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1 hour ago, ElDiablo14 said:

Do you have a big enough paddock behind the manor that we could use?

The moat around the property will be perfect for closed training sessions.

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Posted
7 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

What is this? A centre for ants?!

How can we be expected to teach players to kick a goal... if they can't even fit inside the building?

The building has to be at least... three times bigger than this!

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Posted
2 hours ago, Age said:

I hope the wires have been crossed somehow but talking to someone in the Premiers office and they told me that there is no way this goes ahead. I am hoping he just means there is no way they get funding from the Govt but will wait and see. 

That’s the sort of [censored] info you get when you speak to “someone” who has no knowledge or responsibility in a govt Dept. 

Probably hasn’t  even considered the community advantages and facilities included in this proposal. Oh and don’t forget the 25 dog  walkers who will want bins for their pooches offloadings!!

Posted
1 hour ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

Where the funds do come from is another question, however.

I thought we had the money we just couldn't find a location 

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Posted
2 minutes ago, Gorgoroth said:

How can we be expected to teach players to kick a goal... if they can't even fit inside the building?

The building has to be at least... three times bigger than this!

Artist impressions don’t have to be practical. Lol.!!!

Posted
1 minute ago, 58er said:

That’s the sort of [censored] info you get when you speak to “someone” who has no knowledge or responsibility in a govt Dept. 

Probably hasn’t  even considered the community advantages and facilities included in this proposal. Oh and don’t forget the 25 dog  walkers who will want bins for their pooches offloadings!!

The 'someone' is directly involved in the decision making process that probably wouldn't want me posting on a public forum their name, phone number, position etc.

Either way, probably no need to post your response 5 times...

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Posted
2 hours ago, Age said:

I hope the wires have been crossed somehow but talking to someone in the Premiers office and they told me that there is no way this goes ahead. I am hoping he just means there is no way they get funding from the Govt but will wait and see. 

That’s the sort of [censored] info you get when you speak to “someone” who has no knowledge or responsibility in a govt Dept. 

Probably hasn’t  even considered the community advantages and facilities included in this proposal. Oh and don’t forget the 25 dog  walkers who will want bins for their pooches offloadings!!

Posted (edited)
8 minutes ago, Gorgoroth said:

How can we be expected to teach players to kick a goal... if they can't even fit inside the building?

The building has to be at least... three times bigger than this!

The Goody Centre for players who can't kick good and who want to learn other stuff too (personal brand inclusive).

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Posted

Could we also brand the kitchen/catering facilities the Petracca cooking academy or something in line with his branding?

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Posted

This is good news and is moving in the right direction. Certainly we are much closer today than we were in my lifetime to getting a permanent home. 
 

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17 minutes ago, Age said:

The 'someone' is directly involved in the decision making process that probably wouldn't want me posting on a public forum their name, phone number, position etc.

Either way, probably no need to post your response 5 times...

The issue will this is that everyone wants the space to be utilised and that the current status quo needs to change. dees are putting forward a shared public and MFC space. This is exactly what the council wants. Can’t see what the objection is other than funding. 

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I'm sure I'm not the only one that is super deflated by this.

I don't trust their economic nous either to bring the financing puzzle together.

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4 minutes ago, Adam The God said:

I'm sure I'm not the only one that is super deflated by this.

I don't trust their economic nous either to bring the financing puzzle together.

That's it for me, then! Your deflation and financial nous has me rethinking if I want to join you on planet outrage!

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Posted

Nice to know that things are progressing, but it still seems like there's still at least a minimum two year wait until construction starts (that is if this next stage in the process gets the all clear). 

Caulfield is a substantial improvement over Casey, but I still wish we were given the go ahead to redevelop Gosch's to include our own facilities instead. 

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So it's still peak MFCSS in here? [censored]. The $$$ will already be pretty much locked in.

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Posted (edited)
5 minutes ago, Clintosaurus said:

So it's still peak MFCSS in here? [censored]. The $$$ will already be pretty much locked in.

What is this based on?

The business case is to come.

There should be multiple co-financing avenues with the multiple racing clubs, MCC, state, federal and even local govs, the AFL and our own cash injections, but this is a commercial team that struggled to get a short's sponsor for a team that had finished top 4 three years in a row and won a flag.

As for MFCSS, it's actually just a lack of trust now sullied over multiple years by the administration, nothing to do with the football side of things. At least not for me.

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27 minutes ago, Adam The God said:

I'm sure I'm not the only one that is super deflated by this.

I don't trust their economic nous either to bring the financing puzzle together.

how surprising.  i'm so sad you are super deflated, adam

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Posted

Great to see progress finally! Business case to be sorted by mid next year

Will be fantastic to have a base in Melbourne!

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Posted
1 hour ago, Katrina Dee Fan said:

and yet I've come across plenty of tiger snakes in eastern suburbs around parklands and waterways :)

I didn't say there were none. Just more common in north and west.

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21 minutes ago, Clintosaurus said:

So it's still peak MFCSS in here? [censored]. The $$$ will already be pretty much locked in.

I'm confused by this. Why are we waiting a year for the business case to be made if the financing has already come through.

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