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May 2013, Peter Jackson is appointed as CEO and the long climb back begins.

By the end of that year Neeld was gone.  

Daniel Cross and Aidan Riley had arrived, and Colin Sylvia had departed all under free agency.

Dom Tyson, Bernie Vince and Viv Mitchie arrived during the trade period. I can’t believe we gave up pick 2, 20 and 72 for Tyson and picks 9 and 53.

Aaron Davey, David Rodan and Joel Macdonald retired, and James Sellar, Josh Tynan, Troy Davis, Tom Gillies, Tom Couch, James Magner, Nathan Stark Rory Taggert and Neville Jetta were all delisted.

The National draft saw Christian Salem (9), Jay Kennedy-Harris (40), Jaden Hunt (57) and Mitch Clisby (82) added to the list.

Ther Rookie draft saw James Harmes (2), Max King (19), Alexis Georgiou (35) and Neville Jetta (50) added as rookies.

Paul Roos is lured to the club by Jackson as senior couch to start the rebuild.

During that preseason a young fresh-faced Angus Brayshaw and Billy Stretch are invited to train with the club.

Christian Salem is now added to the list of only men still standing along with, Jack, T.Mac and the skipper.

It was a tough season which saw Melbourne finish 17th on the ladder with 4 wins and only ahead of St Kilda on percentage. The slow climb back had begun.

Enjoy.

2014 – New Hope   ==> https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-MhQnCP/i-TL4vbQq/A

 

2013 – Annus Horribilis  ==> https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-MhQnCP/i-bWkHdxp/A 

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58 minutes ago, Six6Six said:

May 2013, Peter Jackson is appointed as CEO and the long climb back begins.

 

PJ was the recruit of the year.  He put everything back on the rails, the football department and the admin and the Board.

Turned us back into a football club, properly run. 

Watch out for North Melbourne in the coming years ( it took us 8 to get back). 

PJ has done a review of their operations, Clarkson has been brought in as coach and Todd Viney is running their football department.  Sound familiar?

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So, extending the "New Hope" theme I can imagine the following:

Obi-Wan Kenobi - Peter Jackson

Luke Skywalker - Paul Roos

Chewbacca - Max Gawn (but only if he had his beard by then?)

Darth Vader - I'm loath to say Mark Neeld as I think he was on our side, even if he wasn't a success.  

Han Solo???? 

Who else???

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1 hour ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

Darth Vader - I'm loath to say Mark Neeld as I think he was on our side, even if he wasn't a success. 

Jar Jar Binks - Mark Neeld

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2 hours ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

So, extending the "New Hope" theme I can imagine the following:

Obi-Wan Kenobi - Peter Jackson

Luke Skywalker - Paul Roos

Chewbacca - Max Gawn (but only if he had his beard by then?)

Darth Vader - I'm loath to say Mark Neeld as I think he was on our side, even if he wasn't a success.  

Han Solo???? 

Who else???

I would have considered Neeld more of an Admiral Ozzel.

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3 hours ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

So, extending the "New Hope" theme I can imagine the following:

Obi-Wan Kenobi - Peter Jackson

Luke Skywalker - Paul Roos

Chewbacca - Max Gawn (but only if he had his beard by then?)

Darth Vader - I'm loath to say Mark Neeld as I think he was on our side, even if he wasn't a success.  

Han Solo???? 

Who else???

Who else?

I know Star Wars is the movie you are referring to but I have never seen it.

I think you will need to find someone to play the key protagonist in the Paul Roos signing.

Someone to play Kevin Dyson.

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Apt or otherwise?

Darth Vader went over to the Dark side. (Essendon)

Jar Jar Binks overwhelmed, bumbling and inept but somehow manages to get to the right spot at the right time for the…

…ball drop but can’t do anything with it (you’re being too kind).

Meanwhile still flickering intermittently from the distant aftermath …

Empire Strikes Back GIF by Star Wars

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Six next title ‘The Force Awakens’ ?
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Such a shame Nev 

6 hours ago, Six6Six said:

Ther Rookie draft saw James Harmes (2), Max King (19), Alexis Georgiou (35) and Neville Jetta (50) added as rookies.

Christian Salem is now added to the list of only men still standing along with, Jack, T.Mac and the skipper.

Such a shame Nev couldn't quite maintain his place in the team to make it to the 2021 premiership side.

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12 hours ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

Such a shame Nev 

Such a shame Nev couldn't quite maintain his place in the team to make it to the 2021 premiership side.

Agree Rod was a shame for Nev Jetta, Nathan Jones and of course Jayden Hunt they were all great servants of the club.

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Is that Cameron Schwab ?? 

SONS, at the time undisclosed sources 'reported', somewhere on the cutting floor was a pilot trailer for a proposed Starwars interquel, tentatively titled The Architect of Doom. Fortuitously, the franchise (the AFL) 'ensured' it would never see the light of day.

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On 17/01/2024 at 15:11, george_on_the_outer said:

PJ was the recruit of the year.  He put everything back on the rails, the football department and the admin and the Board.

Turned us back into a football club, properly run. 

Watch out for North Melbourne in the coming years ( it took us 8 to get back). 

PJ has done a review of their operations, Clarkson has been brought in as coach and Todd Viney is running their football department.  Sound familiar?

And they’ve got an incredible core of young talent in LDU, Wardlaw, Sheezel, Larkey (with McKercher and Duursma to come)

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Six trailer or teaser?  Clocked in at 4 seconds!

Anyways loved the mystery and romanticism of the accompanying musical choice. Star Wars is obviously passé with Isaac Asimov now the inspiration but who is l,Robot?

11 hours ago, Six6Six said:

2015 - Foundations

This was the year that the foundations were well and truly laid. Three more names were added to the list of those still standing.  I took a lot of footage in 2015, so it will take some time to sort through.

2015 - trailer. (Release date to be determined ==> https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-MhQnCP/i-Qsc6VhH/A

 

 

 

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