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Below is my response to that in the Contracts thread.

The 'new' Goodwin thread by some newbie trollll got the short shrift it deserved! Well done mods !!!

Good behaviour maybe? LOL !!! 🤷‍♀️🙄🤔

I'm glad for Noah. However, it deepens my concern that in filling all our A-Rookie spots we are denying ourselves the chance to get a player who slips out of a very even draft, either in the Rookie draft or as a SSP recruit.

A curiosity ?. Any idea what the 'trigger' was ... he played only a handful of games this year.

Some possibilities: The rules changed. (I could be wrong but I thought originally the parental criteria was a parent born overseas and in 2020 that was changed to a parent born in Africa/Asia). MFC didn't understand the rules or the changes MFC is being a good community citizen if neither parent born in Africa/Asia MFC is being a good community citizen if he joined the academy before the parental rule change and understandably not want to 'dismiss' him from the academy.

Very pleased for the lads. A concern is we have only one A-Rookie spot left. In a very even draft a good player may slip through the main draft, leaving the rookie draft and the SPP as pathways to join a club. The latter selection is also as an A-Rookie and usually via an 'invite to train with' and the club has till Feb to decide. I hope we haven't created a bit of a catch-22 for ourselves with just one A-rookie spot.

Some very clever puns in the last few days🤣. I have taken it upon myself as a connoisseur 😉 of all things related to Italian food and drink, to award a prize for the best. The contenders in no particular order are: The prize goes to @OhMyDees for Can wash it down with a Leoncelli Limoncello! Fittingly the prize is a virtual decanter of Luci's homemade Limoncello. ps I decided against awarding a 🍋 to the least deserving.

His current rookie contract includes a promotion to the senior list at the end of this year. But he will be OOC at end of 2025 so am desperately hoping it is extended at the time of the promotion.

Green probably accepted as a courtesy given Gutnik was President in the early part of Green's career. Green seems a lovely bloke but not very 'street wise' particularly in the business world. A bit naive perhaps. It was fairly low for an ex-President to blab to the media and I have no idea why he would give Robbo a complete rundown of his own ideas. Lots of people will come knocking on Green's door. He would do well to heed these lessons. beware the Trojan Horse keep your friends close but enemies closer

It is a joint promotion. On the left showing the mfc logo and sponsorship at the bottom is the version emailed to members. The version on the right doesn't show the logos as it is on the club's website. As I mentioned sponsors often use players in their promos.

How you feel is fine. But when folks ridicule a product or ad simply because it has Trac's name, they are ridiculing him, the club and its sponsor. The club often allows sponsors to send promotional emails eg New Balance.

Do folks realise The Sporting Globe is a club sponsor and it is their ad? Not sure why folks are complaining as it also promotes the club and God knows we can do with positive promos right now. The only person to comment that gets the benefits of the promo is @Bitter but optimistic

I wonder if the AFLPA review is what did/didn't happen in the 2nd qtr. Tracc went back onto the ground at approx the 8-10 min mark. iirc he was left on till half time approx 20 min without an interchange. That seems a long stint even if no injury had occurred. We will never know what additional damage/risk occurred during that 20 min. The AFLPA would rightly ask questions of doctors/sports science/coach why he had no interchange and no injury/welfare check during that time. If the doctors (mfc and afl) left it up to Trac to come off that is a lack of care. He was in no condition to make that decision. A duty of care suggests they should have brought him to the bench at regular intervals. Gawn didn't help by telling Trac to 'toughen the **** up' when Trac struggled. Maxi's own words. In the post match press conf Goodwin said Trac was given pain relief. iirc the AFL review concluded the process mfc/afl doctors followed was 'adequate'. I wonder if the process is written? Either way I suspect the process is moot on letting a player continue and is left up to medical discretion. Only guessing but I doubt it allows for player discretion. Even if it does doctors can't abdicate that responsibility. The simple question is did the doctors do everything they could to safeguard his well being in those early stages? An interesting task for the AFLPA.

Not necessarily. A Board role is to consider, amend, sign-off key matters of every department. The CEO is the primary conduit for those matters. So how he performs and his interaction with the Board should be reviewed. Performance examples reported to the Board are membership, sponsorship, strategic plan, governance, financial results, player contracts, football department etc etc. I would be quite concerned if a Board performance review didn't cover the interaction with the CEO. It doesn't mean Pert's position is in jeopardy but he doesn't get a free pass.

I think we are saying the same thing about level of CEO involvement... 🤔 Even if Pert is the type of CEO to control the findings and recommendations an experienced consultant will know how to deal with that without jeopardisng the outcomes.

Its fine for Pert to be the internal lead. It doesn't mean he will participate in all the interviews and assessments especially if his own role is included. Nor that he will have an input into the findings or recommendations at least not any part that involves him. He may be given a draft report to review but that is usually fact checking rather than influencing the outcomes.

And look at the age profile then size it up against age group spending patterns. That won't bode well for mfc. A lot more marketing $ goes into social media platforms than ever before.

Surely, there is an opportunity for the club to leverage that. Add to those figures the number of times something is shared and the numbers 'contacted' grow exponentially. I'm not a follower. Does anyone know if any of those mediums display the dees logo/colours I bet if he played for GWS their comms would cash in on that level of following.

Post of the year. Gave me a cracking laugh. 🤣🤣🤣

Andy, please stop!!! This is getting worse and worse.

Bear looks rather forlorn ... 🙅‍♀️ Maybe our bs 2024 season got to him too. Do you have some happy pics. Tell him 2025 will be better😊

I reckon he has the most personality of our youngsters. Reckon he would love it. Seems well grounded so it is unlikely to got to his head. A small step to go from Kolt into a media Cult. Someone should suggest it to our comms and if they doubt show them the wizard hats, Jones cap and Blues Bros stuff ... all a bit silly but fun(ny) ...

Maybe we can sell versions of Kolt's fabulous sun glasses !!! Not only is he young and a bit flamboyant he is also a feisty character which endears him to foot fans and non-fans. Is that cool or is that cool. Even has attitude! I'd wear those sunnies (inside the ground only 🙃)

You seem more qualified than those at mfc!