Katrina Dee Fan

Sorry, I think when I posted I'd just had a grumpy moment with one of my year 9s so my joke radar was off!

No. That's my point.

I was talking to Kate Roffey about this on Monday after the AGM, she's pretty confident we won't lose any big name players. They are pretty keen to stay in the red and blue. We're more likely to lose a couple of emerging players or players that haven't played in the firsts for a while, to get an opportunity to play. She said not many people know that a heap of our players were offered very lucrative packages to leave in the gap between Seasons 6 and 7, yet they vowed to stay. I did bring up THAT article regarding Karen Paxman going to Fremantle. Kate told me Paxy's response was "I didn't know that!" So I think it's fair to say that story is about as credible as Kanye West becoming the next US President.

Richmond would have something to say about that, I'm sure!! They've been tenants a lot longer than Collingwood!

We are tenants but unlike the other three clubs we have a spiritual link to the MCG and the MCC. We are, after all, the only one out of any club in the AFL, an affiliate of the MCC. This is duly recognised by the MCC.

Why would they? There are no restrictions anymore.

I've just had a flashback of this song

Some people on this forum have nothing better to do other than [censored] and moan about the club. It's getting boring.

The primary objective of the electronic vote was to reduce costs. In the past postal votes cost a fortune, electronic voting is significantly more cost effective. I have to say, HTD, your constant pontificating about how bad the club is being run is getting rather tiresome. Now it's about how many people vote. How about you look at the percentages of other clubs' members voting at AGM and come back to us.

I'm not disagreeing with you on that. I'm merely correcting some misinformation here. I was responding to a post here that the club's office were at AAMI. They're not, they're at the MCG. There is no plan, though, to move admin base to Casey, that has never been on the agenda.

Casey Fields is too far so let's look at Mornington Peninsula? Seriously?

You're a classist snob

founding tenant club? Of the four clubs tenanted at the MCG they came last! It seems we know now the drugs Ginnivan got must have come from Kelly.....

The change rooms were being developed from end of last year. It's why we couldn't play any finals games at Casey.

Our administration office is not based at AAMI, it's based in the Southern Stand of the MCG. There is an annexed office space used by the football department.

Melbourne Olympic Park Trust

The point was addressed by Pert. If we wanted to base ourselves out in the outer suburbs we could have done that years ago. However as the Melbourne Football Club the aim is to have our base in the inner city area that is our own and not shared. We have fantastic facilities at Casey Fields, however it is outer suburban. The spending for facilities was needed because our VFL/W teams will be based there, and our AFLW team plays home games there, so that is a long term investment. We have access to fantastic facilities at AAMI Stadium however it is shared with Melbourne Victory and Melbourne Storm.

In order for the motion to be carried it needed 75% of the vote in favour.

In the 50s and 60s they trained on the MCG

No

I'm not a Trident member but I am a Redlegs member and we share the same room, I believe. It's in the Lindsay Hassett Room on the second level of the Southern Stand. Ralph and Michael are the long standing premium members who run proceedings in there, you can sit down and have a counter style meal, they have a full bar and barista, and yes, each week they have a guest speaker, such as a coach or a player.

Makes me wonder what kind of microscope Barrett has.

I'd have Brown in the side ahead of Melksham.

Ooops, I misread, I thought it was Birrarung Marr. I've had a number of photos with both cups, so I'm not so much thinking about me. Casey is still going to be very difficult for many fans to get to by that time, though.

Have you tried to get to Birrarung Marr from Dandenong by 4 pm when you finish work at school at 3.40?