Training Ground?

[Gouga 570]

On 10/6/2022 at 12:47 PM, Supreme_Demon said:

Just been reading with jealous eyes what the Brisbane Lions are getting built for both their AFL and AFLW teams at their new Springfield training facility.

Here is the link to the article from a few months ago: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-05-10/brisbane-lions-new-facility-almost-complete-springfield/101050930

This is definitely something the Demons should look to get done at Gosch's Paddock.

Anyway, we will just have to continue to be patient and keep bugging both the State and Federal Governments for funding. Unless, someone knows an extremely generous billionaire who has a soft spot for the Melbourne Football Club? 

If we can recreate what brissy have in springfield at casey, sign me up.

Cran-bourne sounds close enough to mel-bourne. 

[Supreme_Demon 3,899]

Whatever is done with a new administration and training base for the Demons it will also be crucial to appeal to the Government by saying it will include facilities for both the Melbourne Football Club's AFL and AFLW teams.

It seems that is how Carlton got their extra funding at Ikon (Princes) Park as can be seen via this link: https://sport.vic.gov.au/news/articles/work-underway-on-new-elite-womens-facilities-at-ikon-park

By explaining that our new home base will have elite training facilities for both the men's and women's teams will be the key priority to obtain funding.

The main challenge, as previously mentioned is that all the other AFL clubs already have their own pre-existing home grounds such as Arden Street Oval (North Melbourne), Punt Road Oval (Richmond), Whitten Oval (Western Bulldogs) etc. Whereas, our home ground, the MCG, belongs to the MCC.

Anyway, we just need to continue to push for a home base to be built and keep the pressure on the Melbourne Football Club board and the home base committee to get this project completed....eventually!

Patience is a virtue as they say! 🤷🏼‍♂️

[Demon Disciple 12,274]

I agree that Casey is our best chance to get the facilities and funding that we need. There is no other AFL presence out that way besides us.

We’ll just have to make do with Gosch’s as our city ‘campus’, with facilities not the optimal, but good enough.

[YesitwasaWin4theAges 6,708]

As an interstate member there is no way i will be getting an uber or hiring a car to watch the boys train during the season at Casey.

If we are lucky enough to make and win another premiership where will the Sunday premiership celebrations take place? Casey? The Parklands?

Something has got to give with the Gosch's precinct an Oval redevelopment wouldn't have taken place without further infrastructure coming.

[Supreme_Demon 3,899]

Looks like the Brisbane Lions have had their brand new $80 million dollar training facility for both their AFL and AFLW  teams completed.

Here is the link to the article: https://www.afl.com.au/news/858701

Let's hope the MFC board and home base committee takes note of this.

Fingers crossed we hear some good news regarding an update for our own home base soon. 🤞

[JimmyGadson 3,455]

The only thing you can fault the club for atm and it's the final piece.

The clock is ticking, clubs are overtaking us in this space already and the heavyweight clubs just keep getting bigger.

Whilst we're in our window, this needs to happen and every year without an announcement sets us further behind the clubs that have consolidated new facilities and home-bases.

 

I didn't mind Lyon's thoughts on a move down to the Peninsula either...  

 

[Clintosaurus 7,874]

Springfield has been about 20 years in the happening. I don't think ours will take anywhere near that long.

[old dee 23,872]

2 hours ago, Clintosaurus said:

Springfield has been about 20 years in the happening. I don't think ours will take anywhere near that long.

On the basis that we have been looking for a home for 40+ years I don't agree. It has been 6-7 under the current board and still zero. I have no confidence we will see a finished home before the  end of this decade. The silence is deafening. 

[The Jackson FIX 3,210]

On 10/8/2022 at 2:25 PM, Demon Disciple said:

I agree that Casey is our best chance to get the facilities and funding that we need. There is no other AFL presence out that way besides us.

We’ll just have to make do with Gosch’s as our city ‘campus’, with facilities not the optimal, but good enough.

I would argue our current set-up in the city has far more appeal to most players than a first-class set up down at Casey.

It’s 30km further away from the city than Dingley - there aren’t many young blokes earning plenty of $$ that have much interest in being primarily based 30km past Dingley

[Demons1858 1,766]

Can we shoe horn a new item into the Special General Meeting about the constitution, in that every 3 months the club needs to provide an update to members on the training / social / admin facility and share their current plans? Not likely l know, but seriously poor to keep us all guessing. I guess if they had positive progress then they would have shared it atleast some of it

[daisycutter 29,743]

17 minutes ago, The Jackson FIX said:

I would argue our current set-up in the city has far more appeal to most players than a first-class set up down at Casey.

