Training Ground?

[No. 31 1,167]

2 minutes ago, jules7 said:

The Seaford community is not happy at all, we are not allowed to use their facility.  No body is using their ground or rooms, the  council keep it in great condition, all to not avail.  Not even the local clubs are permitted to train or play on their fantastic facilities.

😮

Who uses it then? 

[jules7 787]

1 minute ago, No. 31 said:

😮

Who uses it then? 

Nobody!!!

[beelzebub 23,311]

9 minutes ago, jules7 said:

The Seaford community is not happy at all, we are not allowed to use their facility.  No body is using their ground or rooms, the  council keep it in great condition, all to not avail.  Not even the local clubs are permitted to train or play on their fantastic facilities.

Who owns/controls it ? 

Cheers

[Supreme_Demon 3,715]

On 7/9/2023 at 9:16 AM, old dee said:

Be careful SD I hope you have plenty of years left as this will not be resolved in my life time. 

I have got another 50 years in me at least.

But that may even not be enough time to get a Home Base! 😅😆😂🤣

 

I think I gotta win about $150 million in the lottery to get it done. 🤞

 

In all honesty the Melbourne Football Club should have set up a new Home Base fund after we won the AFL Premiership in 2021. We would of all been quite generous and in good spirits plus it would of been a great initiative to at least get the ball rolling with finances required.

Anyway, it was good to see that the aquatics centre is getting built down at Casey Fields in that video shown previously. That is actually some progress at least! Albeit not exactly what we want when it comes to an actual Home Base. A positive for Casey though!

[jules7 787]

49 minutes ago, beelzebub said:

Who owns/controls it ? 

Cheers

The Frankston Council.  Apparently the St Kilda footy club pay $1.00 a year.

My hubby is a life member of the FDBA basketball down here, and according to manager who runs the basketball stadium, they now have a couple of physio's etc working out of the club rooms, but no other footy club is allowed access to the ground or the club rooms. 

 

Edited July 10, 2023 by jules7

[beelzebub 23,311]

19 minutes ago, jules7 said:

The Frankston Council.  Apparently the St Kilda footy club pay $1.00 a year.

My hubby is a life member of the FDBA basketball down here, and according to manager who runs the basketball stadium, they now have a couple of physio's etc working out of the club rooms, but no other footy club is allowed access to the ground or the club rooms. 

 

So its Frankston stopping its use not StKikda ??

[Longsufferingnomore 1,629]

37 minutes ago, Supreme_Demon said:

I have got another 50 years in me at least.

But that may even not be enough time to get a Home Base! 😅😆😂🤣

 

I think I gotta win about $150 million in the lottery to get it done. 🤞

 

In all honesty the Melbourne Football Club should have set up a new Home Base fund after we won the AFL Premiership in 2021. We would of all been quite generous and in good spirits plus it would of been a great initiative to at least get the ball rolling with finances required.

Anyway, it was good to see that the aquatics centre is getting built down at Casey Fields in that video shown previously. That is actually some progress at least! Albeit not exactly what we want when it comes to an actual Home Base. A positive for Casey though!

Isn't the Club's Future Fund there to do that.

I thought the Club were some way to making Caulfield happen in terms of negotiating with local council and other administrative bodies. 

To my mind I think the Club would be loathe to start announcing any projections given how long it has taken to even find a viable location.

Just on Kossie, put him back into the centre to get his mojo back again. 

[jules7 787]

17 minutes ago, beelzebub said:

So its Frankston stopping its use not StKikda ??

The Frankston Council in their wisdom gave the St Kilda football club a ten year lease on the ground and the club rooms, for $1.00 a year.  It is the St Kilda football club not wanting to let anyone else use it.

[beelzebub 23,311]

2 minutes ago, jules7 said:

The Frankston Council in their wisdom gave the St Kilda football club a ten year lease on the ground and the club rooms, for $1.00 a year.  It is the St Kilda football club not wanting to let anyone else use it.

