This isnt intended as some clandestine effort to have a go at a past player. Let me state that from the get go.

Did anyone else find it a bit strange that very little was made of a new CEO at Melbourne ?? Whilst I wouldnt have expected balloons and dancing girls, given the predisposition on much of the media to already have a size 12 boot raised ready to kick good ol' Melbourne that so little was made of such an important announcement.

Had Eddie been there I could have imagined a more throrough and appropriate news item covering this event. Especially given the Man's ( PM ) status and background.

I must confess that the paltry effort by Lyon dismayed me. There was bugger all enthusiam( bordeing on disdain ) in it , almost a throw-away !!

I ackowledge that the start of season is upon us and a bigger entity than one club , but honestly you would have thought GL might have used his position on show to give it a bit of a Rev up... Is this indicative of the new past-players action group because it might need to liven up just a tad !!

I must confess I dont watch it all that often...and with that degree of balance I probably wont.

....or maybe its just me.. But I thought it worthy of a better treatment !!

Whilst I wouldnt have expected balloons and dancing girls

I would.

I agree. Seriously I know Gazza has been getting a bit of unfair criticism but still surely he could have given it more than 2 seconds though

This isnt intended as some clandestine effort to have a go at a past player. Let me state that from the get go.

Did anyone else find it a bit strange that very little was made of a new CEO at Melbourne ?? Whilst I wouldnt have expected balloons and dancing girls, given the predisposition on much of the media to already have a size 12 boot raised ready to kick good ol' Melbourne that so little was made of such an important announcement.

Had Eddie been there I could have imagined a more throrough and appropriate news item covering this event. Especially given the Man's ( PM ) status and background.

I must confess that the paltry effort by Lyon dismayed me. There was bugger all enthusiam( bordeing on disdain ) in it , almost a throw-away !!

I ackowledge that the start of season is upon us and a bigger entity than one club , but honestly you would have thought GL might have used his position on show to give it a bit of a Rev up... Is this indicative of the new past-players action group because it might need to liven up just a tad !!

I must confess I dont watch it all that often...and with that degree of balance I probably wont.

....or maybe its just me.. But I thought it worthy of a better treatment !!

I agree, it was the only reason I watched it, but nothing.

A 10 second pre recorded Hutchison interview with P Mac at least... anything... but no, bugger all.

I agree, it was the only reason I watched it, but nothing.

A 10 second pre recorded Hutchison interview with P Mac at least... anything... but no, bugger all.

Considering that the media spent a lot of time and space decrying the MFC for its lack of a CEO, we were entitled to expect something better from them than what The Footy Show gave the club. That's another reason why I rarely watch the programme.

Very disappointing. it's is all good and well for Gary to get stuck into us in the paper saying we are going nowhere, yet he has a perfect chance to give us a massive plug and he gave nothing...

I would have thought as well with all of what is going on at Melb (new coaching pannel, new ceo, 150th season) they (read Gary) might have tried to get Nieta on the Footy Show to pump us up for round one... again nothing.

if you're going to come out and slam us then provide some drive and some solutions Gary. FFS stop sitting on the fence and trying to be Mr in the middle for your tv career, now is when we need the likes of you and David Schwartz who are high profile and in the media to push our barrow. As everyone keeps saying Eddie would...

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glad it wasnt just me.. thought it odd , at best and beligerent at worst!!

Thats it WJ...given the amount of imbalanced attention over recent times.. and all the hooha about a "rudderless" club..in "crisis" etc etc... You /I might be forgiven for thinking that a little more might be given the announcement !!

I was obviously naieve thinkig that GL might have taken the opportunity to give his beloved Dees a boost up !!

Silly Me !!

I think we have to be realistic at the same time, as we are in a very bad way in a number of areas.

- Members

- Revenue streams

- Lack of profits over the last 10 years

- Huge turn over of staff in out football dept over the last 12 months - 2 years. I understand Harris got rid of most of the staff even the staff he brought onboard ended up leaving too.

But it annoyed me the we had an awesome opportunity to plug an appointment that Gary had raised as one of our issues in the paper and he was just disinterested in it.

I agree with all points.

Its like he is ashamed to say he still loves the club that made him who he is today. The way he tries to wait for the other panel people to talk over the top of him when he is about to say his tip and then he just says it real fast and moves on quickly.

We need him to be a voice!

wow, reading the last few day's posts, it would be fair to assune Garry had killed bambi... i think the club's media department might be to blame for not really pushing the issue. Alot of people in here have short memories when it comes to what some people gave to this club as players...

I'm not one for kicking the club unneccessarily but I thought the announcement itself was poorly handled. Twice in a row now major announcements have been preceeded by rival organisations (Mark Williams announced our new coach and Golf Australia our new CEO).

The official announcement should have been with a press conference with tv vision, as they had the day after, which was a day too late, as the news cycle has moved on. Carlton had announced they were doing a 5pm presser re Fevola, so I would have held the announcement until Thursday and then backed it up with a Footy Show exclusive Hutchy/McNamee quick chat that night.

I'm guessing the reason it wasn't done was that Mac wasn't available on Wednesday, but that's even more reason to hold it until Thursday.

