I'll get back on topic. Bruce Mathieson has done an incredible amount for this club. While future history books might reference his stint on the board during one of our darkest chapters and his 'off the cuff' recommendation to 'hand in the keys' when he saw the financial mess the Elliot administration left us in - it should also note his efforts to find us sponsors during those dark times when no one (and I do mean no one) wanted to touch us with a barge pole. While he's no longer involved at the club directly, he still takes a keen interest in Carlton and no doubt will continue to do so.

One can go to all the AGM's, read the balance sheets and still not be any the wiser about how the club plans to clear the debt and the timelines involved in doing so. So as previously mentioned - there's not much point worrying about it - I don't exactly trust Greg Swann - but don't have any choice in the matter.

Not trusting G Swann Doc, is this more of "I dont know that much about him, so I'll reserve judgement (trust)" or is there a particular reason for choosing not to trust him.

He's from Collingwood...(i think that suffices?) Dick Pratt might have appointed him - but I think it's fair to say that Dick's appointed some people who, given hindsight, he wouldn't have. As a football administrator he seems quite good - and the thinking that he was the best going (from AFL circles) is probably true. So long as he puts the interest of the club first and tomorrow we don't get a massive margin call - or the offices don't get raided by the feds for illegal importation of Cuban cigars (as is what happened to a former GM of mine) I'll be ok...but rarely trusting of club administrators. That's just the way I am.