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I thought we recruited King as a forward, like Daniher, who may in time be able to do a bit of ruckwork. When he fills out he will be a big lad and we know he has some ability. This new regime will develop players the right way and give them every chance to make it, rather than destroying them before they are ready. I am actually surprised that Billy has got his first game this early in the season. I wish him luck.

I think Mc Devitt feels that the AFL tribunal stopped the domino from falling, which it should have done and then taken the other ones with it.

Having the most supporters in the country and a loaded fixture certainly helps grow your club. The MFC has the largest conversion of supporters to members in the AFL. That is a great effort on its own considering our last few years.

Good to see Hunt starting back in the 2's. Hopefully he can develop into an AFL player for us.

WJ was quoting from one of the Marx Brothers, Chico and no, not Karl.

Yes, Rule 6A states that there is no Rule 6.

Maybe his task was to keep away from the ball.

Rule6 was deleted and replaced by rule 6A as like many of our draft picks of the last few years it was unfit for its intended purpose.

I believe your Avatar is Aishwarya Rai, a beautiful Bollywood actress. You have good taste.

I was standing a few feet from Henry when he was challenging Big Carl to step outside. He would have been giving away at least 26cms and 25 kilos. It wouldn't have worried him though.

I never realised the real difference between AFL footballers and us mere mortals, until one day at training on the G, Henry Coles, a 170 cm ( if he was in high heels ) rover, said he would show me a few things. We stood together at one end and an injured player at the other end about 35-40 metres away was kicking the ball to us. I am 175cms and a former hack footballer, but was only about 26 at the time and thought I could get the odd possession against Henry. What came next absolutely stunned me and demonstrated just how good these guys are. No matter where I stood, in front, to the side, behind or simply leading to the kicker, Henry got the ball and stopped me even touching it. He used his body and smarts to move me out of position, or just get around me or simply beat me to the pill. I just couldn't get near it.I was exhausted and felt like his [censored],as he monstered me. At the end I shook his hand and told him that I would never doubt the ability needed to play AFL. BTW Henry could also hand them out in games when needed. He was old school tough as nails, but a nice bloke.

No it wasn't , it was a former Lord Mayor's daughter, with the surname Curtis.

It's actually not my list, I got it off the club site. Maybe it was the person who updated the site that was moved on.

We are currently about 2500 members short of our record. An unexpected win and maybe a couple of new players debuting, could lift the excitement and get us to a record level.

No, there are only 2 banned topics on this thread and they are in the title.

What probably would have been the greatest, was having Wayne "the Dominator" Johnston sitting outside the G in the car with WJ, while I was inside the MFC offices trying to convince our General Manager, to recruit him. He agreed to take him, but the deal fell over when Carlton asked for Tom Flower as a trade. Tom had kicked 5 goals in the last game the year before and he was of course Robbie's brother. It was of course dismissed out of hand. Wayne at that stage had not played a game for Carlton, was rejected twice by them and was a Prahran player. Typical of the scum to seek a fair player for a rejected player who wasn't even on their list. It clearly worked out well for them. I was also heavily into Jimmy Buckley early in his career and we again couldn't get the deal over the line. Graham Yeats would be my biggest success, bringing him over from Prahran under 19's after a tip from his Coach, a mate of mine. John Dellamarta and the late Wayne "Flash" Gordon were among a few other players I helped bring to the club.

Billy Stretch mentioned in the Australian today as being a chance to debut this week.

Would rather pop some ink onto a contract.

I think that was a different day.

Didn't miss them, as we know who they are.

I was also Team Manager under Coach Carl Ditterich in 1979, as well as Legal adviser to the staff and players for many years. Also dabbled in recruiting many years ago, before the draft existed and started the club's first members magazine, Demon's World. The first player interviewed was either the great Robbie or the current MCC President Steven Smith. Happy to share some stories if they don't bore people and don't get me in too much trouble. Actually I will share one now. In 1979, as I said, I was Team Manager and we were playing at the old South Melbourne Lakeside ground. Phil Carman approached me in the rooms and said he had a bad case of the runs and didn't think he could play. He was of course very concerned and didn't know what to do. I grabbed the Doctor who gave him either an injection or a tablet, just before the game and he played. At each break he would leave the ground and hit the WC. By game's end thankfully he was feeling better. BTW, he kicked 5 goals and was our best player.

