george_on_the_outer

We stopped trying to handball constantly in this game, it doesn't work in 2024. . Maybe Mick has finally got the message.... just kick the thing to get territory, especially since we now have a number of players who can kick 40m. Love Pisano and what she will offer for the future. Strong, fast and a natural footballer. The sooner we get her into the middle the better. Probably not this year though.

Exactly. so the picks to replace the 6th and 7th player will be in the nineties and beyond . Probably, already got to get rid of Fullarton, Billing’s next year with TMac and Melk to retire, because we couldn’t afford to have 9 players gone this year.

Home games. You don't get reserved seats to away. And I have responded to the Premium member survey to highlight this in the same way as happened to @The heart beats true. Every Collingwood and Carlton game, their supporters have had to be thrown out of Tridents area. But only after the members have pointed it out to security staff.

No..the return in terms of yield from the pokies was far greater than what could be gained from any investment which is not in the junk bond-crypto type areas. They would have to reach about 10% return to just break even from what we had before.

...and unfortunately the members will find out once the financials come out this year without pokies revenue. Meanwhile other clubs still have theirs or are going to "divest" sometime......

Nothing to do with us. It’s for their own development at the track.

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…..and don’t forget the admin side of things. We currently occupy broom cupboard space in the MCG spread over several areas. It is amateur in the extreme.

There is a reason why players are ‘cheap’ or ‘depth’…..especially when they were high draft picks. We don’t need any more list cloggers.

Exactly. How many times did we turn it over kicking back into the corridor? Why no Paxman in the middle instead of Mithen who has no strength? The game has changed Mick.

...and don't our players know it. They have friends who they played with, who are now at other clubs, so they know exactly what others have and we don't. They will have seen for themselves with just a short trip across the road to Collngwood or to Tullarmarine, or to Whitten oval or to Carlton, or know what Hawthorn are building at Dingley.

Good to see his turnovers improved......Oh yeah! Can't kick 40m. Wouldn't have played in the last rounds if Windsor was available.

It gets shut down during the Australian open, at the peak of the pre season. No closed sessions can be run at Goschs for tactical drills. We don’t have an indoor facility at AAMI like every other club in the competition, and the one at Casey was built for VFL-AFLW, and is still only half the size of what others have.

…..and then back again. At least 2 hours each time that could be spent in further training or enjoying life instead of sitting on the Monash freeway car park.

Thanks...missed that one, but we still won the "lost members" premiership by a long margin..... ...and all manner of membership types are counted. e.g I count for 3 memberships with AFLW, MCC and Tridents but there is still only 1 me. Truth is we only have about 40K real live bodies who are eligible to vote

Most importantly we lost 5,306 members. Only 3 other clubs lost members in 2024. Richmond with 2,860, Essendon with 2,610 and North with 456. Those numbers for us will drop again next year off the back of a 14th place. Asleep at the wheel is a good description of what has been going on behind the scenes.

The fight is over the mounting yard and the grandstand ( demolish or not). It has nothing to do with the stables where we want to go.

I was hoping for @Bitter but optimistic

...and as we can see from the dates included....The BOARD under Roffey has had NO strategic plan for the past 12 months, and we still have nothing today. No wonder the club has no idea where it is going and what it is doing.

No it’s not. It is one of the best facilities in the league. And includes administration which we do not have with the second rate stuff that we have. And it is proof that’s a functioning Board can achieve in 10 years.

...and Hawthorn have been fundraising for this for the past couple of years. What have we been doing in preparation? Nothing. Imagine how much would have been contributed by our members post Premiership toward a future base fund.

Is there any chance Zander could play in front?

Brisbane.

And if we can see from the outside that the setups are not effective, because of player placement, and which side of the opposition they are standing, then why couldn't McQualter? ...and that is what a midfield coach should be coaching, not just on matchday, so that no matter who is in the centre square or around the pack, they know where to stand and go. That wouldn't and didn't ever happen under Yze. And now he has to rebuild a midfield at Richmond because there is no Cotchin, Edwards, Martin and Baker to work with.