Can anyone explain why we put Western United in the A League and ignored the opportunity to bring back 4 X champion of Australia South Melbourne??Quote:
Originally Posted by plague
Makes no sense at all
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Can anyone explain why we put Western United in the A League and ignored the opportunity to bring back 4 X champion of Australia South Melbourne??Quote:
Originally Posted by plague
Makes no sense at all
You cant have unruly fans if you have no fans.Quote:
Originally Posted by MFKS
Double eff aye playing chess while all these other joke sports playing checkers.
There were a hundred odd ejections from the MCG on AFL grand final day. You realise if they keep this up eventually every year they will have ejected everyone and the stadium will be empty for GF day which will be pretty bloody embarrassing for the AFL.
Meanwhile soccer crowds stay consistent.
Whos laughing now huh?
3 captains this season.
This fills me with hope that jurman won't be an automatic starter this season
We've had 4 before, as many would recall - BK, Reegz, Pepper and Mullen. It rotated through them following the Stubbins coup
https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/s...ick-challenge/
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A-League soccer, 2022: Jets defender Jordan Elsey cops two-match ban for karate-kick challenge
By James Gardiner
Updated October 17 2022 - 7:39pm, first published 7:30pm
JORDAN Elsey will miss the next two games for the Newcastle Jets after the defender was found guilty on Monday by the match review panel of serious foul play challenging for the ball in the 2-1 win over Perth Glory.
Elsey was given a straight red card for a karate-kick challenge on Perth Glory substitute David Williams in the 72nd minute of the Jets' season opener at McDonald Jones Stadium on Saturday night.
He will miss Saturday's visit by Wellington Phoenix and the away game against Western Sydney on October 28.
Co-captain Matt Jurman, who lost his starting spot to teenager Mark Natta, played the final 18 minutes against Perth and is likely to start against Phoenix.
Initially, referee Daniel Elder had given Elsey a yellow card, his second after being booked for a trip in the first half.
The centreback rushed out to clear a header which bounced high on the edge of the box. His boot made contact with the ball first and then collected substitute Williams in the face.
Elder ruled the high-foot occurred outside the box. But the VAR intervened and after viewing replays, Elder gave Elsey a straight red card and awarded Perth a penalty.
Williams was not injured in the incident.
The match review panel added one game to the minimum one-match suspension.
Elsey had earlier put the Jets ahead with a brilliant header from a Carl Jenkinson cross.
Former Jets striker Roy O'Dovonan was banned for 10 matches after being found guilty of serious foul play for a high-foot challenge on Melbourne Victory keeper Lawrence Thomas in the 2018 grand final. However, O'Donovan did not make contact with the ball. Thomas suffered a cut to the face but played the match out.
https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/s...eague-campaign
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A-League soccer, 2022: Beka Mikeltadze strikes late to snatch Jets drama-charged win over Perth to open A-League campaign
By James Gardiner
Updated October 16 2022 - 3:24pm, first published October 15 2022 - 4:44pm
BEKA Mikeltadze scored in injury time to snatch the Newcastle Jets a drama-charged 2-1 win over Perth Glory at McDonald Jones Stadium on Saturday to open the A-League season with three points for the first time in five years.
Defender Jordan Elsey had gone from hero to villain, scoring the Jets' opener only to be sent off and give away a penalty for a high-footed challenged.
But just as the match appeared destined for a stalemate, the Jets stuck on the counter.
Substitute Jaushau Sotirio broke free from halfway, drew two defenders and threaded an inch-perfect pass for Mikeltadze.
The Georgian took a touch and then picked out a spot in the left corner, sending the 7089 fans into raptures.
Opportunities for Mikeltadze had been scarce until that point. But as he did 13 times last season, the 25-year-old produced when needed most.
Elsey had put the Jets ahead with a brilliant header in the 59th minute.
It was his sixth goal in a 150 A-League games and came 10 days after the birth of his first child, son Will.
But Elsey's joy turned to despair 10 minutes later.
