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I have been a premium member for decades and happily paid money to this club because I love it.  This has and continues to be tested every year and frankly I have a trust problem with our ability as a club to deliver us into finals and stay there.  Lots of hope, lots of talk, but we still mire in mediocrity.

After decades I firmly believe the clubs greatest need is to secure and just get a home base with members facilities.  Too much talk and still nothing.  
Pert is sitting up in Queensland with the team, why I have no idea!  Surely his focus and reason for been recruited is to secure the home base and just get it done for once and forever. Our identity as a club will not be complete until this is delivered.  I despair when I see other Melbourne based clubs with their own ground, own facilities and government handouts to improve already established home bases.

This has gone on long enough, it is subject every season by members, players, media and so forth.  FFS, Pert was brought to the club to do it.  I’ve got to the stage where I don’t care where it is, just get it started.  The MFC will swirl around in nowhere land until this is done.  The team still is not complete and we are looking again at a wasted season for the 50th something year.  If they want members to stay and be part of something, then give us this home with facilities.  No finals, no premiership and no facilities.  Are you there Gary Pert?

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    I can't see a problem with Pert being in Qld. If he were in Melbourne he'd be working from home. At least he's near the football department and can do just as much commercial work there (whether it's about securing a home base or shoring up our finances) as he can in Melbourne at the moment.

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      On 26/08/2020 at 02:27, Soidee said:

    I have been a premium member for decades and happily paid money to this club because I love it.  This has and continues to be tested every year and frankly I have a trust problem with our ability as a club to deliver us into finals and stay there.  Lots of hope, lots of talk, but we still mire in mediocrity.

    After decades I firmly believe the clubs greatest need is to secure and just get a home base with members facilities.  Too much talk and still nothing.  
    Pert is sitting up in Queensland with the team, why I have no idea!  Surely his focus and reason for been recruited is to secure the home base and just get it done for once and forever. Our identity as a club will not be complete until this is delivered.  I despair when I see other Melbourne based clubs with their own ground, own facilities and government handouts to improve already established home bases.

    This has gone on long enough, it is subject every season by members, players, media and so forth.  FFS, Pert was brought to the club to do it.  I’ve got to the stage where I don’t care where it is, just get it started.  The MFC will swirl around in nowhere land until this is done.  The team still is not complete and we are looking again at a wasted season for the 50th something year.  If they want members to stay and be part of something, then give us this home with facilities.  No finals, no premiership and no facilities.  Are you there Gary Pert?

    56 wasted years and counting

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    It’s hard to believe that this club has no home. Many years ago as I understand it, in our heyday and we were winning premierships the club was based at the MCG and was associated closely with the MCC. Once again we have an association with the MCC but that doesn’t seem to have changed anything. For many, many years we supporters have watched in dismay as the club office was based in Jolimont, our training and change rooms were at Junction Oval, Casey, and over at Swan St. while other clubs developed great facilities in their traditional homes or elsewhere and started to call our home ground, MCG their own home grounds! The AFL has also developed interstate clubs at our expense. We desperately need a home base with full training facilities, an oval, meeting rooms, a social club.

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      On 26/08/2020 at 02:27, Soidee said:

    Pert is sitting up in Queensland with the team, why I have no idea!  Surely his focus and reason for been recruited is to secure the home base and just get it done for once and forever

    I am quite sure he can do his whilst up in the hub, the world has changed a little bit since you became a premium club member.

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    Two things 

    1- a premiership 

    2- a bloody amazing star player (in top 3-4 I’m the league) for the fans and youngsters to admire 

     

    Get it done 

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      On 26/08/2020 at 05:30, spirit of norm smith said:

    Two things 

    1- a premiership 

    2- a bloody amazing star player (in top 3-4 I’m the league) for the fans and youngsters to admire 

     

    Get it done 

    We already have number 2 in Max Gawn.

    Number 1 is a pipe dream at the moment.

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    No 2? Maxy in best 3-4 players in the league. 
    I’m not sure Max is that dominant. Top 15 maybe.
     

    Many still reckon Grundy is no.1 ruck in the league. 

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      On 26/08/2020 at 02:27, Soidee said:

    I have been a premium member for decades and happily paid money to this club because I love it.  This has and continues to be tested every year and frankly I have a trust problem with our ability as a club to deliver us into finals and stay there.  Lots of hope, lots of talk, but we still mire in mediocrity.

    After decades I firmly believe the clubs greatest need is to secure and just get a home base with members facilities.  Too much talk and still nothing.  
    Pert is sitting up in Queensland with the team, why I have no idea!  Surely his focus and reason for been recruited is to secure the home base and just get it done for once and forever. Our identity as a club will not be complete until this is delivered.  I despair when I see other Melbourne based clubs with their own ground, own facilities and government handouts to improve already established home bases.

    This has gone on long enough, it is subject every season by members, players, media and so forth.  FFS, Pert was brought to the club to do it.  I’ve got to the stage where I don’t care where it is, just get it started.  The MFC will swirl around in nowhere land until this is done.  The team still is not complete and we are looking again at a wasted season for the 50th something year.  If they want members to stay and be part of something, then give us this home with facilities.  No finals, no premiership and no facilities.  Are you there Gary Pert?

    My sentiments exactly. 

