News Jack Dyer Stand -Demolition Has Begun

[guruisatiger]

Surely the club knows someone who can just accidently burn the joint down

old members of the IRA can be organised

 

[Rioli2Rioli]

that lady on the far left looks evil as

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Seriously ................ Is that Robin Williams

 

[guruisatiger]

Surely the club knows someone who can just accidently burn the joint down

didnt one of the property stewards accidently burn part of the admin with stacked towells

 

[Ancient Tiger]

what was he like

what was he like

Let's just say he would have enjoyed your dungeon....

 

[Rioli2Rioli]

I used to sit in the JD stand back in the late 60's early 70's back when i went to Yarra Park primary school
It was a shit stand then and even worse now and not worth keeping or fixing up.

Knock it down asap before somebody changes their mind

 

[guruisatiger]

Introduce a new drill into every training session. Kick non-stop bullets into structural weak points of the JDS. Then let nature take it's course.

just get dusty to do a dont argue on the stand
which would be ironic since jack dyer was the first to use the dont argue when he began his career

 

[darcytiger]

I never seen so many supporters happy and excited to destroy a major part of their history.
The council are stooges for developers, and Peggy and Benny have been lobbying hard for over a year.
People here even bagging the National Trust.
A sad state of affairs .

You’re an embarrassment. Are we going to see you on the news chaining yourself to the rafters to prevent the bulldozers moving forward?

 

[guruisatiger]

Chill out guys and girls, one thing that hasn’t been spoken of , once they demolish the stand and start building an underground car park and all the centres for the various community groups are we going to relocate to craigeburn?

yes

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

You’re an embarrassment. Are we going to see you on the news chaining yourself to the rafters to prevent the bulldozers moving forward?

Be good if someone did. I'll donate $20

 

[Rioli2Rioli]

Be good if someone did. I'll donate $20

Very generous

 

[Sterge]

Bartlett is the club historian .

We all know what he does, the point is his opinion on the matter means jack in the grand scheme of things, just like everyones opinion on here.

He can however document the changeover for when people look back in the future.

You need to give it a rest on the claiminng people have been bought off or are corrupt as well.

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

We all know what he does, the point is his opinion on the matter means jack in the grand scheme of things, just like everyones opinion on here.

He can however document the changeover for when people look back in the future.

You need to give it a rest on the claiminng people have been bought off or are corrupt as well.

I'm not daying anyone is corrupt . I'm saying with a $65 million re-development plan there must be significant pressure put on people to be a team player.
It's getting knocked down because they don't value it .

 

[HumanMeatball]

Oh no the rooting wood must stay!

 

[RockJobster0312]

Yes and it can be stopped by the planning minister Richard Wynne.

Which I highly doubt.

The State government has poured millions into the upgrade of major sporting facilities over the last four years (including Punt Road Oval) and has a been a key policy plank.

Added that Richard Wynne is retiring and not standing for re-election this November, and nor is a specific electorate issue (I.e. won’t impact a swing seat), I’d expect that this would go h through relatively unscathed.

Expect that there will have to be some retention of the heritage value though. Likely would be the re-use of some materials from the original stand in some other manner (e.g. a monument of some kind).

 

[beema limapep]

Be good if someone did. I'll donate $20

I'll donate 5x that to the MFB to buy some new bolt cutters and have them blast the attention seeker with a fire hose.

 

[Party Gull]

Be good if someone did. I'll donate $20

I'll do it for $20.

I'll donate 5x that to the MFB to buy some new bolt cutters and have them blast the attention seeker with a fire hose.

I'll also have this done to me for $20

 

[SunshineBoy]

shouldve heritage listed dennis allens houses in richmond too

Efa

 

[Bojangles17]

Which I highly doubt.

The State government has poured millions into the upgrade of major sporting facilities over the last four years (including Punt Road Oval) and has a been a key policy plank.

Added that Richard Wynne is retiring and not standing for re-election this November, and nor is a specific electorate issue (I.e. won’t impact a swing seat), I’d expect that this would go h through relatively unscathed.

Expect that there will have to be some retention of the heritage value though. Likely would be the re-use of some materials from the original stand in some other manner (e.g. a monument of some kind).

The state govt have already committed funding to the project , you’d reasonably expect that support to continue

 

[TJASTA]

I'm not daying anyone is corrupt . I'm saying with a $65 million re-development plan there must be significant pressure put on people to be a team player.
It's getting knocked down because they don't value it .

Yeah, they don't value it because it's ****ed

 

[KiwiTiger]

Luckily we supporters and the club don't own it, just tenants.

The people of Richmond will have the opportunity to object. I expect there will be many objections.

Not one question on it at the AGM From the RFC members.

And the people of Richmond can object but Yarra Park does sit in the City of Melbourne.

As per many things Richmond FC, I wouldn’t use the BigFooty pulse o meter as the test.

Haere Ra

 

[DickieKnee]

And the people of Richmond can object but Yarra Park does sit in the City of Melbourne.

You'd think the State government may have some say in it too as Punt Road Oval falls into Melbourne's "sports precinct".

 

[captain blood 17]

As much as it saddens me to see the stand go, the redevelopment of the precinct has to happen. It's logical and makes sense. Not all change is bad. This will further progress the club and society with some much more needed infrastructure. I am very much ok with it now i know much more about it.

 

[acr2751]

No , if someone has no knowledge of the issue, their opinion doesn't count.

so the minority is more important than the majority?

 

[Punt rd end]

You're in a sad state of affairs if you think the RFC is embodied in a physical stand. The RFC is a CLUB. A CLUB is a group of people. It's not a building or a stand. It's a group of people that band together to create history themselves. You remember the moments. The pirouette of a Dusty curling through goal against GWS or Dusty beating 5 Geelong players to kick a goal from the boundary. Royce Hart taking a screamer in the 1967 GF. KB turning Stan Magro inside out to kick his 7th goal in the 1980 GF. That's the history that matters. You aren't old enough to remember other buildings that have been and gone from the club since 1885. Who cares? They are all documented. The old stand will be documented too. That's why we just move on and keep modernising our club. We want our club to have the best possible facilities to create more memorable moments in the future. You are placing too much importance on inanimate objects rather than the achievements of people. The achievements are what matter. They transcend time. Buildings just crumble.

My family has a lot of history with the stand and club and I know for a fact the thought of the RFC leaving Punt rd because of the stand would raise the dead!!

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

so the minority is more important than the majority?

If you're watching a brain surgeon perform brain surgery, and you shout out some advice, how much value should the brain surgeon give to your opinion? Answer is no value.