Pert and Roffey - The Review Thread

[YesitwasaWin4theAges 6,521]

7 minutes ago, Demongirl35 said:

Thinking the same thing.

Shes the head of the club and should be doing absolutely everything to get the club on track and find out EVERY single problem within it. 
 

I hate Eddie as much as the next person but at least he was always front and centre. 

Pert needed to take that interview, now we know why she has been in hiding. Anything football related should be Pert commercial side Kate.

We are like rabbits in the spotlight.

Amateur hour.

Edited August 29 by YesitwasaWin4theAges

[DeesignerAU 309]

We need Peter Jackson in to do an external review. He has finished a full review of the Western Bulldogs earlier this season. Furthermore I think we should get him in to replace Pert. Who knows, the AFL may step in and demand it (again)

[Redlegged 81]

5 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Melbourne supporters are ringing in and are going to absolute town on Roffey on SEN.

 

Anything about the 'they' remark? Because I can tell you, it will cause a furore.

[Jaded No More 67,532]

You know who they should roll out from the board to speak about football matters? Brad Green.

Former player, turned board member. He should be the one getting involved in football matters. Is this not why he was put on the board to begin with? 

 

[DeesignerAU 309]

2 minutes ago, YesitwasaWin4theAges said:

Pert needed to take that interview, now we know why she has been in hiding. Anything football related should be Pert commercial side Kate.

We are like rabbits in the spotlight.

Amateur hour.

Pert is hiding... in Noosa

[Demonland 70,163]

 

[KozzyCan 289]

1 minute ago, Redlegged said:

Anything about the 'they' remark? Because I can tell you, it will cause a furore.

Which one was that?

[ANG13 1,968]

Is it possible that Petracca and his family don’t want to speak to her?

[YesitwasaWin4theAges 6,521]

1 minute ago, DeesignerAU said:

Pert is hiding... in Noosa

Apparently it's a myth.

Would not surprise me if true.

[FreedFromDesire 563]

2 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

You know who they should roll out from the board to speak about football matters? Brad Green.

Former player, turned board member. He should be the one getting involved in football matters. Is this not why he was put on the board to begin with? 

 

We all love Brad as a fantastic player, former captain and gem of a bloke, but he is the last person I would want talking to the media in the current circumstances. Would have been worse than Kate.

[BringBackTheDemon 104]

1 minute ago, Jaded No More said:

You know who they should roll out from the board to speak about football matters? Brad Green.

Former player, turned board member. He should be the one getting involved in football matters. Is this not why he was put on the board to begin with? 

 

As much as he was a great player hes a Roffey yes man, check out his twitter account, in denial like the rest of them thinking the club is going great and its all a media beat up. Anyone attached to her has to go. 

[Jaded No More 67,532]

Just now, ANG13 said:

Is it possible that Petracca and his family don’t want to speak to her?

It is, but if that's the case you say "I have reached out to them several times and waiting to arrange a time which is suitable for them to catch up", or "I have been in contact with them" and you do not go further into whether that contact was reciprocated or not. 

FFS this is PR 101. 

I manage a brand half the size of the MFC, and I know this stuff. How can the president of a multi million dollar club with 65,000 paid members not know this stuff? 

The communication coming out of this club, both on purpose and via leaks, is astoundingly bad. Like I run a fish and chip shop level bad! 

[DeeSpencer 24,669]

2 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

You know who they should roll out from the board to speak about football matters? Brad Green.

Former player, turned board member. He should be the one getting involved in football matters. Is this not why he was put on the board to begin with? 

 

I didn’t vote for him because it’s Brad Green. Epitome of the [censored] footy we used to play and are heading back towards playing.

Big red flag when this board decided he was going to be their footy director. 

[Sir Why You Little 36,569]

3 minutes ago, ANG13 said:

Is it possible that Petracca and his family don’t want to speak to her?

Just as bad….

[Jaded No More 67,532]

1 minute ago, FreedFromDesire said:

We all love Brad as a fantastic player, former captain and gem of a bloke, but he is the last person I would want talking to the media in the current circumstances. Would have been worse than Kate.

