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Further to this..and possibly a better feel for the way forward is: As a business direction you need to access in some manner the cashflows whilst minimising your exposure to debt. Yes there is good debt and bad debt.. Debt realted to equity has its merits. but you need to be very mindful of how you can access that equity or relieve yourslef of its liability should you need to. Owning..or part there-of a Footy ground may sound good in one light...but how many buyers on any given day are there ? Again..I sense a long lease the way to go

All jokes aside I reckon he'd have a walk up gig at the Zebbies for a few years if he wanted it ( Ooze )

Well..its a good question there Melbman.. You would have to think that in all these stories and reports that only the surface ever gets scratched and that there are always more elements to them than we as Joe Public are privvy. Whilst we all sit here type, pontificate and bullsh!t on there are undoubtedly bak room shenanagans delving into other scenarios in greater detail. That the AFL in keen on a third ground has obviously been news for a while..but surely news to some ( whos job it is to be in the know ) for quite a whiles longer. Casey is quite forward thinking. It knows its sitting on a time bomb of opportunities and is trying ..for all parties..especially residents to extract what ever it can to beneift and increases the living standards. Sometimes other items of infrastructure are easier to lobby for if you have more building blocks upon which to base a case. A Stadium would al but gaurantee a station nearby..and so it goes on..maybe that line reopens to Nyora..and the various flow ons etc..topic for another time. Melbourne have obviously seen some ( hopefully much ) merit in tying some strings to Casey. I honestly think this is what WILL save the club eventually..stil I digress. Back to the notion of investment. It strikes me that from recent effots teh clubs MFC operate are distinct underperformers come the CASH component. Youd think one might be liquidated and used elsewhere. A ground..and how to go about it ..from a Melbourne perspective. I dont htink we wil lever have a ground that is 'actually ' ours..i.e we have primary equity. However we may do well to invest in some capacity into any improvements to Casey Fileds..if..and this is the BIG "IF".. they were definitely in the serious running to secure the ground ( Casey Council that is ) for AFL games.. I.E The boutique Stadium we have all discussed. By entering into role of Primary or equal tenant ( preferably primary ) then you have access to more of the gate.. and littel things like signage etc. ( Al ot of money comes form signage ) This is where we get screwed at the G.. Collingwood has a good deal.. we get all but nada..and sometimes we pay..good huh !!. Whatever transpires Im happier for it to take a little longer than quicker in order to nail down the finer points. So getting eht gate on gmae days and a say and share of signage can all work for us. In answer to your basic question..NO.. Not to own..but take a servicable and workable lease that helps us Dont forget..with owning come other obligations.

Yes..Jeff been a solid servant of the club..arguably of limited effect in recent years..Thats reality. No one denies Adems occasional displays of brilliance... but win games off his own boot ?.. must be the teary outlook of rememberance clouding your view there !! <_<

I hear Sydney is looking for some youth !!

Casey wants third ground action well this nearly slipped past. That the AFL is looking at a third is no news.. That Casey is right behind it being it is ( possibly ) again the thick plottens a bit !!

Shhhh..thats our secret weapon on the day

""Melbourne Club Champion's Adem Yze and Jeff White announced today that they will both play their final games for MELBOURNEfc this Sunday"" You could take that a different way though !! not last games.. last games for Melbourne !!

My thoughts go towards how much he embraces the future of Casey as compared to any "Uniqueness" of the MCG !! He after all is Johnny come lately to this.. Hopefully the tenet of his words might change with time

Strange I never mentioned that ground.. ..but please..invent things !! The point being is where as once upon a time in a time decades ago..the MCG was Melbourne..only Melbourne..and thats exactly as alluded how we grew..form teh ground.. But we no longer have that as OURS....we share.. We often come second or third fiddle to other tennants. Yes I agree ..shore up and indeed mend any rifts with the MCC lets get all fuzzy etc. But how does this in iteself magically cure anything.. It goes back to identity..who or what are we..One we were the MCG Team..now we a re one of many..doesnt quite have the same sting does it ? it may help a bit towards branding.. but thats not where the people are going to come from. The MCG is a furphy in some respects.. it has the reality of a "fog" i.e you know its there..it gets you in when its in the mood.theres great atmoshere , but when its goes..its empty..quiet..like any ground. Its a silent sentinel to our lack of real ground roots identity. The MCG is the MCG for the MCC..its just a footy ground to eveyone else.. It no longer has that territorial fear it once had for other clubs. I often here this bandied about ..the MCG is central to the future..the CBD is our heartland etc. Come closing time the real heart of the City goes home..those who are left are very small number by comparison. Any solution has to be far far more than just pinning your hopes that ground by the Yarra.

