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Edited January 13Jan 13 by Redleg

18 hours ago, Redleg said:

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don't full stop us @Redleg

yr a font of positivity that is much needed in this thread

On 13/01/2026 at 16:52, george_on_the_outer said:

We have won 1 Premiership in the past 61 years! 2 GF appearances.

Essendon, North and Carlton have won multiples over that period of time.

Brisbane are lining up for their 3 Premiership in a row and off the back of the past 3 GF's. They are able to attract Oscar Allen and Sam Draper.

Geelong have played in 6 GF's since 2000 with 3 wins.

All have 1st rate facilities and they consistently are at the top end of the ladder (except North, who also have second rate facilities) . Their players are better prepared.

They spend their time actually training instead of sharing facilities with soccer and rugby clubs, or driving for 90 minutes each time they go to Casey.

In elite sport it is the small advantages which make the difference. For us we are at a huge disadvantage each and every year.

Driving 90 mins to Casey, Who does? Do you know where each player lives. What about the ess players who live bayside who drive 90 min to Tulla?? Or the Geelong players who live down the coast and have to drive an hour up to to Geelong every day.

On 15/01/2026 at 02:31, BangBnagBang said:

Driving 90 mins to Casey, Who does? Do you know where each player lives. What about the ess players who live bayside who drive 90 min to Tulla?? Or the Geelong players who live down the coast and have to drive an hour up to to Geelong every day.

I know. Why dont we ever hear about that stuff?

First world problem.

9 minutes ago, Bowserpower said:

I know. Why dont we ever hear about that stuff?

First world problem.

Geelong players are chauffeured via helicopter. It started with that numbskull Newman

Anybody heard a whisper about the proposed Caulfield Training facility.

3 minutes ago, bluey said:

Anybody heard a whisper about the proposed Caulfield Training facility.

There's to be an announcement about an announcement very soon or maybe a bit later, but soon ; sometime before Easter/KBW/GF/Christmas ( insert year of choice ) ......

The old adage no news is good news definitely does not ring true here.

I was definitely in favour of replacing the likes of Pert and Roffey due to their lack of progress regarding the home base. Guerra in particular and Smith come in chests beating, yet it’s as quiet as it has ever been.

Honestly us Demonlanders could probably do a better job at getting this whole saga moving in a positive direction. [censored].

Agree that the lack of any information from the club is frustrating to say the least.

38 minutes ago, Redleg said:

Agree that the lack of any information from the club is frustrating to say the least.

In fairness there is no point giving updates until it’s confirmed.

1 hour ago, Redleg said:

Agree that the lack of any information from the club is frustrating to say the least.

i think, as has been pointed out a few times (by yourself, i think?), the announcement of anything - be it progress or it being doa - is effectively out of the club's control

i'm hopeful, as ever, but not expectant, as always

mfcss writ large - when things are glum there's worse to come!

1 hour ago, Demons11 said:

In fairness there is no point giving updates until it’s confirmed.

I disagree...

There's undoubtedly ( hopefully) a process in place. This will have milestones.....

Currently we have only ...... millstones

4 hours ago, bluey said:

Anybody heard a whisper about the proposed Caulfield Training facility.

Yes 😄

3 hours ago, Fritta and Turner said:

Yes 😄

Don't leave us guessing!

1 minute ago, biggestred said:

Don't leave us guessing!

Glad that you asked.

I get the impression that the government would like everyone to be supportive when an announcement is made, and one of them isnt at the moment. I believe that is the MRC.

More talks were scheduled for later this week, so it is still in progress.

Thanks @Fritta and Turner .

Add that to the list of reasons why i dislike horse racing...

3 hours ago, Fritta and Turner said:

Yes 😄

Was Bayley Humphrey spotted getting a physical at our future facilities?

18 hours ago, whatwhat say what said:

i think, as has been pointed out a few times (by yourself, i think?), the announcement of anything - be it progress or it being doa - is effectively out of the club's control

i'm hopeful, as ever, but not expectant, as always

mfcss writ large - when things are glum there's worse to come!

Not pointing this at you WWW, but that’s rubbish. The club can provide an update without going into specifics or commercially confidential information.

22 minutes ago, Dannyz said:

Not pointing this at you WWW, but that’s rubbish. The club can provide an update without going into specifics or commercially confidential information.

Agree Danny.

You could even say exactly what we would like to ultimately achieve, or are hoping for and then say of course this is subject to further negotiation with the relevant parties, but at the moment all the members are getting is crickets.

This has been going on for years and while I am still confident of its success, the club has largely ignored the members for most of that time.

This aspect can only be viewed as poor communication with the supporter base.

The “ trust us” mantra has obviously worn thin with many supporters, over years and years of failure by several Boards, in achieving a long term state of the art home club base.

A photo of a footy with fingers crossed painted on it, placed on the grass inside the race track where the ovals will hopefully be, would even be good at this time.

PS. I again have a horse nominated to run at Caulfield on Saturday and if it does, I will try and hunt down a few MRC committee people for any scraps of info.

Edited 21 hours ago21 hr by Redleg

2 minutes ago, Redleg said:

Agree Danny.

You could even say exactly what we would like to ultimately achieve, or are hoping for and then say of course this is subject to further negotiation with the relevant parties, but at the moment all the members are getting is crickets.

This has been going on for years and while I am still confident of its success, the club has largely ignored the members for most of that time.

This aspect can only be viewed as poor communication with the supporter base.

The “ trust us” mantra has obviously worn thin with many supporters, over years and years of failure by several Boards, in achieving a long term state of the art home club base.

A photo of a footy with fingers crossed painted on it, placed on the grass inside the race track where the ovals will hopefully be, would even be good at this time.

The club has given us zero in terms of "trust us"

I have zero confidence in anything they say and haven't for years.

18 minutes ago, Redleg said:

PS. I again have a horse nominated to run at Caulfield on Saturday and if it does, I will try and hunt down a few MRC committee people for any scraps of info.

perhaps a mafia style threat/strong arm would be in order 😉😂
"the training facility goes ahead or else the bunny gets it" 😂

9 minutes ago, biggestred said:

...a mafia style threat/strong arm...

There's that one in The Godfather?

Certainly apposite.

Though perhaps a tad strong...

Their seem to be some pretty smart people on our board with knowledge in building and development, to be honest at this point I couldn’t care less if there companies get the go ahead to build it, would happily support a conflict of interest to get it done.

23 hours ago, bluey said:

Anybody heard a whisper about the proposed Caulfield Training facility.

Nothing particularly salacious, they just can’t agree on a location. The sale of land to Mount Scopus complicated everything.

From what I understand MRC have one site in mind and the MFC another. the one the MRC have in mind looks the better of the two to my eye but it might involve shared facilities (only speculating but perhaps that is why MFC prefer the other site?).

Already mentioned in this thread is that further complicating all of this is that it is a negotiation that spans 3 parties, not 2.

Edited 20 hours ago20 hr by The Jackson FIX

I heard from a player they will announce move to Waverley after we announce Caulfield.