Probably time to rescind that peppercorn lease.  Im sure anadept legal type could find a loophole.  Silly of the Saints to [censored] off so many Baysiders...Though thats a very StKilda type thing to do...lol.

[kev martin 9,549]

4 hours ago, beelzebub said:

You can have both...  You could say develop Caulfield as your primary base and still utilise Casey. After all Casey would still use/need Casey..  

Personally, I'd like all of the MFC arms in the one spot, including the administrators. 

Easy to split from Casey, let that team be stand alone VFL and VFLW.

Teaming up with a Caulfield footy club, if we go for and get the race track. 

My point was a little bit about being obliged to use Casey fields if contract, lease and licences forced that, especially if more upgrade stages are on the cards.

Edited July 10, 2023 by kev martin

[Dee Viney Intervention 1,913]

4 hours ago, YesitwasaWin4theAges said:

Not to be cheeky @kev martin the Saints redeveloped Moorabin after the AFL and Government poured millions into a white elephant down at Seaford.

Whatever happened to that development? 

Currently being used by St Kilda as the southern hub for its Next Generation Academy and home for Frankston and District Junior Football League inter league games. Has recently undergone a renovation for office space for a private practice physiotherapy clinic and the indoor training area and gym. My club is in that association and I do a bit of coaching there with the girls teams. St Kilda are quite lucky to have it still after they signed a long term lease there only to be seduced back to Moorabbin.

[samcantstandya 1,041]

3 hours ago, No. 31 said:

The MCG precinct is not going to happen, way too many stakeholders and interested parties there. 

Caulfield option is a gift from the Gods. MFC should be throwing all their chips in for it otherwise its a life of couchsurfing for a long, long time.

I really hope we go for the Caulfield option it's perfect. Please don't let this opportunity slip like Olympic Park presinct

[layzie 33,724]

17 hours ago, jules7 said:

The Frankston Council.  Apparently the St Kilda footy club pay $1.00 a year.

My hubby is a life member of the FDBA basketball down here, and according to manager who runs the basketball stadium, they now have a couple of physio's etc working out of the club rooms, but no other footy club is allowed access to the ground or the club rooms. 

 

I think I heard that only the VFLW were using it last year for some games but that was just hearsay. 

[george_on_the_outer 7,546]

16 hours ago, Longsufferingnomore said:

Isn't the Club's Future Fund there to do that.

I thought the Club were some way to making Caulfield happen in terms of negotiating with local council and other administrative bodies. 

To my mind I think the Club would be loathe to start announcing any projections given how long it has taken to even find a viable location.

 

No the current Board have said those monies will not be used for that (I don't know why) 

Why would the Board be loathe to tell the members what is happening?. 

After all they been promising this since they were put in place, and the Board before them, and the one before them.....I have lost track of the number of times at AGM's, player sponsor events and member meetings where this has been sprouted. ....but we can't tell you anything because it is "in confidence"....or "we will have something positive by the end of this year"......then next year " we should have something to announce by season end".....

It was meant to be in construction according to the Strategic plan by the end of this year.

[beelzebub 23,311]

29 minutes ago, george_on_the_outer said:

No the current Board have said those monies will not be used for that (I don't know why) 

Why would the Board be loathe to tell the members what is happening?. 

After all they been promising this since they were put in place, and the Board before them, and the one before them.....I have lost track of the number of times at AGM's, player sponsor events and member meetings where this has been sprouted. ....but we can't tell you anything because it is "in confidence"....or "we will have something positive by the end of this year"......then next year " we should have something to announce by season end".....

It was meant to be in construction according to the Strategic plan by the end of this year.

I always get the impression the MFC board room has some bewitching quality. All who enter it become becalmed and content.

Must be a cozy little gig for those so entrenched.

Nothing really ever happens. After the sandwiches eaten and reds quaffed its down to the serious work ...of napping.

Roffey was ALL about the new home...... ZZzzzzzz... 

