How We Can Hold The Club Accountable (Petition Added to OP)

[Penski]

I never, ever thought i would say this, but Eddie has to go.

This has to be a 'shareholder revolt'. No one should renew their memberships until there is some meaningful change at the club in strategic off-field positions. Until they can prove to the supporters that there is a plan moving forward that doesn't involve the idiots that got us into this mess in the first place.

Why do I have flashbacks to the 'new magpies' circa 1985 or so?

 

[Penski]

You're in the flag window, you're doing what you need to do to allow cap space for game changers (De Goey), and given yourselves a good draft hand to address your weaknesses. Treloar is a ball butcher and was taking up too much cap. Stephenson is an odd cut but I think he's a bit of a loose cannon off field. You remind me of the 2017 Eagles team, off the back of a good EF win, good but not at the level to win a premiership. Use your draft hand to draft your needs, preferably players who can step in straight away. We used a second rounder to secure Liam Ryan

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Liam Ryan

Age

27

Ht

181cm

Wt

76kg

Pos.

Fwd

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Last 5

D

11.3

3star

K

8.6

3star

HB

2.7

2star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.0

4star

G

1.3

5star

D

9.9

3star

K

8.0

3star

HB

1.9

1star

M

3.3

3star

T

1.6

3star

G

1.3

5star

D

11.4

3star

K

9.0

4star

HB

2.4

3star

M

3.8

4star

T

1.8

4star

G

1.6

5star

, to address our lack of crumbing forwards, for example. He was in the team round 1. Trust your club, this was all done for a reason.

Even being as optimistic as you are, you still can't fathom why Stephenson is gone. 'There is no plan' is the answer, unfortunately.

 

[magpies2013]

It’s ok if you want to trade out players but at least treat them with a little respect. There also seems to be a very long list of ex players that don’t see eye to eye with figjam

 

[Go Woods]

A petition has been started by EBW

Petition Petition ended thank you

Petition ended

www.ipetitions.com

Done ! Cmon can we see a 'done' post from everyone on bf! We need to send a loud and clear message the those accountable at the club!

 

[Iskender Time]

Ok, so assuming we are going to be stupidly optimistic about it all, why did we have to be dicks about it towards beloved players?

Its this kind of behaviour that makes this look more like a forced hand due to salary mismanagement than a considered plan.

That and some of the ludicrously generous deals we have done this period. Hard to spin this.

 

[AndrewShawble]

I’ll be cancelling my auto renew memberships for the family and emailing the club telling them that I won’t be a member again until we get a new President.

It’s time for change and the club needs to start listening.

 

[DopeMaster]

Bump. Managerial incompetence. People need to be held accountable.

 

[Mostfamousclub_Pies]

The most legal way? Cancel your membership, probably. If The Hot Breakfast wasn’t finishing up, you could ring up every time they have a call in and just abuse Eddie.

He might have gotten out just in time.

 

[Wagee]

Then don't buy a membership. Boycott this private school boys club Eddie and bucks have created, bucks is an absolute goose, look at this mess his created if we're lucky will bottom out worst case scenario will be sitting around mid table for the next 3 years. The only thing that'll see him gone is a huge decline in membership

 

[steelebottom22]

Then don't buy a membership. Boycott this private school boys club Eddie and bucks have created, bucks is an absolute goose, look at this mess his created if we're lucky will bottom out worst case scenario will be sitting around mid table for the next 3 years. The only thing that'll see him gone is a huge decline in membership

Go boycott then

 

[Matt_352]

Go boycott then

Don't worry he isn't alone

 

[GoTheMightyCrows]

we could merge with Port...

What did we do wrong?

 

[Markfs]

What did we do wrong?

we took our hands off the wheel and let eddie do all the driving...

 

[Antz]

**** UPDATE ****

Members petition launched here:

Petition Petition ended thank you

Petition ended

www.ipetitions.com

Email membership cancellation to:

membership@collingwoodfc.com.au

Email frustration to Eddie:

emcguire@mcguiremedia.com.au




In the last decade, we've put up with under the Eddie/Bucks regime:

- a poorly managed coaching transition
- a player revolt caused by the poorly managed coaching transition
- racism scandals involving Adam Goodes and Heritier Lumumba

Heritier Lumumba

Age

37

Ht

188cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.8

4star

K

9.2

4star

HB

6.5

4star

M

4.0

4star

T

2.2

4star

MG

251.7

4star

No current season stats available

D

9.0

3star

K

5.4

2star

HB

3.6

3star

M

2.2

3star

T

1.8

4star

(now a court case)
- indiscretions by players, questions around club culture
- terrible recruiting decisions, culminating in an inflated player list and the shocking and clumsy forced ouster of talent
- no flag
- (blank space for every stupid thing Eddie has said or done and I've missed)

The way they've treated Treloar and Stephenson is the final straw.

Yes, Eddie built the club after the 1990s, but he's now undoing all that he built with his blind lust for power. Two decades is beyond long enough for any leader.

