Relax. By the time Caulfield has been approved the players will be able to teleport themselves across the track.

21 hours ago, 3KZ is Football said:

Essendon are really lighting it up in Tullamarine, Since moving to The Hanger

Keep training at Gosch's until Caulfield is Signed and Sealed....

I think the key point here is that, despite not having a home, we are still thereabouts with the Saints, Dogs, North in terms of support, and definitely have more support in Melbourne than all three, and are mildly successful on the field, and far more successful than those three.

I do truly believe that with a true home where the whole club is based, we will see significant growth in both supporter base and success. It is the one thing holding us back from being a great club. Caulfield is integral from a talent perspective as it would attract better people to the club, on and off the field. You're limiting the talent pool when you put "Cranbourne, but also sometimes Richmond" on the job application.

24 minutes ago, praha said:

I think the key point here is that, despite not having a home, we are still thereabouts with the Saints, Dogs, North in terms of support, and definitely have more support in Melbourne than all three, and are mildly successful on the field, and far more successful than those three.

I do truly believe that with a true home where the whole club is based, we will see significant growth in both supporter base and success. It is the one thing holding us back from being a great club. Caulfield is integral from a talent perspective as it would attract better people to the club, on and off the field. You're limiting the talent pool when you put "Cranbourne, but also sometimes Richmond" on the job application.

i personally don't think we do have more support in melbourne than all three of those clubs mentioned, nor are we more successful than those three

1 hour ago, Redleg said:

Picket isn't lying and I also don't think he is a fool, he is just expressing his opinion that Caulfield won't happen.

He will either be proved right or wrong.

I am fairly confident it will be wrong.

Exactly, thank you

Good luck attracting Humphries & Butters, we couldn’t attract any marquee players after the 21 flag finishing top 4 in 22/23, who wants to drive to Casey & train on a paddock, only players seeking a super top up @ end of their careers

2 hours ago, Demonsone said:

Good luck attracting Humphries & Butters, we couldn’t attract any marquee players after the 21 flag finishing top 4 in 22/23, who wants to drive to Casey & train on a paddock, only players seeking a super top up @ end of their careers

What will be the excuses when we finally get into Caulfield?

Self-flagellators never run out of ammunition

2 hours ago, Demonsone said:

Good luck attracting Humphries & Butters, we couldn’t attract any marquee players after the 21 flag finishing top 4 in 22/23, who wants to drive to Casey & train on a paddock

May and Lever were happy to come to us and train at Casey

7 hours ago, Waverley said:

Who in government needs to be bribed? or have their arm twisted for the for us to get the funding.

Geelong want another 93 million , for upgrading there facilities, if they get that funding before we get any funding, then we must storm the parliament have a huge protest every Melbourne supporter get down there and protest

93 million to upgrade what?

They just recieved a sh y te load of cash for there stadium 3-5 years ago, what could possibly need upgrading?

This is a p1 55 take surely!

9 hours ago, praha said:

I think the key point here is that, despite not having a home, we are still thereabouts with the Saints, Dogs, North in terms of support, and definitely have more support in Melbourne than all three, and are mildly successful on the field, and far more successful than those three.

I do truly believe that with a true home where the whole club is based, we will see significant growth in both supporter base and success. It is the one thing holding us back from being a great club. Caulfield is integral from a talent perspective as it would attract better people to the club, on and off the field. You're limiting the talent pool when you put "Cranbourne, but also sometimes Richmond" on the job application.

No the point is a Brand New Home Base guarantees nothing, we must concentrate on winning games and the rest will be sorted in the background.

A large number of Supporters couldn’t care less if we have a home base or not.

We need great people running the Club….

8 hours ago, picket fence said:

Exactly, thank you

I’ll back you as well. I also think you’re wrong but I know only marginally more than my neighbour who cares nothing of AFL.

What’s our Value Proposition to attracting marquee players, why would a Butters or Humphries choose the MFC ?

A new home base is no guarantee of success but it’s critical to form a foundation and provide players to best environment.

