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TRAINING: Wednesday 1st February 2023

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9 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

I could potentially attend this..

Knowing my luck I'd probably show up with 100 other supporters  on the day with no players in sight only to be told over the phone by staff member that they've unexpectedly had to move their closed session to China.

G'Day Daz expecting an Incisive report!!🤩

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    6 hours ago, Demonland said:

    I was told that it was an honest mistake. I will take them at their word. And yes the proof will be in the pudding eating.

    When required I am happy to volunteer to eat pudding.  Cut and come again.

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    1 hour ago, picket fence said:

    G'Day Daz expecting an Incisive report!!🤩

    You've set a pretty high bar Pickett.

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    7 hours ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

    Is Telstra still the 'tel' in Foxtel? If so, is the $270m Telstra's contribution to Foxtel for broadcast, streaming and other digital rights? Or a separate payment?

    Your point is correct, thought. The AFL mandates that every club's website is Telstra managed (for want of a better technical term).

     

    i though the peptides went it alone with their own website, but that may have changed recently

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    48 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    You've set a pretty high bar Pickett.

    Daz I'm all Icing on the cake, you would run rings around me re Footy knowledge, just give us the best of Dazz!!

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    9 hours ago, Slartibartfast said:

     

    Can't agree here either.  I'm trusting Picket did actually get to training and on that assumption and based on his report then there was nothing special that he saw that needed to be protected.  I imagine they moved it to Casey so they could get match practice on an MCG sized field and not on the much smaller Gosch's paddock.

     

    Forgive me if I'm wrong but wasn't the purpose of the work done at Goschs meant to correct that. Otherwise why did the Board spend the money?

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    On 2/1/2023 at 8:06 PM, Kick_It_To_Pickett said:

    Does anyone know what the extent/type of surgery Clarrie had on his thumb? Did he have a metal plate or pin inserted? If so, could this be the cause of the pain? It’s strange no media has followed up on this. He has sat out several training sessions, yet I’ve seen nothing from the media about the issues he is facing. Couple of brief grabs, that’s it. Maybe it’s the club remaining tight lipped. 

    I don’t mind the club holding back information on injuries if it makes it harder for oppositions to target our players’ injury, but I guess if Clarrie is carrying a sore hand it will be apparent for all to see.  Maybe the devil is in the detail. 

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    11 hours ago, daisycutter said:

    i though the peptides went it alone with their own website, but that may have changed recently

    Perhaps I am wrong about the mandate. If I am, that does validate the question about why we are using Telstra. I'm not sure whether the content can be blamed on Telstra, though.

    Having said that, I am consistently gobsmacked about how bad the members' portal on the website is. I don't wish to add fuel to Hawk the Demons fire, but finding information about the Board and the election process is far too complicated. Whether that's a Telstra or MFC problem (or someone else's) it should be fixed and made far simpler to navigate.

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    27 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

    Perhaps I am wrong about the mandate. If I am, that does validate the question about why we are using Telstra. I'm not sure whether the content can be blamed on Telstra, though.

     

    Not totally sure but I'd say it's an AFL partner thing and all club websites run under that arrangement as part of the deal. This way they would also be able to keep some consistency across all sites and also give the impression that they actually own the clubs 😄

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    16 hours ago, Demonland said:

    Sarcasm aside Grundy was Pick 18 (2012), Schache was Pick 2 (2015) & Hunter was Pick 49 (2012). 

    Hunter was a father son wasn’t he, which would have lowered his pick number.

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    9 minutes ago, Redleg said:

    Hunter was a father son wasn’t he, which would have lowered his pick number.

    Correct. We was nominated at pick 35 by North, though many viewed him as a top 30 pick.

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    4 minutes ago, Action Jackson said:

    Correct. We was nominated at pick 35 by North, though many viewed him as a top 30 pick.

    I thought Hunter was drafted under the old F/S system as iirc the 'matching' and 'Draft Points' system didn't start until the 2015 draft.

