sentences:  They had secured a record number of members, re-merged with the MCC, knocked-off more debt and were starting to show some fight on-field.Players such as Liam Jurrah had begun to emerge as top young talents and were catching the eye of the footballing public.However, on the eve of the round 14 clash against West Coast, influential president Jim Stynes announced that he had cancer, this evoked a very emotional response from the footballing public and the club lifted from three embarrassing defeats the weeks before to convincingly beat West Coast in front of a passionate MCG crowd.