Mega Thread General MFC Discussion Part III

[Dory_77]

Had the same for me - signed up for a GWS Canberra membership and got a call a couple of days later following up. Never heard from MFC.
Then again, GWS have half the members so probably less of a burden to dial around

 

[TheBoss]

I remember around 15 years ago, the club was doing a telethon to have players sign-up/renew members. I thought it would be a bit of a fun, so I rang the hotline and got through to Cameron Schwaub.

I decided to let my membership lapse after that insult and haven't rejoined since.

 

[tomcruise]

I tried to sign up two overseas mates in 2022 because I told them I'd shout their memberships if we won the GF. I tried signing up online but there was no way to opt of auto-renew, so I tried calling, stayed on hold for about 40 minutes then gave up so emailed and no one ever responded. Gave up after that. Ridiculous.

 

[Headless]

Vale, Bob Dawson and Jeff Hilton

St Kilda Football Club mourns the loss of past players Bob Dawson and Jeff Hilton.

www.saints.com.au

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

Vale, Bob Dawson and Jeff Hilton

St Kilda Football Club mourns the loss of past players Bob Dawson and Jeff Hilton.

www.saints.com.au

Wow, I didnt hear about this. I met Hilton when I was a 13 with the rest of the dees team at the golf course I played at as a kid and he was easily the nicest bloke out of the entire team, sat and chatted with me for 5-10 minutes, always had a soft spot for him after that. Played some ripping games for us in 1994 too.

RIP Jeff.

 

[PerfectFooty]

Why haven't we said anything?

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

Why haven't we said anything?

Too busy posting about demon spirit and insulting the fanbase for not being loud enough.

 

[Theseventhhamster]

Wow, I didnt hear about this. I met Hilton when I was a 13 with the rest of the dees team at the golf course I played at as a kid and he was easily the nicest bloke out of the entire team, sat and chatted with me for 5-10 minutes, always had a soft spot for him after that. Played some ripping games for us in 1994 too.

RIP Jeff.

Yep, lovely genuine bogan guy.

 

[space_cowboy]

I tried to sign up two overseas mates in 2022 because I told them I'd shout their memberships if we won the GF. I tried signing up online but there was no way to opt of auto-renew, so I tried calling, stayed on hold for about 40 minutes then gave up so emailed and no one ever responded. Gave up after that. Ridiculous.

Yeah. Their membership/customer service leaves a lot to be desired.

I've lost count of the times I've called them to tell them I'm not getting emails. I gave up on that years ago.

One time, I rang them up because I realised that I was supposed to be getting badges for membership milestones. In fairness, they sent them out in an envelope... but there was no note... no thanks... no apology... nothing. And all the badges are the exact same except for the number of years.

Other times, I've phone them up and they have been just plain rude, as if you're an inconvenience instead of a member.

I remember when Jim Stynes did his Summit thing, there was a great buzz about the club. It really felt as though you were valued as a member.

I spoke to him after the Summit about a proposal that I had to increase the membership, but said that it would take a bit of research. He gave me his email address and told me to send it to him.

I did the research, put the proposal together and sent it off to him late on a Friday night. I got a response from him at 7am the next day... the day of the 2009 draft. He said he loved it, and he forwarded it to Cameron Schwab and the marketing manager asking them to follow up on it.

I never heard anything from Schwab. The marketing manager wrote to me and said she liked it and appreciated how much work was put into it, but that they were already planning to do something similar anyway. They never did.

Apart from the brief periods that Stynes and Jackson were there, the club has always been the same. Members are there to pay their memberships and rock up at matches. Anything other than that is an inconvenience.

Culture is a product of values, and they have to come from the top. If an organisation doesn't have the right leaders, it will never have the right culture.

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

The sort of "friend" who only rings you when they need something. Thats the Melbourne FC

 

[Bluelegs]

Yeah. Their membership/customer service leaves a lot to be desired.

I've lost count of the times I've called them to tell them I'm not getting emails. I gave up on that years ago.

One time, I rang them up because I realised that I was supposed to be getting badges for membership milestones. In fairness, they sent them out in an envelope... but there was no note... no thanks... no apology... nothing. And all the badges are the exact same except for the number of years.

Other times, I've phone them up and they have been just plain rude, as if you're an inconvenience instead of a member.

I remember when Jim Stynes did his Summit thing, there was a great buzz about the club. It really felt as though you were valued as a member.

