Well at least he talks like he knows what he's talking about.

Question: Is Pert still working on Caulfield and if not does anybody know who's handling it at club level until September?

39 minutes ago, Jack Vineys Anger Manager said:

Thanks JVAM, I thought that Paul spoke very well in his first MFC interview, intelligence, experience and confidence will take you a long way but also would’ve liked him onboard asap.

10 minutes ago, Mel Bourne said:

There’s an actual conversation about this happening on the Demons sub-Reddit, if anyone’s interested.

I have no idea what that is so could you post a link please.

34 minutes ago, bing181 said:

For a guy who "knows nothing about football" he certainly know what to say when he speaks about football.

"High performance", "destination club", "driving for success", "Melbourne is one of the great clubs of the AFL" ... all there.

Reality bus. Fugazi. The list goes on!

44 minutes ago, Rab D Nesbitt said:

Redleg you are the second person to completely misread my post. I was describing the KENNEDY COMMUNITY CENTRE in DINGLEY. I work in Malvern and catch a train to Caulfield station three days a week so know exactly where the racecourse is.

Sorry Rab I missed that.

My apology.

I will delete my post.

56 minutes ago, Demon Disciple said:

Rab was referring to Dingley Red

Yep my boo boo, I have deleted my post.

Wow starting in September after the season is finished why??? Key decisions need to be made around the footy dept & our pipe dream of Caulfield! Why is everything our club does such a messy approach

1 hour ago, Roost it far said:

Well at least he talks like he knows what he's talking about.

Question: Is Pert still working on Caulfield and if not does anybody know who's handling it at club level until September?

It is my understanding that Pert is in a consultant position ongoingly for the Caulfield deal

Paul will take over from the interim CEO in September

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Hopefully he puts tariffs on Collingwood.

In all seriousness in my limited dealings with him he wont rub sponsors and stakeholders the wrong way like our previous CEO.

He has good business acumen and is a thoughtful businessman with strong connections and a brilliant networking ability.

I didn't see this appointment coming but can see the upside.

As for potentially not stating until September because of current commitments I see that as a positive. Loyalty is rare these days and it seems he doesn't want to just jump ship and leave the chamber in the lurch until he has followed through with his commitments.

His position on the Victorian Racing board is intriguing with Caulfield on our agenda.

Time will tell but I think this could be a brilliant left field decision

I must have gone through a different education than the media.

Our CEO won’t start until early September it has been reported and the media say that is 6 months away.

I make it 4 months.

44 minutes ago, Demonsone said:

Wow starting in September after the season is finished why??? Key decisions need to be made around the footy dept & our pipe dream of Caulfield! Why is everything our club does such a messy approach

The issue is that they only started interviewing him a month ago. He was able to get Melbourne to host the ‘world chambers congress’ in September. Presumably this is a fairly big part of his current role and he wants to see this out

8 minutes ago, Wrecker45 said:

Time will tell but I think this could be a brilliant left field decision

Agree a bit left field, but I like that.

He’ll be keen to learn and establish himself in the footy industry, so motivation won’t be an issue. He’ll look to prove himself worthy, as opposed to a former CEO knowing they’ve been here before.

A breath of fresh air, with his own outside the box ideas, away from the insular environment that is the AFL business.

He said that we constantly sell out the MCG or wherever we're playing 😳

That interview impressed me a lot. Really well spoken, natural speaker, great to listen to. Cant wait to see what he does.

I’ve a similar background (elec engineer and telco) and career to him so now I’m wondering … CEO MFC. Must consult my palm reader. 😂😂

1 hour ago, Jack Vineys Anger Manager said:

Paul Guerra seems a genuine and friendly sort of bloke.

The main objective is getting the Home Base built at Caulfield Race Course.

We will see how well he goes with that primary goal after 12 months or so.

This Paul Guerra is an impressive man, got a very good feeling about his appointment.

Great Interview on Footy Classified.

Thumbs up from me.👍

We have a problem though, their is a rat on our board that keeps leaking to the media.

Paul's appointment was leaked to Caro before he even knew, this rat needs to baited and caught then thrown in the trash where they belong.

Not good for business at all.

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5 hours ago, DeeZone said:

Thanks JVAM, I thought that Paul spoke very well in his first MFC interview, intelligence, experience and confidence will take you a long way but also would’ve liked him onboard asap.

Laughed at that, opening line by interviewer on the lines of “you were a late contender”.

Was a nice drive by 😂 by way of pointing out he was certainly not their first choice.

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Agree, impressive🙏

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Good luck to him! Hopefully he’s a great new addition and can bring some well required good change to the club.

I believe it’s a good idea to have fresh eyes and a different perspective, surely it helps!

Having watched the 2 Interviews on YouTube, Paul sounds like a breath of fresh air, lot of enthusiasm

Could be a great appointment, let’s see how it pans out…

September is a long ways off, I see the this as a huge blunder.

Appears we went door knocking.

On 12/11/2024 at 02:10, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

I wonder if Josh Mahoney is still interested? I assume CEO of an AFL club is a more prestigious position than a senior role at the AFL.

On 12/11/2024 at 02:10, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

I wonder if Josh Mahoney is still interested? I assume CEO of an AFL club is a more prestigious position than a senior role at the AFL.

Yeah good idea.. Woinder if he could take the Club further down the gurglar.

12 hours ago, Redleg said:

I must have gone through a different education than the media.

Our CEO won’t start until early September it has been reported and the media say that is 6 months away.

I make it 4 months.

Mathematics was obviously not taught in journo school RL....

To everyone questioning the start date, I think it should be seen as a positive.

Do we want to be employing a CEO who can just jump straight into this type of role? That would mean he is either currently unemployed, or is in a lower role and doesn't have a long exit time required.

I imagine with his current employment contract as CEO there is an extended timeframe that he must give when resigning from his CEO position. This is fairly standard for that type of role, given it is highly specialised and important to an organisation, so as to give them time to plan for his exit.