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??? Swan street is good enough for the Melbourne Storm, for the Pies, and the Tiges are just a Sand Iron away. There is enormous amount of footy going public, along the Sandrinham, Frankston and Dandenong, rail lines.

Short walk to the train, in the rain?? Short walk to the train, with little kiddies? Short walk to the train, with people with disabilities. Jolimont suits the well heeled, who take taxis everywhere, and do not travel on metro trains. It does not suit the grassroots supporter AT ALL. IF the Victorian Labor Party see this as fact,,, then they will help us to build adjacent to Gosch's Paddock. And we can build over Swan St and the Tramlines,,, more easily than building over the Jolimont Rail line. and cheaper to do except for the apartment building. The ground floor would be undercover car-park, maybe even 2 levels, one below ground. So the 1st floor would reach out over Swan Street, above the Tramlines, with viewing over Gosch's.and training. It could have some membership retail area and cafe etc. The floors above, can hold the Gym, Footy Dept, Admin' Offices, Function Rooms for meetings, Social areas, etc. A building over Swan Street gives us passing traffic every day of the week to grow ourselves, and so easy to attend, and to leave for home. Easy for families. Easy for every-one along the Sth-East Corridor, who continually get ignored buy the AFL. Lets own the STH-East Corridor. We can if we want to.

THEY are footy dumb, when it comes to footy clubs. They're good at the turnstiles, swyl. Thats all they are. They stuffed up,,, knocking down the Smokers Stand, And they took OUR players race, away from the Mfc members/supporters children... they couldn't run a footy club, if they had all the kings horses and all the kings men.

The location in East Melbourne (Yarra Park) is Wrong. We are trying to grow the club base at grassroots level, and so this location is the last of the 3. I would think. We are aligned with Casey. And we're trying to connect with our original supporter base, which the largest is around Malvern to Oakleigh, Bentleigh, and those suburbs, etc. we are going to grow out in the Sth East corridor out from Melbourne's suburbs. we will have large prospective numbers of people out there, IF we can make a direct link Via public transport... Jolimont just makes yet another step in the transport journey, for those prospective supporters to undertake,,, in getting to, and leaving to get home. We are talking about the reduction of driving to games, and so the location IS Imperative to our Growth_ Location Location Location. We have almost everything right, except the locality of the home base. If we are to attract big numbers of our supporters to training, and to after-games, and functions, our new HQ should be adjacent to the biggest Rail-Line, and with Tram stops present, as well. It must be at the Richmond station, to attract our support base, and to make it easier for them, getting to, and home afterward. I say down with East Melbourne ----- It's just too hard for distant supporters, to make the trip, on another step to Jolimont. __ are we developing Casey, and the Sth-Est Corridor,,, or Aren't we ?

the attitudes swyl. the attitudes that have led us to vote for directors we do not know nor come into contact with, Via the recommendations sent out to us in club letters. ... usually recommended as well from the mcc,,, all good and harmonious there, but at what cost, swyl. You are very negative about anything that shines a dark light on the things that you cherish, without any consideration from yourself ? 'the fish rots from the head' I believe I have heard you say many times, yet you still will not tolerate the thought, that something you cherish is actually cancerous. And killing itself, from the inside. - - - - - - - - - "Sloane overrated", another meaningless comment from you out of spite,,, about something you are weak at, judging player talent. Sloane is tagged week in, week out, for good reason. swyl. But don't let the facts hit you in the face with a cold wet fish.

Large trees can be prepared, dug-up and transplanted, to new locations.

persistent. We have to get this club winning in September. And save it from itself. Niceness knows no bounds, and is lovely, outside the theatre of battle. It is an imposter, within the forming of an army.

I hope we are onto something, with the ranger.

ah, bookend the Naidoc Week, perhaps ?

We don't want to become the new Saints. unable to win at the 'G'. We can defend well currently at Etihad. Bit more difficult to control opposition, at the 'G'. We need more speed around the midsection, for the Mcg. The Flower's, Stretch's, Johnson's, all did well around the Mcg.

That is, IF, we are on the money?

Its really only the one injury, that has curtailed him mainly;,, a serious injury, a fracture to the heel. It's taken him a long time to get that one injury right. With a couple of other niggles around it, around the same timeframe.

I think they are playing Frosty forward atmo,,, possibly a list management thing. To workout what to do at seasons end, Re him and Pedo, and our selections, this year. I agree FITB. Frosty was not mature enough for forward work a couple of years back, and he didn't have the confidence that a couple more years can deliver a person. He has now had a few years in the system and is maturing. physically/mentally. He could Yet become a forward follower, and he has the Ssspeed and mobility, to do the role TMc and Pedo have done before him. But he must start to take Strong marks around the ground, and inside Packs... has to crash packs.

I think Petty will be an In, for his height match up, and his intercept skills. Oscar may need some help with Dixon. I reckon Tyson may get a nod to come in. And possibly Garlett as well. IMO, we 'played tired', last week. I called for a few players to be rested, against Crows, or Dogs games. I think we payed for that on the Q/B game.

He played forward last week, I believe, VFL. Had a beauty of a kick, to a teammate inside 50, at CHF,,, surrounded by opposition.. pinpoint.

cheers, layzie. How have you got on ? Can you elaborate anymore, on the issue, and resulting injury ? Treatment, recovery, etc ?

I wonder if he has those hips that need the point shaved off, I recall an operation to some with genitic issues, where a point on the bone shaves the cartilage away ? just guessing. Some draftees have to Op before they start playing AFL.

I like to think that this is a sign Our Football Board, Admin, and Footy Dept, are working together;.... and are going to try to keep us all informed and up to date... instead of the Tiddily-Winks that AFL clubs have dealt the footy public,,, over the past 20 years or so. I really hope so, that they start to treat us all as partners in footy,,, instead of Footy-Sheep to be fleeced at will.

fantastic. I truly hope so. Rory would make a great addition to our chances, IF he does come back to Vic.

I don't agree; we have a lot of coalface operators,,, 1st touch merchants, but we need 2nd touch clearance type players with fine skills, who can take the ball out of the traffic, & deliver it to our players on the outside. Sloane is handy, both in tight traffic, and also when he's out in some space. He can kick a goal on the run, and he finds his targets, with the ball. We do NOT need, pure outside footballers.

understand footy, watts to understand? Gaff the clearance king? https://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/pc-adelaide-crows--rory-sloane

ah, Dr Wu !

Trades and FA discussions - midfielders. Here are some CLearance Stats, across the AFL, for 2017, & 2018. 2017 - https://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/ft_player_rankings?year=2017&rt=LA&st=CL 2018 - https://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/ft_player_rankings?year=2018&rt=LA&st=CL How do you reckon we rate, against the rest ? .

don't know SFb. But I just found this... this might show some things of interest. have a look, as i do so myself. https://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/ft_player_rankings?year=2018&rt=LA&st=MA

It sounds to me like some players over there have not bonded with trust,,, to the crows group. And so when trying to bridge that gap in trust, it can go awry. Maybe EddieB doesn't trust anyone, readily??? and so may not buy-in, so well.