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3 hours ago, Dees051321 said:

Gerald Whateley just said on SEN tha Melbourne membership day is next week and he will ask the questions about our home base to whoever is on. I’m guessing either president or ceo as other teams have had one or the other on for their membership days 😊 note sure what day he just said next week

Let's hope he does.

Do I expect a straight answer ?? Even one with a look at the hometurn? Are we even out of the gates ??

Nah !!

8 hours ago, Whispering_Jack said:

Agreed. However, even in this age the final decision is usually only made once a specialist or specialists have had the opportunity of examining the patient.

Just pure speculation

Scan.. initial assessment..

Possible referral to another specialist for corroborating (or otherwise) diagnosis.

Might need a secondary scan/assessment if not straight forward

Thanks for everything Maysie.

Always a #1 in my book.

Good luck with the next chapter.... but dont venture too far from the G ..

Cheers ❤️💙

1 hour ago, daisycutter said:

thanks for the link. some really good facilities there.

but it's not "everything under one roof". Remember we have to cater for more than just the seniors. As well as AFL there is AFLW, then VFL and VFLW both including listed players, and only "just" room for 1 oval.

solves some problems, but nowhere near "everything". better than now? maybe.

one problem concerns me is that if we give up aami, before we have a "guaranteed" caulfield go ahead, we could be left in a weaker bargaining position. lots of people want to get their hands on aami (filth, ferals and tennis)

Casey !! VFL /AFLW

Nuff said

On 22/02/2026 at 10:01, 640MD said:

Can still only see about 8 possible wins. But if we can score like Friday. Well over 100 points and if Latrelle and kossy can excite , going to watch will bring in the punters who can smile at the future.

If you don’t pursue the wins you will not get them. Go Dee’s

Open 'both' eyes 😉

13 minutes ago, Matt Demon said:

I've heard it's replaced with a statue of Jimmy Stynes running over the mark.

In that case the collective tears of tens of thousands of Dees supporters will eternally keep that grass green.

28 minutes ago, Oxdee said:

North Melbourne scored 60 points and tigers wouldn’t have scored many more. What else do expect?

Neither were quality scoring teams but we certainly made it hard work at times.

When we play REAL teams we will be opened up if that is the defence we offer. That's the point

21 minutes ago, DistrACTION Jackson said:

May might not even be around post the weekend…

I get that.... but it wasn't the thrust of my thought 🤔 😉

10 minutes ago, WERRIDEE said:

Our key talls are going down like 9 pins, unfortunate for Kentfield.

Windsor and Langford were fantastic. The tap work from Gawn was sublime.

Team V Saints

B: Lever, Petty, McDonald

HB: Jiath, Turner, Salem

C: Langford, Steele, Lindsay

HF: Chandler, van Rooyen, K.Pickett

F: Fritsch, Miocek, L.Pickett

FOLL: Gawn, Rivers, Windsor

IC: Langdon, Sparrow, Howes, Tholstrup, Heath

EMERG: Laurie, Culley, Sharp

Don't mind that...

But tbh id swap Pretty for May in a blink

6 minutes ago, Fork 'em said:

When you run and gun you risk being burnt out the back.
I don't care.
I love where we're heading.
Been screaming for some entertainment the last 3 years.
I'm all in.

We can be better...

I do like much about our new game.

We can evolve both

Well.... the weather... right.... 🤔🙄

Apart from Batmans unfortunate day there was a lit of good about today. Strangely ( or perhaps nor for long time readers lol ) many of the real positives for me revolve around the things that DIDN'T go quite so smoothly. It's good imo to find out these things at a real dance ( not with sisters ).. as we can see that these are things to work on.

Some things, well quite a lot are starting to click some...mehhh. I thought against the Roos our defence was iffy... again today... there was iffyness.

Over to you Kingy

Bugger :(

Just now, old dee said:

25 metres out on a 30 degree angle and he cannot kick an easy straight forward goal. Oh know for unknown reasons he does an around the corner kick and misses Why? I could have kick that goal.

It's a dumb choice, no other way to describe it..

Going to get very wet again

3 minutes ago, hardtack said:

I saw it that the Tigers player was in a contest with the other Melbourne player, had eyes for the ball, and unfortunately Luker got taken out. Clumsy yes, and he may do time, but I don’t believe there was anny intent involved.

Tbh... I've now watched that half a dozen times the Tiger was NEVER really in the contest... he was in the vicinity and just had his arm up to collect whatever he could. .

Thats what I saw... happy to disagree Hard ;)

Dunno about the 'lightning tracker' but the radar has more on the way.

