george_on_the_outer

I had asked exactly that at the 2023 AGM...and nobody could tell me, least of all the Board members. MS has multiple types of funds, so why not tell us which one it is in? For $20M the best we could gain access to would be a pooled trust. Most decent managers don't accept anything less than $US100M for an individual mandate.

Absolutely cringeworthy is it.? If that is the standard of the voters then we are in for a lot of pain in the future, and probably explains why we are where we are as a club.

One oval, and cannot use lights to train under in winter…..what a rubbish idea. No improvement over Gosch’s and AAMI..

...have to be careful about the output of forwards in todays match sim, when Lever and May were not there.

Almost all at this stage would be automatic renewals, including MCC. The critical number occurs in early March. You can see from previous years if it is up or down by (x)number thousand, that will invariably not change over the course of the year.

Essendon already have 4 first round draft picks to offer, including their 2 future 1sts. Gold Coast have 5! Don’t think clubs will not come offering for players who have indicated they wanted out previously.

I have kept a record over the past 10 years or so, and drew heavily on @Lucifers Hero who was also keeping records. What you see is a combination of both. To update it, we take the numbers from the club website ( when they choose to publish), or information from posters who have been in recent contact with the membership department, and just ask the question "how many members do we have at the moment".

No more discussion on private schools…..that is not what this thread is about. Any further posts will be deleted.

2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 1st game 16/03 H 07/03 A 18/3 H 16/3 H 20/3 H 22/3 A 23/3 H 25/3 H 25/3 A 25/3 H 4/4 H 22/3 A 31/3 H 31/3 H 27/3 H Oct week 3 19,068 21 15,211 20 21,980 22 19,026 26 16,654 22 17,625 25 Nov week 3 30,000 26 20,215 21 25,028 22 26,064 18 23,037 26 20,509 26 20,223 25 - 16,287 11,922 Dec week 1 36,074 11 28,005 7 30,096 7 28,354 07 27,914 9 24,402 4 22,433 3 22,105 11 18,217 3 18,747 2 17,541 3 Dec week 3 36,516 21 38,000 23 28,447 21 31,759 21 29,053 22 29,426 23 26,217 22 24,097 23 23,542 25 20,623 20,166 Jan week 3 36,516 40,000 21 29,764 21 33,226 21 30,068 19 30,200 20 27,027 19 25,112 23 24,558 21 21,873 22,402 22,396 Feb week 1 40,823 7 30,141 7 34,327 7 30,577 2 31,141 3 28,013 3 25,647 1 25,416 4 22,962 8 23,422 23,457 Feb week 2 44,552 19 41,56214 32,157 14 35,148 14 31,310 14 31,537 10 28,759 17 26,290 12 26,039 12 23,650 12 21,448 12 Feb week 3 42,463 21 32,954 21 32,735 21 36,070 21 32,075 21 32,137 17 29,217 24 26,639 18 26,641 17 23,650 18 24,195 16 25,253 17 Feb week 4 49,850 28 44.526 28 33,458 28 32,985 28 36,973 28 32,948 28 32,679 24 29,450 26 27,066 26 27,736 26 - 25,277 Mar week 1 50,054 7 44,903 7 35,874 7 35,726 7 37,979 7 34,034 7 33,520 3 30,524 7 27,619 4 28,582 4 24,801 5 26,023 27,806 Mar week 2 48,880 14 52,738 14 49,667 14 37,083 14 36,063 14 39,537 14 34,691 14 35,080 16 32,623 16 29,510 16 30,421 15 26,751 14 26,791 14 28,068 Mar week 3 54,028 21 55,528 21 51,513 21 41,055 21 37,571 21 41,513 21 36,513 21 35,756 21 33,146 21 30,257 21 - - Mar week 4 54,981 28 56,572 28 54,164 28 41,325 28 37,888 28 44,008 28 38,089 28 37,025 28 35,117 26 31,035 26 32,324 28 - 29,588 31,087 Apr week 1 55,258 7 57,558 7 55,595 7 42,088 7 38,115 7 45,537 7 39,402 7 38,554 7 35,535 1 32,001 1 - - 32,235 33,359 Apr week 2 57,002 14 58,385 14 56,841 14 43,421 14 38,246 14 46,133 14 40,160 14 39,005 14 36,157 8 33,301 9 33,175 14 - - 33,753 10 Apr week 3 58,651 21 59,220 21 57,289 21 44,934 21 38,286 21 47,174 21 40,557 21 39,281 21 36,731 20 - 34,548 20 Apr week 4 60,241 28 59,545 8 57,802 28 46,093 28 38,431 28 48,080 28 40,636 28 39,634 28 37,597 30 34,068 29 May week 1 60,416 7 60,673 7 59,144 7 46,896 7 38,521 7 49,837 7 41,640 7 40,083 7 37,766 6 34,352 7 35,205 5 - 34,489 35,205 May week 2 62,072 14 61,324 14 60,000 14 46,896 14 38,591 14 50,107 14 41,825 14 40,380 14 38,102 13 - - - 34,961 May week 3 62,310 21 63,750 21 60,303 21 48,784 21 38,673 21 50,422 21 42,057 21 40,549 21 38,327 23 34,871 20 May week 4 62,606 28 63,869 28 60,782 28 48,784 28 38,673 28 50,520 28 42,352 28 40,749 28 38,479 31 35,017 22 June week 1 62,815 7 64,135 7 61,652 7 50,085 7 38,766 7 51,770 7 43,593 7 40,934 7 38,547 6 Jun Week 2 62,942 14 64,492 14 62,095 14 50,085 14 38,985 14 51,770 14 43,791 14 41,022 14 38,653 14 - - 35,403 Jun week 3 63,655 21 64,751 21 62,646 21 Jun week 4 63,984 28 64,929 28 62,738 28 July week 1 64,157 7 64,976 7 65,472 7 July week 2 64,214 14 67,122 14 65,756 14 July week 3 64,286 21 67,177 21 65,816 21 Final July 31 64,645 67,673 65,902 53,188 39,774 52,405 44,191 42,102 39,211 35,953 35,911 33,177 35,345 36,937 Post 31 July End 31 Oct 65,717 70,785 66,484 54,495 40,531 52,446 45,178 42,233 2025 Progressive total in Red Actual dates in Blue Date of first game of season Home or Away Previous Years