5801 members in 1985.

Isn't that Raven Symone, who played Olivia on the Cosby Show?

This is the current staff list. I was on the Board in 1985 and the staff then would have been about 10% of the current number. Then again so was the turnover. For those that don't know the names of the people running our club, they are listed below and can be found on the club website, under The Club. Chief Executive Office - Peter Jackson - Chief Executive Officer - Chelsea Giansiracusa - Executive Personal Assistant Finance & Administration - Amanda Howes - Human Resource Manager - David Chippindall - Finance Manager - Tom Reseigh - Senior Accountant - Cameron Hirth - Accountant - Rob Halliday - Strategy Analyst - Jimmie Martin - IT Manager - Brendan Esmore - IT Support Consumer - Jennifer Watt - General Manager Marketing and Communications - Matt Burgan - Editor & Chief Football Writer - Debbie Lee - Community Manager - Ryan Larkin - Media Manager - Matthew Goodrope - Communications Coordinator - Ryan Earles - Digital Marketing Manager - Dave Larkin - Graphic Designer - Anna Harrington - Digital Media Coordinator - Georgina Lewis - Customer Relations Executive - Courtney Hart - Digital Video Producer - Alexandra Luxford - Community Trainee Events - Frances Lockhart - Viki Micevska - Event Executive - Bridget Hanson - Event Executive Membership and Retail - Jane McGough - Manager – Consumer Business - Jane Lonsdale - Membership Team Leader - Brooklyn Fraser - Membership Officer - Aisling McCarthy - Membership Officer - Emma Loraine - Membership Officer - Georgia Hillman – Retail Manager - Ashley Webster - Administrationand Retail Trainee Partners & Corporate - George De Crespigny - Chief Commercial Officer - Russell Robertson - Club Development Manager - Tom Parker - Strategic Relationship Manager - Peta Christie - Sponsorship Manager - Georgina Swain - Sponsorship Account Manager - Aaron O'Meara - Sponsorship Account Manager - Julian Heinz - Manager - Sales - Steve Kourasanis - Corporate Sales Account Manager - Leon McConville - Corporate Sales Account Manager - Celia McDonald – Commercial Coordinator - Jackie Emmerton - Gifting & Relationship Manager - Sharon Wangman - Bequest Manager Football Department - Paul Roos - Senior Coach - Todd Viney - Manager Player Personnel - Josh Mahoney - Manager Football Operations - Simon Goodwin - Senior Assistant Coach - Ben Mathews - Midfield Coach - Jade Rawlings - Backline Coach - Daniel McPherson - Forward line Coach - Brendan McCartney - Devlopment and Strategy Coach - Brett Allison - Head of Development - Brad Miller - Development Coach - Shannon Byrnes - Welfare and Development Coach - Justin Plapp - Casey Scorpions Coach - Mallory Smith - Football Administration Manager - Sean Larkin - Football Operations Coordinator - Andrew Nichol - Player Development Manager - Jason Taylor - National Recruting Manager - Kelly O’Donnell - Pro scouting - Darren Farrugia - Recruiting Technology Coordinator - Tim Lamb - National Recruiting Officer - David Misson - Elite Performance Manager - Robert Jackson - Strength & Conditioning Manager - Charles Allen - Load Manager - Alex Sakadjian - Sport Science Co-ordinator & Rehabilitation Coach - Paul Blackman - Head Doctor - Zeeshan Arain - Club Doctor - Bianca Scotney - Match Day Doctor - James McLaren - VFL Doctor - Steve Allan - Physiotherapist - Sam Pietsch - Physiotherapist - Joel Ames - Physiotherapist - Peter Roberts - Training Services Co-ordinator - Anthony Brown - Property Manager - Pete Roberts - Football Technology Manager - Michael Scott - Football Analyst - Joanna Shinewell - Nutritionist - Spike Harris - Team Manager

That is fair enough given the rarity of the achievement.