Redleg

No cheque, they have an option to buy and need to raise funds and sell their other school properties. This is driven by the State Government, who want their campus in Burwood for a Deakin extension and transport hub. The school has spent a lot of money developing that Burwood campus and are actually moving when they don't have to, but as a result are looking at a new facility, with 3 campuses combined, which is what they were asked to examine, as I said, by the State Government. As an aside, the MRC stuffed up big time with their new mounting yard and are close to $200m in debt. The land could have been sold to developers, who might have stopped the football club proposal with their developments and as a result had no community use. This is actually a benefit to Victorians with the Burwood sale, the school getting a combined and new junior and senior school campus close to where many of their students live, a benefit to the racing industry with the MRC not selling Sandown to pay the MRC debt, a new base for the MFC hopefully and more community use of facilities and improvements to the areas of the racecourse and surrounds, where people atm can't walk in or utilise the area. PS: The MRC has already sold off the carparks on the Northern side to developers and they have been developed into hundreds of apartments, that essentially have no wider community use whatsoever, unless you frequent the Coles in the shopping centre or the sushi shop.

If Andy's map is correct there is no problem and there was always going to be a mix of community use and excess land sale, to get the MRC out of their $195m hole. If Andy's map is incorrect, please look to the south east corner of the racetrack and you will see the vacant Freedman/Little stable area, which is bigger than the area in Andy's map shown as MFC. I think this might be a better parcel than the one we were originally looking at, if it falls through, as it is a bigger more regular and easier to use shape and would only need the boys to cross the track at the back, to get to the ovals from the admin and training buildings and that area would accommodate quite a few of them. The MFC only need enough land for a couple of buildings and I think the west side is crown land while the south east might be freehold or more crown land. This might be the plan all along, as the school has been negotiating for over a year after the Caulfield Hospital site fell through and the State Government has been pushing the move as they want the school's Burwood campus to extend Deakin University. Both the school and the MFC have been in this for a year and would well know what each is seeking.

We must be a very good club to clear 2 Best and Fairests and a Premiership player in the same off season.

And we are lovers of the " general vibe" here on DL.

Another great post. Keep them coming.

I can tell you in one single point how the 2nd highest goal kicker in the history of AFL got 90% of his goals and here it is: “when he saw his team mate with the ball, he led away from him, not to him and the ball was passed in front of him as he jogged in for an easy chest mark.” I agree it is not rocket science, just utilising your assets, with a few basic plays. The chaos goals can still be scored occasionally.

I tend to agree. Can certainly get some possessions, but can be very poor with his use of them.

I wish Lily all the best for the rest of her footy career, she gave us all she had when playing. Moving clubs is a more natural thing in the women’s game it seems.

Hopefully however it’s done, we get Roy onto our list. I just get the feeling that with a strong pre season in the AFL system, he will improve significantly. Also with Kozzie, Shane, Ricky, Steve and Roy we will have a good group of indigenous boys supporting each other in their footy careers and making the MfC a better club and team.

So we got 2 and 20 for that. So Lily got us two picks 8 spots higher than we had. As I said we obviously have someone we want at 2. Thanks for the clarification.

Roy had a limited pre season if any while Shane was in an AFL system though injured. Bit hard to compare them on a couple of games given the above.

And 19 and 38 to Suns as well. We must really want a particular girl at 2, to give Mithen and essentially go up 8 picks from our 10 and throw in 28 and 38 as well, with the 19 for 20 an insignificant part.

I believe Jeffo has hired a body guard for the day. 😉

We need to retain Lily Johnson for a few years, as she is the belle of Judd McVee's life, atm.

He is an easy target and the creator of most of the ammunition used against him. Either that or his maid gossips.

Not to mention avoiding all the canals and tulip gardens.

Luke Parker kicked 3 goals in the GF, also in junk time and is now at North.

Windmill racists.

And if his Dutch Dad was born overseas as well?

Yes, I was thinking of the players on the list, but 70000 is a better number.

Maybe I could duct tape one of uncle’s old wine casks and sell it for millions.

Another great post.

I suppose if we sign him to Casey, we can sort of hold him if another club tries to take him first.

Well I did get into music.

I don't follow what you said. If there are no list spots, what is the relevance of a player getting injured? If you have a LTI, they can be replaced by someone on the rookie list. I don't believe you can go and just put someone on your list, if you have a LTI, whenever you want to. Do you mean our senior list is full, but we can Category B rookie him?