We should front up to the first game of the season with a squad comprising of only former KB United players. I'd buy a season ticket to see that.
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We should front up to the first game of the season with a squad comprising of only former KB United players. I'd buy a season ticket to see that.
Agree on both, Ibini can go to whoever wants him. He has had more clubs then Tiger Woods.Quote:
Originally Posted by 380
Uga can only be released overseas.
I'm sick of some of these players, Play for the shirt or get lost. I don't care if we fill the backend of the squad with NPL talent. As long as they are loyal players that will put in for the club.
Honestly people who still hold onto the 'play for the shirt and be loyal' mentality need to get a grip.
Kanta has played for the shirt for many years and for his troubles he gets to sit on the bench for most games, have people tell him to join another club and get bagged out for his performances
If ugar or ibini or anyone can join a club with a coach, a good owner, a good ceo, some ****ing stability and for way more money then they should do it cause no ones feeding their family and paying their bills with 'loyalty and playing for the shirt'
I'm just happy another ex-coastie is walking out on his own accord. There's always a silver lining of you look hard enough.
Plus, the new owner, if we find one, will have less trouble clearing all the scum from our locker room when he or she arrives now. Swings and roundabouts I guess.
Plus I'm sure we'll have no troubles replacing his, checks notes...... 1 goal and 1 assist next season!! Lmao.
Yeah, "play for the shirt shit" is kind of childish once you step out into the real world. Play for the contract, put incentives in their contract and make them chase the money. Watch them play their arses off come renewal time too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark325
Don’t disagree but these tools have signed contracts. As long as the club is not in breach of those contracts then the players have NO right to leave. There is NO way they should be allowed to leave unless they go overseas and the club gets a transfer fee. If the jets let either of these players go to another a league team I am done with the club.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark325
Lets also take stock and realise the two players in the articles are also aligned with the same agency as Robbo.
There's quite a few of our players on their books - Donachie (loaned for season), Millar (loaned til January), Dimi (gone), Kosta & Maki, Stevie, Bernie.....I'm sure there are others.
It appears the agency is just clearing the deck of their players from the club.
If Millar is on loan until January, is the plan to have him back for part of the season?
(Is there a plan?)
100% this.Quote:
Originally Posted by skullboy
Messi wanted out of Barca... see what happened?
I get that, but I'm also sick of the Jets being a transit lounge for players that are already chasing another deal in the A League. Look at Ibini signed because of the coach who only was here until he found a better deal.Quote:
Originally Posted by Frodo
Hey man the 1930's called they want their bullshit back.Quote:
Originally Posted by anfield
You are making a lot of assumptions about an organisation headed by a bloke who continually talks out of both sides of his mouth.its also noteworthy that no one from the Jets has mentioned anything about players or coaches breaking contracts. clauses are there for a reason and anyone assuming this rabble of bullshit has upheld every part of their end of the deal hasnt been around long enough to witness the crap that goes on here.Quote:
Originally Posted by skullboy
Agree. "Supporters" thinking that letting good players go is ok becasue their undies are soiled can gtfo. They stay and play. LMNJGAQuote:
Originally Posted by anfield
Well played.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ghost of Plague
Very plague-esq. Youll do as a replacement
Sounds like a joke from the 1930's.......Quote:
Originally Posted by Ghost of Plague
At the end of the day, the gaffer obviously had no plans to be here long term. If some of the players feel let down, it should be with Robinson.
Unlikely the contracts are valid given the clubs money issues and the fact they had to resort to jobkeeper to pay players - and if players weren't be paid in full then I'd say the club would have no hold on them at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by skullboy
At the end of the day, if we had an organisation that was run properly and a team that players desired to play for, these guys wouldn't need to be held to their contracts at gunpoint.
Imagine signing for a club with Lawrie telling you it's all sunshine and lollipops when he knew full well that we were heading towards implosion a few months from now? You'd want out as soon as possible as well. Covid or not, we were always going down this path, the pandemic just sped things up a bit. These guys who resigned have kids found out they are on a sinking ship, it's their agents job to make sure they don't go down with it.
If I was Mr Lee, if get rid of Lawrie now, then go find a buyer without his bullshit ruining things. Once the new owner comes in and takes a look at where we are, they sit down with their new CEO and devise a 5 yr and 10 yr plan for the club. Give staff and players targets to hit and find people who can get it done.
That way, when someone arrives they know where we've come and where we are heading from day one. No surprises 6 months in or later to unsettle players. It's really not hard to be somewhat competent, is it?
Lee had a 5 year plan... too bad he decided he wasn't that interested after 2 years.
Not much Lawrie can do without $$$.
FFA should realise that teams outside major cities (like the Jets and yes, the CCM) are important for a healthy league: but instead of supporting them, they create plastic monsters like WU and Macarthur.