The centreback rushed out to clear a header which bounced high on the edge of the box.
He made contact with the ball first and then collected Perth substitute David Williams in the side of the face.
Referee Daniel Elder initially ruled the high-foot occurred outside the penalty area.
But the VAR intervened and after going to the sideline to view replays, Elder gave Elsey a straight red card and awarded Perth a penalty.
Williams was uninjured in the incident.
Fellow substitute Aaron McEneff stepped up and drilled the spot kick into the right corner.
The Jets had dominated the game, albeit not on the scoreboard, until that point.
The home side's intentions were clear from the outset. They dominated possession and tried to get their quick men, Trent Buhagiar and Reno Piscopo in behind.
It wasn't a case of simply shift it wide and bomb on.
They threaded diagonal passes between the lines, involving Angus Thurgate, Beka Dartsmelia and Mikeltadze.
Perth, for their part, were resolute and scrambled well.
After fighting back, coach Ruben Zadkovich would have been gutted with conceding late.
Right back Carl Jenkinson and teenage centreback Mark Natta were outstanding the Jets. Angus Thurgate got through a power of work and James McGarry threatened down the left flank.
Jets (4-3-3): Michael Weier; Carl Jenkinson, Jordan Elsey, Mark Natta, James McGarry; Brandon O'Neill, Angus Thurgate, Dartsmelia; Trent Buhagiar, Beka Mikeltadze, Reno Piscopo
Perth (4-4-2): Liam Reddy; Jacob Muir, Darryl Lachman, Mark Beevers; Ryan Williams, Mustafa Amini, Zac Duncan, Salem Khalefi; Giordano Colli; Bruna Fornaroli, Ben Azubel
https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/s...comes-at-cost/
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A-League soccer, 2022: veteran defender Matt Jurman set for call up as win comes at cost
By James Gardiner
October 16 2022 - 5:30pm
JETS coach Arthur Papas will call on the experience of Matt Jurman to cover the absence of defender Jordan Elsey for the visit by Wellington Phoenix on Saturday.
Elsey was given a straight red card for a karate-kick challenge on David Williams in the Jets' 2-1 win over Perth Glory at McDonald Jones Stadium on Saturday.
He will miss at least the Phoenix clash but could be sidelined for longer depending on the outcome of the A-League match review panel on Monday.
Elsey went from hero to zero. He put the Jets ahead with a brilliant header in the 59th minute.
But joy turned to despair 10 minutes later.
The centreback rushed out to clear a header which bounced high on the edge of the box. His boot made contact with the ball first and then collected substitute Williams in the face.
Referee Daniel Elder initially ruled the high-foot occurred outside the box. But the VAR intervened and after viewing replays, Elder gave Elsey a straight red card and awarded Perth a penalty.
Williams was not injured in the incident.
Former Jets striker Roy O'Dovonan was banned for 10 matches after being found guilty of serious foul play for a high-foot challenge on Melbourne Victory keeper Lawrence Thomas in the 2018 grand final. However, O'Donovan did not make contact with the ball. Thomas suffered a cut to the face but played the match out.
Papas conceded that the challenge by Elsey on Williams was "high".
"The leg is high. I don't know if the head (of David Willaims] is down," Papas said. "We will look at it and see if we have to appeal."
Co-captain Jurman, who lost his starting spot to teenager Mark Natta, played the final 16 minutes and was outstanding.
"Matty came on when we had 10 men and marshalled the defence," Papas said. "For us to be successful, we need to rely on more than 11 players."
Glory substitute Aaron McEneff drilled the spot kick into the right corner to level at 1-all.
The Jets had dominated the game, albeit not the scoreboard, until that point.
"When we scored, we had momentum and probably needed to control the next part of the game better," Papas said. "That culminated in the send off because we were under a bit of pressure. They started to have the ball more, which was a consequence of going down a man.
"To have the spirit to go on and win the game - not just hold out but go on and win - speaks volumes for the group."
The winner was a perfectly executed transition goal.
