Win for Melbourne, as club secures training venue near heart of city

[71 Molloy 266]

Athletics to Bob Jane, new training ground on athletics track to share with the filth.

http://fcmelbourne.com.au/articles/2008/ap...venue-near-hea/

[stretch marks 2]

Athletics to Bob Jane, new training ground on athletics track to share with the filth.

http://fcmelbourne.com.au/articles/2008/ap...venue-near-hea/

I am a bit confused here. Wasn't a new home/training venue in the city (that rectangular stadium) already on track for 2010?

[AzzKikA 2,371]

Sounds like we are going to be squashed into the corner.

[71 Molloy 266]

I am a bit confused here. Wasn't a new home/training venue in the city (that rectangular stadium) already on track for 2010?

The actual training oval had not been finalised, just our facilities in the rectangle such as social and rehab.

[Cards13 9,117]

Well done Dees!!! Finally...

Little confused as well. Are the Pies still going to train at the other ground, is it Gosch's Paddock? And we get the new oval or do we share the oval with them? If so I can see us being farked around as we are the poorer cousins of the Pies.

It all sounds like it is coming together for training and admin, we just have to wait a few years for it now..... (twiddles thumbs, stares at ceiling, stares at wall, stares at floor.. are we there yet?)

[71 Molloy 266]

Well done Dees!!! Finally...

Little confused as well. Are the Pies still going to train at the other ground, is it Gosch's Paddock? And we get the new oval or do we share the oval with them? If so I can see us being farked around as we are the poorer cousins of the Pies.

It all sounds like it is coming together for training and admin, we just have to wait a few years for it now..... (twiddles thumbs, stares at ceiling, stares at wall, stares at floor.. are we there yet?)

Current athletics track moved to Bob Jane and replaced by oval to be shared by Us and the Filth. What's the bet we get screwed?

[Gouga 570]

Current athletics track moved to Bob Jane and replaced by oval to be shared by Us and the Filth. What's the bet we get screwed?

Why don't we use Gosh's Paddock or the Lexus/Rose oval as the Pies call it?

[Cards13 9,117]

Current athletics track moved to Bob Jane and replaced by oval to be shared by Us and the Filth. What's the bet we get screwed?

How can they juggle both sides training "needs" on the one training oval? Hate to be pessimistic but from our history you'd assume one team would get preferential treatment over another and you know where that would leave the good old Dee's... :angry:

[71 Molloy 266]

Why don't we use Gosh's Paddock or the Lexus/Rose oval as the Pies call it?

I think the Pies use Edwin Flack field which the new stadium will be built upon.

http://www.mopt.com.au/desktopdefault.aspx...//243_read-247/

Let's hope Sue Nattrass can prove her worth to the board on this.

[dee-luded 2,959]

I am a bit confused here. Wasn't a new home/training venue in the city (that rectangular stadium) already on track for 2010?

No. Indoor facilities, like gym, hyperbaric area, indoor lap pool, etc & offices.

The playing surface is to small for real AFL training, this would be done & the athletics site & summer training at Casey fields.

[WonnaJurah 5]

No. Indoor facilities, like gym, hyperbaric area, indoor lap pool, etc & offices.

The playing surface is to small for real AFL training, this would be done & the athletics site & summer training at Casey fields.

is that5 where storm will be moving to?

[Sir Why You Little 37,170]

From what i heard on SEN this morning the i/v sounded very positive and we we will have full training facilities. I like it with Casey over summer. Baby steps remember

[w00dy 146]

currently the pies are training at gosch's paddock... they were training at edwin flack field which featured the bob rose interchange bench, but the new stadium is currently being built there...

the initial plan was for both Melbourne and Collingwood to train at gosch's paddock... however Collingwood didn't want a bar of that, as they would have to walk from the lexus centre, past the rectangular stadium and our home, to their training oval that they were forced to share...

now that it's confirmed that olympic park is being vacated, collingwood will look to move in there... i am surprised to hear that we are going to train there too... i always thought we were going to train at gosch's paddock, and either share it with the filth, or have it to ourselves while they got olympic park...

[Demon Jim 149]

How can they juggle both sides training "needs" on the one training oval? Hate to be pessimistic but from our history you'd assume one team would get preferential treatment over another and you know where that would leave the good old Dee's... :angry:

Did you know that during the season the average time spent on the track training is 6 hours per week. Should be no problem to share with filth although I hate to use these two words in the same sentence

[Adzman 2,154]

Great news even if we have to put up with the filth form time to time. A home is a home, and this should make us an attractive destination fo out of contract players in the future. New facilties and a fresh start. AWESOME!!!

[w00dy 146]

currently the pies are training at gosch's paddock... they were training at edwin flack field which featured the bob rose interchange bench, but the new stadium is currently being built there...

the initial plan was for both Melbourne and Collingwood to train at gosch's paddock... however Collingwood didn't want a bar of that, as they would have to walk from the lexus centre, past the rectangular stadium and our home, to their training oval that they were forced to share...

now that it's confirmed that olympic park is being vacated, collingwood will look to move in there... i am surprised to hear that we are going to train there too... i always thought we were going to train at gosch's paddock, and either share it with the filth, or have it to ourselves while they got olympic park...

well this looks like it will be the case... the filth get olympic park, we get gosch's paddock

http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/news/the-...9234867756.html

Melbourne Football Club, which is likely to move its football department into a new home under the stands of the rectangular stadium under construction, is unlikely to be allowed joint use of the training oval, for which Collingwood is contracted to have exclusive access.

