Sir Windsor

Like why make a distinction of supporters belief system. What relevance does that have with anything?

Is he a draft prospect this year? I thought it was next year. So this means the Bombers can’t draft that small forward either.

Isnt it just funny how, when it was Melbourne FC - a sure thing - it was 2 first round picks. Now its supposedly possible with Carltons Pick 11. Heck Doggies and Pies want him and they dont even have a first round pick.

Would be a good pick up. No way you depart with Pick 5 though. Cerra over McCrae &Daniels in the pursuit of our ANB return.

Unless we play one of them on the HFF in ANB;s role and clean up F50 entry.

Dan Currie just walked into my workplace (consultant). Tall lad, I can ask if he’s interested in joining MFC 😃

Footy Classified Segment 1. Trac AFLPA investigation, MFC failed Trac, segment 2. Butters soft by deciding to sub off with sore ribs. You cannot make this [censored] up.

Still nothing on the Pies connecting all of the failed season, CEO allegations, Players wanting out, departing FD boss. [censored] the club do a number on the media.

Its actually not that simple. The Social media approach needs to be an extension of the marketing / brand strategy. Bottom line is our club, whilst thriving with history and tradition, doesn't appeal to the average working class Joe. We are still the Old Melbourne club, that loves to ski at Hotham / Buller with our cheese platters, driving our German 4WD. It is soo cliched, but we have done zilch to rid ourselves of this. We need a mastermind to turn the ship, one that can reinvent the club's image and bring in a new wave of supporters. Premierships help, but as we have all seen, they are but a blip on the membership radar and supporters can fall away just as quick as they can accumulate.

I sense the spotlight is going to be thrust on Collingwood and Carlton now. Carlton moreso from a playing and FD POV. i'll be interested to genuinely see how the media treat Collingwood now - purely to compare whether there is actual bias when it comes to teams. They have had a poor season, failing to make finals as a reigning premier. They have had Noble request a trade. But its the back-office too. Particularly the departure of Graham Wright and now the papers are reporting the accusations made against their CEO. It certainly is a comparable situation to MFC.

Im conflicted going after b-graders from other clubs (ex Houston obviously). Houston is the only one here i'd entertain, but he'd cost us too much. if we are looking to recruit into the VFL for depth, these players will not come to Melbourne, when they can play VFL at their existing clubs.

The Footy Dept is the #1 thing to get right and should take precedent. A whole of club review would be a mammoth change and is overkill. I suspect once Smith comes in and the other board vacancies are filled a Management review will be commissioned. A FD review will get to the heart of many issues and will pull back the veil of secrecy on many of our publicised issues: player behaviour, game plan, standards etc. There will be lots of change - much will take time and likely require new personnel. I can see Lamby leaving. McQualter probably goes to Eagles Richo ? Hard to say Goody maybe out on notice. No more contract tensions until next year.

Rayner gotta be in trouble for that forearm to the throat no?

I’m happy we didn’t opt for a McKay trade

This will go down to the wire.

2 goals in a row would get em going I reckon

I reckon Lions will take the foot off second half. Will the Blues be good enough to do something about it.

Damn.

That’s the game. 3 really poor finals games so far.

The AFL should have intervened and let Freo play instead of the Blues.

This is almost game over.

Yeah.

Go Hard. Hard as absolutely possible. We would have cap space for sure. Would he be a free agent ? 1.5M over 5 years?

Will Clarrys hand be good to go for 2025? I know he had plates in, but is that now done or is this one of those that will plague him for the rest of his career. The fact that details are hard to come by has me worried.

Swans huge. Will win it from here with momentum one would think.