How long did their feasibility study and business case take?

There must be something else involved with this trade, because I cannot understand that Tayla would attract pick 14, yet Lily attracts pick 2!....maybe we get Eliza West back as part of the package ??

Yes….5 years on AFL lists and still not fit. Doesn’t bode well….

They will move out there when the AO starts.

Should have happened post 2021.

How much better would the team have been with Maddy Gay and Eliza West in it this year?

TPP is separate to Financial statements. The AFL have already told us what we have to carry in the TPP. If all the financial liability is brought to account this year as a big loss, then in subsequent years the financials will look better than if amortised.

Exactly. Makes things look better on the books in coming years, but why would a total payment be made today, when his salary would have been paid over the next 4-5 years? Perhaps he accepted a lesser amount to get the money upfront? It is still ridiculous for the club to claim it is an "abnormal" amount.

Don’t forget next draft future picks can be traded 2 years in advance. So the Suns will have 5 first round picks to offer, Essendon 4. There is a real threat come year end that wasn’t there this year.

….and Jones, Van den berg & Hunt gone from 2021.

Easy….salary cap. AFL in 2024 allocated $110,000 as the cap for AFL aligned clubs, and $220,000 for non-aligned clubs. In simple terms Casey would have about $5,000 to pay all of their players each game. ….about $300 each!!! In the end the only ones who would play for that amount are players hoping to get noticed. When they don’t, then they head off to suburban leagues.

Love this: “It’s also appropriate that I thank Adrian Dodoro for his efforts over the past two decades and wish him well. He has given long service and will always be an important part of the club’s history.” ....exactly the same time since Essendon won a final....

It doesn't matter if it is pick 79 or 83. Then there will be a couple of rookie draft picks which are taken after this..... we will be selecting at the absolute dregs end of the draft. We only have 2 decent picks, no way to build for the future.

When TMac, Viney, Fritsch, Campbell, Salem, Petty, Hore & Bowey can turn up for the 1-4 year first session, it would have been a good sign to see McAdam, Billings, and Fullarton do likewise, and equally demonstrate their committment to the team and 2025.

Inside midx3 for me too….why did we let Eliza West go?…..And another ruck for when Pearce gets injured, which happens every season.

Just hope we don’t kill this kid, because we keep throwing him into the ruck, while expecting him to then perform at FF.