PODCAST: Gary Pert Pre-Grand Final Interview

[Demonland 73,163]

We'll be interviewing Melbourne Football Club CEO Gary Pert on Monday 20/9 @ 8:30pm

We'll be chatting with him to get some insight into the behind the scenes in the lead up to the Grand Final.

If you have any questions you want us to ask we'll take the best ones.

[Cards13 9,117]

Is it really car park E??

[Straight Sets Simon 23,113]

Love if you could ask what’s the biggest difference Gary has seen in how the team is performing from 2020 to 2021.

[Supreme_Demon 3,899]

Firstly, I would like someone to ask the CEO Gary Pert about the progress for the Melbourne Football Club's home base for administration and training next to Gosch's Paddock.

If you could please ask Gary Pert the question if he could clarify if our home base will be built at car park E or the much more preferred car park F? Tell him that car park F makes for more sense and that car park E would only work if we were allowed both car park E and car park F to build upon. The more room to build the better.

Also ask if the name of the training base could possibly be called the Nathan Jones' training centre? Furthermore, we should have a statue of Nathan Jones (or perhaps David Neitz?) similar to how Collingwood have a statue of Lou Richards at the Holden Centre.

Has Gary Pert been looking at the objective of achieving 70,000+ members for the Melbourne Football Club within the next 5 years?

Lastly ask if there has been any news from the MCC about possibly having a statue of Robbie Flower at the MCG?

 

Edited September 20, 2021 by Supreme_Demon

[Ted Lasso 19,549]

i'd be curious to hear what his role is within the club on grand final week? does he provide much support to the players, or leave it mostly to the coaches and FB dept? 

what the general feeling is within the club? confident, nervous, or it hasn't really sunk in we're 5 days out from the best chance to win a flag we've had in decades 

[stinga 586]

could he put into $ terms or in terms of his choosing what a premiership would mean relating to

1. our brand

2. Sponsorship

3.Membership

4.Business ventures and opportunities

5. Destination Status for recruiting

6. Joint partnerships with overseas sporting organizations

7. Post playing careers for players

8. Attracting Administrative, Medical or Football related staff

 

[Jaded No More 68,974]

I would love to know what long term list planning they have going on. I doubt he would tell us who we are targeting in the off season, but just more around do we keep recruiting and trading for the now, or are we focused on long term sustained success by going for younger player and the draft? 

[Demonland 73,163]

Just thought I would let the LIVE listeners know that I will just be releasing this interview as a podcast rather than playing it LIVE.

Tomorrow night (Tuesday 21/9) we'll be doing our LIVE Grand Final Preview Show and I might play the interview at the end of that show. Otherwise you can listen to it via Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts or whether you get your podcasts from.

[In Harmes Way 7,823]

Maybe you could float your idea that all GFG members get their photo taken with the cup (if we win of course). I thought this was a ripper of an idea.

[Demon trucker 1,800]

On 9/19/2021 at 4:40 PM, Demonland said:

We'll be interviewing Melbourne Football Club CEO Gary Pert on Monday 20/9 @ 8:30pm

We'll be chatting with him to get some insight into the behind the scenes in the lead up to the Grand Final.

If you have any questions you want us to ask we'll take the best ones.

You do realise Tuesday the 21st of the 9th not the 20th

[Demonland 73,163]

 

[Demonland 73,163]

1 hour ago, Demon trucker said:

You do realise Tuesday the 21st of the 9th not the 20th

We had a change of plans. We were going to play the interview prior to the preview show on Monday 20/9 but decided to release the interview as a separate podcast on Monday 20/9 and do the LIVE preview show on Tuesday 21/9.

[Deeoldfart 8,066]

Thanks guys.  All the right questions to Perty, and the answers I wanted to hear.  My confidence is growing, albeit at a slightly slower pace than the nervous tension ....... but I wouldn't want it any other way!

[Sir Why You Little 37,145]

I feel better after hearing Pert speak

The Club is ready to execute what needs to be done 

Early goals….

[Straight Sets Simon 23,113]

Just started listening, really interested in his comment about being away from Melbourne is helping the team.

I 100% agree with this, all the MFCSS veil of negativity types would be such a drain on the players if they were in Melbourne, so I think it could be the best thing for us.

[Jaded No More 68,974]

2 minutes ago, Clint Bizkit said:

Just started listening, really interested in his comment about being away from Melbourne is helping the team.

I 100% agree with this, all the MFCSS veil of negativity types would be such a drain on the players if they were in Melbourne, so I think it could be the best thing for us.

Also Melbourne as a city is a very depressing place to be. The weight of expectations to deliver joy to the millions of sad sacks locked inside would be very crippling. 
Would be easy to have it out of sight and out of mind in WA. 

[binman 43,818]

4 minutes ago, Jaded said:

Also Melbourne as a city is a very depressing place to be. The weight of expectations to deliver joy to the millions of sad sacks locked inside would be very crippling. 
Would be easy to have it out of sight and out of mind in WA. 

And Saturday is going to be wet and cold. [censored] day for a GF.

[old dee 23,872]

8 hours ago, binman said:

And Saturday is going to be wet and cold. [censored] day for a GF.

That's because it is not on the correct day! 

[Demonland 73,163]

1 hour ago, old dee said:

That's because it is not on the correct day! 

The Grand Final was always scheduled on the 25th was it not?

The only thing that changed this year was the placement of the pre-finals bye to the pre-Grand Final bye. 

[old dee 23,872]

1 hour ago, Demonland said:

The Grand Final was always scheduled on the 25th was it not?

The only thing that changed this year was the placement of the pre-finals bye to the pre-Grand Final bye. 

Correct my error.

[binman 43,818]

14 minutes ago, old dee said:

Correct, my error.

Done.

[Demon trucker 1,800]

14 hours ago, Demonland said:

We had a change of plans. We were going to play the interview prior to the preview show on Monday 20/9 but decided to release the interview as a separate podcast on Monday 20/9 and do the LIVE preview show on Tuesday 21/9.

Yes but your poster says Tuesday the 20/09 Tuesday is still the 21 st

[Foopy on the telly 529]

Good to hear that we should be making a profit of around $1 million (if I heard that correctly?) after projecting we would have been just breaking even a couple of months ago.

Edited September 21, 2021 by Foopy on the telly

[Demonland 73,163]

2 hours ago, Demon trucker said:

Yes but your poster says Tuesday the 20/09 Tuesday is still the 21 st

Touche

[illbarto 379]

Great interview guys thanks very much.