3 hours ago, lorn said:

Joseph Gutnick gave the club over a million dollars

Yeah, case in point - he went broke!

So much for the feasibility case. It is probably stored along side the football department review file at the end of last season.

We now have a proposed new site, with different building limitations or opportunities. And it seems nothing is going to happen until we get the new CEO through the door. Back to square one. At least the proposed location hasn’t changed.

If this ever gets off the ground perhaps the players can spend the 2 hours spent in their cars getting to and from Casey for each training session practicing goal kicking!!

4 hours ago, lorn said:

Joseph Gutnick gave the club over a million dollars

$2.7 million in fact.

1 hour ago, whatwhat say what said:

Yeah, case in point - he went broke!

So he went broke because years before he donated money to the Demons.

Are you being facetious?

I’m sure once we finally get to the stage where we just need to find the $ to get it going, many will contribute……some very generously.

47 minutes ago, Redleg said:

So he went broke because years before he donated money to the Demons.

Are you being facetious?

I mean… I could be… it’s 50 / 50…

5 hours ago, Fritta and Turner said:

The Mrs doesnt like their coffee.

I go to the Servery, opposite the station for 2 reasons. 1. Coffee and service are good and you can get away from the take away traffic and 2. if they see me going elsewhere they would probably beat me with a stick.

Wo

6 minutes ago, Demon Disciple said:

I’m sure once we finally get to the stage where we just need to find the $ to get it going, many will contribute……some very generously.

I won't it's like backing your sisters boyfriends horse no value while the incumbents are running the show

Serious board and personell issues and an historical we are better than the rest attitude

It's a moribund club with an inflated perception of its relevance

People won't stump up because deep down nobody trusts the boys running the club

You do you @jackaub , but getting a home base built is bigger than any personnel grievances one might have with the club.

2 hours ago, jackaub said:

Wo

I won't it's like backing your sisters boyfriends horse no value while the incumbents are running the show

Serious board and personell issues and an historical we are better than the rest attitude

It's a moribund club with an inflated perception of its relevance

People won't stump up because deep down nobody trusts the boys running the club

this is sounding very messy https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/demons-board-blocks-incoming-ceo-on-caulfield-plans-parts-ways-with-pert-20250618-p5m8lc.html

Talk about an own goal

37 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

this is sounding very messy https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/demons-board-blocks-incoming-ceo-on-caulfield-plans-parts-ways-with-pert-20250618-p5m8lc.html

this club is so cooked, this training base situation is our number one priority right now even over our goal kicking and countless over issues why are they doing this?

18 minutes ago, jaydenh10 said:

this club is so cooked, this training base situation is our number one priority right now even over our goal kicking and countless over issues why are they doing this?

Our Number one Priority should always be winning games.

That’s the main issue with this Club, Side issues take priority far too often…

6 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Our Number one Priority should always be winning games.

That’s the main issue with this Club, Side issues take priority far too often…

once we sort this bs our results will follow on and off the field 110% !! maybe we say F it and go to waverley until it’s sorted out if this goes to sh.t cause it’s looking very much that way now :/

1 minute ago, jaydenh10 said:

once we sort this bs our results will follow on and off the field 110% !! maybe we say F it and go to waverley until it’s sorted out if this goes to sh.t cause it’s looking very much that way now :/

Essendrug have been really successful since moving to The Hanger… not.

It’s important but not the be all and end all.

If we concentrated solely on winning games, this issue would have been sorted already…

Bloody Hell... what a bunch of 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡 at Melb.

I thought the big top at Caulfield was for kids.... maybe it is.

My God we're [censored].

I wonder how much Pert was paid as a consultant for the last 10 or so months without producing anything.

Unbelievable can see this falling over, it’s just all too hard and hinged on too many variables, so a decade since P Jackson took over we are no closer! If any site is based on gvt funding who are in do much debt good luck

Lots of talk about if Goodwin is still the right guy on Demonland and understandable given our current on field plights. I would have zero confidence in this club finding anyone better than Goodwin right now.

I would love to know what exactly Pert has been doing and how much it’s cost us. I also wouldn’t be surprised if Guerra doesn’t end up working for us. Right now we are a basket case on and off field.

If premiership cups where given for best leakers of information in the league we'd win every year. But wouldn't have anywhere to display them unfortunately

13 hours ago, Demon Disciple said:

You do you @jackaub , but getting a home base built is bigger than any personnel grievances one might have with the club.

With todays announcement obviously not with some of the good old boys at the club. Its gotta be some ort of joke

Can someone with a better idea of corporate governance tell me why we would stop Guerra negotiating ahead of starting with us? On the surface it looks like it’s doing nothing but slowing things down but maybe there’s something Im missing?

13 minutes ago, Wells 11 said:

Can someone with a better idea of corporate governance tell me why we would stop Guerra negotiating ahead of starting with us? On the surface it looks like it’s doing nothing but slowing things down but maybe there’s something Im missing?

At first glance I think it’s being very conservative on conflict of interest - negotiating with the MRC whilst being very involved in the industry.

For me, I think it better be declare the conflict and relevant details then get going. They can publish his diary in relation to relevant meetings in the interests of transparency and brief details of the meetings which are relevant.

On the other hand if he doesn’t start till Sept oughtn’t be be precluded from any work before then since he’s not an employee yet?

33 minutes ago, Wells 11 said:

Can someone with a better idea of corporate governance tell me why we would stop Guerra negotiating ahead of starting with us? On the surface it looks like it’s doing nothing but slowing things down but maybe there’s something Im missing?

Guerra has a massive commitment overseeing the World Chamber of Commerce Conference (or whatever it is) event to be hosted by Melbourne Chamber of Commerce. I suspect the MFC has deferred his involvement in the Caulfield Racecourse developments (or is keeping him at arms length) until he is clear of this. But if you wanted to write a sensationalist article, you could frame it as The Age has.

As Superunknown has suggested, there may be other complicating things in play too.

As Garry Lyon has stated more than once, we sooo need to ferret out the leaks in this club.