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Just booked in to the MCC Members Dining Room for lunch and to watch it live on the big screen with the MFC faithful! Great privilege to be able to watch the Demons’ four Final matches at the home of football! p.s. Thanks for the link ManDee (post #91)! ?

Let’s hope that he appeals! He has nothing to lose and everything to gain!

The Mountain View (also in Bridge Road Richmond) is always a buzzing place to watch the footy plus it has a good counter (and was Ron Barassi’s pub)!

?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Pray let it be a Melbourne-Collingwood Grand Final. At least we get the opportunity for revenge for the 1958 Grand Final when they prevented us from winning a record six consecutive Premierships (viz. 1955, 1956, 1957, xxxx, 1959 &1960)!  To beat Collingwood by a point with a Sam Weideman goal kicked after the siren would be a wonderful sight (especially if the cameras were all trained on Eddie McGuire)! ?

???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Pray let it be a Melbourne-Collingwood Grand Final. At least we get the opportunity for revenge for the 1958 Grand Final when they prevented us from winning a record six consecutive Premierships (viz. 1955, 1956, 1957, xxxx, 1959 &1960)! To beat Collingwood by a point with a Sam Weideman goal kicked after the siren would be a wonderful sight (especially if the cameras were all trained on Eddie McGuire)! ?

I hope that Collingwood beat Richmond and play us in the Grand Final. At least we get the opportunity for revenge for the 1958 Grand Final when they prevented us from winning a record six consecutive Premierships (viz. 1955, 1956, 1957, xxxx, 1959 &1960)! To beat Collingwood by a point with a Sam Weideman goal kicked after the siren would be a wonderful sight (especially if the cameras were all trained on Eddie McGuire)! ?

Another who is nervous as hell despite being simultaneously confident. I hate it when we are: 1) outright favourites, and/or 2) Garry Lyon picks us! it has rarely augered well for us in the past!

Why aren’t 30,000 of them members? ?

I have been listening on a Russian Super-Yacht in the Maldives! ? They all think that I am mad! ?

With lots of injuries and reports for both sides!

I hope that they bury the filth. Be wrapped if we play Tigers Round 1 of the Finals!

If the Dockers beat the Pies next weekend (and we overcome GWS), then we will be playing the Tigers at the MCG on the First Week of the Finals! Certainly hope that we get this double chance (as I will be overseas on the first weekend of the finals)!

I am going to remain an optimist and will relish the Dockers getting up to demolish the Pies next weekend, propelling us into Fourth position if we can overcome the Giants!

We could still be Top Four if The Dockers somehow manage to beat Collingwood. If that happens (and naturally we win) then we will move to fourth (as we will have removed the two-point advantage of GWS). Of the teams a game clear of us, either the Swans or Hawks will find find themselves on the same number of points and a lesser percentage, given that they they play each other and the loser will remain on a lower percentage. Top Four will mean that week one of the Finals will see us playing the Tigers at the “G” and a massive game. If we win we return to the “G” for Week Three: if we lose we also return to the “G” for Week Two (whilst the winners from the bottom half travel to either Perth or Sydney for Week Two or the Hawks at “G”), It is all up to the Dockers!

Why would you have us losing to West Coast? North today should that they are not any better than us! At least we have North’s measure in Tassie!?

I’ve booked a holiday for the first week of Finals so I need us to finish Top Four (so as to get a second chance) so I can enjoy watching us play on the The Second (or Third) week of the Finals! Go Dees! (Premiers 2018)

We’ve had a few results in our favour so far this weekend, not only our come-from-behind win, but Geelong, Richmond and Hawthorn’s losses and seeing Essendon being pushed by the Suns. If North can slog out a win against Sydney and West Coast bring Collingwood back to earth, our quest for Top Four may not be a pipe dream. Icing on the cake if Freo cause an upset against Port. Our destiny is in our hands but yesterday’s Third Quarter has renewed my faith that we can do it!

Up until last week, we had a chance of picking up a few St Kilda supporters as well! Little hope of that now! ?

Your spelling is a tragedy in itself! Haven’t you got spell-check?

No I suspect that you have it right (judging from Google Maps) and there is an adjacent play area as well. Obviously the MFC proposal would have to limit itself to the railway land (which may involve a 99year lease or purchase?) as apportioning/alienating ‘public land’ would be a step too far. Perhaps the Club is planning administrative functions on the lower levels (with a pleasant view of the trees) allowing the ‘Members Bar’ an elevated view of the training ground at a similar level to Level 2 at the “G”! I am sure that the building design will cater for staff, players and members when they consider orientation (e.g. player’s facilities don’t need a view as there will only be dog-walkers there when they are not training)!

I think that this is the objective of the plan, players facility right next to the ground and a MFC Member’s Bar/Lounge overlooking the training ground.

Because Gosch’s Paddock is only a wind-swept oval. It doesn’t address bringing all our functions together under one roof nor provide a facility for members!

I think that you are overlooking the fact that there are two aspects to this proposal. Firstly we develop a HQ building with our admin, gym, “DemonShop”, phsios, etc (plus a licensed club facility for Demon members to meet adjacent the MCG)! Secondly we have a training area of a similar size to the “G”, located immediately next door and overlooked by the former. The ground would service most training exercises (or modifications of same) that I have observed at Gosch’s Paddock and (should we want to do full match simulation) Gosch’s Paddock is only a warm-up jog away. We also have Casey at our disposal. Nothing is going to be perfect (except if we get 52 week access to the MCG) however, as Bartlett stresses, this was the option identified as having more positives than other scenarios considered!

What Bartlett said in the paper this morning was encouraging. The idea that there is no fencing proposed will resonate with the local resident dog walkers and, when it is all said and done, if we need to do full match simulation then Gosch’s Paddock is still only a short jog away. Other aspects of training can take place in Yarra Park and you only need one set of goal posts to practice goal kicking. The most influential residential neighbour (Rupert Myer) isn’t effected and it doesn’t hinder his view through to the city! It may well work and they seem to have looked at all aspects before letting it hit the press.

It has been ten days and over 400 Demonland posts since the Hun broke this on the front page. There have been good comments raised in favour and also valid arguments against in support of Gosch’s Paddock as another option! Since it must have been leaked/given to the Hun by the Club, surely it is time for the President to make an announcement (or give us further details) either outlining the Club’s rationale for this proposal or hosing down our expectations?