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Pert and Roffey - The Review Thread

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1 minute ago, Redlegged said:

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

Which one was that?

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

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    1 minute ago, DeesignerAU said:

    Pert is hiding... in Noosa

    Apparently it's a myth.

    Would not surprise me if true.

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    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. 

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    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! 

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    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. 

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    3 minutes ago, ANG13 said:

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

    Just as bad….

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    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. 

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    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 😜

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    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. 

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    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.

     

     

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    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?

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    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 

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    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. 

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    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

     

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    Kate, that was embarrassing 

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    EXTERNAL REVIEW NOW. EVERY POSITION AT THE CLUB. TOP TO BOTTOM. I'M LIVID.

    sorry for shouting

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    I'd love Jackson as President (finish what he started) and Mahoney as CEO (would make a great team)

     

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    The worst interview from a ''leader'' I've heard.

    She's completely out of her depth.  Hopeless is a word that comes to mind.

    How she hasn't been around to Petracca's parents house weeks ago is utterly extraordinary.

    To think the leader of the club hasn't even bothered to speak to one of our best players of the last 50 years when they're disgruntled beggars belief.

    She also thinks a club review isn't required.

    I'd remove her straight away if I had the power.

    I wasn't overly sympathetic to Petracca, but after that interview I have more questions than ever.  And indeed more sympathy for Petracca than I had.

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    4 minutes ago, ElDiablo14 said:

    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?

    100% agree with you there. The last thing we need is a board challenge that spills into an ugly Days of Our Lives drama. We have enough of that going on already.

    But equally just complaining on SEN and Demonland is not going to make a difference to a board that seems completely incapable of taking ownership of anything. 

    I know there are posters on this site who would have some pretty powerful connections inside the club, and even within the board. Wonder if passing along the general feelings of our most passionate supporters to them, would at least trigger some sort of fire for meaningful change, or at least an admission of failure. 

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    7 minutes ago, 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. 

    You see this at numerous clubs, the token former player on the board to supposedly give it some credibility while actually contributing nothing. 

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