It got lost a bit in the ether, would have been a great chance to have massive exposure and give us a lot of positive attention and more run for the 150th celebrations.

wow, reading the last few day's posts, it would be fair to assune Garry had killed bambi... i think the club's media department might be to blame for not really pushing the issue. Alot of people in here have short memories when it comes to what some people gave to this club as players...

The MFC has no control over the Footy Show.. and again.. Its not meant as a Lyon Bash.. but I am ) and not alone it seems ) mystified as to the almost embarassing announcement of a new CEO on this Show.. Garryy heads it up.. May I be forgiven that he might JUMP at the opportunity to participate in something positive about the club ??

I dont think anyone would have accused him of being parochial, if anything probably most glad he could enthuse about something for a change !! Christ...if thats happy Id hate to see morose !!

Not accusing anyone...but Bambi did all but die on that show !!

dont quote me...but I think it was Golf Australia themselves who let the cat out.. well they had news up very early on their site..; before practically everyone. You could read something in that if you were cynical !!

dont quote me...but I think it was Golf Australia themselves who let the cat out.. well they had news up very early on their site..; before practically everyone. You could read something in that if you were cynical !!

It was put up about 5-10 minutes before the press release came out. Not that early. Someone should have been telling them to hold it anyway.

The MFC has no control over the Footy Show.. and again.. Its not meant as a Lyon Bash.. but I am ) and not alone it seems ) mystified as to the almost embarassing announcement of a new CEO on this Show.. Garryy heads it up.. May I be forgiven that he might JUMP at the opportunity to participate in something positive about the club ??

I dont think anyone would have accused him of being parochial, if anything probably most glad he could enthuse about something for a change !! Christ...if thats happy Id hate to see morose !!

Not accusing anyone...but Bambi did all but die on that show !!

Fair enough, but I think it is to easy to blame the host for no or little fanfare about the announcement. Perhaps like the majority of us, he is waiting to see how it all unfolds before trumpeting it up.

I am just getting sick of all the Blame being put on one of our favourite sons for stuff that is not really his domain.

Anyway, bring on the footy, bring on a dee's win in rnd 1 and let the start of the 150 year celebration kickstart a new era for the Melbourne FC

GO DEE'S

Fair enough, but I think it is to easy to blame the host for no or little fanfare about the announcement.

Its his show...who do I question ...Mr Marmalade ?? huh

Perhaps like the majority of us, he is waiting to see how it all unfolds before trumpeting it up.

its a big announcement ffs.. whats to wait for..it is what it is..Its an announcement !!

I am just getting sick of all the Blame being put on one of our favourite sons for stuff that is not really his domain.

the point is THIS IS HIS DOMAIN

You guys have to consider that the shows plan was probably already drafted before the announcement came. An really, they mentioned it and that's all that was needed. I don't think it needed to be blown up.

yeah right.. rubbish... that announcement was a long time befoer any lock down for the show might occur.. and you think they wouldn announe anything happenig of merit at THAT time ?? Late breaking etc.. which it wasnt anyway.

More the point.. this is supposedly Garry's beloved Demons.. you cant tell me who couldnt make a thing of it if he had wanted.

Sorry..I dont think he made any real effort. His currency in these matters was ( to me ) seriously undemined.

I would say that of anyone..just happens to be one G Lyon in this instance.

to add..even if Garry felt a bit sheepish.. Brayshaw could have rolled it out. Seems like its OK to "beam to the world and beyond" anyhting 'bad' about the Dees.. anything juicy and such...but dont dare you mention anything with an UPSIDE !!

My beef is primarily with the show... but you cant escape who hosts it !!

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I honestly think if Eddy was still running it you WOULD have seen a more enthusiastic delivery and content of this story.

how ironic a magpie would be in all likely hood more upbeat than a Dee !!

Very disappointing. it's is all good and well for Gary to get stuck into us in the paper saying we are going nowhere, yet he has a perfect chance to give us a massive plug and he gave nothing...

I agreed 100% with what Gary wrote in that article.

Also, 95% of the football world couldn't give a [censored] who the new CEO is. How many of the 16 CEO's can most people name... It's not like we got a new President.

Sounds like some people were expecting dancing girls

Context:

Given who he is...given his profile and given the amount of crap we endured about not having one.. I thought it rated a bit more effort.

names like Pert, Cook., Swan are all very influential I would suggest

Context:

Given who he is...given his profile and given the amount of crap we endured about not having one.. I thought it rated a bit more effort.

names like Pert, Cook., Swan are all very influential I would suggest

Point taken.

What exactly did you want them to do?

Have a 10 minute segment on the new Melbourne CEO, when they knew nothing other then him being the CEO? I mean, seriously, it's news. It's not a massive announcement. I think you're overblowing it.

There's also a big difference between Lyon and Brayshaw/McGuire. They are President of their respective footy clubs. Garry is not. It's not his job to go pumping us up at every opportunity, whereas its a pretty big part of the reason the other two have got to the position they have for their clubs - their profile in the media.

Its his show...who do I question ...Mr Marmalade ?? huh

its a big announcement ffs.. whats to wait for..it is what it is..Its an announcement !!

the point is THIS IS HIS DOMAIN

i suggest you direct your rather ill informed misgivings to the producers of the show. And i might be mistaken, but i thought i saw it announced at a press conference.

As far as garry goes, it seems a case of damned if he does, damned if he doesnt..