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'timbo', I know your not as simple as you try to make out when you have no argument, but trying to play dumb is not the way to be manly. We are beggars. not choosers; and we also have an obligation like other clubs, to benefit this game. Our is in the NT. others are into Tassy, some Qld. We are attempting to grow relationships with the Casey region, and the Sth East. As well as the Alice. We cannot have all the cake to ourselves, and eat it all, as well. Even if we are aligned to the mcc. We cannot be that spoiled to think only about ourselves, or themselves. We have to contribute to the games greater needs. So you know the clubs HQ should not be in Alice; or anywhere but Melbourne. Gosch's is ideal.

I think this is right, they're out of fashion, these days. No excitement about them. To stir footy vibes across the AFL. It's not they're players... its the club. They're struggling for relevance within the AFL competition.

He'll be able to adapt, but it will take him time to learn new habits. the good thing is change is apon us after this end of season and open spaces will happen more often in next few seasons. So Hunty is a keeper IMO, for this reason. And while we're waiting for the rule changes, he must continue to learn to lower his eyes at Casey,,, for his running, and then his kicking.

Don't you mean a Cyril type. When has eddie of jeffy ever 'brought down' a big dog ? 2 are inferred stars, the other is the real deal.

high profile is thin on the ground. ... especially in these days when Drafts & Flooding reigns They've gotta start/look somewhere.

every club is desperate. but you were querying 'method'. Without 'desperation', there is no winning. 'Desperation' is not a shame... it's a privilege. a sign of desire. a want, a longing. Are you suggesting that Melbourne most times, does not have desperation ?

Past seasons we've been on free to air. Alice was free2air. I don't watch foxtel, unless its put on in front of me. I will never; never pay, for TV !!! ..... if free2air dies, my record and DVD collection beckon, as will my little boat. and the garden.

So they're hoping for profile players. This seems to be the method... Broaden your thoughts, look outside 'your prism', to find the understanding. _ there is ALWAYS reason. What is it you don't see here?

So a trade would need to be done? He tells them he intends to come home, and they might start to think of offers?

They want/need a profile players, to attract attention, public interest. Also they need to park some salary cap somewhere, as they try to increase leadership on their list. they can't over pay underdeveloped kids. Where do they go when over-payed-underdeveloped kids, improve; and want more??? Also they need more interest from the footy world. I wonder if they are becoming more irrelevant in Melbourne ?

We've been winning at Docklands since last year I think, because of our contested ball winners, and our ability to defend and 2 way running. We've won at Alice Springs and Darwin. And the follow up game. It's not all about revenue for the club. - - - - - - - - - - But it is about exposure on TV. To attract new supporters and Kids. And it helps break public perception of a white-Australia elitist sort of club. Which we need to do. The club has drifted away, over the past 50 odd years, from being an open club, to be too heavily focused on members and elitism's. This needs to stop, because its a roadblock to many Aussies. And new Australians, and Our Original 1st people Australians. IMO as we've become an easy beat team over the decades;,,, we've gradually lost our 'Outer' Fan base of normal Aussies... and only held our rusted on members mainly in the North,,, like the Mcc. This inturn effects all the Board decisions taken over the past 50 years... as the majority of directors have Mcc approval and references from our very own high profile supporters who frequent that establishment. This inturn does not help to Re-grow our outer fan base,,, by reopening the club to allow access to the outer fans. This desired exclusivity is just that..... exclusionary.

Yeah, like spending the past 50 years playing in Melbourne has proven so successful for us. We ought to protest at these away games

Hasn't anyone heard of sprinklers, and doing some ground maintenance,,,, instead of just manicuring the grass?

He's a development coach, to develop young players, whilst that club manages the list (drafting). - - - - - - Now; what chance that Carlton entered into an agreement with the Crows last end of season, involving the Gibbs deal, the 2018 national draft and Lukosius. Will the Crows trade picks to Carlton, for Pick 1 of the 2018 NAB draft ?

who gives a chuck, when a nuckhead ducks.

Mono; the fatigue from the Darwin game, can be turned into an advantage to us. IF, we got the week off after Darwin, in Late July... that is the perfect rest, leading us into the run of games, to the finals. This can be an advantage to us.

The words are not for the players; they are for the supporters and interested people. even opponents. It's the players who are starting to set the tone on-field,,, following all the coaches and assistant coaches since Roosy. He's relaying where we are at to those who care.

I wood say that means, we as a group are starting to actively seek/desire the bigger challenges: to take them head on: instead being a bit sheepish about the bigger power clubs. We are starting to lose the mental hangover; after being a beaten down Club. And Goody is right. We won't lay down any more, with this current culture building within the Mf club; at the moment.

I can see it now, Diamond Jim Andrew Gaff.

Some like squeaky clean boy next door types. I hope we get some killer players, who want to murder the opposition like it was at the Colosseum. We need effective types. And with a touch of mongrel, would suffice.

They're both Bambi's. at this stage. But there is signs they are starting to grow. But they are both a long way off AFL at this stage of development.

I agree. We need players who can play,,, hard, and with speed. We do not need speed on its lonesome.

We're not carrying any players in our 22. We don't have players who can replace them with yet. When we do; that'll be the time we're carrying them.

Would it be a waste of time, to have a talk to Zac Jones?

The poor skills are in his mind. He can improve this.