I spoke to him after the Summit about a proposal that I had to increase the membership, but said that it would take a bit of research. He gave me his email address and told me to send it to him.

I did the research, put the proposal together and sent it off to him late on a Friday night. I got a response from him at 7am the next day... the day of the 2009 draft. He said he loved it, and he forwarded it to Cameron Schwab and the marketing manager asking them to follow up on it.

I never heard anything from Schwab. The marketing manager wrote to me and said she liked it and appreciated how much work was put into it, but that they were already planning to do something similar anyway. They never did.

Apart from the brief periods that Stynes and Jackson were there, the club has always been the same. Members are there to pay their memberships and rock up at matches. Anything other than that is an inconvenience.

Culture is a product of values, and they have to come from the top. If an organisation doesn't have the right leaders, it will never have the right culture.

"Pump up the Volume by space_cowboy"

 

[Lord Nev]

Not worth a thread so chucking here - Chaplin not applying for the Tiges job but Yze is according to media reports.

 

[PerfectFooty]

Yze needs to be given a crack, like i'm glad we get to keep him each time he is knocked back. But the guy has built the resume, worked hard under senior coaches and you feel genuinely wants to coach a side.

I'd be happy for him to get a gig at the Tiges rather than **** off team like Gold Coast (Dimma's to lose) or the Giants last year (Talented yes but who watches them)

 

[booshboy]

Genuine Worms, Michael Warner and Glen Bartlett have come crawling out the wood-work again.

 

[booshboy]

WorkSafe Victoria has launched a probe into the Melbourne Football Club’s boardroom dispute as court documents reveal claims coach Simon Goodwin was abusing drugs.
Investigators visited the club two weeks ago seeking access to papers in a twist to the saga surrounding the sudden departure of former Demons president Glen Bartlett in April 2021.

A WorkSafe spokeswoman said: “WorkSafe has received a complaint relating to an alleged contravention of the Occupational Health and Safety Act and is investigating the matters raised.”

Goodwin has repeatedly denied having any behavioural issues and engaged top Sydney defamation litigator Rebekah Giles, who has acted for Brittany Higgins and former attorney-general Christian Porter.

It follows the release of documents by the Supreme Court of Western Australia detailing fresh claims in the legal standoff between Bartlett and four Melbourne directors.

A hearing in the dispute is scheduled in Perth on Tuesday (August 15).
In the most explosive claim, Bartlett’s fiancee Vicki Lapsas states that the former Dees boss was “dealing with information provided to him concerning Goodwin’s alleged drug use and gambling … among other issues … in about late 2020 and early 2021”.

Bartlett was forced out during the club’s 2021 premiership season after a major disagreement between Demons officials over Goodwin’s alleged conduct.

His exit came just months after the departure of long-time club doctor Zeeshan Arain.


In a sworn affidavit, Lapsas says: “Glen told me that as a president, an OH&S lawyer and a parent, he believed that he and the MFC board had an obligation to ensure the welfare and safety of Mr Goodwin, players and staff”.

Lapsas details one incident at the VIP September Club at the MCG after the 2019 AFL grand final where “Mr Goodwin stumbled into us outside” a marquee.

“Mr Goodwin was arm in arm with a woman … who was not his wife … and with another couple I did not know, incoherent and appeared to me to be affected by either alcohol or some other substance,” she alleges.

She details another conversation with Melbourne football boss Alan Richardson at the Kooyong Tennis Club in February 2021 where Richardson allegedly said - “unsolicited” - that “the senior coach was causing him serious headaches in relation to his off-field behaviour that was out of control on an interstate trip”.

According to Lapsas, Richardson said that “the problem with the senior coach was that he was not that intelligent” and “felt intimidated by very intelligent people”.

“With footy people you need to sort of come at things from a kumbaya approach because they just don’t get it,” Richardson is alleged to have said.
Before Bartlett’s removal, Lapsas says “the MFC board was working well together and had set up a sub-committee to assist Mr Goodwin with his personal and professional issues”.

“I know this because whilst we were in quarantine in Western Australia, Glen was chairing the March board meeting in our dining/kitchen area and I heard the directors discussing things in relation to the senior coach’s behaviour and they discussed the option of sacking him,” she says.

“I recall Glen saying words to the effect that he would not support such a thing and said he believed that Mr Goodwin would be MFC’s next premiership coach, subject to him behaving”.

