Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\nThe Demons are desperate for a larger, dedicated training base and are currently split between Gosch\u2019s Paddock at AAMI Park – which they share with the NRL\u2019s Storm and A-League\u2019s Victory – and Casey Fields, which is distant and too small to house the whole club.<\/p>\n
They are intending to build a new base at Caulfield Racecourse by the end of the decade though the deal is yet to be finalised.<\/p>\n
The AFL bought Waverley Park from the Hawks last June, after they relocated to Dingley.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s one of the last challenges for the football club to call itself one of the premier football clubs in the competition,\u201d Melbourne CEO Paul Guerra said on SEN\u2019s Whateley on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are the only one who doesn\u2019t have a home. Even Tasmania won\u2019t start until they get their home.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile we are really happy with what we\u2019ve got at Casey \u2013 and it\u2019s a great facility down there \u2013 it can\u2019t house the whole club.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere we are at the MCG, we can\u2019t house the whole club. Where we are at AAMI we can\u2019t house the whole club.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t have our own gym at AAMI. We share with Melbourne Storm and Melbourne Victory. We don\u2019t have our own space where the whole club can come together. Ultimately, we need an environment where football and the business side can come together.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are close to what we ever have been before (with Caulfield) but still not close enough to announce. But when we can, that will become the new home for Melbourne Football Club.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe always look at alternates. Once we\u2019ve announced Caulfield \u2013 the negotiations are at a delicate stage \u2013 we can then start to look at how long is it going to take us to move into Caulfield by the time we get approvals and then build. Then what might be available in the interim.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Waverley Park hosted 732 V\/AFL matches, including the 1991 Grand Final, but after the construction of Marvel Stadium was no longer used.<\/p>\n
The Hawks took over the suburban facility as their training and administration base in 2006 with the enormous carpark around it turned into a housing estate. Both the grandstand and oval are heritage-listed.<\/p>\n
BLUES BAN EX-CAPTAIN AS COACH FIRES BACK<\/p>\n
Carlton has reportedly taken a stand against Sam Docherty after he unleashed a scathing attack on the club following its Opening Round loss.<\/p>\n
Former captain Docherty, 32, labelled Carlton a \u201cf***king s***tshow\u201d in an expletive-laden tirade about the club\u2019s game-style after the Blues\u2019 63-point fade-out loss to Sydney last Thursday night.<\/p>\n
Outspoken content creator Daniel Gorringe aired Docherty\u2019s voice message on his podcast, Dan Does Footy, without the retired gun\u2019s knowledge \u2014 with Docherty later apologising for his profanity but standing by his footy take.<\/p>\n
\u201cExactly what happened again (on Thursday night) is the same s**t that happens in every other game,\u201d Docherty said in the now-viral message.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen the game\u2019s hot and contested and pressurised, Carlton is good in that environment. But as soon as some team can do somewhat good in the contest, the rest of the game just f***ing falls to pieces.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey start losing contests, they get under pressure, they can\u2019t get a hold of the ball, and they\u2019re just an absolute f***ing s***tshow.<\/p>\n
\u201cEssentially, because the game gets somewhat slower and there\u2019s more open brand footy, that\u2019s when Carlton is f***ing horrible \u2026 Basically, you smack our mids again this year, and we\u2019ll be f***ed, going off (Thursday night).\u201d<\/p>\n
Now, Carlton has moved to scrap Docherty from a club function he was due to appear at this Thursday night ahead of its Round 2 bout with Richmond.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe has been contacted by the club and told he will not be appearing at that particular function,\u201d Nine\u2019s Damian Barrett told Footy Classified on Monday night.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s certainly a temporary cooling-off between the two parties – he will be included in future club functions, but it is a direct result of the comments made on that podcast.\u201d<\/p>\n
In a statement to Footy Classified on Monday, Blues CEO Graham Wright said: \u201cWe made a decision based off supporting our own people internally.\u201d<\/p>\n
SEN\u2019s Sam Edmund has since reported on Tuesday moring that by extension, Docherty \u201cwon\u2019t be involved in any official capacity\u201d until the Blues\u2019 Round 6 clash with Collingwood.<\/p>\n
The long-time rivalry between the Magpies and Carlton sees the two teams play for the Peter Mac Cup; a trophy named after the Peter Mac Charity, which Docherty sits on the board of.<\/p>\n
Speaking to media at Princes Park on Tuesday morning, head coach Michael Voss doubled down on his previous comments before making a stance on the importance of \u201cthe old and the new\u201d at Carlton.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t give it a hell of a lot of thought,\u201d Voss said.<\/p>\n
\u201cOnly probably because people keep asking me about last year\u2019s best and fairest speech and culturally we defeat ourselves, I just felt that was an example of that.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor us to have a productive conversation, I think we all need to know we\u2019re not going to get mixed between the old and the new. We\u2019re new and that\u2019s the way we\u2019re going forward.\u201d<\/p>\n
Voss said he wouldn\u2019t reach out to Docherty to avoid the risk of any further distraction.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll move forward with the team I\u2019ve got because a lot of the stuff becomes he-said-she-said and I could spend a lot of time talking about that here,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
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