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      On 26/08/2020 at 05:22, drysdale demon said:

    I am quite sure he can do his whilst up in the hub, the world has changed a little bit since you became a premium club member.

    You are quite sure he can do this whilst in the hub. Interesting. So we can expect an announcement soon then? 

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    More supporters. Much more.

    Always wonder why we dont thrive in this are. I thought it was connected to lack of success but the tigers had a huge drought and their base is huge.

    I also thought that people moving to melb would choose the dees because of the city name but it hasnt translated to more fans.

    Oh and a flag would be nice.

    I hear you Soidee, the fact of the matter is our lack of premiership just plain hurts.

    It aint getting easier to get one with the expanding number of clubs.

    Whatta you gunna do?

    You know you should do something...but you wont...so it doesnt matter.

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      On 26/08/2020 at 07:08, leave it to deever said:

    More suppoters. Much more.

    Always wonder why we dont thrive in this are. I thought it was connected to lack of success but the tigers had a huge drought and their base is huge.

    I also thought that people moving to melb would choose the dees because of the city name but it hasnt translated to more fans.

    Oh and a flag would be nice.

    I hear you Soidee, the fact of the matter is our lack of premiership just plain hurts.

    It aint getting easier to get one with the expanding number of clubs.

    Whatta you gunna do?

    You know you should do something...but you wont...so it doesnt matter.

    With the Tigers, it is important to remember that their past era of success got them as far as colour TV and established them with a firm presence in the early commercial era.  It also established a club culture of 'we are an important club, even our crapness is important'.  Whereas Melbourne don't have recent enough, visible enough, glory era to refer to so our failures aren't interesting in the same way an the sense of 'we'll be back soon, so support us' doesn't hold as strong.

    Of course, you can also look at the Bulldogs, who have been a regular contender with many stars of the game in the last 25 years, but who completely failed to turn that into serious fan growth. And the exemplar of that, of course, is North Melbourne.

    As for the current situation, I think one of the recent headlines summed it up - you can't trust us.  Every time we look like we've turned a corner, every time we have a high profile game, we blow it.  Only sustained, respectable performances will change that.  And that is entirely a matter of having a mature, professional culture.

    I still think we're a lot closer to respectability than we were five years ago, but we really, really need to push for finals this year.  Just barely missing out might be 'okay' if 2021 goes well because, really, who is going to look at 2020 as a reference point in future.

    But, really, the best way would be to win all our remaining games, storm into finals and at least knock a couple of overcooked pretenders out - it would be ideal to get a reputation as the club which picks off the smug, entitled clubs.

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      On 26/08/2020 at 06:29, Half forward flank said:

    You are quite sure he can do this whilst in the hub. Interesting. So we can expect an announcement soon then? 

    Just what is the difference between him working from the hub or working from home in Melbourne?  You do realise that if he were in Melbourne, he would be subject to ALL of the restrictions in place meaning that all business would have to be conducted online regardless.

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      On 26/08/2020 at 06:29, Half forward flank said:

    You are quite sure he can do this whilst in the hub. Interesting. So we can expect an announcement soon then? 

    His work genius, and my post was a bit light hearted if you have a sense of humor.

    Edited by drysdale demon

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      On 26/08/2020 at 07:36, hardtack said:

    Just what is the difference between him working from the hub or working from home in Melbourne?  You do realise that if he were in Melbourne, he would be subject to ALL of the restrictions in place meaning that all business would have to be conducted online regardless.

    So what is he doing in the hub if it doesnt matter where he is to do the job. Free meal, accomadation and COVID safety.

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    The latest leader is totally irrelevant. A pimple on a pumpkin. We, the supporters should get together and force this change: a training ground, a social club, a big building with a big gym in it, recognition by the AFL and the MCC that we are more important than any other club in the AFL. We started this [censored] competition!

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      On 26/08/2020 at 09:52, My name is legion said:

    The latest leader is totally irrelevant. A pimple on a pumpkin. We, the supporters should get together and force this change: a training ground, a social club, a big building with a big gym in it, recognition by the AFL and the MCC that we are more important than any other club in the AFL. We started this [censored] competition!

    Could we make a statement by building a floating gym and admin offices on the Yarra just near Gosch's paddock? It would be just like the new Apple store in Singapore.

    [I know it will never happen.]

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      On 27/08/2020 at 00:20, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

    Could we make a statement by building a floating gym and admin offices on the Yarra just near Gosch's paddock? It would be just like the new Apple store in Singapore.

    [I know it will never happen.]

    This is what i have been saying. You can build over the Yarra river, near Gosch's paddock, and you could even have a river boat drop people off near the G, the club could even have it's own river boat with decal on the out side of the boat of our logo or players, red and blue lights.

    Charge a small fee much like the myki system, and it could be money going into the club.

    But as we know, it will be unlikely to happen, that we ever get anything?!

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      On 26/08/2020 at 08:50, Half forward flank said:

    So what is he doing in the hub if it doesnt matter where he is to do the job. Free meal, accomadation and COVID safety.

    Gee I don't know... maybe it's because he is CEO of the club and that it might be good for him to be around the players and the officials; a show of solidarity even?  Seriously, I simply don't understand why people just seem to look for things to complain about with this club.

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