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yep... the caveat being if Neeld is still at the helm when we meet the giants..we lose that we're bottom

the logicist in me thins that here we have the AFL in its usual place de norm....sh!t-central. In order do deliver to its problem child whilst placating the rabble it must deliver a solution that provides whilst seemingly within precedents. A mini draft fulfills all of this. It provides an opportunity for us and at the same time ought to really disadvantages no one...not toooo much,not if you allow for "things" I hope the powers that be, that is OURS, realise this is the closet thing to a last dip for salvation that will ever come our way. [censored] this up, and we might as well all wander off.

I do like the idea of an EGM at the appropriate juncture

mushroomitis isnt pleasant

put that extra duty thinking cap on and the joke just might....might land !!!

but you will be found

please...put something on...

or an opportunistic dysfunctionist

The word is Piority....that means we go before !!. But I can see where the question is before what.? In a dream world itr would be before round 1...so we might well end up with 1/2 or 1/3 but we might be run out of town for that combo. therefore 19 seems a political compromise. But then again, it is the AFL and they make it up as they go along...so wtf knows ...lol again..just say thankyou for its a freebie..a bone for the dog.....woof !!

ifgappwdwd ?? say THANKYOU

its the new clash strip, didnt you know obviously didnt hear about the G's new roof either I take it... keep up Jack, keep up

Jacksons job is to refurbish the business ahead of a new board. Its not really up to him to select it, its upon him most likely to report back to Vlad as to the state of affairs and who's canvassing etc. In reality RPFC , your goodself knows as much as the rest of us ( i.e nada ) as to the makeup of that board. No one's ruled in or out yet, as very few cards have been shown let alone played. Whilst its true certain factions would probably rather that particular persons arent included in any considerations. Footy is a bit like its cousin politics, it aint over before its over, especially as is hasnt really even started yet !!!

it didnt place WJ !!

It thought this appropriate in current circumstances A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. (WC) Some who will seek to right the woes of Melbourne will do so as they are optimists who will take on the opportunity. Many who would rather that didnt happen may well be the pessimists refusing to acknowledge the reality surrounding us.

It will be interesting if does or doesnt come to a vote I harbour the worry it wont get to it, that .i.e one lot unopposed ( or shoe horned by external managers) Who will they be, the wannabes ? We know of Jeff, but no others to date. I like others suspect there will be possibly a race. I fervently hope so for if nothing else its showing the prize is worth it , worth aspiring to. But whom...

I sometimes wonder if much of the angst against Kennett, or any other Kennett type, i.e not of pure blood ( as some would have it ) is nothing more than a reflection and sadness that it may well take someone from outside to step in and fix our mess.

rjay... weve actually to hear from ANYONE regarding what they intend All i want is that passion , that vision etc. along with ability Im like many....waiting for someone to say something thats we can then deliberate on. I acknowledge Jeff hasnt...but hes going to apparently. No one else, I repeat NO ONE else has even tipped their hat that far. I awit with eagerness the various visions

So far theres been an absolute calvalcade of people storming the barracades flying their colours and announcing to all and sundry their desire ( let alone ability ) to take this basket case of a club by the scruff of its neck and lead it back to respectability within this competition ( the one it founded btw ) Lets see...count them every one theres Jeff Kennet theres..... ummm and theres ... All those others are working by stealth obviously. I would sincerely like to hear from others. I would like people to contest this role. Where are they ?

Yes , in a way it is, How novel for the AFL huh We WILL get a president that endorsed by VLAD...simple as Everything from now until we can show we can not only stand on our own two feet but run ( and kick with the big boys ) will be orchestrated by THAT end of town. Why ? Because weve shown no capacity to do it for ourselves

Jackon IS the AFL, make no mistake Currently the club is reporting to Jackson and Jackson relays this to VLAD. Normally the CEO reports to the Board but currently the CEO is overseeing the boards very restructure ( at the behest of AD )

If the AFL didnt want Kennet they would all but say so. AD has publicly all but endorsed such a move. i.e "If you want to Jeff, go for it" its up to Melbourne.

Here in you lay the grounds for a mis direction. The Job of Jackson as the bequest of the AFL is to oversee the re engineering of the machine. The AFL are paying the bills. The Job of a President/Chairman and his/her board is to oversee the direction of its spirit and culture They are two vastly different if , interdependent vocations There is EVERY need for a Chairman with passion and vision. Jackson will be a transitional influence. then he will in all likely hood move on, job done. The Chairman will I suspect be here for a longer period of overseeing the rebuild off the field leading to the resurgence on the field. We need both , an effective CEO and a passionate , visionary President/Board

This is very much it...and the same for any candidate and wannabe Chairman... its a simple question ; what are you(collective ) about ? and how will this fix Melbourne. Many need to keep in mind the MFC is very much a business. It came out of an era when clubs were some sort of extension of the daliancies of those so able and interested to what they are now, multi-million dollar enterprises that need to be treated and run as such by those most able and qualified to do so. it would be nothing for Chrsyler to pinch a Ford exec , oh wait...they did . and so on and so on. Some of you lot are just going to have to be dragged yelling and screaming into the 21st century. The only thing thats half way a constant are the Jumper and colours. . Please note even these have changed over time. We all seem to get caught up with " Oh we're Melbourne, we dont do it like that " ,when in reality the only thing we dont do is win and succeed in general. Clever organisations bring in talent. Look to the world of IT , they go and get the most inventive and creative minds. They look oput of the box or even design and build a new one, or something thats not even a box !! What do we do , we just keep on wallpapering over the cracks and lo and behold the cracks are still there, never fixed and just getting worse and worse till one day the walls come tumbling down. What bemuses me is not that theres damage as a result of this but that still so many are aghast that the walls even fell, that there was anything wrong with them. I too was amongst those that simply didnt know/understand the depth and saturation of the cancer ( npi ) that has riddled our club. Now we know,we must act with a clinical common sense. In medicine you would seek the best advice and bring in the best skilled to operate. Hell , they might even come from another hospital ( egads) . ive often said I dont care really whos wearing the jumper as long as they do so with pride, with conviction and with fervour. I dont care where that jumper occurs, on the field, in the FD , admin , or even at board level. i just dont care who they are really only that once there they ARE MELBOURNE for their duration. For these simple reasons I WILL entertain ANYONE on merit. The MERITS: Are you able to do the job Do you want to do the job Will it be better if you do it than someone else Will you treat the Club and by extension its members with respect. Im tired of the MFC being a boys club , a stuffed up association of seemingly well -intentioned well -to-dos , who simply fail at every hurdle...or by history's page most of them. Its TIME (and yes I fully understand the irony of that )

quite frankly theres a lot of hysterical panic at the notion of Kennett , or a Jeff type coming on board. Some of us would simply consider him as we would others and are open to what he has to say and suggest. To not be open , is by definition to be closed. Closed thinking gets us no where....in fact ...gets us exactly where we are.

whilst i respect your view DL thats a guess. We dont know anything really and I suspect until events unfold next week thats what we will know. If nothing else Jeff doing all a favour by forcing hands, how long might some of this taken had no one put their hand up !!