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5 hours ago, Dr Don Duffy said:

Under his watch we went from having an administration that was the envy of every other club to become a long term league laughing stock. Complacency and sustained mediocrity did us in. I know this because my Pa kept complaining about it down the decades as I grew up, with late career Robbie Flower the only redeeming feature in going to the footy for a young Demon kid like me. 

Under his watch we sacked Norm Smith and began the downward trend for the next 50 plus years.

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3 minutes ago, Kent said:

Is this the Board review or the footy department Both need to be publicly aired in my view

Yeah let’s bring more bad publicity to club.  Just make the changes and move on.  You don’t need to drag the club and people impacted through the mud any further 

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1 minute ago, Kent said:

Is this the Board review or the footy department Both need to be publicly aired in my view

I don't think that's going to happen. I do think we'll see several changes over the next 12 - 24 months. Richardson, Pert, Green and likely several board members all possibly to be replaced.......total guess by the way.

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7 minutes ago, Hawk the Demon said:

So keep the members in the dark? 

What do we need to know other than the reviews have been received and the club will be implementing the findings? 

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1 hour ago, Clintosaurus said:

What do we need to know other than the reviews have been received and the club will be implementing the findings? 

Sounds like an unwavering faith in the "great and the good" to work out what has been wrong with the "great and the good", make some changes, and we will be "great and good" again at some time. Mmmmm.
 

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1 hour ago, Hawk the Demon said:

Sounds like an unwavering faith in the "great and the good" to work out what has been wrong with the "great and the good", make some changes, and we will be "great and good" again at some time. Mmmmm.
 

Since when are Company reviews made public, You can hate the Club as much as you want, but the Reviews are not going to be Public 

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9 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Since when are Company reviews made public, You can hate the Club as much as you want, but the Reviews are not going to be Public 

Well seeing as many of us as Melbourne members and supporters wish to see more transparency at the Club we should at least expect some kind of report given.

Hopefully, a report of the review, as well as a Strategic Plan at the next Melbourne Football Club Annual General Meeting. If Gary Pert cannot do both these things then as CEO he should be shown the door.

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You have to wonder in a system controlled at almost every level by the non-elected AFL what the role of a Club Board is.

When you split out what they actually have control over it's probably less than a country council.

One way of comparison is to rank the MFC Board performance against that of other AFL clubs based on agreed criteria. My suspicion is that in the AFL era we would usually sit in the lower thirty percentile

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On 15/10/2024 at 12:20, Supreme_Demon said:

Well seeing as many of us as Melbourne members and supporters wish to see more transparency at the Club we should at least expect some kind of report given.

Hopefully, a report of the review, as well as a Strategic Plan at the next Melbourne Football Club Annual General Meeting. If Gary Pert cannot do both these things then as CEO he should be shown the door.

The only thing we will notice. Is if certain people are moved on or not. 
the Reviews will not be made public 

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On 15/10/2024 at 09:47, Hawk the Demon said:

So keep the members in the dark? 

It’s actually pretty standard practice not to release the report to the public. Mainly due to the impact it may have on the reputation and careers of those named in it, as Malcolm Speed alluded to in that interview.

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48 minutes ago, Ollie fan said:

Yes, and particularly you, so you can't use the slightest bit of criticism in the findings as a platform for your ceaseless Lawrence campaign.

I can't wait for the reaction by some on here when Freeman invites PL onto the new board

 

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