Brandon O'Neill cleared a Glory corner into the path of speedster Jaushua Sotirio. He went coast-to-coast, burning past two defenders before threading a ball for Beka Mikeltadze, who checked off a defender and drilled an angled shot into the bottom-left corner.
"Last season, we were on the end of a lot of those games at the end," Papas said.
Carl Jenkinson and Mark Natta were outstanding in their Jets' debuts and Angus Thurgate got through a power of work.
The Jets intentions were clear from the outset. They dominated possession and tried to get their quick men, Trent Buhagiar and Reno Piscopo in behind.
It wasn't a case of simply shift it wide and bomb on.
They threaded diagonal passes between the lines, involving Angus Thurgate, Beha Dartsmelia and Mikeltadze.
The Jets had completed 100 passes inside 15 minutes - double that of Perth - but didn't create many clear chances.
"Perth changed from a back four to pretty much a back five with three really strong centrebacks," Papas said. "Not a lot of space to play.
"It wasn't going to be easy to get balls into the box when they have so many numbers there and are sitting quite deep."
https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/s...hings-to-come/
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A-League soccer, 2022: Positive vibe: Jets skipper Brandon O'Neill says Glory win a sign of things to come
By James Gardiner
October 16 2022 - 6:30pm
NEWCASTLE Jets co-captain Brandon O'Neill won two championships at Sydney FC and knows the importance of a positive start to the A-League season.
He knows what a first-up win can do for a club, especially a last-gasp triumph.
The excitement it creates among fans, the belief it generates in the dressing.
A 10-man Jets climbed off the canvas to beat Perth Glory 2-1 in a drama-charged season-opener at McDonald Jones Stadium on Saturday.
Hired gun Beka Mikeltadze struck deep in injury time, producing a clinical finish after a blistering run by substitute Jaushua Sortirio.
The goal sparked wild scenes and sent the 7089 fans into conniptions.
"That was a very good win," said O'Neill, who recovered from a head clash to play a pivotal role against his old club. "You are not meant to win a game of football with 10 men, you are not meant to have that belief, you are not meant to have that character.
"Only the very, very good teams have that. I think we have a taste of how good we could possibly be this year."
O'Neill was among the first to mob Mikeltadze after the Georgian pierced the back of the net with an angled drive.
It was the first time the Jets have opened their season with three points since the 2017-18 campaign. They went on to finish second and host the grand final that year.
"I'm massive on watching the boys and watching their body language," O'Neill said. "Beka scores in the 94th minute and every single player sprints. We found something from somewhere to sprint after the bloke. I jumped on him celebrating and remember looking to our bench. They were chasing us. the coaching staff, players who weren't even in the squad. That shows something.
It's a marker down in the sand. You want to start like that. You want to give the fans belief. They know that no matter what happens out there, they have a bunch of blokes they can rely on."
Defender Jordan Elsey had gone from hero to zero - producing a brilliant header to put the Jets ahead before 10 minutes later being shown a straight red card for a karate-style challenge that resulted in a game-levelling penalty.
"We went a man down and the boys flicked that switch," O'Neill said. "We had to do the other side of football, fight hard and be resolute.
"Then, all of sudden, we go on and score the winner. If we can play the football we know we can play, plus do that. It is a good recipe.
"But it is round one. We have a hell of a lot to work on. That is exciting because we know we can do the other things very well. Maybe last year, as a club, we didn't have the belief we could do that. To see it first hand, was awesome."
Coach Arthur Papas was equally proud of the result, if a little less effusive.
"It is important to come away with a positive outcome from a difficult situation," Papas said. "I think it represents a little bit about what we are wanting to become.
"We want to play good football, we want to play attacking football and we want to be hard to beat as well. That was the pleasing part."
Next for the Jets is a visit by Wellington Phoenix on Saturday night. However, they will be without Elsey, who is likely to be suspended for at least two matches.
Thanks for the articles - I recently canned my Herald sub. No point in paying it just for the elusive Jets stories. Like many its quality of content has dropped off.