The Footy Show is all about entertainment.. just uses footy as the medium.. A bit tiresome after a few seasons..Just my view. I dont get cable so seldom see OTC....I consider that a win !! lol All Im saying..is there really isnt much of any show that really lives up to the mantle of "Fair Dinkum Footy News" FC comes close on occasions..but its still a medium for cross promotion of other shows..and a vehcile for Hutchy and Gaz etc. Occasionally it gets interesting when Carro has a go.. Archer is a waste of a chair on that show. Gaz is the epitome of a diplomat..id rather see him let loose instead of smoothing the others etc. I concur..better than most probably..still not an A from me though, struggles to get a B most weeks..only my view again

In all honesty it too is a semi lightweight show pretending to be a 'heavy'.. too much pretence for sure. Its just good value for Melbourne with Garry..I accept it at that The best bit is invariably the hotseat..but al too often the real questions go begging.. Its TV....fluff !!

Urgent Memo to Cameron.. That ground's not ours anymore. That situation is what started the whole rot Quite frankly if the club cant get its head around this then its an even more uphill battle than at present. yes we need a 'unique ' solution..well ..isnt every circumstance deserving of its own solution.. but the MCG in itself isnt it.

Schwabby defines stability as the key Not a bad article.. Gives a bit more illumination over his reasons...and he's right..

In all reality hes the token participant..recent player etc. Very lightweight in terms of contributions..its all fed to him. There are better observers and communicators around

Archer... 5mins as some sort of journo and he knows it all?? Good player...needs to learn a lot about the other side of the fence me thinks !!

I wonder..just wonder ..if despite all the rhetoric that Scwabby might have felt he was a walk up monty when Harris was leaving and felt a little miffed..or non-plussed ( call it what you like ) and really then began to consider various life options.. I suppose this is all great fodder for conspiratists but maybe he was a bit less than impressed with the whole carry on and shenanagans ( which adds cred in my eyes) Just maybe the professional that he is..he needed to be convinced we were not only fair dinkum but had got our act together to warrant his serious consideration..After all in many fields you're only as good as you last time to bat. Im sure that despite any allegiances he wouldn't want to board a dodgy ship! Im quite happy for him to be CEO..Im somewhat less than impressed with the comedy capers that led up to all ths through the year though!!

Enjoy the time of before you start Cameron...as youre going to be one hell of a busy boy soon !! Well..thats another thing sorted... on to the other work.

Cards..I dont think a lot of people necessarily dislike the appointment ..I dont particularly ( dislike it ) Its more about the , how to put it, strange route to its happening. Irregardless of like or dislike..or hope ..or lack there of.. many of us are still well within our curiosities to want a better understanding of all this. I hope ( fervently ) that we extricate oursleves from the poo..for the last time !! and on to better things

Pity the poor Bastard trying to call those games !!!

Well..its done..lets get on with things. ...SPONSORS come to mind. Off you go Scwabby !!

Well..im very reticent to say halelujah..thankfully an appointment. I hope this one truly works out but I really have to wonder about the process and vested interests etc Something about all this that just aint kosher !! <_<

cant find the report ??? go to the Sorbent section

In this other ecalP where things might seem similar but are tnereffid I wonder if the alternate yeliaB naeD has formulated his nalP...And I wonder if this nalP is already in place. Without doubt the honeymmon is over..and really it ought to have been come round one. I suppose in this other place we came out on top as the alternative winners of teh yearly contest and I might proffer that in a way we have. Now having achieved that lofty depth we ought not squander it. We probably as a team ought not have any right to be positive and optimistic about the future after a year of upheaval and being belted from pillar to post and yet when the dust settles later in the year and the first minions turn up to train at Casey we might indeed look forward to 2009....as 8002 wasnt a whole lot of fun !! Lets hope that next year is the journey from frying pan into fire..but fires of our own creation, the fires that come from deep down Yes WJ..this has all been a bit Alice through the ssalg gnikooL.

EXACTLY !!!!!!!!!!!!!! that and he might still be busy trying to get a CEO