Redleg

I did say for 10 years. $100.00 a year for 10 years.

I don’t know the funding breakdown, but someone mentioned $30m from Government. If that’s true, guessing a Federal State even split, that is $15m each. That is a drop in the bucket. The State Government is according to media reports spending over a billion dollars on its Treaty program, so what is honoring say a $15M promise to a football club, that unlike others you have given heaps to, has not received a cent from you. A small waste saving by both Governments would cover it easily. Even if the Governments walked away, creating perhaps 100000 angry Dees and community voters, I believe we could find the money as I have posted earlier. There are many ways to raise money, just for example, increased membership, voluntary membership fee increase for a period, with added benefits like store, restaurant and attraction discounts and MRC membership , raffles, merchandise sales, new sponsors, donors, Council assistance, etc, etc and we would just have to work harder and smarter to get it. Hopefully see you all at Caulfield training in a couple of years.

Hoping Kentfield, Jeffo and Howes have breakout years. With Mihocek added, it will be harder for the first two to both make it this year.

I have written him off previously, but this is the year where he has his best and probably last chance to make it with us. I have a funny feeling he just may do it. Good luck Bill.

Get that hug ready for me.

I don’t see a Government contribution of say $30m being removed, as scuttling the project. First, it would be unlikely to not get anything, if that was the figure that was originally promised, even if there was a reduction and secondly, say 30000 adult members of the MFC, if there was no other way to get the missing contribution, would only need to up their membership by $100.00 a year for 10 years to cover that whole amount. That member contribution of course relates to the whole $30m and without any other efforts to find that amount. I don’t see us losing a Government contribution, given the contribution made to other clubs. Also with Tassie coming in, the TV rights will increase and the AFL may have more to provide if there was a shortfall. Then of course there will be the extra money we will get for winning the next few flags.

It isn’t.

Scared of snakes, so please accept my thanks and my declining of your offer. Caulfield will happen, but like most, I was disappointed to not get more info at the AGM, even if we were asked not to announce anything. We could have been given some info on what we were discussing with the authorities, without making any announcements.

So you think Taylor and Latrelle Pickett won’t make it.

Agree. Too many seem to forget that with Clarry and CP we finished 14th the last two years and had an unhappy locker room. There just had to be change, or 14th or worse was staring us in the face again. "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results" I'd like to think our leaders are not insane. PS: Yes the last two posts probably belong on the Farewell Clarry thread, so back to AJ.

Have we looked at Daisy?

A suspension risk is not a problem for a player who is not best 23. For example, you play a final and he does a Maynard to Daicos early in the game. Anyone think we can't win the next final without AJ? Having a physical player in your side also makes the opposition look around. Lastly, players from the VFL stand alone sides, need a season or so with an AFL side to get AFL fit and adjust to the tempo. Therefore AJ could be an improver this season.

Welcome back.

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I can't see Henderson getting another game. AJ offers a bit more, but he will also struggle to get games.

Isn’t Yze Albanian?

I think there is a chance he has come in to have a couple of years at the club, before other people might be retiring or moving on. JT, TL or AR could be finishing up in a year or two and he could be the replacement, working with them until then.

I was looking for it when I did my post, but alas couldn't find one.

I think we should smash the cr-p out of the Club and Guy, before we know what the role actually is and whether he can do it.

And he can play forward or back.

Is it the Bombers?

Fear of hard track so horse scratched. Won’t be talking to any MRC Committee persons saturday, so no new news.

The school is not wanting control over the ovals. Fact. The ovals are an MFC project, not a school project, that they know will be built near the MFC facilities, not the school. Fact. That under the banner of community use, they may get some limited use, when not needed by the primary user the MFC. Fact. Over and out.

If he can reproduce consistently the form he showed in the practice game where he got injured, we will have another very good player.

No you missed the point, we don’t get the ovals and possibly the facility area, unless we demonstrate community use. So we need someone like the school or other schools or the community to also use the ovals. Therefore the school is HELPING US get the project completed.