In a comment not explicitly in relation to Goodwin, she said: “Glen was always respectful to everyone, he was totally committed and not prepared to just sweep issues under the table regarding cocaine use or gambling no matter how senior or powerful the person was …”
Lapsas also details an alleged telephone exchange with current Melbourne president Kate Roffey in March 2021 in which Roffey declared: “Look Vicki to be honest, most of the men on our board are misogynist … I think the whole footy department has a misogynist culture issue”.

She claims Roffey made “threats” about being unable to protect Bartlett from “my ABC colleagues” and allegedly claimed that as a woman “the AFL could not touch her”.

“You saw what happened to Eddie (McGuire after the ‘Do Better’ report),” Roffey is alleged to have said.

“You know that Eddie is not racist, you know that the Collingwood board isn’t racist, that investigation report was a total set up … done by the media and (Collingwood) board and if Glen isn’t careful well … I won’t be able to protect him from my ABC colleagues or other board members …”
Melbourne said in a statement: “The Melbourne Football Club is aware, through WorkSafe Victoria, that Victoria Laspas has made a complaint about the MFC. At no point has Victoria Laspas been a volunteer or employee of the club.

“Victoria Laspas is the partner of ex-president Glen Bartlett who ceased as a board member of the club in 2021.

“The club has responded to WorkSafe’s requests for documentation regarding club policies, staff training, employee induction and procedures. It rejects any wrongdoing.

“The club has also provided WorkSafe Victoria with documents and proof that contradict and refute claims by Victoria Laspas.

“Over the last two years, Glen Bartlett and his partner Victoria Laspas have continued to make allegations about historical events that are factually incorrect and baseless.

“The Melbourne Football Club is very proud of its culture. Its workplace policies, staff training programs, and employee inductions are highly regarded in the industry.

“The club is focused on the wellbeing and ambition of the club, its players and members. The board has every confidence in the leadership of the club. To confirm, the board of the Melbourne Football Club refute the claims made by Victoria Laspas.”

Bartlett is suing Roffey and three other Dees directors – David Robb, Steve Morris and David Rennick - alleging misleading and deceptive conduct and defamation, claims which the club says are “baseless” and will be “vigorously” defended.

Bartlett’s lawyers commenced new proceedings in the Federal Court in June after lawyers for the four Melbourne board members were successful in an application to have the case moved from the WA Supreme Court to the Victorian Supreme Court.

The AFL said it had been notified of the WorkSafe probe.

 

[booshboy]

WorkSafe Victoria has launched a probe into the Melbourne Football Club’s boardroom dispute as court documents reveal claims coach Simon Goodwin was abusing drugs.
Investigators visited the club two weeks ago seeking access to papers in a twist to the saga surrounding the sudden departure of former Demons president Glen Bartlett in April 2021.

A WorkSafe spokeswoman said: “WorkSafe has received a complaint relating to an alleged contravention of the Occupational Health and Safety Act and is investigating the matters raised.”

Goodwin has repeatedly denied having any behavioural issues and engaged top Sydney defamation litigator Rebekah Giles, who has acted for Brittany Higgins and former attorney-general Christian Porter.

It follows the release of documents by the Supreme Court of Western Australia detailing fresh claims in the legal standoff between Bartlett and four Melbourne directors.

A hearing in the dispute is scheduled in Perth on Tuesday (August 15).
In the most explosive claim, Bartlett’s fiancee Vicki Lapsas states that the former Dees boss was “dealing with information provided to him concerning Goodwin’s alleged drug use and gambling … among other issues … in about late 2020 and early 2021”.

Bartlett was forced out during the club’s 2021 premiership season after a major disagreement between Demons officials over Goodwin’s alleged conduct.

His exit came just months after the departure of long-time club doctor Zeeshan Arain.


In a sworn affidavit, Lapsas says: “Glen told me that as a president, an OH&S lawyer and a parent, he believed that he and the MFC board had an obligation to ensure the welfare and safety of Mr Goodwin, players and staff”.

Lapsas details one incident at the VIP September Club at the MCG after the 2019 AFL grand final where “Mr Goodwin stumbled into us outside” a marquee.

“Mr Goodwin was arm in arm with a woman … who was not his wife … and with another couple I did not know, incoherent and appeared to me to be affected by either alcohol or some other substance,” she alleges.

She details another conversation with Melbourne football boss Alan Richardson at the Kooyong Tennis Club in February 2021 where Richardson allegedly said - “unsolicited” - that “the senior coach was causing him serious headaches in relation to his off-field behaviour that was out of control on an interstate trip”.

