Dr. Gonzo

Bloody hell Clark keep your eyes on the footy. Soft work there.

WYL pretty sure the copy watermark referred to was put on there by the DVD recorder. There shouldn't be any copy protection on the old AFL VHS tapes I've got a couple myself that have never had any on it.

I agree with you 100% furious d. The AFL has treated our club with absolute contempt the last few days and I am sick of it. Mifsud is a rat who has to go there are no two ways about it.

Exactly - how did the FB comments of Polis come to light? Who broke this story and when did the comments first get uncovered? Seems like someone with an agenda has sat on it for a while and not broke it until an opportune time.

Just do a Google search on the articles headline and click the link - it should come up with the full article.

Seems too coincidental that this stuff about our major sponsor comes out the day after the AFL is on the back foot over claims one of its employees is lying about comments he attributes to one of our senior players and the refusal of the AFL to take appropriate action. Now Demetriou and Mifsud have the spotlight off them and we are once again reliant on the AFL teet in a major way. Conspiracy theory or conspiracy fact?

Just When It Couldn't Get Any Worse? But yes I agree it's not clever it's annoying.

Maybe they believe it is our "development" which is why these players are no good rather than the fact that they are just no good.

Episodes like this illustrate the reason I gave up my Gold AFL membership and instead spent the $500 per year on an MFC membership - I want to try and support the AFL as an organisation as little as possible and the MFC as much as possible considering the disrespect & contempt they hold the MFC in on a regular basis.

So one minute he threatens to steal our sponsors (what sponsors? Hahaha) and the next he is offering his charity? F&%^ off Eddie.

Whyw ould he care though? He gets to save "millions" of dollars (assuming he was ever going to front up the cash anyway) and has already gained publicity/notoriety out of the relationship (he seems to be the type of moron who thinks any publicity is good publicity going by his comments). For those arguing "pragmatism" (Lordweaver et al) how can you seriously suggest keeping this guy on after the disgusting comments he made not just in general but about one of our very own players. How do you think Jurrah (in particular), Davey, Bennell, Jetta & Lawrence would feel if we fronted the players and said "we're keeping him on because we need the money". Won't happen.

Wouldnt be a huge loss we need to get rid of one of him or Martin anyway I think. We still have Martin Clark & Gawn if he goes. I like Russian but he's had one awesome year and about 8 average ones.

The MFC can't keep this mob on imagine what the indigenous guys would be thinking if we did.

FMD what the hell? Is there no end to this clubs woes? This guy Polis what an absolute moron. How could you make comments like those and not think it's going to affect your reputation as a businessman? Idiot of the highest order. This club is in deep crap and all the work done by Jimmy & the MFC over the last 3 years could be undone. Losing $2m/year is no loose change particularly when we STILL have no other major sponsor to fall back on. I have serious concerns for the ongoing viability of this club if we lose Energy Watch's money and cannot sign a second major sponsor. It's beginning to feel like 2008 all over again.

No thats the second last thing they want. The last thing they want is to have their access revoked by the AFL.

That makes no sense to me? Are you saying the AFL encouraged him to leak this to the media rather than take it up with the club through the correct channels? If so why would Anderson call Schwab and tell him he needs to speak to Mifsud? Why didn't Mifsud just call Schwab anyway? That assertion doesn't hold with me - I just think they are protecting him because he is a favoured son with mates in the right places who has been ear-marked for a future leadership position. The AFL is also trying to deflect and keep their nose clean by shifting blame onto other parties (Thomas & MFC/Davey).

Whether he embellished or was lied to is irrelevant. The fact is he breached a players privacy by running to the media (Caro, Smith & Thomas) instead of addressing the issue through the appropriate channels. The club was made aware of the allegations and attemtped to contact him and he refused to return the call. This is why he must be sacked he has breached confidence and privacy.

Do we want favourable treatment and forever reliant on the AFL? Or do we want to grow a backbone and stand on our own two feet?

Exactly the AFL deflected all this back on to the MFC and Thomas - Thomas is an idiot but he knew what he was doing. Mifsud has been described this morning as a "rising star" in the AFL - the guy has proven to be a dishonest worm not just over this issue but several recent issues and must be banished from the organisation. There are comments on BF stating that Mifsud is very good mates with Ali Fahour - Fahour's brother Ahmed is CEO & Managing Director of Australia Post (an AFL partner Partner who just a couple of weeks ago announced a joint multicultural ambassador program) & former ceo of NAB. The story here is not about the MFC - the story is about an AFL employee who at the very least breached the privacy of a player by going to the media and at the most completely altered the story to suit his own agenda. Either way he can no longer be trusted by the players and clubs and his position within the organisation is untenable. Not only that but Vlad is now condoning his actions with a slap on the wrist because he is a protected species with mates in high places who has been ear-marked for a future governing role within the AFL. The whole think is more corrupt than the ALP.

Yeah no surprises here but when will the clubs stand up to Vlad and his cronies? The club can't let up on this one - Neeld can get on with his job of coaching the players leave him out of it, but McLardy and Schwab need to be unrelenting and hold the AFL to task. If we get in their bad books and end up with the fixture from hell next year, so be it it will just further demonstrate the corrupt nature of the organisation.

Well according to the Hun Anderson called Schwab and said something has come up in a meeting about the MFC you need to speak to Mifsud. Schwab tried calling him but received no answer. Mifsud refused to return his calls and instead went to (at the very least) Wilson, Smith & Thomas. Who is this clown Mifsud and how can the AFL sit there with a straight face and lecture others on integrity and bringing the game into disrepute and not march this guy out the door? Where is the accountability in the AFL? The whole organisation is an absolutely corrupt joke on so many levels and I for one am sick and tired of it.

Don't know if it will blight the club because I think the whole footy world realises Mifsud & Demetriou are in the wrong here. I agree he can't keep his job though.

Back to the topic - will be interesting to see what follow up, if any, there is from the MFC on this. We shouldn't just let this slide, we should force the issue and let it be known that we don't take too kindly to our coach and players (Davey in this case) being slandered by rumour, innuendo or inference. On top of this we should force the issue regarding Mifsud's role - if he felt there were problems with how MFC/Neeld were conducting ourselves surely the right thing to do as a Community Engagement Officer would be to call a meeting with the club and discuss it or at least make a phone call instead of leaking to the tabloid reporters to wage his war through the media. How can the AFL expect the clubs to take their employees seriously if they let rubbish like this go unpunished?

Yep Davey has been slurred as much as Neeld by this whole shemozzle. Nothing like a quiet week to get the boys focussed on the enxt game hey? Wonder what that feels like.

Yep - Mifsud burns Rendell in an article in which he basically lies (quotes him out of context) - Andy D forces the Crows hand and tells them to sack Rendell - Thomas is told some more "untruths" by Mifsud and publishes the comments at an opportune time to out Mifsud over the Rendell issue - Andy D clues on to what has happened and gets Rendell a job before Mifsud admits to feeding Thomas the Neeld rumour - Mifsud offers his resignation but Andy D refuses to accept it to save his own face over forcing Adelaide to sack Rendell