Yeah I still have my sub, but considering whether its worth it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jetmaster
If you try to cancel Furns - it has to be via phone, of course.Quote:
Originally Posted by furns
The CS rep will offer you a discount.
The Jets have announced the establishment of a “Foundation” which now appears to decouple their Youth teams from the senior team. Anyone else concerned with this? Recent reports that the academy was running at a loss and now they’ve been picked up and moved to the side.
Does this help with balancing the books? Or are the Jets feigning a renewed interest in Youth football but in fact dumping them? I’m interested in the views out there.
Perfectly sensible as it is easier to fund programs and get revenue from "donations". Good for tax reasons.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spell Check
For example, Wests "donate" $350,000 a season to the Knights for their own Youth programs. Wests can then write that off.
Too complex to go much further into it.
Too sleazy and greazy to grow the game so they tried another way and although not that successful has given it some constant foundation. In the 70s we didnt know if there be a national comp season to season.Quote:
Originally Posted by MFKS
Good thing is you can still go there now and strut the gold chains.
Whats stopping ya? Being a fat *nglo would be no1.
Not sure if anyone has posted it yet, but the Jets had a friendly with City after the womens game in Tamworth on the weekend.
Ended as a 1-1 draw apparently.
Next 5 grand finals in Sydney.
What a moronic idea.
I wonder how much extra they paid to make sure there was also a Sydney team in each of them too?Quote:
Originally Posted by Hunter403
Make$ $en$e.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hunter403
Imagine the atmosphere of a Victory vs Melb City GF? Or, unlikely as it is Perth v Wellington? Tumbleweeds....
Can anyone copy and post the Newy Herald article from today about NNSWF?
I don't have a problem with hosting the games in one city. Sounds like it's above $10m (who knows how much in contra though), road trips are fun and GF are mostly corporates anyway. All the melburnians should be asking their MPs why they didn't bid more.
There's some real hot takes in the twitterverse at the moment. I'm not sure, but I think the general consensus is that the universe just ended.
A road trip from ADL or Perth to Sydney is not fun though.Quote:
Originally Posted by belchardo
Has been done for $15 million. Even the club on the board, Brisbane, dismissed the idea pending meeting of all clubs.
They have gone and done it anyway.
OKQuote:
Originally Posted by Hunter403
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New Northern NSW Football board lines up goals after overthrow
By Craig Kerry
December 11 2022 - 8:00pm
New Northern NSW Football deputy chair Mark Trenter has the return of promotion-relegation, the involvement of homegrown legend Craig Johnston in a junior development revamp, and giving the Jets academy cheap access to the federation's Speers Point facility high on his agenda after Friday night's extraordinary general meeting.
Trenter was the only survivor of an overthrow of the NNSWF board led by five of the seven member zones. Chair Helene O'Neill was removed with a 16-1 vote after fellow directors Bill Moncrieff, Peter Dimovski and Mansell Laidler resigned.
Mike Parsons, who became chair, was elected as a replacement along with Paul Sandilands, Lisa Evans, David Willoughby and Lauren Edwards. Trenter, a former KB United player, was not targetted for removal.
Long-serving chief executive David Eland also departed after briefly attending the EGM. His employment's termination by mutual consent with the now former board was announced only via an email press release at 6:31pm, around which time he left the meeting. Trenter said "everyone was in shock" after Eland's sudden exit without notice.
Trenter said finding a new CEO was a top priority.
"I personally want to make sure we get a CEO that actually comes from a football background and has an affinity with the area," Trenter said. "David Eland is a great operator, but David Eland is not the right fit for Newcastle anymore."
The upheaval ended a 15-week battle started when the Newcastle, Macquarie, Hunter Valley, Mid North Coast and Far North Coast zones moved to oust five of the six NNSWF directors. That came a day after NNSWF-endorsed recommendations from an independent review were released to the zones.
Among the proposed changes was empowering clubs to move to an aligned administration structure under NNSWF which would effectively dissolve the zones who run community football.
