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59 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

"...help rescue the Demons." I didn't realise we needed "rescuing". Can we improve? Sure. But "rescuing"? From what, exactly?

Good pick up. It's not just lawyers that can be ambulance chasers. 

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6 hours ago, old dee said:

No don't go on leave. We need your reasoned comments.

I'll pop in every now and then!

Hmmm, when does round 1 start ?  🙄

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Why doesn’t someone from the press actually interview Steven Smith and ask him if he intends running for the board. I would love to have him on the board But not to rescue our club for CS, we are in the best shape that we have ever been in  since my family became premium members 27 years ago. I have stopped buying the Age, Herald Sun, listening to SEN and even stopped watching 360o but I  can’t get away from them even on my favourite website. Whately has become a condescending supercilious bore. Stay close LH.

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7 hours ago, Lucifers Hero said:

Good Lord!

Another free-for-all opportunity for the muckraking media to speculate make up stuff about our Board, its leaders's tenure etc. 

Sigh, more mfc bashing/brand damage coming up. 

Sigh, it is going to be a long few months to the AGM or if/when SS 'confirms or denies' his intentions. 

We may not have to wait for the next election/AGM. An EGM to spill the board would get things done quickly (and before the men return) - probably takes just 2000 members to fire it up.

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49 minutes ago, DeeZone said:

Why doesn’t someone from the press actually interview Steven Smith and ask him if he intends running for the board. I would love to have him on the board But not to rescue our club for CS, we are in the best shape that we have ever been in  since my family became premium members 27 years ago. I have stopped buying the Age, Herald Sun, listening to SEN and even stopped watching 360o but I  can’t get away from them even on my favourite website. Whately has become a condescending supercilious bore. Stay close LH.

Me too.  I subscribe to The Age on-line only for the puzzles!  The paper version arrives too late!! 

I'll try.❤️💙

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Don't know much about him, buy looks to have a good CV and an invested interest in the club being strong.

The big point I think would be that if he was at the MCC for so long he would have a good relationship and connections with people in the AFL.  Which we need, hopefully will allow us control media narrative around us a bit more.

 

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22 hours ago, Swooper1987 said:

Interesting.  Smith has some strong alliances with the AFL leadership. 

With such alliances comes respect and perhaps, an improved profile for the MFC with the AFL. Smith was a great player and team man, early. He has experienced the tough times and may well have some positive input to our current issues and corresponding management thereof. I'd expect Smith to be highly pro-active in all we do as a Club. 

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SS - no. 35. Played like he had a cricket bat shoved up his bottle and glass. 200 games in a carp era - didn't play in a final. Alternated between CHB and CHF. I loved him - always thought he'd rip the comp apart one day. I guess I had to adjust my reality when he was delisted. Now there's a chance to rip the comp apart again - just in a different role. Who would have thought? Deliver us a three-peat son.

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On 11/09/2020 at 16:07, Hogan2014 said:

Not great if true... so after Jackson brought stability we are back to we’re we started??

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/demons-facing-another-brutal-end-to-the-season-20200911-p55ula.html

I knew I'd heard this story before.........

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/demons-facing-another-brutal-end-to-the-season-20200911-p55ula.html

2020 from Caro

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30 minutes ago, Wrecker46 said:

Things are moving pretty quickly. Roffey in trouble, Pert to follow. I don't believe its Smith to take over the Presidency even though i hope he does.

 

I take that back i think it is Smith. 

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On 01/09/2024 at 19:26, BDA said:

before my time so i don't know anything about this man but a 200 gamer, BNF winner and ex president of the MCC sounds like a great resume for joining our board.

looks like Kate's days are numbered. 

Good!

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As Barras might have said...

Hello..... Roffey of, Smith on... Bloody w a ??

..... ! 

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Contrary to the tone of many comments hear finding a suitable candidate to bring onto a board in the last year of a presidency and then having an orderly transition is what good leaders in a strong culture do, not cultureless messes.

But hey, keep following the media narrative and potting our club, we’ve had a mass exodus of players (Petty, Viney, Trac, Clarry, Kozzie, oh hang on, they’re all still there), mass exodus of coaches (only Stafford, which was predictable with our forward line stagnating, our mid coach is the second assistant in two years to be sounded out by another club as a senior coach, just terrible!), unstable board (one change this year woah! By all accounts an excellent candidate in Smith with excellent credentials. Steady there!)

What a culture-less basket case we are! 

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