According to Lapsas, Richardson said that “the problem with the senior coach was that he was not that intelligent” and “felt intimidated by very intelligent people”.

“With footy people you need to sort of come at things from a kumbaya approach because they just don’t get it,” Richardson is alleged to have said.
Before Bartlett’s removal, Lapsas says “the MFC board was working well together and had set up a sub-committee to assist Mr Goodwin with his personal and professional issues”.

“I know this because whilst we were in quarantine in Western Australia, Glen was chairing the March board meeting in our dining/kitchen area and I heard the directors discussing things in relation to the senior coach’s behaviour and they discussed the option of sacking him,” she says.

“I recall Glen saying words to the effect that he would not support such a thing and said he believed that Mr Goodwin would be MFC’s next premiership coach, subject to him behaving”.

In a comment not explicitly in relation to Goodwin, she said: “Glen was always respectful to everyone, he was totally committed and not prepared to just sweep issues under the table regarding cocaine use or gambling no matter how senior or powerful the person was …”
Lapsas also details an alleged telephone exchange with current Melbourne president Kate Roffey in March 2021 in which Roffey declared: “Look Vicki to be honest, most of the men on our board are misogynist … I think the whole footy department has a misogynist culture issue”.

She claims Roffey made “threats” about being unable to protect Bartlett from “my ABC colleagues” and allegedly claimed that as a woman “the AFL could not touch her”.

“You saw what happened to Eddie (McGuire after the ‘Do Better’ report),” Roffey is alleged to have said.

“You know that Eddie is not racist, you know that the Collingwood board isn’t racist, that investigation report was a total set up … done by the media and (Collingwood) board and if Glen isn’t careful well … I won’t be able to protect him from my ABC colleagues or other board members …”
Melbourne said in a statement: “The Melbourne Football Club is aware, through WorkSafe Victoria, that Victoria Laspas has made a complaint about the MFC. At no point has Victoria Laspas been a volunteer or employee of the club.

“Victoria Laspas is the partner of ex-president Glen Bartlett who ceased as a board member of the club in 2021.

“The club has responded to WorkSafe’s requests for documentation regarding club policies, staff training, employee induction and procedures. It rejects any wrongdoing.

“The club has also provided WorkSafe Victoria with documents and proof that contradict and refute claims by Victoria Laspas.

“Over the last two years, Glen Bartlett and his partner Victoria Laspas have continued to make allegations about historical events that are factually incorrect and baseless.

“The Melbourne Football Club is very proud of its culture. Its workplace policies, staff training programs, and employee inductions are highly regarded in the industry.

“The club is focused on the wellbeing and ambition of the club, its players and members. The board has every confidence in the leadership of the club. To confirm, the board of the Melbourne Football Club refute the claims made by Victoria Laspas.”

Bartlett is suing Roffey and three other Dees directors – David Robb, Steve Morris and David Rennick - alleging misleading and deceptive conduct and defamation, claims which the club says are “baseless” and will be “vigorously” defended.

Bartlett’s lawyers commenced new proceedings in the Federal Court in June after lawyers for the four Melbourne board members were successful in an application to have the case moved from the WA Supreme Court to the Victorian Supreme Court.

The AFL said it had been notified of the WorkSafe probe.

Piece of shit Glen & his piece of shit wife .

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

lol, booshy is fired up!

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

No idea what Barlett's end game is, just comes across that he cant handle being irrelevant. Sad.

 

[Lord Nev]

Piece of s**t Glen & his piece of s**t wife .

Imagine the irony of Bartlett's wife, whom he ditched his last wife for and then gave a job in his company, having a whinge about people's marriages and professional standards...

 

[Bluelegs]

That bit about Roffey threatening to use her ABC colleagues is the fakest shit I've ever read.

 

[Toump Ass]

They're pretty weak allegations.

 

[stEdy]

Goody should ask Bartlett to come down and take a look at our environment

 

[Bluelegs]

They're pretty weak allegations.

Lold at the notion of Richo calling Goodwin a dumb campaigner to the president's gf. High school level stuff.

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

Lold at the notion of Richo calling Goodwin a dumb campaigner to the president's gf. High school level stuff.

Can clearly tell this is just how Barlett views himself, Goodwin was threatened by my intelligence and thats why he didnt like me.

 

[Dancing Potato]

They're pretty weak allegations.

If the worst allegation in the arsenal is that Goody got pissed up with some friends after a grand final...