titan_uranus

He mentioned it at the AGM. What else should he say? We, like a few other AFL clubs and a stack of big companies, plus the government, got sucked in. No need to dwell on that failure.

Patriots, Seahawks, Rams

Hard agree, didn’t mean to suggest otherwise.

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/embattled-security-firm-haemorrhaging-high-profile-clients-amid-growing-scandals-20251219-p5np28.html We’ve terminated our sponsorship agreement with MA Services. Won’t be on our guernsey. Wonder how much this will cost us.

It's not that we're not able to announce at the AGM. There's plenty of reasons why that might be the case. It's that Guerra buttered us up to be ready to hear all about it tonight at the AGM. He's trying very hard to impress, Guerra, but I don't want him overpromising and underdelivering, which unfortunately he's done in this instance.

Eagles, Bills, 49ers

Ravens, Chargers, Packers

I only like the second one, of the three. The club's major shift of late in relation to social media, communication and engagement with the fans is a major improvement. I love that they're asking us to vote on the Gather Round guernsey (because it's otherwise totally meaningless - I doubt we'll be asked for input on the ANZAC or SDN guernseys). It's a shame, though, that the designs aren't great.

Gee we timed this sponsorship well, didn’t we. First bikies, now tax troubles. https://www.theage.com.au/national/blue-chip-companies-used-security-firm-facing-massive-tax-workplace-probes-20251203-p5nkez.html

Rams, Broncos, Seahawks

Jags, Rams, Broncos

We actually haven’t played GWS in NSW since 2014. We’ve only ever had 6 away games against them in their 14 year history, and 4 of those have been at Manuka. Not sure if it’s a record but we’ve only played them at Giants Stadium twice ever.

It is on the website - https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/1932463/notice-of-annual-general-meeting

A stack of completely uninformed opinions in here, which mine would be too if I tried to discuss accounting with any authority. “Creative accounting”, “poorly run business”, etc - are those having a crack at the club paid up members? On my reading of the documents, we lost $1M compared to 2024 in our membership drop off alone. That might be a sign of a bad season on field, but is it necessarily a sign of a poorly run club off field? And the club repeatedly says that we have to list the Goodwin and Oliver payments up front this year even though we are paying them spread out over the next 1-4 years. I have no idea what the rules are but I can at least appreciate why this might be the case. That we have to make the payments may again be a sign of bad football department decision making but is it bad corporate governance or accounting?

Patriots, Seahawks, Falcons