Trenter indicated the review was the trigger for the overthrow.
"It was the whole process, and then coupled with getting nowhere with promotion and relegation," he said. "I think it was the icing on the cake, the final review report, but prior to that there was a lot of stuff going on."
As for the report recommendations, which were unanimously endorsed by the former board, Trenter said: "There's certain parts of that that have a lot of merit.
"But the one part that was a concern was it was like Russia taking over the Ukraine here. Bringing in all this new staff and company cars and running it from Newcastle. I thought, are they doing this bad of a job? Can we do it any better? The major subject about the review was the cost of the game, and it never got addressed once in the final outcome."
He said the board would look at streamlining measures.
"The zones are good at running community football but there's plenty to be looked at there, and it will be," he said. "For example, I can't see anything wrong with Macquarie, Hunter Valley and Newcastle merging. That would be significant. As directors of a board, we'd have to look at the capitalisation there that could be used for an astro-turf ground rather than these [zone] buildings that we don't quite know what they are servicing."
Trenter's focus, however, was football development.
He said the board would bring back promotion-relegation between the NPL and second-tier Northern League One from 2024.
"The clubs need at least 12 months to know what's happening and to get prepared for it," he said. "But there will definitely be promotion-relegation. There's going to be accountability."
As for a junior development revamp, Trenter wanted to bring "proper football people together" to help end what was seen as a "money-grabbing monopoly".
He also flagged free or heavily subsidised use of the synthetic fields at Speers Points for the Jets juniors.
"The Jets are a major customer of NNSWF, and I know there's been history of the ownership of the Jets, and sometimes they've left debts, but we should be, as a federation, supporting our national league team properly," he said.
"You can't keep thinking about the past.
"We don't want kids from our area going down the road to the Mariners. We want to develop professional footballers that can go on to the Socceroos or that we can keep in our region."
Trenter said "Newcastle can be a pilot for change" in junior development and he wanted to involve Johnston and others football experts locally and from further afield to help improve pathways and access to them.
He said he wanted to put football ahead of business.
"KPIs are not all about that," he said in reference to NNSWF's strong financial position under Eland.
"They are not all about finances. Up until today it has mostly been about finances and at the end of the day, it's supposed to be a not-for-profit organisation. I get sick to death of board meetings talking about how rich we are.
"But I'm very respectful of the way we need a clever businessman to transition that through."
Saturday: The return of promotion and relegation between the men's NPL and second-tier Northern League One from 2024 is high on the agenda of the new Northern NSW Football board confirmed on Friday night.
Football Mid North Coast stalwart Mike Parsons was voted onto the board and elected the new chair at an extraordinary general meeting where Lisa Evans, Lauren Edwards, Paul Sandilands and David Willoughby also became directors. Mark Trenter, the only director not targetted in the overthrow, was elected deputy chair.
Parsons replaced Helene O'Neill as chair after she was removed from the board 16 votes to one. The other directors, Bill Moncrieff, Mansell Laidler and Peter Dimovski, resigned before the meeting.
It was announced via a statement about 6.30pm on Friday that long-serving chief executive David Eland would leave his position immediately after he and the now former board had come to a mutual termination agreement. Eland served in the role for more than 13 years.
The Herald understands Eland was signed to a four-year contract extension shortly before the zones' move against the directors.
Also leaving NNSWF is chief financial officer Annette Hervas, football operations administrator Margaret Wand and finance assistant Kaitlin Radstaak.
The campaign to overthrow the board started on August 23, a day after zones received NNSWF-endorsed recommendations for change from an independent review report into the game's administration and governance in the region. Among the recommendations was facilitating a club-driven move to an aligned structure under NNSWF which streamlined administration and effectively dissolved the zone bodies which run community football.
Despite the upheaval on Friday night, Parsons said in a statement that it was "business as usual".
He was positive about the opportunities presented by a change in leadership at the member federation.
"We wish to thank the members of Northern NSW Football for their vote of confidence last night," he said.
