Insert Name Here aka The Ownership Thread

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I dont normally get to fired up or am overly critical as I have no idea what it is like to run an A League fclub (for the record I doubt anyone who comments here does...) but i am a bit over a few issues.
1) Constantely signing injured players. Flores is the excpetion here he is a gamble worth taking. I was excited by Celeski but if he is out until round three, then 4 weeks to get his fitness back.. thats the best part of half the season gone on a bloke who has a 1 year contract.
Our new striker is far from fit (has been in a fair paddock i think) so how long until he is up to speed. Kanata (who seriosuly needs to have a good year) is still having knee issues as well. What is happening with the medical side of the club. This could all just be bad luck rather than bad management and if this was something new i would probably put it down to that but it is ground hog day.
2) Letting players go. Goodwin (who i was never a huge fan of, i know others are... maybe i am wrong) but to let him go without a very clear understanding of who will take his spot is very poor form.
3) consistently missing out on players. Let's be honest who would you sign for Melbourne City or the Jets? Not many are taking the Jets on that when you consider the excitment around City. Let's face it despite the salary cup there is a pecking order probably led by Vicotry, Brisbane, Sydney's stocks are rising already. The only way to change this is to have success on the field.... which you can't have unless you have the right players.... pick the visious cycle here....
4) this is petty i know but, Michael Bridges get off socail media and get to finding a buyer for the club. I am sure that you guys are doing what needs to be done but posting photos on yourself with past players, at the Liverpool game and with Sir Alex is not a good look and honeslty looks matter. As a member i want to believe you are hard at work... not enjoying the perks of office.
5) Another petty one Why are you guys still runnign around in ISC kit at training when you have a new sponser in BKL? These things matter and are not hard to manage (i assume)
Anyway thats' my 2 cents.

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****ING BRAVO
Someone posted this on the Herald Website

Can assure you it wasn't me as I only read there stuff not contribute with dimwits

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Originally Posted by MFKS

****ING BRAVO
Someone posted this on the Herald Website

Can assure you it wasn't me as I only read there stuff not contribute with dimwits

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Even if it was you: agree F$&@"g Bravo

Was not me, nowhere near enough snark.
Spelling though.
No wonder people think we are a pack of mongs.

I could try and explain some of it if you wanted me too.

However it is easier just to say: Tinkler. He isn't making it easy

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Originally Posted by Blackmac79

I could try and explain some of it if you wanted me too.

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Floor is yours. Be our guest

Ok well the club is broke. Tinks ain't paying a cent more.

His first point - injured players come cheap. Helps when you have no money backing you to hand players desperate to stay in the professional game. Playing some games in the season is better than having no player at all.


Players are leaving due to the uncertainty around the club.

Three point a and. B but related to new players, why would you sign for us? Not assured of anything.


The Micky bridges thing I have issues with. Prick ought to do some ****ing work for once

Why not just pay 23 locals to do the job and get flogged every week??

Would come cheaper and everyone would be happy even if we got flogged

Bollocks. Everyone would complain that there is no investment in the team.
Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

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Originally Posted by MFKS

Why not just pay 23 locals to do the job and get flogged every week??

Would come cheaper and everyone would be happy even if we got flogged

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With the salary floor you would be paying them overs any way, may as well take the gamble on a few injured players and hope they reclaim their form and perform with cheap local players and cast offs as backups for if/when the gamble fails. At least with this approach you might be lucky and go on a run of games before the house of cards falls over.

I personally think we wasted our visa spots and this is where we have run into trouble trying to fix known problem areas in our squad, we have been well short of HAL quality in our midfield for years and we haven't had a proper left back for just as long yet we didn't use our visa spots to fix these issues.

Having said that we were linked to the Spaniard before we signed jeronimo and Steele and I'm assuming that after he feel through we believed we could land poortaloo so could free up a spot for an extra attacking player. The problem is that we still have no LB or a solid CM and we have only Australian spots left to offer, with the added bonus that we don't have aus marquee or youth marquee to offer according to big Phil in the herald the other day, which is only going to make things even more difficult, let's hope billy the kid pulls up well from his surgery.

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Originally Posted by furns

Bollocks. Everyone would complain that there is no investment in the team.
Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

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I honestly think that our club has every intention of trying to get the best team on the park.
I believe our club is trying its best to run a successful, cost effective operation.

I just don't think they are any ****ing good at it.

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Originally Posted by plague

I honestly think that our club has every intention of trying to get the best team on the park.
I believe our club is trying its best to run a successful, cost effective operation.

I just don't think they are any ****ing good at it.

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And herein lies the problem. Who hires these muppets? Middleby. Middleby needs to go so we can get a decent administrator in who knows how to ****ing run a football successfully, Middleby doesn't and by the time he gets something right, we will be so far behind the rest of the league, it's not funny.

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Originally Posted by Thomas477

And herein lies the problem. Who hires these muppets? Middleby. Middleby needs to go so we can get a decent administrator in who knows how to ****ing run a football successfully, Middleby doesn't and by the time he gets something right, we will be so far behind the rest of the league, it's not funny.

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So who's top of your CEO list?

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Originally Posted by Pico

So who's top of your CEO list?

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They should have got John Tstamis back before WSW snapped him up.

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Originally Posted by GazFish35

They should have got John Tstamis back before WSW snapped him up.

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Not who we should have... who now?

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Originally Posted by leftrightout

Not who we should have... who now?

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Three local names would be to poach David Eland or Ivan Spyrdz (if they are shown to have good business connections as well as administrative skill) or get George Liolio back. Other than that, someone with a business and legal background who has a history of being community orientated and is well regarded in the business community, and knows a lot about paddlesteamers.

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Originally Posted by leftrightout

Not who we should have... who now?

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Ken Edwards.

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Originally Posted by Pico

So who's top of your CEO list?

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Venables

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Originally Posted by plague

Venables

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I tried to give this post rep but it said I can't keep giving you rep and need to share the love :'(

In all seriousness, get Lyall Gorman back from wherever it is he's hiding.

we are always on about community engagment and successful football, he started the marniers and the wanderers, two of the better community linked clubs while under his tenure.

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Originally Posted by Pico

So who's top of your CEO list?

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Forever Red. :sup:

High time this unsung servant of local football got the recognition and a promotion to the big time