4 minutes ago, demoncat said:

Really sloppy by the Tigers defender and totally avoidable if he took more care with his spoiling action

And I know nuffies will say “it’s only an accident, it’s part of the game blah blah blah” but we’re clearly at a point where players should be held accountable for their actions (even if they are football actions)

If you can’t make a play without endangering another player, don’t do it

Very ..'sloppy'.. some players... you know... just take opportunities. They're around.

Might as well abandon game if more lightning coming.. ( and it is )

On 25/02/2026 at 14:51, Redleg said:

When was the last time you saw 30 racehorses in a race at Caulfield and all running together, stretched across the track, at any point in a race? That is the only way your scenario could exist.

Why would heavy club machinery, other than lawnmowers need to go over the tunnel area?

Where did you get the figure of $20m for a tunnel under the track from?

He's talking 💩

15 thousand tons 🤔🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Plainly nfi

On 19/02/2026 at 07:15, Redleg said:

Ask the wise person if he or she would rather run 2nd or 3rd or actually last.

🤔Also ask is there a tpd ?? 😆

🤔🙄Carlton 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

👌

Irrespective of anything else I do agree Casey is a bit of a bugger. Fine if you're somewhere within cooee.

I live on the Bass Coast these days and regularly travel to Frankston as well as use the dreaded Monash ( quite often ) I have a pretty good understanding of the area and roads.

Tbh... if I were living where I suspect many players are then I would not relish that trip to Casey. That said its often only once or twice a week at present but if it were closer to a daily grind id seriously start resenting it.

Casey imho is ONLY suited to the occasional alternative training day.

We are the oldest Footy club going.. F m d ..can't we sort out a decent home ??

I can see the attraction of Caulfield. It ticks a lot of boxes unfortunately it seems to be ticking off some others..... TBH I can't see how a facility on the OTHER side of the racecourse can really be problematic... well..until you understand a lot of people who move in those circles are terribly precious and wholly up themselves.

Got time for 'workers, riders and trainers' .. my old dad enjoyed the nags. We even had some at Epson... but the hoi poloi dont want anyone 'ruining' their turf ( literally and figuratively ) . I hope Red is right but I fear Old might get the choccies.

Lets just hypothesise that this is still all a possibility. A 'hurdle' seems to be the dreaded tunnel. Apparently all the OTHERS weren't but this one is ?

Is there a need ? I would say yes. If we're to be located in that bottom left corner as it were with playing fields northerly to any other infrastructure then direct , proprietary even, access would imho be desired. This provides quick easy direct access for the club to the training ovals. Tbh the idea of ferrying around players , or they're driving themselves to the inside is a nonsense in the modern day. They come, eat perhaps, change, train inside maybe, team meetings, presentations etc... and out to the grounds...

You're NOT mucking around going walkies half a mile up the road. That's not happening.

So a tunnel is desirous. Like the trivago bloke, do I really need to say it again... this is EASY. It's just civil construction. You have a plan, you have a schedule... you get to it.

The only equipment needed inside the rails as it were are any plant required for terraforming. If were me... id take off the running surface at an appropriate location... store maintain the grass sods ( same as would for the cut / cover tunnel. You lay a heavy wood 'bog mats' over earth substrate. If its an extended time... replace grass whilst plant working... then repeat process to evacuate equipment when finished.

As far as the training facility infrastructure goes this would be likely the most 'painful' thing to manage but of itself very straight forward.

It's a problem, it's solvable.

The rest is just putting up a factory/warehouse type construct with admin area and fit outs. Absolutely nothing new or prohibitive.

None of this is hard. Some care to the track requires but again.... there are workarounds.

Indeed if you were a bit clever clogs 😉 I'd introduce plant to the inside having dug the trench and ramps for the tunnel.

When needing to bring equipment out then refer back to the bog-mat process.

If super clever you might not need to truck out much if any spoil just relocate it.. I.e use it as part of 'landscaping '. Any other soils sands required for ovals could be brought in whilst trench open and stockpiled.

This is eminently very doable.... just that other little hurdle.... someone saying we can.

11 minutes ago, BDA said:

And the other thing, labours buddies love a big build. A $100 million project will line plenty of pockets.

Except this isn't really a BIG build... the new school next door .... a much bigger project.

The way some carry on about this 'complex' , about all the things involved, some near seemingly insurmountable... sorry I have to laugh.

In the world of civil engineering, the Metro Tunnel is a complex project, a 100 storey building , not as complex ( these days ) as some would suppose... a new Training establishment for the Dees, OUGHT to be a walk in the park ( or a lap of the course or two ) by comparison. There is NOTHING hard or confronting about this at least not as being presented to date.

The ONLY thing hard....is finding a spot and someone telling us to start. I seriously dont think the coin is the issue some think.

No, the only issue is as of this writing we have nowhere to build. Prospects not looking too flash either.