Lawrie departs - good or bad?

[turbojetfireV8]

Let the discussion begin... I'll play devil's advocate by saying it is a loss for the leadership of the club as he did keep the club alive when we could have easily sunk (again)...

[Bremsstrahlung]

Indifferent.
Few good years and it was clear he was bringing something to the table. Reunited the derby a little.
Ended up a shamozzle and the club went down the shitter on his watch. I commend him for the alleged payments, but also think he needed to sound the alarm sooner.

[Thomas477]

Did a lot for the club, but he was also a director of the failed company, so injecting his own cash isn’t as charitable as far as I’m concerned.

Nice guy, but interested to see what the future holds.

[Frodo]

I honestly apologize to anyone who's offended by this, but this is one of the happiest days of mine as a Jets fan. I think the guy, even if he was a good person outside of football, was a cancer on the club. He had no clue how to build a functional club from the bottom to the top. At absolutely no point did I feel like we were building towards anything with long term success, I only saw us signing random players, letting talent rot on the bench and no planning for following seasons until it was too late.

I know we didn't have a massive budget to spend, but for every Nabbout signing, there was Nabbout signing for someone else and us knowing that he made the right choice. We never looked like a good option to entice people, I actually feel like once Pappas is signed I think we will be instantly more attractive as a club next season then even when we had Ernie. Pappas, even if he isn't the next coming of Ange, seems somewhat fresh and an unknown.


I am also instantly more confident that we will find a buyer knowing that they don't have to talk to Lawrie during any negotiations.

[Ghost of Plague]

Another gypo shown the door.
Griff already stamping his authority.
Only a few more to go before we purge ourselves completely of that filth.

McKinna showed he was pretty good at running a stall at the Sunday markets. If we wish to be bigger than that then we need better than gypos running the place.

Him, his bullshit and his caravan can **** off home.
Raise the bridge permanently once hes over it.


Hail Griff.

[Buddha]

I honestly apologize to anyone who's offended by this, but this is one of the happiest days of mine as a Jets fan. I think the guy, even if he was a good person outside of football, was a cancer on the club. He had no clue how to build a functional club from the bottom to the top. At absolutely no point did I feel like we were building towards anything with long term success, I only saw us signing random players, letting talent rot on the bench and no planning for following seasons until it was too late.

I know we didn't have a massive budget to spend, but for every Nabbout signing, there was Nabbout signing for someone else and us knowing that he made the right choice. We never looked like a good option to entice people, I actually feel like once Pappas is signed I think we will be instantly more attractive as a club next season then even when we had Ernie. Pappas, even if he isn't the next coming of Ange, seems somewhat fresh and an unknown.


I am also instantly more confident that we will find a buyer knowing that they don't have to talk to Lawrie during any negotiations.

Seconded 100%

Thanks for injecting your own funds Lawrie, but its definitely time to move on

[R Ramjet]

He was just out of his depth running the club. He is more suited to being a MC for an event or running a trivia night !