1 hour ago, whatwhat say what said:

a lot of waffle and not a lot said by stephen smith here https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/1967897/letter-from-steven-smith-2026-season

Thats being polite. All that was missing was 'We are expecting a big year from Nos 5' and to finish off with 'Now c'mon the Dees'

On 05/03/2026 at 07:18, Macca said:

And a year later, we started playing finals after moving to the Junction Oval

Zero finals from 1965 to 1985 when training at the home of football

Coincidence? Not really and a training venue is one thing, but having the talent to play finals is another

For instance, we could be training in the most swish conditions right now with everyone under the one roof but will we even play finals with the current list? (This season)

For now, training at AAMI & Casey is quite acceptable. That doesn't mean we can't pursue nice, swish training facilities (whenever that might occur)

Just got to get on with it

No training base is a guaranteed of success, but the ivory tower of our head office at the G isn’t totally connected they don’t get a direct feel of what’s going due to separation, Roffey disastrous radio interview reinforced that, players training across multiple venues, AAmi is shared … all 1-5% add up.

What did Smithy say?

He didn’t say.

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2 hours ago, Dannyz said:

Gerard said last week he will be asking Paul Guerra about the facilities

I am looking forward to some more waffle and spin.

16 minutes ago, ANG13 said:

I am looking forward to some more waffle and spin.

I agree this is what we may get but if there’s one interviewer capable of drilling down on a real answer, I don’t mind Gerard.

3 hours ago, Its Time Again said:

...the bankrupt Victorian State Govt...

The Victorian Government is guaranteed by the Commonwealth and vast majority of state and territory debt is owned by the RBA.

All spending though is a political decision.

I think this will still get done.

24 minutes ago, Dannyz said:

I agree this is what we may get but if there’s one interviewer capable of drilling down on a real answer, I don’t mind Gerard.

Be good to just have it ASKED and not somewhere it can be so I ares away to the boundary.

It's not a vindictive question. There's no side malice, no hidden agendas it's just a very straightforward inquiry about something of general interest to footy followers and very much of interest to Melbourne supporters and Id imagine players and staff. It's possible the latter groups are privy to some non general release info but just atm other than something may happen at Caulfield There's really nothing. And thats a 'nothing' after being told 'something' was imminent and then crickets.

Quite frankly it's gone from why haven't we been told to.... what AREN'T you telling us !!

The MFC , your local branch of the SSS

(secret 🐿 society)

Nuts to that !!

11 hours ago, Adam The God said:

The Victorian Government is guaranteed by the Commonwealth and vast majority of state and territory debt is owned by the RBA.

All spending though is a political decision.

I think this will still get done.

This - I'm tired of the hyperbole that our State Government is bankrupt. Being bankrupt means we can't pay our bills, which is clearly not the case.

My personal take is that the club is quiet re Caulfield at the direction of the State Government pending an announcement re funding. While there may be some finer details to sort out, I would expect the silence is more to do with timing an announcement with the election rather than any genuine blocker. You don't annoy members with silence for the sake of it unless you expect positive news, especially when you have a clean slate with a new Coach, CEO and President.

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20 minutes ago, chookrat said:

This - I'm tired of the hyperbole that our State Government is bankrupt. Being bankrupt means we can't pay our bills, which is clearly not the case.

My personal take is that the club is quiet re Caulfield at the direction of the State Government pending an announcement re funding. While there may be some finer details to sort out, I would expect the silence is more to do with timing an announcement with the election rather than any genuine blocker. You don't annoy members with silence for the sake of it unless you expect positive news, especially when you have a clean slate with a new Coach, CEO and President.

Not sure that ‘timing an announcement with the election’ is going to win votes from non Dees’ supporters

2 hours ago, joeboy said:

Not sure that ‘timing an announcement with the election’ is going to win votes from non Dees’ supporters

There's a pending state budget, so I think you'll find if there's something in there, we couldn't announce it until the Treasurer releases the budget papers.

“Negotiations with the state government are at a delicate stage” is about as close to an update from Guerra as we will get until it’s announced.

Caulfield is it.

I heard Guerra on SEN, reading between the lines, Caulfield is 'Go' but some things still need to be ironed out.

He was talking about a 3 to 5 year completion date.

The way Guerra was talking on trade night was if an announcement was coming soon … not a good look

This has brought me great joy.

6 minutes ago, PartyTimeJohnny said:

This has brought me great joy.

There comes a point where you have to accept that AFL footballers are just too spoilt for their own good.

Firstly, only the first stage of the development has been finalised, so there is still plenty of work to be done on the facilities.

Secondly, football is still an outdoors sport, so there are going to be days when it is windy or it rains or is too hot.

This is a club that has been playing in Launceston of all places for 25 years, so it is a bit rich to be complaining because your training facility is exposed to wind at times.

Next they'll be complaining because they can't walk to work every day.

Edited March 10Mar 10 by poita

16 minutes ago, PartyTimeJohnny said:

This has brought me great joy.

Kicking with the wind used to be a legitimate tactic....

Hey there 3KZ, you're just Sir Why You Little with a new name aren't you? Your posting style and content is identical...

25 minutes ago, PartyTimeJohnny said:

This has brought me great joy.

Slow news day......

We'll see. I'm not certain any of you are right at the moment but in time someone will be.

28 minutes ago, joeboy said:

Not sure that ‘timing an announcement with the election’ is going to win votes from non Dees’ supporters

1 hour ago, PartyTimeJohnny said:

This has brought me great joy.

Doesn’t surprise me at all. Built on landfill and horribly exposed to the elements being on a hill and so open. Wait till they play AFLW games there, there could actually be nil all draws. Traffic getting in and out also an issue with little to no public transport.

1 hour ago, Demonsone said:

The way Guerra was talking on trade night was if an announcement was coming soon … not a good look

I agree there was lot of chest beating going on. Brad Green was grinning like a school kid, he must have put a whoopie cushion on Guerra’s chair.

Seems that it is Caulfield or bust and state government funding is the hold up. We will have to keep being patient with the upcoming state budget and then the government will go into caretaker mode. Interesting there was no mention of the Federal Government…….only state.

I maintain that if Caulfield falls over then heads should roll. Guerra again talked the talk today.....

18 minutes ago, Roost it far said:

I maintain that if Caulfield falls over then heads should roll. Guerra again talked the talk today.....

Yes Guerra seems to do well at the talking part.

Meanwhile, Steven King seems to be one who will let his actions do his talking. I favour the latter.

1 hour ago, PartyTimeJohnny said:

This has brought me great joy.

Once a tip.... always...

The sentiments are good...

Reality another.

We wait

and wait 🥴