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    16 minutes ago, Lucifers Hero said:

    I thought Hunter was drafted under the old F/S system as iirc the 'matching' and 'Draft Points' system didn't start until the 2015 draft.

    I think the old system meant that clubs needed to use their next pick rather than points.

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    51 minutes ago, Fat Tony said:

    I think the old system meant that clubs needed to use their next pick rather than points.

    True.  But the Bulldogs made sure they didn't have a 'good' pick to use.  Their previous pick in 2012 was 21.   Clubs knew that so there wasn't much point in nominating him after #21 so WB got him cheap. 

    As an aside, we got JV7 cheap in the same draft.

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    2 hours ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

    Perhaps I am wrong about the mandate. If I am, that does validate the question about why we are using Telstra. I'm not sure whether the content can be blamed on Telstra, though.

    Having said that, I am consistently gobsmacked about how bad the members' portal on the website is. I don't wish to add fuel to Hawk the Demons fire, but finding information about the Board and the election process is far too complicated. Whether that's a Telstra or MFC problem (or someone else's) it should be fixed and made far simpler to navigate.

    I had some involvement with all of this some time back. Essendon refused to join the Telstra deal and ran their website as a standalone. Among other things they used it to pay Hird, Lloyd, Mercuri and others outside the salary cap for 'marketing expenses'

     

    Not sure if the deal still stands. Actually just looking at their website it says copyright AFL and telstra so I am guessing that deal is over.

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    18 hours ago, Dee Viney Intervention said:

    It’s been 6725 days since they last played in a final. That deal ain’t helping them. And long may that streak continue.

    Since they WON a Final !! 

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    30 minutes ago, 58er said:

    Since they WON a Final !! 

    I would love it if posters read through the whole thread to make sure they don't repeat something that's been pointed out already.

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    4 minutes ago, Dee Zephyr said:

    I would love it if posters read through the whole thread to make sure they don't repeat something that's been pointed out already.

    How come a critical error in fact is made then afterwards? 

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    15 minutes ago, Dee Zephyr said:

    I would love it if posters read through the whole thread to make sure they don't repeat something that's been pointed out already.

    DZ 

    Curiously you didn't pull up Demonland correcting this mistake as second in line to do so!!! Third up is a bit too far for your patience. 

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    12 minutes ago, 58er said:

    DZ 

    Curiously you didn't pull up Demonland correcting this mistake as second in line to do so!!! Third up is a bit too far for your patience. 

    Didn't pull up the boss because he was the first to point it out on this thread. Anyway, a lot like playing fastest finger on here.

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    3 hours ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

    Perhaps I am wrong about the mandate. If I am, that does validate the question about why we are using Telstra. I'm not sure whether the content can be blamed on Telstra, though.

    Having said that, I am consistently gobsmacked about how bad the members' portal on the website is. I don't wish to add fuel to Hawk the Demons fire, but finding information about the Board and the election process is far too complicated. Whether that's a Telstra or MFC problem (or someone else's) it should be fixed and made far simpler to navigate.

     

    1 hour ago, jnrmac said:

    I had some involvement with all of this some time back. Essendon refused to join the Telstra deal and ran their website as a standalone. Among other things they used it to pay Hird, Lloyd, Mercuri and others outside the salary cap for 'marketing expenses'

    Not sure if the deal still stands. Actually just looking at their website it says copyright AFL and telstra so I am guessing that deal is over.

    Correct  for both.

    It is a while since I last heard of how this all works, but Telstra pays the AFL for the rights to run the AFL and Club websites. 

    The Clubs have an allocation of alterations/ changes they can make each day.  If you want more then they have to pay.   Collingwood used to do this and had a great site, but they seem to have reverted to the standard issue now.

    Fact is the website is pathetic, because of the lack of genuine material being uploaded.  Training pictures......wow!  We can't even get an update on the number of members we have today, just last years number, and it is already February......7 months after totals were signed off. 

     

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