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Will be interesting to find out the answer. Apparently our gaming venues are underperforming. We also budgetted for a large increase in membership (which we didn't receive), and increased funding in the footy department. I think that was re: TJ payments.

It's quite simple. Bailey's vision is one shared by the Board - ie. 'play the kids, focus on youth'. MacNamee's vision was not shared by the Board - ie. 'recruit a marquee player, make Melbourne the elite "Premier Club"'.

Why would you think so? I wouldn't think so. I don't think the AFL would, either. Has any team ever been offered big bucks to play at SS? Has the AFL indicated they'd ever do this? It's hardly 'growing the game' in the same way that playing matches in the ACT or on the Gold Coast is. "...for $$$$$". Relocating games to ACT for $$$$$ and choosing to play some games at SS seem to be two very different propositions. Exactly. I think this poll is like comparing apples with oranges. Choosing to host some Victorian games at SS instead of the MCG is a totally different premise to getting paid $400,000 to 'grow the game' and play matches in the ACT. If we could choose to relocate home games to either SS or ACT for a comparable return, it'd make sense to throw up a poll like this, but I don't think this is the case.

Yes, I did know. Fwiw, it was discussed when the new Board came on.

We're going to get the same $ for a game in Geelong as we are in the ACT?

Of course they are

I'll take a stab: Morton Garland Bate Martin Petterd Jones Dunn Buckley Bartram Wonaeamirri Frawley Newton Bode

That letter has already been written, is on the MFC website here, and has also been posted on this forum. It was emailed to members last night, and I think it will be mailed out, too.

Too old.

From what I've heard, it's been a poor snow season, with nothing to speak of until ~2 weeks ago. Unsurprisingly, on-field performance is correlated with crowd attendance at the Dees, like most other sporting Clubs.

Yeah, wouldn't be surprised. PJ, Martin, Valenti, Wonaeamirri/Maric please.

Don't more members sit on the opposite side of the ground (Olympic stand), near the MCC members? Looks that way from where I sit, in the Southern.

I'd guess that many people who read The Age haven't heard of Rod Curtis - he's not a big name there. Furthermore, it's ironic that you're taking pot shots at people for being ignorant because they don't know about a sports reporter. Important stuff, the sports section in the paper!

Absolutely. Publishing to the web, you're reliant to some extent on page impressions etc for advertising, as well as tracking what's interesting to your audience, etc.

Will likely be too old by the time we're in our premiership window.

Why can't there be an effective or honest search until Schwab shows his hand? Stynes hasn't suggested that Schwab is the man he wants. In case you missed it, Stynes also mentioned Fox.

In his press conference, and in an interview on SEN, Stynes emphasised the fact that he thought Bailey was a great Coach, and supported the tack he was taking.

Yawn. Wish I could have that minute back.

How do you know that?

What did they say when you asked them what they thought about a CFO that presided over debts to the tune of 5,000,000? How about their opinion on the Board that selected 'Macca' as CEO?

Yep.

It's been reported that the AFL's preferred candidate was Fox.

How does it follow that because there was no media speculation until the day of the Board meeting in which he was sacked, it was a panic-induced decision? In fact, while any leak is disappointing, there was only media speculation regarding McNamee on the day the decision was made, rather than while it would have been discussed in-house leading up to his termination.

It was better than what we had in the years before. Just because you haven't heard of anything else doesn't mean it's not happened. Stynes highlighted McNamee's work on the Casey Fields project, and strengthening ties with the MCC.

It's unrealistic to expect Stynes to come out and whack PM, which is how it'd have been taken if Stynes went into detail on why they'd decided to remove PM. No one would have been happy if we'd aired our dirty laundry in public, and no one would want to come work for us if we did so. Lets take a different tack (and I've written some of this on Demonology) - Assuming McNamee was indeed the wrong man for the job, the Stynes Board should be congratulated for refusing to accept mediocrity, and poor decisions by the previous Board. Most of the talk has been of doom and gloom, and it might well be the beginning of the end (if it hasn't already begun). However, I don't see how this is necessarily the case. Perhaps it might be worth entertaining the idea that this could be a very positive move by the new Board. Read my post just before yours PS. Schwarz: PG's time at the Club will be looked back on as one of the darkest times at the Club, and staff morale was very poor.