casey scorp

As far as i know it's a Hand shake deal. as i said "Everyman has his price" If Geelong win another flag wht more is there to do? Biuld another blue & White Grandstand-Woopee!!

A handshake is a commitment to honourable people.

Is that so? How interesting. That surely means we need to quietly remind him that he needs to come home on a reguliar basis. Every man has his price

He has RECOMMITTED to Geelong. He is a professional manager - such a commitment will be honoured.

Cook is not available. End of story.

pretty sure its aslo the same brian cook who played 4 games for the demons

VFL debut in 1977 with MFC.

I think you'll find that Brian Cook recommitted to Geelong when he rejected the approaches from GC17.

Sporting grounds should always be north-south aligned otherwise one team will be going straight into the sun.

standard practice is to align football/cricket grounds north-south. Just look at the Melway for confirmation. Almost all grounds are north-south, unless there is some constraint regarding shape of the land available etc.

Two things i remember, being blinded by the Sun in the 3rd(?) quarter and it taking about 5 minutes to walk from one side of the grandstand to the other. This must have been horrible at the Bombers Hawks game

The ground runs north-south, and the sun is at the same angle as anywhere else in Melbourne. The sun also doesn't shine any stronger in Cranbourne.

Depending on where play is, you might look into the sun. The same can happen at the MCG.

Walking across the front of the granstand I assume you mean. One of the access ways may have been blocked off, and the other obstructed by people. If so, fair comment. The management may need to keep the access way clear of standing spectators.

my information came from a casey councillor , face to face, one on one. so you can take that any way you like,also not all councillors are in favour of the motion to spend that money on an elite sport and will vote against the motion when it comes up.

Fortunately local government seems to work on majority rules. So, if the majority supports the MFC proposal, it will get up. My sources tell me MFC's got the support of the majority.

Majority rules in favour of MFC!!

Democracy at work!!

From the topic Red and Blue Circle

http://demonland.ugbox.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=11436

This was a function to ask people to remember the MFC in their wills. Well targeted because most of the people there would have been 65+. Chris spoke, if you haven't been to a function when he speaks about the club and the future try to get to one, he is passionate and we are on the right path. He also mentioned that MFC will have new Conditioning and medical staff next season and that over the past 2 years injuries have cost the club approx 500K.

Jimmy is great, he speaks well and the afternoon tea was very good. I get the opinion that the bubbledome is dead for the MFC, Jimmy made it clear that the MCG was our home and he wanted to see at sign above the gates MCG HOME of THE MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB.

The Red and Blue circle can be joined by all, if you are interested leave some of your estate to the MFC in your Will and let the club know about it.

I read the e-mail and thought this was the case but I would love the red and blue circle to be a networking social club, hopefully the have another name for this. It was great to listen to Jimmy and Chris for the first time.

It looks like many people would have struggled to get a decent view of the game in 2007.

I didn't hear that as a complaint from anybody. It mightn't be apparent from the photographs, but there is a substantial spectator mound ringing the oval which makes it relatively easy for people to see.

About 6,000 spectators at the NAB match Melbourne v Kangaroos.

It was nothing like as busy as the year before with Essendon v Hawthorn (over 10,000 spectators).

Photos from both events are on the Council website:

Essendon v Hawthorn

http://www.casey.vic.gov.au/caseyfieldspho...e.asp?Item=9644

Melbourne v Kangaroos

http://www.casey.vic.gov.au/caseyfieldspho....asp?Item=13079

The difference in crowd thickness can be seen.

Doubt that the ground would be of a capacity that can handle an AFL game unless millions are spent on the place.

At best, they might get it up to a standard necessary for a NAB Cup game v one of the lesser drawing interstate sides.

It's already had 2 NAB Challenge matches (Ess v Hawthorn in 2007 - over 10,000, and NM v Melb in 2008 - over 6,000). The NAB Cup matches aren't all that heavily attended, although a later one closer to the finals between 2 Victorian teams would attract a larger crowd.

I have 2007 figures. For example:

1st week

Carl v Essendon (TD) - 28,568

Melb v Hawthorn (TD) - 14,338

Geelong v Richmond (SS) - 12,924

2nd week

(NAB Cup)

Bris v WB (TD) - 12,789

Kangas v Freo (TD) - 9,191

(NAB Challenge)

Coll v St Kilda (Princes Park) - 3,594

3rd week

(NAB Cup)

Bris v Geelong (TD) - 14,475

(NAB Challenge)

Ess v WB (SS) - 7,352

Melb v Rich (Princes Park) - 4,334

4th week

(NAB Cup Final)

Bris v Carlton (TD) - 46,094

(NAB Challenge)

Kangas v St Kilda (Princes Park) - 1,712

Hawthorn v Essendon (CASEY FIELDS) - 10,099

Geelong v Melb (SS) - 3,356

It's really easy to get some conclusions from all of that. When you take into account the 2008 Melb v NM crowd of over 6,000, the most obvious one is that Casey Fields is a magnet for football.

