A few Collingwood supporters rang up about the failed hotels and gave him a hard time.

A few Collingwood supporters rang up about the failed hotels and gave him a hard time.

Just as well that our plans to buy up hotels never came to fruition.

Yes of course. The club doesn't have a business plan

It does,

plan A - go knocking on Mr Pratt's door and ask for his money

plan B - ask members to fork out even more money as if there many years of buying a membership, attending events and past donations isn't enough

things spoken about carlton:

-re-iterated we will not be getting cousins as he is too old for us

-we don't have a specialist goalkicking coach. matty lappin is now looking after the forwards and that includes goalkicking

-chris johnson has had groin surgery and we're hoping he is still available at pick 6

-warnock should play round 1

pretty disappointing for an hour-long interview but better than nothing i guess.

Yes of course you're right Melvey.

In two years, the club should have been able to shift itself from an economic basket-case of Fitzroy-esque proportions to a mirror-image of the top few wealthiest clubs in the competition.

Oh, and without Pratt's help.

They would have done that by following the Melvey Business Model for Miraculous Turnarounds. Maybe you can let Swann know all about it. Or better still, give the US automotive industry a call. It sounds great.

Here's some facts:

Fact one: when you say the club has no business-plan, you're just talking out of your arse. Because we both know a business plan exists. It's just that the executive management chooses not to post it on carltonfc.com.au. Can't imagine why not...

Fact two: the club is in the first phase of a decade-long turnaround. You don't go from shit to chocolate overnight, so you'll find that the club does things that it probably wouldn't do in a perfect world. Like ask $25 to help build a kick-arse facility. But this sort of thing isn't uncommon amongst clubs anyway.

Fact three: no-one is forcing anybody to donate to the redevelopment. And there might actually be people out there who like the idea of their name being on an honour role.

Fact four: Richard Pratt has said on more than one occasion that his focus during his tenure was to create a self-sustaining model for the club, rather than create a handout culture. Now, do you think he's lying? Or perhaps he's failing? Or perhaps he's just incapable of creating a profitable enterprise? You tell me.

Fact five: some people just like finding fault in things, even when they need to use an electron microscope to do so.

You don't go from shit to chocolate overnight