The Demons would be likely to use the oval next to Gosch's Paddock on the corner of Punt Road and Swan Street, where Collingwood has been training since construction began at their former training ground at Edwin Flack Oval.

Under the terms of its long-term lease, Collingwood had to have access to a ground no further than the Edwin Flack Oval, which has now been demolished for the rectangular stadium.

That left either the athletics track or the Old Scotch oval next to the tennis centre.

[casey scorp 2]

Playing second fiddle to Collingwood regarding access to an oval, and playing second fiddle to the rectangular sports in a facility tailor-made for them.

Poor cousins with those arrangements.

The opportunity should be grabbed at Casey Fields now. While the Casey Council might be quite partial to working co-operatively with MFC at the moment, it might have very different interests to Australian football in a few years time when reality hits for MFC at the rectangular stadium.

[beelzebub 23,383]

I was given to understand that the footy dept is going to Casey this summer and likely to remain until al lfacilities at teh Bubbledome are ready. Summer training to continue for forseeable future at Casey.with the bulk of winter training on Goschs (after the filth vacate for rebuilt olympic precint ) I remember somewhere it was mentioned that the Dees would also avail themselves of Casey during seasons proper also..just not as main location.

Its ( from my readings ) the genuine notion of the club ( MFC ) to develop a relationship at CF. ..just not fulltime.. well as of this writing anyways..lol

[casey scorp 2]

I've read all that too!

All based on MFC statements over the past couple of months.

Have you seen any reported statements by the Council yet?

[beelzebub 23,383]

nothing from council as yet..

has there been anything official re Melbourne?

[Demon Jim 149]

well this looks like it will be the case... the filth get olympic park, we get gosch's paddock

http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/news/the-...9234867756.html

So what exectly was Paul Gardiner actually announcing yesterday? Unless the state government has a different view of Collingwood's lease, then Gardiner was talking a load of bollocks about nothing. If so, this is very embarassing and it's time he stood down!!

[w00dy 146]

Playing second fiddle to Collingwood regarding access to an oval, and playing second fiddle to the rectangular sports in a facility tailor-made for them.

Poor cousins with those arrangements.

The opportunity should be grabbed at Casey Fields now. While the Casey Council might be quite partial to working co-operatively with MFC at the moment, it might have very different interests to Australian football in a few years time when reality hits for MFC at the rectangular stadium.

you still bothering with all your biased comments? i don't mind you talking positively about the opportunities at casey, but you use every opportunity you can the diss our new home, and i'm sure it's due to your casey bias more than anything else...

the MFC will never completely relocate to Casey... don't try and convince us to leave our heartland in Melbourne, that we won't fit in a rectangular stadium, unless you can actually give some substance to your opinions other that your casey bias

[casey scorp 2]

you still bothering with all your biased comments? i don't mind you talking positively about the opportunities at casey, but you use every opportunity you can the diss our new home, and i'm sure it's due to your casey bias more than anything else...

Perceptive!

the MFC will never completely relocate to Casey... don't try and convince us to leave our heartland in Melbourne

It depends what you mean by "completely". Might it significantly relocate (ie footy activities to Casey, admin & corporate in Melb)?

that we won't fit in a rectangular stadium, unless you can actually give some substance to your opinions other that your casey bias

Come on! There might be state of the art fitness/recovery equipment inside the rectangular stadium, but MFC won't get on the turf and it's the wrong shape anyway. Players will have to run up Swan Street to Gosch's Paddock, now that Eddie has claimed the new oval right to be built right next to the rectangular stadium. What more substance do you need about the shape of it, the fact that an AFL club will be like a fish out of water in THEIR stadium and the distance to an oval to train on?

[Cards13 9,117]

Just to clarify on our ground in the MOPT area a post from Demonology:

DeeBruce Posted on Thu 01/05/08 20:32:42

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I have confirmed with my contact at MOPT that we will NOT be sharing the new training oval to be built on the Olympic Park stadium site-- this will be exclusively for Collingw&%$.

Rather we will have the oval at Gosch's Paddock... where Coll currently train.

The very good news is that this oval will receive a multi-million dollar upgrade for our long term use.

And of course we wont have to share facilities, sponsors signage etc with the filth.

Btw I just searched the area on Google Maps and our new oval is not far at all from the new stadium site... only negatives being on Punt Road, exposed to the elements and difficult to hold closed sessions.

I am unsure whether the upgrade will help address these negatives.

[Neita3000 37]

Just to clarify on our ground in the MOPT area a post from Demonology:

DeeBruce Posted on Thu 01/05/08 20:32:42

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Reply To George_on_the_Outer posted 2008-04-30 11:25:53

I have confirmed with my contact at MOPT that we will NOT be sharing the new training oval to be built on the Olympic Park stadium site-- this will be exclusively for Collingw&%$.

Rather we will have the oval at Gosch's Paddock... where Coll currently train.

The very good news is that this oval will receive a multi-million dollar upgrade for our long term use.

And of course we wont have to share facilities, sponsors signage etc with the filth.

Btw I just searched the area on Google Maps and our new oval is not far at all from the new stadium site... only negatives being on Punt Road, exposed to the elements and difficult to hold closed sessions.

I am unsure whether the upgrade will help address these negatives.

played on gosh's paddock, very formidable surface