Heard that there’s a strong chance the USA will be landing on the moon again in the next 5 years, that will still happen before we have a training base 😂

29 minutes ago, GawnOfTheDead said:

Heard that there’s a strong chance the USA will be landing on the moon again in the next 5 years, that will still happen before we have a training base 😂

Again, or for the first time? 😈😈

18 minutes ago, DistrACTION Jackson said:

Again, or for the first time? 😈😈

On 27/03/2026 at 21:35, Older demon said:

The Glen Eira council have for several years, been lobbying for more open space for team sports, directing a lot of their efforts to open up the vast expanse in the middle of Caulfield race course. The MRC have always wanted to keep the enclosed land just for racing, but allowed the public to use the track for walking or training. I can remember a time when Caulfield in the VFA used the track for a lot other the preseason work.

The point is, this development isn't just about MFC. We are part of something way bigger, and like it or not, the Caulfield trust has been told to free up land. Not just for us but for all community sport. The MRC are broke and needed to sell off their freehold to Mount Scopus, which is still years off and dependent on the school getting the money from the sale of their 3 campuses. Where I live, a local team has 20 junior cricket teams needing grounds to play on, the same with foorball especially now that there are so many women's teams.

No matter who goes to the middle area for recreation will need access or a tunnel. In many other sports setups, the introduction of a major sporting code team to a site draws funding for the development of the site for the whole community to use. The land in the centre of Caulfield needs us, needs to be developed and horse racing cannot monopolise all the area when they only use a fraction of the land

And…. The north side near Caulfield Station already has one tunnel for pedestrians. The western end has a big one for vehicles. The southern end has none while being close to Glenhuntly station and its car parks, along with a Woolies car park.

In other words, a tunnel that suits us suits a whole lot of other people too, making it a valuable addition to the community and the new facilities that our MLA and many locals keep saying we need to make up for the fact that Glen Eira has the least amount of public green space of any municipality in Melbourne.

Terra Firming Mars 3046 Home Base then!

33 minutes ago, GawnOfTheDead said:

They walk among us ... 🥴

20 minutes ago, Grr-owl said:

And…. The north side near Caulfield Station already has one tunnel for pedestrians. The western end has a big one for vehicles. The southern end has none while being close to Glenhuntly station and its car parks, along with a Woolies car park.

In other words, a tunnel that suits us suits a whole lot of other people too, making it a valuable addition to the community and the new facilities that our MLA and many locals keep saying we need to make up for the fact that Glen Eira has the least amount of public green space of any municipality in Melbourne.

The tunnel is not the obstacle.

It's not. Anyone who stumps up a narrative it is hard to do has NO Engineering or project experience.

This is gamesmanship/petty politics.. Thats all

16 hours ago, YesitwasaWin4theAges said:

93 million to upgrade what?

They just recieved a sh y te load of cash for there stadium 3-5 years ago, what could possibly need upgrading?

This is a p1 55 take surely!

They want new training facilities, and they know that will get it, because they're marginal seat and they get 100 millions of millions every year, where not even asking for the government to fund all of it, but Geelong are, and i bet you they will get it

6 minutes ago, Waverley said:

They want new training facilities, and they know that will get it, because they're marginal seat and they get 100 millions of millions every year, where not even asking for the government to fund all of it, but Geelong are, and i bet you they will get it

Yes , it's sickening. There are any amount of reasons to despise Geelong...but this ranks highly. The favoritism shown this lot 🤮

17 minutes ago, beelzebub said:

They walk among us ... 🥴

19 hours ago, beelzebub said:

The tunnel is not the obstacle.

It's not. Anyone who stumps up a narrative it is hard to do has NO Engineering or project experience.

This is gamesmanship/petty politics.. Thats all

the tunnel is most definitely the obstacle

1 minute ago, Dannyz said:

the tunnel is most definitely the obstacle

No its not.

It's dime a dozen engineering.

Why do you think it is ?

4 minutes ago, Rab D Nesbitt said:

No its not.

It's dime a dozen engineering.

Why do you think it is ?

I'm not saying it's hard to achieve, however, I think it's easy to surmise from the publicly available information, particularly the betsy article, that any building a new tunnel would have implications on the primary use of Caulfield Racecourse Reserve.

Edited March 29Mar 29 by Dannyz

3 minutes ago, Dannyz said:

I'm not saying it's hard to achieve, however, I think it's easy to surmise from the publicly available information, particularly the betsy article, that any building a new tunnel would have implications on the primary use of Caulfield Racecourse Reserve.

That's weird Dannyz. I didn't write that post you commented on.

Edited March 29Mar 29 by Rab D Nesbitt