Jaded No More

Yeah at least last year our players kept their angst towards Trac behind closed doors. How does Merrett walk back from this? It's obvious he doesn't want to, and is hoping the scorched earth approach gets him what he wants. Didn't work for Trac tho.

We have in the past. We had $13 3 game memberships when Clarry re-signed, and I think we did the same with Kosi. A good way to bump our member numbers is to get a better digital membership deal for fans. Dogs got loads of members because their digital membership with Kayo was cheaper than anyone else, and cheaper than taking out a Kayo subscription. It also feels like as members we get very little back from the club, and I am not talking wins and losses. We get a few 'events' for 10/20/50 year members etc, but those events are mostly some training sessions nobody can attend if they have a job. Doing something like having exclusive online content for fans, maybe insights from the coaches, or more stats available for paid up members, pre game events with players etc. Perhaps exclusive merch, better discounts with sponsors etc. In this cost of living crisis, a lot of people can't justify the price of a membership. If we aren't winning, and you don't think finals are on the cards, then what other value do you get from your membership? This is something the club has to work on, increasing value adding to the members, and making memberships appear to be better value for money than they currently are.

They are copping heaps and handling themselves very poorly. This is a bigger mess than us in 2024 by a long shot. At least Max wasn't meeting with Sam Mitchell last year! Why is Carlton not copping more from the media is what surprises me.

Chaplin is a very good line coach and Yze knows this. I wouldn’t want to see him go. He did an amazing job with our backline while in charge.

When you order Chris Scott off Temu

Smith has some nerve to have a go at a photographer doing her job, when that [censored] earns so much money from posting thirst trap photos of himself half naked all over the internet. His Cotton On sponsorship is worth more than his Geelong contract ffs.

I was thinking the same thing. A good will gesture after last year’s injury ordeal, or perhaps a few extra tickets because Trac was receiving his life membership. Gawny said Jack Fitzpatrick was in attendance. I’m gonna guess he didn’t pay full price either for the pleasure of attending the worlds most boring award show 😂

Can you name one time that Clarry has been rude or disrespectful to any member of the media despite being relentlessly harassed by them? If he pulled the sort of BS that Smith or Ginnivan has, we’d never hear the end of it.

Clarry didn’t even have a go at that loser Tom Morris when he tried harassing him while LEAVING THE HOSPITAL during the off season. I would have personally punched him! Clarry would never ever be rude to anyone let alone harass a female photographer for doing her job at an open training session. Bailey Smith is a juvenile arrogant [censored]

He missed a few games thru fake injuries for his behavior. But Geelong won’t do [censored] now that a flag is at stake.

If Merrett leaves just shut Essendon down. I have to say I hate Essendon but I have no respect for contracted leaders who pull this [censored]. You are a captain. If you have no belief in the club don’t sign a long deal.

Imagine if any of our players behaved half as badly as Smith does on a regular basis… And people think Clarry is a problem😂

You can bet your bottom dollar that it’s Kelly’s manager feeding the media My client is super impressive guys

Rightly or wrongly this club has done a shocking job in maintaining membership numbers since 2021. Commercially we couldn’t sustain another poor season under Goodwin (of course we may not have had a poor 2026 under Goodwin). To be only ahead of two expansion clubs and a woeful North is a shocking result and a massive worry for the long term financial viability of this club. Our new CEO has a lot of work ahead of him

Max is the best spoken player in the league. Funny, authentic, engaging. Absolute legend. Glad to hear his mum is doing better with her health.

The social media memorial trophy Trac odds on to win that one

Max

As a 5 foot nothing red head I’m very offended 😔😂

I suppose. His kicking has really let him down tho. How much is this about bumping his trade value I wonder Yes I’m very cynical

Green flag if ever I’ve seen one

If you don’t know what a memorial trophy means, please don’t be in charge of running socials for a multi million dollar organization with 60,000+ paying members. FFS!

Me too I am shocked how well Trac has done so far. He obviously finished top 3. Really unexpected.

RIP to the work experience kid on socials duty today Less crack more spell check

I really hope our new CEO takes comms seriously. It’s such an important part of well run organizations. We have to get our [censored] together and put a real strategy behind the way this club presents itself to the world. Perception is just as important as reality. Present yourself like a mess, become a mess.

All players had their exit interviews post round 23, including those still playing with Casey. I know that players who were getting delisted were told at the interviews, so I’d be surprised if Billings didn’t know. Doesn’t make the omission from the announcement earlier today any less pathetic tho.