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This is funny, but when I was looking for a job a few years ago in Amsterdam the first thing every recruiter told me about was the office ping pong table and beers on a Friday, like that was somehow special compared to my then current position of being unemployed.

I've lost a lot of interest in Owies since learning the correct pronunciation of his name. Before that, I would keenly seek out Carlton's weekly injury list to see if he was featured just for a bit of a chuckle.

For those in the know, is it worth me staying up for a while longer?

So take away our recent trading for the moment, which is dictated by the parameters of our draft capital and may be influenced by Taylor for example declaring that this year is a bumper crop and in no way should we trade out our first pick, should Lamb be credited with a list strategy that saw us bring in twin KPDs and build our premiership from there, an innovation that I had previously credited to Goodwin? Also, we can all respect that list management is a pretty precarious juggling act (even without the longer-term contract side), especially as to limited ruck and tall spots. As one example, no matter how good they turn out, we recently took KPFs at our first pick in back-to-back drafts, when most of us were concerned that we needed more firepower. Are there examples where lamb has completely botched the strategy as per agreed needs?

I'm not a business guru, but I would imagine most larger old-school organisations would have a clearer vertical chain of command? I know horizontal is the buzz, but these roles at a smaller footy club appear more hands on. Maybe someone can enlighten me?

Also, to clarify, so you're of the belief that Lamb took on Mahoney's list management job, which was previously split and structured alongside Richardson overseeing the footy department, with both equals directly reporting to Pert?

Thanks for the info LH. Just to be clear, when I speculated that Lamb may have failed in the opinion of most posters due to a couple of broad job descriptors, I wasn't proffering my own opinion. Though it's possible you were suggesting I was drawing a long bow in concluding that other posters had. Also, I missed the part that indicated it was a St Kilda advertisement.

Cool, but I'm just trying to understand the organisational structure and hierarchy of our club and other AFL teams in general before I commit to an opinion on the is "Tim Lamb the right guy" thread and call for the wholesale dismissal of not only the potential architect of our flag but also anyone else remotely associated with the club. Seems fair, right?

In terms of the latter, the proverbial buck stops with him I suppose, but is Lamb responsible for employing our recruitment team, or does that fall to someone else and then he has to best decide whether or not to heed their advice?

So I guess in the opinion of most posters, Lamb has recently failed in terms of "managing key relationships with players, coaches and internal staff" and in "assisting the general manager of football operations to establish and manage clear cultural and high-performance standards for staff and players." Trade KPIs seem much less of a focus.

Damn, that seems pretty broad and stressful, plus negotiating trades, which I guess falls under "managing the acquisition of players" but we all assume is a much more direct and primary role. Sits under the general manager of football operations, but then I would suppose contract sign-offs all have to go the board first? Sure, lets throw in some data management overhaul stuff and the dynamics of draft night trading as well. Lamb will probably be shot on the spot by MFC supporters if it turns out we failed to submit the requisite draft papers in time for Ah-Mu.

Can someone with genuine insight please explain what the responsibilities of an AFL list manager actually are, and where that person sits with the football department/management hierarchy? Seems like a pretty full-on job, with a lot of diverse and potentially divergent skills required. Does Lamb identify talent from other clubs and then deal with arranging trades, or do we have a separate recruitment team? Is he responsible for choosing whether we take picks to the draft or trade them out, and does he decide and then also negotiate contracts with a strategic cap focus? Genuinely curious.

And we've reportedly shown some interest in another former Tiger in Parfitt as well.

Sam McClure's hypocrisy aside, there is a clear conflict of interest concern as to James Brayshaw, Garry Lyon, Luke Hodge and any other broadcast commentators receiving betting sponsorships if live betting is permitted.

I have a high opinion of transparency and truthfulness, and a much lesser one of politics, personal agendas and the deceitful twisting of facts. I really couldn't care less about the board, so long as the club is financially stable, they work together, and mostly keep their nose out of football department stuff.

A brief time out from our differences mate: did you adopt the Adam the God moniker to outdo and bait our friend Steve the Man?

We are all free to post here anonymously within the forum rules. I'm pretty open about who I am, but will answer any other questions as honestly as I can. I think if you still want to wage this concerted board campaign though @Hawk the Demon, then it's about time and probably fair that you be a bit more transparent about who you are and your connections to Peter Lawrence, as you're clearly more of a spokesperson rather than just a simple supporter.

More to the point, if your mate has informed your opinion that the entire MFC board is either corrupt or incompetent, what can we hope for if he achieves his desperate bid for a seat? A total clean-out, telling it like it is? It doesn't auger well for our future if that his point of view, and then has to work with some of these same people to hopefully get things done.

Lol. Your mate takes the board to court, and then in promoting his case you cite that as evidence as to the board's incompetence? The circular logic here is truly dizzying. But wait. Your white-anting and disruption campaign potentially contributes to the president tendering her resignation, and so you frame that as the board jettisoning her, but as a strike against good governance? I'm genuinely confused.

So now we know where Essendon got their slogan from.

Roffey didn't step in like she needed to when Trac got injured and kick six in the second half.

Take exactly the past twelve months and reverse the outcome of games won or lost by under a goal featuring Collingwood and ourselves, and: We complete in another preliminary final and Collingwood don't win a premiership. We finish with 14 wins this season and compete in our fourth straight finals series while Collingwood finish bottom four with just six wins. This thread probably doesn't exist, and MacRae would likely be sacked.

I'm not going to get out a pen and paper and do the hard yards to confirm, but the anagram 'go to bed Gutnik' immediately pops out in your username, along with 'dunked goodbin',

I don't think you did.

In terms of clarity as to what happens next, it's probably a bit early yet to know. Nonna suggested Christian swap places with that Scottish fellow from Carlton as a better fit all round, but apparently that young Harry boy has been 'typically stubborn' and wants to stay put.