4 hours ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

I do see potential in both players, but I do partly wonder if King is aware of those guys being whipping boys, so making a particular point to praise them in public to offset that a bit.

Anyway, time will tell and I think they both did show a little bit of further progress and indications that the belong at AFL level during our most recent practice matches.

Admittedly Lyon initially alluded to these two, and seemingly the interview was done before our recent practice matches

9 hours ago, Cranky Franky said:

Unfortunately they all have media training & all sound plausible & well intentioned. Eloquent, passionate & natural leaders.

Dennis Jones, Bob Skilton, Dean Bailey & Mark Neeld also sounded very similar to King when they first arrived 😵‍💫

Neeld gave off mad vibes right away. Unfortunately, I misinterpreted it as the variety of mad that would convince men to follow him through brick walls, not call them weak when they bounced off.

19 hours ago, Ghostwriter said:

I won’t be there but the club asked if the DA has any questions we’d like asked on our behalf. The first question on our WhatsApp group was should you keep tomato sauce in the fridge or the pantry? 😅 A lot of other questions, all footy/Dees related, were suggested, but the sauce one was the only one we vigorously discussed. 🤣

In case anyone wants to know… I’m Team Pantry all the way

Ask him if he remembers me saying hi at the Foxtel Club 10 footy clinic as a 13 y.o.

6 hours ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

Could also be because virtually no-one knew it was on.

Our media team have put out a pretty good series of promo videos, so I'm loath to be too critical of our coms, but here's an idea - how about email your members that the even is actually on with enough time to book it into their schedules.

Even better idea perhaps the club could put on a tour of Melbourne Sporting Globe venues throughout the season with the coach and/or senior club figures such as president/CEO and a few players strategically timmed throughout the season, when members and supporters could mix a bit with them and have a bit of an update and Q&A. I've Have paid for several of these style sportsman events in recent years, but I do think it's about time the club gave back a bit to members and supporters and put some on for free. Might even get us a bit of a boost in members.

It's a coach. You immediately discount kids and families showing up because kids dont care about the coach. A Q&A with a coach is always going to be for absolute die-hards that care about strategy and the club. And even then those die-hards are unlikely to trek out for this. Players always demand a bigger turnout.

3 hours ago, Supermercado said:

Neeld gave off mad vibes right away. Unfortunately, I misinterpreted it as the variety of mad that would convince men to follow him through brick walls, not call them weak when they bounced off.

As did the club, and most of us on here.......

I am surprised that nobody has mentioned that when asked last night about when we were moving to Waverley, Paul Guerra said that the club was still committed to Caulfield and working towards that, which is utterly contrary to everything that’s been floated recently.

That to me was the biggest news of the event, besides King’s buckets of praise for a couple of unfashionable players.

10 hours ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

Could also be because virtually no-one knew it was on.

Our media team have put out a pretty good series of promo videos, so I'm loath to be too critical of our coms, but here's an idea - how about email your members that the even is actually on with enough time to book it into their schedules.

Even better idea perhaps the club could put on a tour of Melbourne Sporting Globe venues throughout the season with the coach and/or senior club figures such as president/CEO and a few players strategically timmed throughout the season, when members and supporters could mix a bit with them and have a bit of an update and Q&A. I've Have paid for several of these style sportsman events in recent years, but I do think it's about time the club gave back a bit to members and supporters and put some on for free. Might even get us a bit of a boost in members.

They did last Monday at 5.02 PM.

Nothing to do with footy but I have make this comment. The first day of F1 for 2065, Its hard to keep a good man down! First practice session and Verstappen is strait to the top 2 or 3. New rules, new power units supplied by different manufactures , New car Bodies etc. Cream always rises to the top.

1 hour ago, old dee said:

They did last Monday at 5.02 PM.

As an email?

Not that I got.

Did notice in retrospect that there was something buried right down on the website news feed, but that's all I could find.

1 hour ago, pitmaster said:

I am surprised that nobody has mentioned that when asked last night about when we were moving to Waverley, Paul Guerra said that the club was still committed to Caulfield and working towards that, which is utterly contrary to everything that’s been floated recently.