His time has come.

What can we do?

Maybe it's time for members to speak with their wallets. We're funding a toxic regime that runs the club like it's their private property.

Is it time for a membership boycott? A boycott of home games next year? If not, what are our options?

I'll say this, and preempt the naysayers - if we don't do anything, we'll end up like Essendon. That is exactly where we're headed if nothing changes at the top.

You might want to add to the thread title that there is a petition attached.

 

[Markfs]

Bump. Managerial incompetence. People need to be held accountable.

well you hold the administration accountable by at least putting up candidates in elections. We're too insipid for that.

 

[odoyle_rules]

The one thing club is good at is spin... starting from the coach

 

[Antz]

The one thing club is good at is spin... starting from the coach

The thing is that they're not even good at it. It's so transparent.

 

[Anzacday]

You might want to add to the thread title that there is a petition attached.

Done

 

[Chrispiesssss]

I go to the footy with a group of 10 Collingwood supporters. All Legends members. All not renewing.

Why should we pay for Treloars salary at the dogs? Wtf.

 

[Leviathan Pie]

Already put my AFL Gold Collingwood Club Support membership on hold for 2021.

 

[MarkT2]

You can sign petitions and ring call back or post on boards but money talks.

If you really want to send a message you find an agitated Collingwood loving lawyer, get him/her to set up a trust account and get members and supporters to pay a membership equivalent into the account instead of buying a membership. If you end up with enough money you make the point loud and clear. Not only do you show the $ value of the unrest you illustrate the number of votes waiting for a challenger when membership renewals are ready to be paid for.

That way you can't be accused of sabotaging the finances of the club in a time of need because you are holding back funds pending regime change rather than walking away from the club.

Maybe that encourages someone to put a ticket together. At least they know they have backing and can stand up to the bluff that they would be damaging the club.

 

[76woodenspooners]

If anything, Bucks was left with the dirty job of having to tell the player. Doesn't sound like anyone in list management had the guts to speak with them.

That is Bucks job ... the players would have no contact with Ned, so getting a call from him to say they’re being traded would be kinda like getting a call from Bob in accounts to say the company can’t afford to pay you anymore.

Ned’s point person is the player managers.

 

[76woodenspooners]

**** UPDATE ****

Members petition launched here:

Petition Petition ended thank you

Petition ended

www.ipetitions.com

Email membership cancellation to:

membership@collingwoodfc.com.au

Email frustration to Eddie:

emcguire@mcguiremedia.com.au




In the last decade, we've put up with under the Eddie/Bucks regime:

- a poorly managed coaching transition
- a player revolt caused by the poorly managed coaching transition
- racism scandals involving Adam Goodes and Heritier Lumumba

Heritier Lumumba

Age

37

Ht

188cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.8

4star

K

9.2

4star

HB

6.5

4star

M

4.0

4star

T

2.2

4star

MG

251.7

4star

No current season stats available

D

9.0

3star

K

5.4

2star

HB

3.6

3star

M

2.2

3star

T

1.8

4star

(now a court case)
- indiscretions by players, questions around club culture
- terrible recruiting decisions, culminating in an inflated player list and the shocking and clumsy forced ouster of talent
- no flag
- (blank space for every stupid thing Eddie has said or done and I've missed)

The way they've treated Treloar and Stephenson is the final straw.

Yes, Eddie built the club after the 1990s, but he's now undoing all that he built with his blind lust for power. Two decades is beyond long enough for any leader.

His time has come.

What can we do?

Maybe it's time for members to speak with their wallets. We're funding a toxic regime that runs the club like it's their private property.

Is it time for a membership boycott? A boycott of home games next year? If not, what are our options?

I'll say this, and preempt the naysayers - if we don't do anything, we'll end up like Essendon. That is exactly where we're headed if nothing changes at the top.

Don’t we normally have members’ Forums to cover this kinda thing? Not sure we’ve had one for a few years? And probably been a bit difficult to organise with the COVID thing.

We also have the AGM coming up in the next month or two.

 

[Magnanimous]

Time this dictatorship is ended.
This once great club has become irrelevant.
Collingwood used to be a club hated by all others and loved by their own.

Now the club is becoming a rabble, mercenary players holding the club to ransom and squeezing out their team mate in conjunction with poorly run books and the club has overly inflated opinion of itself.

We can see something had to give so let that be your legacy and hand over a clean slate to the new custodians.

Let’s make Collingwood great again, that starts with Ed cleaning out his desk and a AGM to get the rest of this shit show back on track.






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[76woodenspooners]

It's the first time I've been really disappointed in the club in my 40 odd year of a fan and member.

Really?

There have been plenty of things to get really disappointed about over the last 40 years ...

... 1981, the sacking of Hafey, the failure of Magpieland, Macalister’s racist comments, 1999, the Tony Shaw years, 2002, the pubs fiasco that almost sent the club broke, 2011 ...

... and that’s not even including the contentious ones (the move from Vic Park, the succession plan ...)