Today's Age - a few stories

[Satan 2,823]

Lots to read , wont copy them here, since the Age is a Melbourne Sponsor and if you read this is then I reckon you can find the Age on line

Eye opening story about Bailey visiting the young players at home for dinner with little notice, not suprising the first lot almost ...themselves..lol

[Straight Sets Simon 23,113]

There's also a lot about how Melbourne are up the creek financially.

[beelzebub 22,716]

THE DEMON WITHIN

Says it all really!!

Edited March 22, 2008 by belzebub59
Updated link to link to page 1, not 5

[Satan 2,823]

There's also a lot about how Melbourne are up the creek financially.

On field success does not guarantee financial success.

Look at North, won 2 flags in 4 years (96 and 99) and are still getting AFL help.

[Guest unstable punt]

NO CASH, NO HOME: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DEMONS

It is the new pastime, having a dig at the MFC.

[Whispering_Jack 28,118]

On field success does not guarantee financial success.

Look at North, won 2 flags in 4 years (96 and 99) and are still getting AFL help.

True but a win against Hawthorn today would, at the very least, get the jackals off our backs for seven days.

The fact is that we've just appointed a new CEO, plans for a new home are well in hand and our cash deficit is nothing like that which Geelong faced just a few years ago. We have a new coach, a new football manager and some exciting young talent. That's a hell of a lot better than what I saw in the Fremantle team yesterday (with its slow midfield, a bevy of washed up old hacks and no new blood on show) or Carteland on Thursday (with the best that money can buy running around on one cylinder mixed with ineptitude by the bucketload).

So START SPREADING THE NEWS - our kids are keen and enthusiastic and they have a bit of spunk among among them. What we really need happening from the start is for those of our experienced players who have been recognised by Dean Bailey and given leadership roles to stand up and provide an example. If that happens, we win and Paul McNamee can turn up to work next week or the week after with some positive vibes emerging around the place.

And if it doesn't happen, then next week we'll have an even younger team and McNamee will still turn up to work and the world will not be at an end.

I am bemused by all those who expect the dramatic changes instituted in the past few months and which are necessary to turn us into a strong club both on and off the field to happen overnight.

[Straight Sets Simon 23,113]

It is the new pastime, having a dig at the MFC.

I wouldn't call saying it like it is, "having a dig".

[dazzledavey36 49,774]

the bloke that wrote the articles is a passionate melbourne supporter! and i agree on everything he said. also love how in the spreading word article, bode, petterd and bell played an xbox competition with bails! hahah

[Jaded No More 59,978]

I skipped all the negative [censored] and moved along to the articles that were actually interesting (laughed quite hard about the article on Dean Bailey).

Like I said a few days ago, I am sick and tired of the moaning and bitching that goes on in the media, on here, wherever about this club. The same old stuff is brought up, we have no home, we have no money, we haven't won a premiership in over 40 years. Yawn!

If we win today, all of a sudden we're a club going places. It's a media beat-up.

At the end of the day any publicity is good publicity, and to open the paper and see 3 big articles about our club is fantastic. If all the negative words encourage some of our pathetic 'fans' to get on board and buy a membership, great. But for those of us who actually know what's going on at the club, and who support the organisation regardless of results, these articles are completely useless. In fact, if I hear one more 'journalist' harp on about us having no home, I will quite literally spew. We have a home, it is in the process of being built. Short of laying the foundation ourselves, there is nothing we can do to hurry the build along.

Lets get a huge turnout to the match today, and get a win. Maybe tomorrow's headline will read "No money, no home, but one hell of a victory"

[45HG 1,539]

oh man, can't wait for the dees to thrash those nancy boys and shove it up these bloody journos, who will in turn write about how rosy everything is for the dees, probably the reason we need a win

[praha 10,574]

I wouldn't call any of it "having a dig", I'd call it writing about the hard truth. Melbourne aren't a shambles. They're a joke (as a business).

[dees_rule_4eva 22]

That article "Demon Within". That is an absolute beauty. Has me all fired up for todays game!! GO DEES!

[Grooski 0]

Still spouting the same old negative rhetoric Clint? After coming back to the site after all of this time, some things haven't changed. You really should re-consider that Tiger membership...

The fact is, lets look at the achievement over the past few years. A reduction of $2.3 mill in debt, a decrease of 1/2 mill annually in tax bill, an increase of 30%+ in membership to record levels, an increase of 1/2 mill in footy department funding, profitability on our own terms within the competitive assistance package of AFL revenue, finals in 3 of the last 4 years with good chances at reaching late September action in each of them, signing of QUALITY administration and footy department staff, building of a new training and admin centre - a home for our beloved club.

These are the signs of a club moving forward.

The problem is that you guys compare Melbourne to the Collingwoods and Essendons and deem our success only when comparable to their numbers. We cannot compete at the moment, but lets measure our success with ourselves and where we are at. Five years ago, we were a basket case. That we have picked ourselves up so far is testament to the people who have been in charge and the long term planning and vision. The continuation of those sort of positive steps outlined above will see the Melbourne FC not only with a strong base, but EXIST, in 10 years.

Last year was an aberration. The problem is that you nay-sayers take it as normal. That we have needed a reinvigoration is not uncommon given the amount of hard work done by many to get the club off the ropes again. With McNamee, Gardner, Connolly and Bailey I feel very optimistic that our off-field state will continue to improve.

I, for one, hope the Dees come out today and show what a good future we have on the field as well. Smashing the arrogance out of the Dorks would be a great boost to the already flaky confidence of some of our supporters. Isn't that right Clint?

[demon3165 2,315]

Good to see Connolly up and about on Ch 7 this morning talking up the club, start of a new era for us, it won't happen overnight but it will happen.

[Straight Sets Simon 23,113]

Still spouting the same old negative rhetoric Clint? After coming back to the site after all of this time, some things haven't changed. You really should re-consider that Tiger membership...

What?