A capacity of 30,000. What sort of time frame would you 'guesstimate' for that to happen? 10-15 years time?

I think it depends on the timing of the AFL's commitment to a 3rd stadium in Melbourne. Such a project would require financial commitment by the AFL and the State Government, and a long term commitment by the AFL to schedule matches at the facility.

I can possibly see attndances going up as more Melb folk become familair with the place and adopt it (CF )

And as the Casey community embraces MFC (but that won't be a bad problem to have)!

If attendances start to rise significantly, it would justify considerable facility upgrades (I imagine that a capacity of 30,000 could be achieved wth York Park type stands).

How many were at the Melb v Roos NAB game? It seemed fairly busy then, and would have been pretty miserable if it had been a bad day (ie. during the middle of footy season).

About 6,000 spectators at the NAB match Melbourne v Kangaroos.

It was nothing like as busy as the year before with Essendon v Hawthorn (over 10,000 spectators).

cant see the point in playing games at a stadium with capacity of 10-15k if that means 5-10k supporters miss out. sure we might make money but how dissapointing for the fans?

Actually the comment I made about 10-15,000 is probably an under-estimate. There were over 10,000 people at a NAB Challenge match between Essendon and Hawthorn in 2007, and there was plenty of spare capacity over on the outer side of the ground. A crowd capacity of around 20,000 is probably more accurate.

This year the following MCG Melb home game crowds have occured:

v North Melb - 21,220

v Freo - 19,423

v Bris - 23,278

Casey Fields may have struggled with the Brisbane crowd, but could have taken the Freo and NM crowds. Add in Port Adelaide, Western Sydney, Adelaide and the Gold Coast and you have a number of matches to choose from.

Now we just need some decent lobbying to get that station built sooner rather than later

An added reason for the State Government to grab the issue and make a winner out of it.

But I agree, some decent lobbying will be needed first.

I notice the MFC will be lobbying the AFL to have a "boutique" stadium at Casey which now appears to be high on the AFL agenda. The investment in such a facility if its happens there will easily offset any initial outlay and possibly see other teams play at Casey.

A boutique stadium would cost many millions, but maybe just a minor upgrade to cater for 10-15,000 people mostly standing would be a financial bonanza for Melbourne compared to opening the MCG for 25,000 against Western Sydney.

And it would create a home ground advantage for Melbourne. Interestingly, the Scorps are undefeated at home this year - 8 from 8. Away from home they have won 2 from 8.

Casey Fields has a long way to go before it's a good stadium for spectators (more seating area and toilets in more than one location would be a good start).....

Good news Suzanna. At the VFL Oval at Casey Fields, it is likely that the following will be built over the next 12 months:

$2.100 million on extension to VFL pavilion (partly for Melbourne FC) including more undercover standing area

$0.648 million on toilets and covered spectator standing area on the outer side

$0.140 million on sealing around 120 carparking spaces in the carpark

$2.888 million to be spent within the next year

From the Berwick leader today:

http://www.berwickleader.com.au/article/20...7_blv_news.html

Casey Councillors vote on Dees move

Paddy Higgs

06Aug08

HERE come the Demons.

Melbourne Football Club's long-awaited move to Casey Fields was expected to be rubberstamped at last night's Casey Council meeting.

The $2.24 million deal has met its fair share of opposition during protracted negotiations since March.

But the proposal was expected to have the weight of numbers in last night's vote, although any majority was likely to be slight.

The sacking of Melbourne chief executive officer Paul McNamee did little to delay matters, with the new president Jim Stynes' board making the move a priority.

Casey chief executive officer Mike Tyler confirmed he and Melbourne's interim chief executive Peter Spargo had finalised talks late last week.

The council will contribute $1.25 million towards the move, with the football club chipping in $500,000. And $350,000 has already been pledged in the State Budget under the VFL complex upgrade plan.

Some of the money will be used to extend the existing pavilion, while $140,000 will be spent on sealing the car park.

Mr Tyler would earlier not be drawn on predicting the outcome of the vote.

"I couldn't really speculate on that," he said.

"I've made the recommendation ... it's now a matter for council to vote on."

Councillors Rob Wilson and Kevin Bradford have been vocal in their criticism of Melbourne's move, while Cr Paul Richardson left little doubt as to how he would vote.

"The council has no business donating money that belongs to the people," he said.

The proposal did, however, get the approval of deputy mayor Colin Butler, who labelled the attraction of the AFL club "exciting".

"I'm all for it," he said.

Up Magid drive off the Highway, first on the right - Patrick Northeast Drive.

The Council offices are on the left.

Mel 110 D4

Council agenda for tomorrow night's meeting now on the City of Casey website:

http://www.casey.vic.gov.au/meetings/artic...?Item=11233#aug

First item on the agenda, so the bar might have to be afterwards (hopefully to celebrate).

2 days till Tuesday!

We're into August!

You can only imagine a certain councill wil wake to this news and be making a beeline for AFL house !! lol

I think that happened in February.

McIntyre is a politician who is appealing to the heartstrings here.

Who is he? I live in Casey, and I've never heard of him.