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Yes, and the idiots wouldn't have clue of the situation. And the money given to clubs is in the annual report so these idiot journos don't even know that.

It wasn't sarcasm and I object to you putting your outrage above anyone else's - your Seven Year Winter is mine too, and every supporters and, indeed, the employees and Board members (current and former) of the club.

Here is a hint, hh, if a picture has a watermark on it - you need permission to use it. If it is used on a website or forum such as this, it is the owners and moderators of the site in question that is responsible for the infraction. Get it?

His mouse slipped.

You're not the only one who gives money they can't afford to give to the failure that has been this club. And I am not just talking about myself here. See what I am getting at?

My read on this is that Jackson wanted to get a similar amount to what Opel and Webjet were putting in and he didn't want to deal with a company that might be fighting for existence in the short term, he didn't want to wait and try and get a second one, he just wanted to move on and take the solid, if more humble, money from AHG. There hasn't been an explosion of Major Sponsor money but there has been a lift in the solidity and credibility of the partner.

They aren't making them - they are selling them.

I don't think they have. Opel and Webjet were paying in the vicinity of $1m each. It has been mainatained. You say that the 2nd tier sponsors are going to reach a number that is effectively what AHG is paying us - it won't happen. We will hopefully find some more periphery sponsors but we are still a fair way behind the bigger clubs.

I would say it has been maintained. We are giving back and front sponsorship for $2m. That is a million for each side. How is a 2nd tier sponsor going to be paying as much as the Major Sponsor?

Yeah, rah rah.

I hate the Royal Blue jumper. Can someone pass me that bucket - I want to make a sand castle.

Not paging Getty Images?

I think that is it in terms of Major Sponsors. And define 'unaided' - in 2012 we were given approximately $12.6m... Collingwood was given $12.5m. This is from the AFL Annual Report. No club is 'unaided.'

The 4 year old would prefer to eat than starve.

Wow. I cannot believe they kept this quiet for so long, they got a jumper printed off... Jackson and the Board have got the ship pretty tight, I know there was a mention last week on here but I believe that poster got it from a regional AHG head from memory.

I think it is a digitally altered picture of last years jumper at last years photo shoot. Don't think it is the jumper, it would not be close to being finished yet.

We always like to think we have a comparative advantage in terms of networking. Other teams have more members to bulk mail, more exposure on TV, etc. But getting a companies bigwigs to talk to other bigwigs about projects, investment, etc is something we like to think we are very good at. There is an elite arrogance there for sure, but probably quite a bit of truth to it. There are some connected Melbourne supporters...

Yeah, but I have come to appreciate McLean as he has morphed into Gysberts, then Pedersen. All being said - and I think that Pedersen will get over the low bar of having a better second season - I would prefer to still have McLean...

Calm down. They are just saying that any test will be done once by AFL approved medicos and will be released to all clubs. Kids should not have to go through 18 different scans and nor should clubs waste money. The alternative would be Collingwood testing 25 players that we wouldn't afford and hoarding the information. There is little to complain about here.

Can we please get a leak of the dollars involved? Anyone?

So only the one major sponsor? The money must be north of $2m...

Some of you, er, will not get that...

Yes, it will be Taylor and Viney. Roos will have input but those two will do what they did last year hopefully - it looks to be a very good draft class.

'As you recall'? Go and get that posts that prove all that nefariousness. I wouldn't have given Schwab an extension. I would have asked Don to move on after Schwab was paid out. I had an issue with having a caretaker coach for the majority of the season. But I am not in a position to make those decisions. All I can do is impotently opine, just like you. And I criticize those stuck in the past because there is no deconstruction in vitriol, it's just pointed hate. I have acknowledged their failure, and we can analyse what went wrong but it devolves into harsh machismo towards the individuals involved. And I don't know where I have called someone a traitor to this regime, nor any regime. I have had trouble with you not because I am right and you are wrong or the other way around - I don't like lazy debaters. Your arguments have not been convincing and I have said so. That is the whole and extent of our relationship. You're not evil, I am not, and neither are former employees and board members of the MFC.

5 posts up.And he did say astute. If we get it right, we will have what we want, but some are acting like we can't go wrong. I assure you that one or two or three of these sure things just won't back up what their teenage selves did. Let's hope someone else picks that kid for a change.