chookrat

I'd like to wait for the club to announce something before commenting.

Good to read that the Caulfield Racecourse Reserve Trust is supportive of our proposal and that as a tenant the Melbourne Racing Club's view on the matter doesn't carry alot of weight. Re funding, based on below it looks like most clubs have received in the order of $30 - 50m in State and Federal Government funding for facilities in the past 20 years. Given we had little funding in the 20 years preceding this it would be reasonable to assume that we would receive at the upper end of this minus the funding we received to develop Casey, so probably should expect in the order of $40m between State and Federal Government and a top up from Glen Eira Council. This leaves ~$30m from Members and Benefactors. I don't buy onto the argument that State and Federal Government don't have the money. Outside of Wartime or a Great Depression there is always funding available for this sort of project. https://australiansportreflections.com/2024/02/28/update-on-federal-and-state-governments-funding-of-afl-and-nrl-high-performance-training-centres/?amp=1

Re Sloane didn't we approach him as a specialist coach rather than as a senior assistant / line coach? I'm presuming we would be looking at Jones in this capacity rather than as a senior assistant.

Absolutely agree, key position players are far to speculative at 18 years old to use an early first round pick. Would be interesting to see a table showing at what draft picks the top 5 in the coleman were taken over the past 20 years and how many years since they were drafted to win it. Unless they are a Jesse Hogan or Puke Jackson who already dominate as 18 year olds you end up having pick 5 running around in the VFL for the first few seasons when you could have a Caleb Windsor contributing on the field.

He also told us he ate 3 sausage rolls that morning.

I bet you thats not even his real name.

Personally I'd love to see Oliver stay and get back to his best footy with us. This said I also back in our Footy Department to facilitate a trade that gets us back to our best footy and improves the balance of our list over the medium to longer term. Paul Roos always said that every player is tradable and I think the current situation re Oliver is in line with this philosophy. I think us supporters would love a redemption story but also should accept, and back in our Footy Department to make a decision re whether a fresh start might be best for both Oliver and our team.

In saying "By some people around Clayton" Barret is referring to the reporters hiding in Clarry's bin and laundry basket.

I'd argue that Max and Cox are not ruckmen but Utility players who cover heaps of ground and are dominant in aerial contests and in stoppages and therefore play in the ruck.

How long ago was our AFLX back to back premiership before the AFL stepped in and shut it down because we were dominating.

Kayo is such a bad platform from a picture quality and buffering perspective and is poor value at $300 p/annun. I get so incensed at the poor quality of the product for what I pay for it that I routinely cancel it only to be offered 30 days for free from Kayo and then cancel it again at the end of the 30 days. That they have prioritised 4K marketing over sorting out their platform is very poor.

Adam we would already have a good idea of the level of AFL and Government contribution based on the funding that other clubs have received for facilities. For all of their shortcomings, equity is a major focus of how State Governments allocate funding to professional sports clubs and there would be an agreed framework between the State Government and AFL for this. While the Feasibility Study would include indicative costings to ensure the project is feasible from a funding envelope perspective these costings would not be detailed enough to seek funding and determine which party is responsible for cost variations for certain risks.

I reckon the business case stage might include a functional design that informs costs and forms the basis for the tender, which could combine the detailed design and construction in the one tender. This would allow civil works to commence immediately upon awarding the tender while undertaking the detailed design for buildings so that construction can start as soon as the site is ready.

The AFL and State Government will have an understanding re investment in facilities for AFL clubs and throughout the Feasibility process the outcomes, obligations, and timeframes would have been clearly understood by all parties. This notion that the Government or XYZ doesn't care about us is pathetic and not based on reality.

I reckon with the feasibility out of the way and stakeholder consultation that we will see the Minister push this through quickly. I'm sure that the State Government are aware of how drawn out the process has been, the state of our facilities (the worst of all Victorian teams) and the impact on the club throughout this time.