If I were Lawrie, I'd pull the plug and withdraw the team on Dec 26.
If you believe Lawrie's direct words, he claims we have not yet breached UG or Ibini's contracts and that they have been paid in full. This was said during a 15min interview I just watched on facebook with Lawrie (on the Newcastle Jerks supports page, or similar). It also included some other interesting things too - most notable for me was WSW were subsidizing part of Fitz's wage last season, which for me made him even better value for money.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Dunster
They also had snippets of him on ABC radio this morning, saying the usual rhetoric:Quote:
Originally Posted by pv4
- New coach will be Aussie, too hard to get things sorted for an OS coach due to covid
- We have 16 players, and legally need to sign two more senior players to have an official team
- They are aiming to sign 2-4 more players, with 4 guys at the club trialing yesterday (on first day of pre-season)
Edit - Looks like there is a clip up on the Jets page..
https://www.newcastlejets.com.au/vid...october-2020-0
I'm a little worried about my club.
All this stuff coming out of the club / Lawrie is good to know. He seems to cop a lot of flack. I am thinking (hoping to believe) from what we hear that the situation is as he says:
- getting nothing / very little out of Lee
- the club having to find alternate funds / making financial decisions to keep a float (ie off loading players for money) so that existing players and staff keep getting paid (this would be a nightmare to manage/juggle).
- now trying to find a cheap coach (fit the "budget") to progress the season.
- trying hard to sell the club to divorce from "lack of funds lee" and hoping a buyer will exist and be likely to give us money to spend. This one in this current climate must be too big an ask. Who would want to take it on, especially with the a-league being in a dire state.....
Anyway, i am hoping to believe this, and if the case, it seems the club is doing it's best to keep a float. Trouble too is, with players saying they want out but are contract binding how is this going to effect all the players - "mentality". Again, if this is correct, i feel that maybe some muck (blame) could be thrown Robbo's way for possibly stirring this to get his pick of players out of there across to him. If so, this is a bit i have problem with. Ok, he had a get out clause in his contract because we couldn't afford his price without it, leaving is tough for us, but ok, its in his contract, but his actions thereafter are "do whatever it takes, shit all over us" to get the outcome he wants with ripping players from us and it's not "ethical". I maybe wrong with this "assumption", but this is what i suspect / it feels like.
Yeah, i live a fairy tale world. I can only hope..... I too am worried about our club.
Was JOWIC at training, or have we let him go to Brisvegas?
Ffs mods how many multis are you gonna let that gypo ceo have on here?Quote:
Originally Posted by gussie_l
Just watched the interview with Lawrie. Did he just sell me a used car ?
I don't think there is anyone actually left at the PFA to refute his claims :rof:Quote:
Originally Posted by The Dunster
Nope, A Jayco.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Dunster
Nice one 380, but the truth is these two dickheads have pretty much fukt us, untenable is what the CEO's sayQuote:
Originally Posted by 380
Joey loaned to Brisbane roar
Ha ha ha that's a classicQuote:
Originally Posted by StannyCFCJET
We have alot of new people to hate this season. Bring it onQuote:
Originally Posted by Jeterpool
Duncan training with us as well
I did not know he was carrying a long term injury. Is it an ACL ?Quote:
Originally Posted by StannyCFCJET
Hopefully we can help Duncan get back to where he was.
Will be a good signing for somebody else.
Do we qualify as a charity yet?
Would be nice for those who aren’t woke enough to remove their Credit card details from auto renewal, to be able to claim their donation in their tax.
Club have already come out and said they aren't renewing via auto-renewal this year. Can't bash them for that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bremsstrahlung
Luckily no one noticed my grammatical error. phew.Quote:
Originally Posted by My2BobsWorth
and they are telling the truth 'this time'?.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeterpool
To be fair though, asking if they can rob us rather than just stealing is a pleasant change.
To be fair though they've prob sacked the I.T guy and have no idea how to process the payments anyway.
Should qualify easy as a Not For Profit.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Bremsstrahlung
www.newcastlejets.org.au
So can someone tell me how many more players we have to sign to meet the minimum squad requirements next season?
And what date we have to have them finalized by?
I can see a few Bymora's and Josh Hope's getting a deal over the next month to fill out squad numbers.
Italiano
Hoffman - Johny K - Topor - O'Toole
Uga(Simmons) - Kanta
Ramy - Thurgate. - Ibini (Kosta)
Roy
Bench = James, Simmons, Kosta, Maki, Langlois, Jackson and Mauragis.
That's roughly a guess at our starting 11 as of right now. If Uga and Ibini leave, which you'd think will happen logically, we are even more boned. Jackson is obviously returning from injury and will take time, Boogs may resign for another season but hasn't as yet.
And who doubted that we could set the bar any lower than it was before?
Boogs has resigned I think. Swear lawrie mentioned it the other dayQuote:
Originally Posted by Frodo