21 minutes ago, dpositive said:

clue less because the CEO has not responded.

Don't think demonland is one of his concerns for the club to explain for the weird and wacky theories posted on here and believe me there are plenty of those.

3 hours ago, At the break of Gawn said:

The fact that there is clear misalignment between the footy department and the CEO …

None of which is true, much less a fact. 

2 hours ago, demon3165 said:

Don't think demonland is one of his concerns for the club to explain for the weird and wacky theories posted on here and believe me there are plenty of those.

So the Club has had a disastrous 12 months, appears totally dysfunctional but it's all good.

Nothing to see here.

You're sounding like Jim Jones just before the Kool Aid.

 

1 hour ago, Cranky Franky said:

So the Club has had a disastrous 12 months, appears totally dysfunctional but it's all good.

"The false dilemma fallacy involves presenting a limited number of options as if they were the only options available. This forces people to choose between two extremes, even though there is a spectrum of possibilities in between. The fallacy is misleading and prevents honest debate."

If jumping at shadows was an Olympic sport.....

1 hour ago, Clintosaurus said:

If jumping at shadows was an Olympic sport.....

Did you miss RayGun's performance?

 

Disclaimer (I abhor the abuse she has copped)

7 hours ago, bing181 said:

None of which is true, much less a fact. 

So Goodwin wants Oliver gone? Considering how much this club leaks, if that was true it would have been reported by now and the opposing stories wouldn’t exist.

Edited October 3, 2024Oct 3 by At the break of Gawn

6 hours ago, Cranky Franky said:

So the Club has had a disastrous 12 months, appears totally dysfunctional but it's all good.

Nothing to see here.

You're sounding like Jim Jones just before the Kool Aid.

 

See here is the difference, never said nothing's wrong or right all I have said st the start people are accusing or inferring Pert is all the problem from home base to trading Oliver without facts try to understand the subject before jumping in.

9 hours ago, demon3165 said:

Don't think demonland is one of his concerns for the club to explain for the weird and wacky theories posted on here and believe me there are plenty of those.

i dont really expect the CEO to respond to Dland.      We would not be clueless if the CEO got on the front foot and responded to the media omments. I would prefer that he got on the front foot and initiated the comments. Control the narrative as they say.

I do await any conmments coming out of the BnF tonight(not AGM as previously stated). If the CEO does not address the issues of player circumstances and the club culture, responding to media reports I will be disappointed. It doesnt take much and with all players in attendance (not Trac)would be the ideal forum to get back on track and look forward.

I cant get there but hope it will be a great night of celebration.

There is someone else that needs to go before Pert.

14 minutes ago, Ugottobekidding said:

There is someone else that needs to go before Pert.

HIS NAME Simon GOODWIN just do the right thing and go 

On MMM this morning Gawn seemed to suggest the leaks were coming from the list mgmt committee (10 people). Surely the club needs to identify the rat and get rid of them.

12 minutes ago, At the break of Gawn said:

On MMM this morning Gawn seemed to suggest the leaks were coming from the list mgmt committee (10 people). Surely the club needs to identify the rat and get rid of them.

Do we know who is officially on that committee?

13 hours ago, bing181 said:

None of which is true, much less a fact. 

All untrue and don’t blame anyone here but Pert was doing what he’s told — all of you PLEASE stop buying the player agent driven grovel your hearing on radio it’s absolute tripe and aimed squarely at getting pressure on Melb to accept a lesser deal. 
 

ANYONE who believes our forty dept didn’t ask GP to make a few calls is sImply misinformed and that is now factual — club has stated as much!

Cats/Clarry agent (Trac agency is same so is Bailey Smith’s.. 🤔) leaked this a sub did right thing and informed them we’d made calls as a reaction to him meeting with clubs we decided to see what he was worth.. TOTALLY fair — albeit naive — as thinking the agent wouldn’t leak that to help perpetuate a deal with a team without collateral was silly if honest. To get a deal with Cats the player agents only hope is to create a market whereby he is worth LESS than market value, but it was a false economy — cus we weren’t willing to accept less than market and never where — So let’s stop this nonsense.. Your being MANIPULATED!!!

1 hour ago, At the break of Gawn said:

On MMM this morning Gawn seemed to suggest the leaks were coming from the list mgmt committee (10 people). Surely the club needs to identify the rat and get rid of them.

don't forget there is a few people who have left the club in recent days, both staff and players

not saying any of them have loose lips, but now they have left they may feel less obliged to fraternal secrecy

Well according to today's press the board has told Pert that Clarrie is going nowhere. Where does that leave Pert after he rang clubs to gauge the interest in Clarrie! It would seem there is a serious disconnect between the board and the GM. In the outside of football world it would make the GM's position untenable. 

PS how can Pert be now part of the review? 

Edited October 4, 2024Oct 4 by old dee

20 hours ago, layzie said:

Do we know who is officially on that committee?

Yep. 

Here's the crew.

 

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-2024-tensions-between-melbourne-ceo-gary-pert-key-club-officials-coach-simon-goodwin-future-questioned-alan-richardson-problems-at-demons/news-story/464bd24e03de5dbad68e6920037dff36

Edited October 4, 2024Oct 4 by demoncat

One source went as far as saying that the jobs of premiership coach Simon Goodwin and Head of Football Alan Richardson are no longer safe; such is the scepticism over the intentions of some.

22 minutes ago, FreedFromDesire said:

I'm in favour of Pert going, and I think he will by the start of our 2025 season, but to be fair here - Pert was given permission by list management to sound it out, then the board had a vote about trading Oliver some time later and the idea was voted against.

Ok that changes things! Thanks FFD.

4 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

One source went as far as saying that the jobs of premiership coach Simon Goodwin and Head of Football Alan Richardson are no longer safe; such is the scepticism over the intentions of some.

Thanks. DD36.  There’s a lot going on inside head office   Off field stability is causing us all concerns   

None of the several sources that spoke with Foxfooty.com.au were in favour of dismissing either Goodwin or Richardson from their current roles, nor were they against Brad Green’s involvement in the review.

 

"Talking to this masthead on the condition of anonymity, multiple sources spoke to an internal conflict between members of the board "........  i could get a few mates to say all sorts of [censored] to me about any football club to suit my narrative as well....and write that sentence. This anonymous [censored] is getting tiresome. 

 

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Edited October 4, 2024Oct 4 by Rab D Nesbitt
Wrong thread

2 minutes ago, Melbournepotter said:

"Talking to this masthead on the condition of anonymity, multiple sources spoke to an internal conflict between members of the board "........  i could get a few mates to say all sorts of [censored] to me about any football club to suit my narrative as well....and write that sentence. This anonymous [censored] is getting tiresome. 

Modern journalism is more about opinion than fact. That’s a fact!!!!!

On 03/10/2024 at 21:24, Ausrak said:

Peter Jackson must be laughing at the farce. Having turned the MFC from a basket case to on the right path to its first grand final win in 57 years, he reportedly warned the club about Gary Pert (Josh Mahoney being his well documented choice to be his successor) and was ignored. Now the club has turned full circle back to basket case, with Gary Pert reported to be shopping around one of the greatest footballers to ever pull on the MFC jumper in Clayton Oliver. Totally bizarre.

https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/75468/jackson-to-retire-as-melbourne-ceo

https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/125361/melbourne-announce-gary-pert-as-next-ceo

He's not laughing, I can tell you that much.