george_on_the_outer

...and it's not leased, and it is up and running today, not in 5 years time (maybe), and they will expand it, and their Board set up the funding process and sought supporter engagement a long time ago. Unlike the MFC who squandered a post Premiership opportunity to build for the future of the club.

Heath, Hore & Gillard…..wow. Without them we were toast. Great marking and goals to Wotherspoon. Really showed up the other forwards! Best move was Harris into ruck. Really stopped the rot in the middle and forced her into the action. Disgraceful umpiring no 9. At one centre bounce Adelaide were certain to get a 666 call with a late change, and he called the Adelaide winger into the centre square to avoid it happening…unbelievable!!!

We play 7 games against bottom 6 sides from last year........same as Carlton and Collingwood!!! AFL making sure their favourites are being looked after.

This is how "Enter Sandman" should be done......get the crowd involved....leave the team song to the end of a winning game.

...and sadly only one is still to be found flying......

At least Max knows, and obviously internally also given the delistings we have made, that we have failed to re-generate the list compared with Geelong. Sadly we still have the same basic problem for the coming year, our first 23 has too many players over the age of 29 who WILL play this year because we have no-one to replace them.

Thank goodness for Hore, Hanks, Fitzsimon, Gillard and Heath who got us over the line against a side that finished 12th. Once again we were shown to be vulnerable against pressure.

The whole game turned when the umpires failed to pay a mark to Kate Hore in the forward line. It just deflated everyone and probably would have put the game beyond reach for them, as they picked up the momentum. Not bothered about the frees or not, but honestly blow the whistle for a ball up when a rugby scrum is around the ball.

Why would you go to Waverly?. even temporarily. Hawthorn are still there You cannot train at night, because the locals won't allow lights Facilities are already at AAMI.....same as what the Hawks have at Waverley, so what's the advantage ....except when we get shunted during the Australian Open. Waverley has a single oval, same as Gosch's If you go to Waverley, might as well keep going to Casey.

Free kick count probably includes out of bounds and lassoo’s. ...and I wish Stinear would play Zanker up the ground or in the middle, to force her to get involved in the game. Looking for too many easy out the back kicks, and not going for the ball instead of trying to muscle her opponent as the first option.

This is absolutely a rebuild of the list. 6 players delisted, with only 1 game played for seniors in 2025 between them. 7 of the top 10 in the B& F over 28 years of age. And with these players available essentially for the whole season and with an "easy" draw we finish bottom 6 for the second year running. ... Only 2 players traded in since 2021 played this season. Two of the best mids ever to play at the club going to other clubs. A new coach has 1 opportunity to clean out a list, and it is when they arrive = rebuild.

The sad part is that of all the TRADES we have made since 2021, he was the only one to get on the ground this year, along with Billings minimal contribution. Now there is only him and McAdam and Campbell left. Talk about a low base!

Probably close to the mark with these estimates, but with 50% of Gus's salary, maybe something left from Grundy...then with Kossy's $12M nine year deal, it is probably understated. Average AFL salaries are now close to $1/2M per player! And while that includes rookies and 1st years, the numbers indicate, even very conservatively, that we are right up against the cap. Small wonder we are not being touted as being in the market for anyone substantial. We may well be "fine" but we aren't getting anyone decent without losing some of those top salary earners that we currently have.

Our handball (failures) are playing exactly into what Port want. Get the territory with kicks, and the turnovers will reduce. Pearce is finished and can barely walk around the ground, so they are playing her at FF.

...and that is another example of the complete lack of strategy that has bedevilled our club for years. Despite long time association with the MCC and the MFC, the MCC absolutely creams the money. Do MCC members who support the MFC go to 12 cricket games a year? Yet where does the money for the MCC membership go....and has gone for the past 50+ years? Who gets the ground advertising money? Who sells the catering contracts? The last time I saw numbers, MFC support within the MCC was in the order of 20-25%. Yet as @roy11 notes, any support he provides to the MFC is essentially a donation. Our relationship with the MCC has to be revisited to provide some real equity, but I doubt it will ever happen, as it will require them to give up the "cash cow" that they currently have. And that is only part of the problem. Good on the Dogs and the Saints for what they have done. It's not about trying to sign up already (un)committed supporters. It is all about signing up new and future supporters. It is proper strategy, but that requires a forward thinking Board and CEO. We have neither..... How about replicating what the Saints did? Offer every schoolkid in Casey a free 3 game membership? It costs nothing but you have their name and maybe their heart. 10 years ago there were 2000 families moving into the area every year. About 4-5000 kids every single year! Yet what have we done to attract future support? The Saints offered in addition to the kids in the SMJFL, a $1 membership. Just to get names. The Suns have offered a $1 membership this year if you sign up for the following year. What are we offering for the future?