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Was thinking about this last night. Following the Birthday party a few of us hosted this year, possibly the club could have a Birthday party next year at Casey Fields

I'd have thought in a time of economic crisis you would want to shore up what you already have rather than try and expand.

Whilst I understand what you're saying, what I feel our club needs now is to put faith in our youngsters. To back that they can take our club where we need to go in the long term, without the help of a 32 year old player to pull them through.

Thanks mate, yeah I tried that but then kept getting this error message: The error returned was: Sorry, but the URL you entered for your avatar was incorrectly formatted or the link is not valid. Hrm

140 overs to chase 415 on a flat pitch. Less than 3 an over. Not so sure that's the certainty you'd have us believe it is

Must keep in mind here that in the final 10.4 overs (roughly 40 minutes) we put on a further 76 runs, taking it from a low 400s target to a high 400s one.

So, he wants to change the jumper then?

Unless your sources are Marty McFly and/or Doc Brown, I don't give a toss

Found it About a month ago

Yeah I read that Jimma said that, as mentioned about 5 posts ago, I just remember 'Bub going on about it for a while and bemoaning the lack of information he was provided before it

Wasn't there one a few weeks ago? I heard it didn't have the best results/organisation though

Thanks a lot mate, great write up well done! No doubt you would have been very helpful at the Summit. Bloody wish I could've made it! Mum has given me a very detailed synopsis and hopefully she won't mind me sharing them here, but these were some put forward during the day (many are in dot point form, so I may be misinterpretting a couple): Busloads of people from Casey to the G Players to visit more kinders, Cinema groups, Better communication between the club and its supporters/members, A lot of emphasis on embracing Casey, More "goodies" in junior membership packs. Guernsey, toys posters etc., Improve our media exposure (to place more emphasis on positivity) More emphasis on families volunteering for the club, Regional members to have post match functions with the players, Use the MCG to increase the knowledge that it is our home ground, home to the MFC More kicks after the games, the club wants this to happen 3-4-5 times a year if we can "Unite supporters to sit together" - Love this one if we can do it right More pre-game activities - sausage sizzles etc. Bring young supporters into the "cup room" (?) in the museum to show Melbourne's history as the first ever football club Partner with local footy groups in Casey (woohoo) Kids ambassadors at the club, i.e. players like Aaron Davey can email kids directly, answering questions etc. possibly in a blog format Second session, securing tangible commitments The club needs more media exposure whether top or bottom of the ladder, and not always in football related facets (i.e. pressconferences etc.( Set up MFC promotional stands at shopping centres, fed square possibly Even door knocks (don't really know what this means) newborn babies, give hospitals demon teddies for newborn babies (this is hilarious!) Link events to MFC games, for concerts etc. obviously Grand Prix Greater emphasis on a greater quality of goods in the store, especially aimed at the kids. Possibly get more I.T. type merchandise. Target tourism shops, sell game access as part of Melbourne touring packages (I like that) Next session Expertise and partnerships Use volunteers to take phonecalls at the club, talking with members etc. Be more careful about sponsor colour clashes (ie. pets paradise flag looked like an adelaide flag) Attempt to find job descriptions of our supporters to see how the club can link into different industries Apparently the club has accepted the China experiment failed, possibly more interest in India now... Lol, get the defence force to sponsor the backline More not for profit interaction so we can build links with community and a greater social image More themed fundraising The option of a 50 year life membership More environmental action to show the club linking itself with the environment and positive steps for the future - Red and Blue = Green A club Facebook page More use of sms' to get people invovled with the club on match day etc. A better location for match day shops, set up stands around the ground perhaps Get more people along to training, fundraising events at training etc. Schoolgroups "we are melbourne" - attach mfc logo to tour directors uniforms, get mfc merchandise in tour shops As you can see, some of these ideas have popped up already on demonland, some haven't, but i think you can get a sense of what types of things the club is trying to do. Most of them are not quick fix solutions, they will take many years possibly before we begin to see the benfits, and many of the ideas will require a lot of mfc supporters' support, but I believe these are the steps that will not only help our club survive, but ultimately to flourish I think it's very important to note that this is not the end of the "ideas" summit. The club is desperate for any supporters with ideas to contact the club to help us move forward. The day was smaller in number so ideas could be better utilized, but that does not mean that people should not contact the club. If you have an idea that you think could help the club, then send it in. I think they are all read, but not all responded to. That's something I think we should change. Personally I'd like to see a volunteer section put up on the website, and have the club use volunteers to respond to emails. That's something I'm going to put through now. I hope this gives you a sense of what the club wants, and gives you inspiration to come up with more ideas. and of course, a big thank you to my Mother

That's what irks me as well. They rate him highly enough to give him two years with better pay, but not highly enough to give away anything for him. Nugget, your example pretty much sums up to me the way CJ plays his footy

that's certainly not the purpose of the club. In a way i'm worried enough the club needs supporter ideas to survive. If we asked supporters to come up with a gameplan then i'd give up

Apparently they're now talking about ways to get corporate money If anyone has any killer ideas in the next 5 minutes, put them here and i can send them on

Really wanted to go, but the wisdoms have just killed me unfortunately. Mum's gone in with my ideas (apparently ran in to Bailey in the lift on the way up and gave them to him) but yeah bit dissapointing. Not sure how much I could've helped, the emails went on about "we need your expertise"...I'm a 21 year old afterschool care employee

"We've just got to get on with it and embrace the fact that at least it is consistent." I like this description of the draw. Consistently s$%t

I'd prefer you used all of them...after every sentence

Haha so true

You weren't called one Dees, your sentence was dubbed as such

For some reason I can't put pictures up here anymore, my poor avatar has vanished for instance, but I was flicking through the MFC shop website when I found the "new arrivals" section. Now, am i digging, or does this look suspiciously like a certain clash jumper we are so desperate for the club to adopt? (The "away polo")

So we're getting split up into groups tomorrow. Does anyone know anything else? How long will it go for? Still not sure if I'll be able to go..

Great cards by the way

Vettori batted 7 in the first innings of the tour match, and batting 6 in the second innings Has there been an injury, or are they trying to cover holes through the great all rounder?

So essentially the argument is coming down Watts being widely regarded as a Number 1 pick and a group of 25 or so Schoolboys, mostly Melbourne Grammar boys who would have played against him once, who say he shouldn't be pick one. Obviously, if he is regarded as being possibly as good as a Buddy one day, then he would be a worthy Pick One. I know who's opinion I'd back, no offence