Whenever a daring interloper raises their hand to mount a challenge amazingly the scurrilous memos and emails drop into our inboxes. The recalcitrant incursion is blanketed with the dare devil banished to Coventry.

Its obviously more important to suggest something might get done....than do anything.  That might disturb the nappers....so ..Shhhhh !!

 

[old dee 23,682]

18 hours ago, Supreme_Demon said:

I have got another 50 years in me at least.

But that may even not be enough time to get a Home Base! 😅😆😂🤣

 

I think I gotta win about $150 million in the lottery to get it done. 🤞

 

In all honesty the Melbourne Football Club should have set up a new Home Base fund after we won the AFL Premiership in 2021. We would of all been quite generous and in good spirits plus it would of been a great initiative to at least get the ball rolling with finances required.

Anyway, it was good to see that the aquatics centre is getting built down at Casey Fields in that video shown previously. That is actually some progress at least! Albeit not exactly what we want when it comes to an actual Home Base. A positive for Casey though!

The case for Casey gets better each day SD.

[BDA 22,689]

 Beggars belief after all this time we haven’t found a site for a home base. MGC precinct is a pipe dream. Letting the Caulfield opportunity pass us by would be a travesty and a sackable offence for this board if it happens. 

[Hawk the Demon 955]

6 hours ago, beelzebub said:

I always get the impression the MFC board room has some bewitching quality. All who enter it become becalmed and content.

Must be a cozy little gig for those so entrenched.

Nothing really ever happens. After the sandwiches eaten and reds quaffed its down to the serious work ...of napping.

Roffey was ALL about the new home...... ZZzzzzzz... 

Whenever a daring interloper raises their hand to mount a challenge amazingly the scurrilous memos and emails drop into our inboxes. The recalcitrant incursion is blanketed with the dare devil banished to Coventry.

Its obviously more important to suggest something might get done....than do anything.  That might disturb the nappers....so ..Shhhhh !!

 

We have a brand new MFC Nominations Committee now, with a new Chair. Maybe things will change this year?

[praha 11,226]

Pretty disgusting we haven't heard a thing about the development yet.

[beelzebub 23,311]

31 minutes ago, praha said:

Pretty disgusting we haven't heard a thing about the development yet.

Again ...i suggest someone got in on a false premise.  Not just an empty PROMISE...  but a fabricated premise.

A good job our 'business' is sound these days.... the boardroom seems...well...bored.

[Demon Dynasty 17,109]

14 hours ago, george_on_the_outer said:

It was meant to be in construction according to the Strategic plan by the end of this year.

[Demon Dynasty 17,109]

13 hours ago, old dee said:

The case for Casey gets better each day SD.

A bit too far OD surely?

I live on the east side and it's 45 minutes minimum from here.

Imagine anyone like admin, FD staff, players etc living Nth, West or Bayside (many AFL players live in these leafy salubrious burbs).

Must be taking them 1 hour plus to get over there.

Wouldn't be all that appealing to prospective players we might be trying to lure across either imho.

[beelzebub 23,311]

If only there was something somewhere in the geo centre of Melb.......

[layzie 33,724]

All just politics at the end of the day. Wording was probably carefully selected, that's the way of life.

Still live in faint, stupid hope. 

[Supreme_Demon 3,715]

I think the most important factor is to continue the pressure on the Melbourne Football Club Board.

Email (or possibly call?) Board Members. Same with the Melbourne Football Club CEO Gary Pert (who I actually think is doing an excellent job overall and I appreciate he is an extremely busy man).

Nevertheless, we need to keep asking the same questions. What is happening with our Home Base? Where will it be built? When will it be built? How long will it take for it to be built? How much will it cost? All fair and reasonable questions.

Basically, we simply keep pestering them on a regular basis (not too much of course!). But enough to make sure they are all held accountable.

We want all the objectives in our Strategic Plan achieved and that, in particular, includes our Home Base.