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Jeff's history of working with other strong minded people is not good. Robson although not flavour of the month at the moment was a good operator at Hawthorn and helped turn the club around with Dicker, moved to Essendon mid season under Jeff. Pelchan, who was the architect of their list moved on less then happy. You do the sums.

I think a lot of people are confusing roles at a football club. Neil Balme pointed this out pretty well, it is the CEO's job to run the club, the board and the President oversee this on behalf of the members. There role is a governance role. Peter Jackson will be the agent of change we need at this club, he will need the support of a strong President and board. Jeff is more likely to run his own agenda than support the CEO's and this would be a fatal mistake. For the Jeff supporters get him in as CEO and replace Jackson if you think he will do a better job or let Jackson get on with it.

Cheers... missed the "it".

No it's not, it's actually running the FD not meddling in it.

I think the actions of his club when he was President went against what Beyond Blue represents so I'm not so sure about his real commitment.

I think they are wishes and hopes but nothing will happen until the FD boss is appointed and the coach sorted out.

What do you mean is becoming...he has been for a long time now.

You really don't get it do you.

You can't buy the experience of playing finals football...let me see. I could play finals football with teammates and get the bonding, playing & winning experience that it will bring... or wait a minute I can run a few more laps at Gosch's. I guess I don't understand football either.

Meanwhile...back at the Melbourne FC. (cricket noises)

...and there is the problem, we are not capable of putting on this pressure up the ground. To me this is the job Sellar was hired for, to take on the monsters and there's no bigger monster than Cloke. If you remember back to when they tried Dunn on Tex last year then you wouldn't be suggesting this. Apart from the first contest he was monstered until Neeld invoked the mercy rule and switched him away. Cloke is as mobile as Tex and bigger, the only thing we have in our favour is he is not as good a kick.

Yes it seems to be, or at least they are the loudest and change must and will happen but not this one.

You don't replace one circus with another, change is happening now...let it happen. The ringmaster CS has gone and Lyon has been marginalised, the club is moving on.

Jackson is here to change the football club, bringing Jeff in will only conflict with what is already in the works. Just let Jackson do his job, we don't need a high profile loose canon for a president, we need an effective one.

That's the word, serious...not circus.

No, I think the Brisbane Fevola trade has that well covered.

Neither of these options is the right one for Cloke and even Frawley would struggle with the extra height and weight advantage Cloke has. It will have to be Sellar, he's the only one with the size to match. Garland will probably take the smaller marking forward. I hope they don't put Tommy Mc on Cloke either both he and Peders are suited to Lynch.

A president of a club that all football experts believed under performed with the list they had. One premiership (yes I know we would love just one but it's not the point) with that list is very questionable.

Kent is a must, he created goals last game, and he is the best tackle in the team.

Finals for me at this stage 'Nasher'.

I don't agree with that at all, they may have won more with Dicker.

I wouldn't know what the club or Neelds reasoning was but from my viewpoint he struggled with a tag, often bombed the ball forward instead of looking for what the best option was, tried to break tackles when there was a better option (usually a teammate) rarely if ever used his body to clear space for a teammate, and only tackled when someone was in his space. I thought he was a selfish player and in the long run the right move was made. As for the Collingwood game the other night Swan and Pendles were on and Beam struggled. Black showed how it should be done but I guess that's a bit unfair as he is a champion although a bit of revisionist thinking has Moloney up the rungs a bit further than he really is. He's been ok this year I will give him that, but the same bad habits come back to bite his team on the bum.

I would rather someone like a Costa...we've gotta have one surely, if we don't then all the stories of Melbourne supporters, Range Rovers and snow are probably on the money.

No, this was the call after the Geelong game. Bailey got the sack but we need unity, well all that gave us was another 18 months or more of rubbish. If we had of done what should have been done then and said goodbye to Schwab for a start then we would probably be at least $1mill better off in salary payouts and fines. Unity is not the answer, a new very well directed broom is and that's why nothing has happened yet. It will and there will be major changes.

That's getting Melbourne people in the wrong positions, the paid positions and listening to some BS artists like Lyon. Jimmy had the passion but he made a lot of mistakes and got too involved in areas he shouldn't have. Get the right people like Jackson in, get the right football people in with real experience and get a president with real passion who lets people do what they are paid to do and stands up for the club because he loves the club. Like what Costa did...you can't transfer this passion, it comes from a lifetime of support not an easy headline.