why should anyone involved on the board at the time of thorburn remain?
cant hire people correctly, cant fire people correctly, cant do much correctly
Maybe you can join the dots to understand what she was implying.
Too much lead?
A very timely and relevant example of āstrategic planning and careful decision makingā.

Maybe you can join the dots to understand what she was implying.
oh she was shitcanning rioli⦠sheedy and madden too?
gutsy.
welsh will probably axe her for that.

oh she was shitcanning rioli⦠sheedy and madden too?
Nowhere near as much as many posters here have done over the years.
and?
Were not board members ol m8
ol m8, check who said they were - it wasnāt me, olm8
I guess maybe a new board will stop hiring blokes for one day or paying out people due to fair work proceedings
Why are you always the dikkhead ? This Candidate takes the time to present her case and you just shitcan her.
Nothing ever constructive from you at all.
I would think the BBlitz would like the opportunity to hear from all Candidates and to hear them out and tell them respectfully what we think. Your approach behind a fake name is the āgutlessā you mentioned earlier.
why are you obsessed with my name? its bizzare.
nobody forced melissa to come here. how about instead of speaking on behalf of melissa, let her respond. if she doesnt want to, thats her prerogative.
i have told melissa how I feel about the boards performance and her presence on this site. My passion is often agressive and negative. that is a reflection of how this club has made me feel over the course of the past 20 years.
if she cant handle that reality, then thats her problem

why are you obsessed with my name?
Well not obsessed with your name but to be fair, you do not seem to live up to the meaning behind it.

My passion is often agressive and negative. that is a reflection of how this club has made me feel over the course of the past 20 years.
You think many on BBlitz donāt understand that feeling. But being abusive to Election Candidates is gutless.
Melissa will stand up for herself and has taken the time to be on BBlitz; do you think we will see Solly, Weston or Barhammake an appearance. Hope they do.

Melissa will stand up for herself
well, she hasnt.

You asked for 3, Iāll give you a few more.
- My attitude in life is to play to win. My goal has always been to return our Club to Premiership glory, win flags. Iāve been a part of our past success, I know how good it feels to win at the MCG in September.
- I ask you to judge me on the last 2 years. I stood for the external review - I thought anything else was marking our own homework. Not acceptable.
- I wanted to hear from members, players, admin, past players what they thought we needed to get our Club moving forward again. Improve, be elite.
- My decisions cost me relationships, caused sleepless nights, took away a lot of time from my family during my out of business hours. But I pressed ahead because I felt my job was to put the members and our club first. I never want to die wondering about the full potential of our club.
- I believed it was the right thing to do and I still do.
- We all want instant success. Fact is, the AFL set us up for equalization. We need to get back on equal footing to get ahead.
- We selected AFL experience at leadership level (CEO, Coach), appointed Andrew Welsh to our board as Football Governance Director (tough player, footy smarts, successful businessman), weāve invested over $500k into player development and our high performance training facility. Just resurfaced the MCG training oval, installed saunas, renovated the pool just to mention a few.
I appreciate you wanting to hear from me, to hear your concerns and frustrations. As a fellow passionate member I understand. I want to assure you that I too want nothing but on-field success for our Club.
This season was a rollercoaster of emotions. We saw some thrilling wins (Fremantle! I cried when I saw Merrett burst out of the centre - desperate to win and we did) and outstanding individual performances. We saw players grow and develop, and glimpses of brilliance that leave us wanting more. Then we faced disappointment, including tough losses some by the narrowest of margins. We still have a lot of work to do.
Iām working hard for us. Iām not a past player - weāve had some of the best EFC football brains on our board in the last decade - Heffernan, Madden, Wellman, Sheedy, Rioli. That said, we have an awesome one on our board right now, as Football Governance Director, Andrew Welsh. Directors donāt play, they donāt coach. They govern through the CEO. Past players wonāt make us win flags. Strategic planning, careful decision making and investment do that.
Unity and stability help too. Our players want stability - stay the course weāre on.
My question to you/Blitz. If we make change at board level now, what will change?
Iām on a plane, about to land. Iāll be back when I have some more time on my hands. Go Bombers!
I appreciate you coming back and responding.
Unity has not led to stability. We still remain on a roller-coaster of ineptitude board decisions- thorburn - inability to remove underperforming staff and coaches and players who give up on the season in July.
So the players want more mid season collapses. That is the path weāve been on for two years.
Everyone on the board should have stood down after Thorburn.

Everyone on the board should have stood down after Thorburn.
Maybe, but that was now two years ago.
And while none of us can be that happy with results on the field, many other things seem to be moving forward.
We keep putting up with those sorts of decisions from the board. Even the coach selection was messy.
I just want some honesty, transparency and accountability.
Bacchus more invested in melissa than the labor party

Unity has not led to stability.
Only one thing will lead us to unity, and that is success.