a wriggle on.

Edited November 28, 2018 by Diamond_Jim

[Cards13 9,117]

1 hour ago, Diamond_Jim said:

this is the new West Coast facility

https://thewest.com.au/sport/west-coast-eagles/eagles-show-off-plans-for-new-home-at-lathlain-bc-5557316662001

There is obviously a big push by the powerhouses to take their facilities to another level.

Adelaide spent $16M on their facility at AAMI park in 2008.
Freo train in a facility that cost $109M

http://www.fremantlefc.com.au/news/2018-07-19/fremantle-dockers-training-facility-tours-

Getting back to our own facility we clearly don't have the money to match the powerhouses. Compromise is needed but we need to get a wriggle on.

Frightening numbers!! 

While there is a hard cap on players and soft cap on footy dept spend, there is no limit to facilities spend.

Big clubs can spend away, little clubs fall further behind. The Dogs, Norths, Saints, GWS, Suns and us of the world lag behind in that space.

[whatwhat say what 18,987]

Crows wasted their $$ cos the afl, the two clubs, and saca were working on the Adelaide Oval plans by then

Freo facilities are a mile from anywhere 

Plenty to play out for MFC yet

[Demon trucker 1,771]

The greens power is getting less, they will soon go the way of the Democrat party, before the election labour did not know how much they would win by now they don't need the greens, the greens have gone from 5 to 1 member in the upper house, the liberals are so weak now they won't have a reason to oppose yarra park,  labour might approve funding for yarra park now.

[DV8 2,271]

24 minutes ago, Cards13 said:

Frightening numbers!! 

While there is a hard cap on players and soft cap on footy dept spend, there is no limit to facilities spend.

Big clubs can spend away, little clubs fall further behind. The Dogs, Norths, Saints, GWS, Suns and us of the world lag behind in that space.

This club has to lose its fear of having a go.   Most millionaires have gone broke at some time in their lives. 

Big businesses get government's to bend for them, so they can prosper.

 

Yet the Mfc quiver when it comes to big money & being entrepreneurial.   If we can't find a Sugar-Daddy or some Benneyfactor... we wither away in the dark corner of the party.

 

This has to change... or we stay just as we've been the past 50 Yrs.

If we had a different nature as a club, it would be us in the old Olympic Swimming Centre...  instead of Ol Fatface Ed & his lot.

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We have only our own conservative small Inward Thinking for this weak culture of NoN-Progress...  for the past half century, and being tied to the Mcc apron strings for so long, like an illegitimate child, is what caused this Club Impotence.

 

We've been fortunate that the AFL came a running this time to our Aid and bailed us out with PJ and Roosy, & to a degree, Goody as well.

 

Our Home Base is the most important thing, to build our own Independent Identity... away from & out of the shadow of the Mcc.  Cut the Apron-Strings, and stand Tall, Proud & Independent.

[CBDees 3,162]

DV8 it is the Melbourne Cricket Ground after all (and we started life as the Melbourne Cricket Club Football Club)! Our secret is to strengthen our association rather than ‘untie the apron strings ‘!

[Diamond_Jim 11,775]

1 hour ago, Cards13 said:

Frightening numbers!! 

While there is a hard cap on players and soft cap on footy dept spend, there is no limit to facilities spend.

Big clubs can spend away, little clubs fall further behind. The Dogs, Norths, Saints, GWS, Suns and us of the world lag behind in that space.

I get the feeling it will be the new arms race.

One thing protecting us perhaps is that with the soft cap on the football department spend the mega facility can become uneconomic in that the bigger the facility the more staff you need to employ to maximise the utility of the facility. For those in the know what goes under this cap. For example the groundskeepers and the cleaners would be outside the cap but are the dieticians and the kitchen staff within?

[DV8 2,271]

27 minutes ago, CBDees said:

DV8 it is the Melbourne Cricket Ground after all (and we started life as the Melbourne Cricket Club Football Club)! Our secret is to strengthen our association rather than ‘untie the apron strings ‘!

No !!!  We don't want apron strings.

Or we will never grow up as a club.   We can stand side by side... as equals with the Mcc.   But definately not with apron strings. 

Or we will always be the illegitimate son.  And our fears will always be cast in stone,  just as Peter-Pan always remained as he ever was.

We have to make the change to become an Elder of the building........ just like the Pies are, and the Tigers are, and the Bummers are.

 

This is an attitudinal thing of independence.  Maybe like when young Murdoch broke away from his dad Rupert, and returned home to Australia with his wife, years back.

 Now young Murdoch is creating his own way in the wide world.  He's not a boy under his dads spell any longer.  He IS his own master.

 

This is what Melbourne has to become, so it can make the big decisions at board level... and why our boards of the past have failed us all.  

Because the club in the past didn't have the balls... and so neither did its boards.  A lack of courage & commitment. due to having been 'treated' by a Sugar-Daddy.

 

We go forward as equal partners with the Mcc... or we won't go forward, at all.

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Edited November 28, 2018 by DV8

[whatwhat say what 18,987]

God I’d much rather be Rupert than Lachlan - he seems to burn everything he touches 

[Cards13 9,117]

3 minutes ago, whatwhatsaywhat said:

God I’d much rather be Rupert than Lachlan - he seems to burn everything he touches 

An old boss of mine said he worked at the One.Tel... some Of the stories were borderline lunacy, his record since makes me feel like they were all true. The 

Also isnt he more conservative than dad as well? God help us.

[whatwhat say what 18,987]

11 minutes ago, Cards13 said:

An old boss of mine said he worked at the One.Tel... some Of the stories were borderline lunacy, his record since makes me feel like they were all true. The 

Also isnt he more conservative than dad as well? God help us.

Yes, massively so

[DV8 2,271]

46 minutes ago, whatwhatsaywhat said:

God I’d much rather be Rupert than Lachlan - he seems to burn everything he touches 

what Ch-10 ?

[DV8 2,271]

1 hour ago, Cards13 said:

An old boss of mine said he worked at the One.Tel... some Of the stories were borderline lunacy, his record since makes me feel like they were all true. The 

Also isnt he more conservative than dad as well? God help us.

The point is... to stand tall, you have to one day step out of the shadow your in.   We have never done that and in the 50's it didn't matter so much, as we had  the MCG to ourselves Re footy... & fire brimstone coaches who knew what they were about.

But the world started changing, players got payed more, and political correctness started to become a thing, and a sort of war against the old world ways started simmering.

 

Educated people/admins were becoming precious and scheming. and more vindictive.  The world changed, just as it did in the politics we see today around the world.

 

We, have never stood up... and so we have reaped just what we sowed... very little.

Whilst other clubs risked all... put it all on the line,  gambled and Won, and Lost some times,  but all the while, their clubs grew. they recovered their losses, and grew again.

 

I want to say just one thing about this... "Nothing Ventured"....

 

Let's fight for OUR  In-deependance.

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Edited November 28, 2018 by DV8