It’s 30km further away from the city than Dingley - there aren’t many young blokes earning plenty of $$ that have much interest in being primarily based 30km past Dingley

starting from the cbd casey fields is 24km more than dingley

if you were going to casey fields from the cbd you wouldn't go via dingley

but i agree casey fields at 52.8km from the cbd is one helluva long trip one-way

couldn't imagine bbo popping in to watch training 

[Soidee 1,496]

Yawn yawn yawn….how long MFC?  This issue has dragged on longer than St Kildas last flag.  Members are fed crumbs every once in a while to shut us up.  How many Presidents before this is agreed and commenced.  Frankly, it’s a disgrace that it’s taking so long.

[Sir Why You Little 37,152]

57 minutes ago, Soidee said:

Yawn yawn yawn….how long MFC?  This issue has dragged on longer than St Kildas last flag.  Members are fed crumbs every once in a while to shut us up.  How many Presidents before this is agreed and commenced.  Frankly, it’s a disgrace that it’s taking so long.

Can’t do much if Governments aern’t interested sadly. 
The only chance we have to build a Serious facility is when The Great Southern Stand gets demolished and rebuilt. 
Underground and above, whilst still having Gosch’s Park

[george_on_the_outer 7,713]

Give up SWYL.

There is a car park under the stand today.  There are railway tracks and a road alongside. The re-development is 5 years away.

There is not enough room.  Look at the size of the Brisbane facility.  Look at the size of the Essendon facility.  They are both bigger than the MCG!

[Sir Why You Little 37,152]

15 minutes ago, george_on_the_outer said:

Give up SWYL.

There is a car park under the stand today.  There are railway tracks and a road alongside. The re-development is 5 years away.

There is not enough room.  Look at the size of the Brisbane facility.  Look at the size of the Essendon facility.  They are both bigger than the MCG!

Not at all.
You just have to be creative with the way Space is used. We have Gosch’s Paddock, we need indoor Facilities for administration and Football Department. There is loads of space before anything gets close to the Railway Line. 
5 years is a lot closer than anything else offered so far….

[Demons1858 1,766]

We need to protest on the steps of the clubs head quarters to try and get some action on this ... anyone know where that is

[dazzledavey36 55,362]

Meanwhile at Brisbane..

https://www.lions.com.au/news/1238402/moment-of-change-a-new-beginning-at-springfield

[Rab D Nesbitt 8,512]

If the work at Gosch’s paddock is now finished why was Brodie Grundie training on the oval at the Holden Centre the other day? 

[daisycutter 29,743]

23 minutes ago, Rab D Nesbitt said:

If the work at Gosch’s paddock is now finished why was Brodie Grundie training on the oval at the Holden Centre the other day? 

he got confused?

[Rab D Nesbitt 8,512]

14 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

he got confused?

Perhaps he feels an obligation, what with the Pies still paying part of his wage. 

[daisycutter 29,743]

1 hour ago, Rab D Nesbitt said:

Perhaps he feels an obligation, what with the Pies still paying part of his wage. 

could be, there again he probably left his kit there, went to collect it and thought may as well do a few laps while i'm here, as you do

either that or he did a jackson and got homesick

[YesitwasaWin4theAges 6,708]

6 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Can’t do much if Governments aern’t interested sadly. 
The only chance we have to build a Serious facility is when The Great Southern Stand gets demolished and rebuilt. 
Underground and above, whilst still having Gosch’s Park

I reckon this might be what the long silenced delay has been all along SWYL.

If this is the grand plan this would be magnificent.

A Women's flag wouldn't hurt either to help aid our cause to go along with our AFL Premiership in 2021, would be the first club in Victoria to win both.

Nice little kicker and talking point to lather up those pollies.

 

[Matt Demon 1,483]

Our stubbornness to have a facility in the shadows of the MCG is killing us. Does anybody really care if our training facility is or isn't in the sports precinct? From what I'm hearing we could get approval on a number of different locations but for some reason we have to be next to the MCG. I agree Casey is to far out for a permanent base but if there's a number of closer locations then let's get moving. 

[BangBnagBang 703]

14 hours ago, Rab D Nesbitt said:

If the work at Gosch’s paddock is now finished why was Brodie Grundie training on the oval at the Holden Centre the other day? 

The oval the pies use is a public park anybody can use it to train/run on when pies aren't using it

[old dee 23,872]

21 hours ago, Demons1858 said:

Can we shoe horn a new item into the Special General Meeting about the constitution, in that every 3 months the club needs to provide an update to members on the training / social / admin facility and share their current plans? Not likely l know, but seriously poor to keep us all guessing. I guess if they had positive progress then they would have shared it atleast some of it

They will shut you down faster than a lightening strike.