That to me was the biggest news of the event, besides King’s buckets of praise for a couple of unfashionable players.

Is that true pitmaster or are you being facetious? I’d be happy if true.

On 05/03/2026 at 13:14, Ghostwriter said:

I won’t be there but the club asked if the DA has any questions we’d like asked on our behalf. The first question on our WhatsApp group was should you keep tomato sauce in the fridge or the pantry? 😅 A lot of other questions, all footy/Dees related, were suggested, but the sauce one was the only one we vigorously discussed. 🤣

In case anyone wants to know… I’m Team Pantry all the way

Pantry

I asked him and it’s definitely Fridge. Mind you, like me, he’s into your more gourmet sauces.

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Put your big boy pants on it goes in the Pantry..

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Neeld gave off mad vibes right away. Unfortunately, I misinterpreted it as the variety of mad that would convince men to follow him through brick walls, not call them weak when they bounced off.

Neeld was set up for failure, had a list that run the Roost, the club wanted to break that but it all went pear shape not saying he cpear-shaped but he had one hand tied behind his back.

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Neeld gave off mad vibes right away. Unfortunately, I misinterpreted it as the variety of mad that would convince men to follow him through brick walls, not call them weak when they bounced off.

Neeld was set up for failure, had a list that run the Roost, the club wanted to break that but it all went pear shape not saying he cpear-shaped but he had one hand tied behind his back.

You can't fix those sorts of cultural issues by just hiring a hard [censored] who makes enemies with all his players.

On 05/03/2026 at 20:22, JJJ said:

Saw on Insta that the turnout was pretty bad.

Not sure if the club understands how badly a lot of supporters felt about the club over the past 24 months.

I found out about the event exactly one hour before it started. No emails about it. Didn't see it mentioned in the socials. No hope of making it. Even if I'd found out about it the day before, I couldn't've made it. And I was even in Melbourne at the time.

15 hours ago, thirty-one said:

I found out about the event exactly one hour before it started. No emails about it. Didn't see it mentioned in the socials. No hope of making it. Even if I'd found out about it the day before, I couldn't've made it. And I was even in Melbourne at the time.

All members got an email from the club on the Monday before the event. Are you a member?

34 minutes ago, old dee said:

All members got an email from the club on the Monday before the event. Are you a member?

I got two emails about the event.

On 06/03/2026 at 07:51, Supermercado said:

Neeld gave off mad vibes right away. Unfortunately, I misinterpreted it as the variety of mad that would convince men to follow him through brick walls, not call them weak when they bounced off.

Gosh. I remember that first Neeld presser. I messaged my brother straight away and said, “I wouldn’t want to play for him. He’s a tool”.

He did give us the Mitch Clarke Experience though.

14 hours ago, JJJ said:

Gosh. I remember that first Neeld presser. I messaged my brother straight away and said, “I wouldn’t want to play for him. He’s a tool”.

He did give us the Mitch Clarke Experience though.

I was 100% sucked in when he wanted to be the hardest team to play against. Then we became the hardest team to watch.

17 hours ago, JJJ said:

I got two emails about the event.

You must have received mine.

I have scanned my emails and nothing since being advised my membership pack had left their mail house and had been lodged with Australia Post

21 hours ago, old dee said:

All members got an email from the club on the Monday before the event. Are you a member?

I'm a member. Not sure why I'm not getting emails suddenly. I've had one since the the second week of Feb.

23 minutes ago, thirty-one said:

I'm a member. Not sure why I'm not getting emails suddenly. I've had one since the the second week of Feb.

Ring them and check they are usually very friendly and efficient.

38 minutes ago, thirty-one said:

I'm a member. Not sure why I'm not getting emails suddenly. I've had one since the the second week of Feb.

Give the club a ring thirty-one, I have received a heap over the past month.👍

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Neeld was set up for failure, had a list that run the Roost, the club wanted to break that but it all went pear shape not saying he cpear-shaped but he had one hand tied behind his back.
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