Macca

If Mick Malthouse or Ross Lyon are in charge the MFC will be a very different place to what it is now. Compare that to what GWS will be.

Money doesn't sweeten everything. I know that Paul Newman quote, & right now we do not have steak.....we are at the market buying it.

The aspect of this whole saga that concerned a lot of people the most was how Tom's management had closed the door on all negotiations until the end of the season - why ? What if we had offered Tom a huge long term contract the day after their statement ? They made it quite clear there and then - end of season - that's it . His management shut the door in a abrupt and callous way that put the Club on the back foot and probably rightfully ticked off - very clever way of moving their client on - The key factor here is that if you are a player agent you keep the door open - not shut .

There is one important factor you are not taking into consideration....That is, we are at present looking to fill the coaching position...A very important coach will be the next one & i think Tom knows it. He has to weigh that up against some very serious coin...

i actually like that he has not said anything yet....shows he does have feelings for our club i would say.

Now of course it could all change next week, but i think he is waiting on a coaching decision.

Yeah good point re the new coach ( if true ) but I don't buy it - as Paul Newman once said "If you've got steak at home why go out for hamburger" - perhaps Tom thinks we're a quarter pounder .

I wonder if Tom Scully realises the division he has caused within the Melbourne supporter group and the unnecessary distraction this ridiculous saga has become .

The Club is always bigger than the individual and Tom Scully should feel quite embarrassed about putting the Club and its 37,000 odd members through this soap opera - regardless of whether he stays or not .

I know he and his management kept saying they wanted to wait until the end of the season but the whole climate of the situation changed early in the season and with that , he and his management should have changed their stance to at least hose down all the speculation .

It seems that Melbourne made him a really good offer a little while ago and all things considered he should have jumped at it . Unless of course there is an offer too good to refuse from GWS .

As an aside , Collingwood's Thomas didn't re-sign until late in the year but there wasn't any circus surrounding him or his management .

If Tom does stay he should have signed on months ago and unless he becomes an out and out star he may be forever remembered the wrong way .

And if he goes most of us ( if not all ) will feel betrayed . Either way he's put an enormous amount of pressure on himself - he could be another John Pitura .