 

1 minute ago, BringBackTheDemon said:

As much as he was a great player hes a Roffey yes man, check out his twitter account, in denial like the rest of them thinking the club is going great and its all a media beat up. Anyone attached to her has to go. 

You have to question why is he on the board then? What credentials does he bring to the table?

I am not questioning him, just curious. 

[DeesignerAU 309]

Ok so I think we all agree - Peter Jackson should replace Pert. Who are we going to get to replace Roffey?

Afterall, we can't spill the board without having a solution up our sleeves 😜

[Bates Mate 4,421]

I had little faith in Roffey (and pert) before listening to that interview I have zero faith after listening to it

[FreedFromDesire 563]

Just now, Jaded No More said:

You have to question why is he on the board then? What credentials does he bring to the table?

I am not questioning him, just curious. 

Personally I'm not sure he should be. My opinion is he was put onto the board to give a group of business people are more credible football connection who could be the conduit between them and the football department. Given the performance of that area I would think it's time to have a look at that position.

[FreedFromDesire 563]

2 minutes ago, DeesignerAU said:

Ok so I think we all agree - Peter Jackson should replace Pert. Who are we going to get to replace Roffey?

Afterall, we can't spill the board without having a solution up our sleeves 😜

Paul Hopgood, or potentially Steven Smith if he's still interested would be my picks.

[Lucifers Hero 38,865]

28 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

So Kate hasn’t spoken to Tracc or his family (lately)

”not my Job”???

She is living in fantasy land 

Clean out the office….

It didn't sound like any senior person reached out to them while he was in ICU or in the early days when he was in virtual isolation at home.

Now, I understand the family being a bit upset and he may have a good case for being disappointed re lack of communication/lack of caring. 

[darkhorse72 1,848]

11 minutes ago, Lord Travis said:

Roffey should have spoken to Petracca. This is a marque player who is destabilising the club she leads. Why would you, as leader, not reach out and try to mend the relationship or negotiate? Poor leadership.

If she has spoken to him, but wanted to keep details private, then state that instead of lying and looking incompetent and feeling the negative narrative. Poor leadership.

Seems we need new leadership at the top. I hope we see those meaningful changes over the off-season.

I agree, as much as people disliked Eddie, I bet he would have sat the hospital every day if Buckley was in the ICU and at his home with the family thereafter from a footy injury.  She should be constantly talking to the players and find out what is happening in the club, not relying purely on what's being reported up.  She doesn't need to act on everything, just know what going on.

 

 

[ElDiablo14 4,873]

16 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

The real question is, how do the members put enough pressure on this board to improve? Because the avenues seem pretty limited right now.

Nobody wants to hurt the club, least of all financially. 

We shouldn't hurt the club.

The club is not Roffey or any of the players.

Send letters maybe, there should also be some legal procedures within the statutory rules of the club?

[Sir Why You Little 36,569]

1 minute ago, Lucifers Hero said:

It didn't sound like any senior person reached out to them while he was in ICU or in the early days when he was in virtual isolation at home.

Now, I understand the family being a bit upset and he may have a good case for being disappointed re lack of communication/lack of caring. 

Anything is possible Luci

An external Review is needed before Trade Week 

[BringBackTheDemon 104]

4 minutes ago, ANG13 said:

Is it possible that Petracca and his family don’t want to speak to her?

I think its more a case of she's so clueless when it comes to football department things that she lets other people handle that sort of stuff. She was brought in to get a home base sorted, funnily enough she not very good at that either. She doesnt reply to members emails, she is a terrible media performer. What does Kate actually bring to the table? Seems to me she just here so she can have Melbourne President on her LinkedIn profile. We've got to get her out of here. 

[Billy 2,460]

Totally underwhelming & embarrassing, asleep at the wheel.

Our professionalism & culture stood up in the toughest year for all clubs winning the flag in 2021 during Covid 

WTF has happened since