The Jackson FIX

In that the southeast corner doesn’t have an existing tunnel to access the inner (but the north option does)?

Getting lost in my north’s and south’s here but I think the gist of it is the MRC would like to house the Dees, themselves and the glasshouse all in one spot…

The school isn’t involved in negotiations, that is right. Their deal with the MRC ahead of ours just altered the landscape for the MFC, pardon pun. As incumbent tenants the MRC is absolutely involved, even though it is the Trust’s land. Also, in one scenario they get a new headquarters out of it, in another they don’t.

Maybe they feel a public announcement committing us to Caulfield doesn’t help their position in negotiations? Feasible they are telling the trust/MRC ‘it’s either the site we want (or site you want but with fewer parties sharing the facilities) or we go to Waverley or back to the drawing board’.

Not what I am hearing. I didnt say stopped it, I said complicated it.

Nothing particularly salacious, they just can’t agree on a location. The sale of land to Mount Scopus complicated everything. From what I understand MRC have one site in mind and the MFC another. the one the MRC have in mind looks the better of the two to my eye but it might involve shared facilities (only speculating but perhaps that is why MFC prefer the other site?). Already mentioned in this thread is that further complicating all of this is that it is a negotiation that spans 3 parties, not 2.

Yes. They’re making him sound like the next Patty Cripps.

Be interested to see if GWS are still laughing it off if/when you put them through what you put our football club through. My primary-school-aged children are more accountable than this bloke.

Geelong’s midfield in the pre-season ahead of their 2022 flag looked bottom 6. Collingwood’s midfield in the pre-season ahead of their 2023 flag arguably not much better to the eye. Depth of rotation options through the midfield much more important than the ‘big 4’ which used to dominate stoppage-based footy.

He’s right, right? We finished 14th and then lost 2 club legends (and 2025 top 10 b&f) and a rising star in Judd. Better for the long term but it’d be impressive and unexpected by most if we improve on 14th

I don’t get the love for Rivers as a potential captain, needs to focus on becoming a better-than-ok footballer first.

Max to captain but back to a formal leadership group with the likes of Lever, Disco and Chin sharing more of the responsibility with Max so they get more exposure to the top role (with the benefit of relieving some of the pressure on the skip).

What time are they at Gosch’s today? Need some entertainment from the kids (curriculum day 🙄 )

The Onley Fans joke count must be rivalling the number of pages in the Luke Jackson departure thread

Has Clarry thanked me yet?

What is there currently? Looks like a series of groundskeeping sheds from GMaps

And then close Sandown and Mornington (or at least flatten the straight at Mornington)

With hindsight, there hasn’t been a bigger draft fail in history. Our two picks who went pretty much nowhere. The one behind him won a Brownlow and 3x norm smiths 🥴

Would’ve grown more too

We pick Onley ahead of NHH and Greeves - why were those two rated so highly prior to the draft but ultimately overlooked by us (and all)? Looks like NHH didn’t go to anyone in the end.

We’ve got 3 developing talls on the list - only so many list spots we can occupy with that type of player.

Who?

So many layers there Binny!

To be fair, Luke Hodge sounded similar in his draft yr