"The new Northern NSW Football Board will come together shortly to commence planning for season 2023, future structure and direction of football within northern NSW.
"At this stage it is business as usual, we have excellent staff within Northern NSW Football and much of the planning for 2023 is complete."
The statement said the new board have indicated their intentions to prioritise grassroots football, achieve a dynamic NPL structure with NPLW, NPL and NL1, with promotion and relegation, from 2024 and reassess junior development pathways.
Promotion-relegation was abandoned several seasons ago because of the small number of clubs in the second-division which met NPL criteria.
In a press release on Friday night, Eland said: "I have been fortunate throughout my long tenure to have been supported by volunteer directors who selflessly dedicated their time and expertise to the game's best interests. The current board is no exception. I respect their determination to address the challenges constraining the game's continued growth and prosperity.
"It has been a privilege to lead football throughout northern NSW. I'm satisfied that I'm leaving the member federation in a sound position. The last couple of years have been very challenging, however, I could not be happier with how the governing body responded to the unprecedented challenges of the global pandemic."
I don't have any drama with it being at a neutral venue like the Superbowl or UCL Final is moved around to different cities each yearQuote:
Originally Posted by Hunter403
I don't see why it should be at Sydney for 5 years though
If it was moving around the country each year with a fixed date then there is no reason why football fans from around the country couldn't make the trip regardless of who was playing
https://www.theguardian.com/football...-deal-with-nsw
This is going well.
lol who cares hahha. not like we are ever getting back there anyway
Bahahahahahah, the unmitigated gall on these assholes.Quote:
Originally Posted by belchardo
No one gives a shit about (insert name here) director suit guy. Some poor sods ponied up some cash for the A-league in an election and they took it, like every other ****ing sport in the entire world.
Oh wait, should we all be as pure and noble as the Prem or MLS? Jesus Christ some people.on here just wamt everyone to be as poor as them.
Absolute low rent gypo style behaviour.
Its about $12 on a train, tix will be cheap. Pray the ****ing Jets get a GF spot one day in the mext few years at least in the big smoke the VAR might work and we can have a decent fly over.
Good to see our league still has no clue what it's doing regardless of who's in charge. The APL acted like they knew more than the other pricks but they've managed to piss off absolutely everyone (except Plague) in no time and set the comp back to a worse position than when they took over.
Who is on the APL board?
And I guess this is Silver Lake getting some return on their investment.
Sydney FC (Townsend), Wanderers (Johnny T), Victory (ADP - now resigned), Brisbane (Chris Fong), Melbun City (Brad Rouse), Silverlake rep and APL rep (who I think is Paul Lederer as APL Chair).Quote:
Originally Posted by belchardo
We know already Brisbane and MV rejected the idea - City may have as well but majority rules.
They would have got the four votes needed with the two Sydney teams, Silverlake and the APL rep .
As for the overall Chair vote you have Sydney and WSW, Macarthur would fall into line and us and the Coasties would be strong-armed into agreement. Wellington sounded reasonably conciliatory.
WUN, City, MV, Perth and Brisbane have all rejected - if Adelaide joined that would be a 6-6 vote and I am sure the APL chair would get the casting vote.
why are we doing a walkout during our match though? it's not like Jets have a true rep on that board, I'm more worried about the teddybear toss than an APL toss, till we have an owner our voice will remain anonymous anyway...
There is a big difference with those events in that they have a massive cult following and attract a fairly big global audienceQuote:
Originally Posted by MFKS
This is the A-Liga Grand Final, which doesnt
It won’t be changed, fools that walk out are just wasting their money and not supporting their team properly
Whilst it will have a visual impact in Melbourne for the derby, it will do nothing here. Melbourne is the only protest necessary.
Will just be 1-200 active support and it won't hardly be noticed, let alone reported. Families on the hill won't walk out after spending hard earned on tix and the kids will be waiting for Santa at halftime.
Holding up some signs or similar in that corner would achieve more.
It's only a walkout if you choose to actually walk out. It ain't going to change a thing. Stay in your seat and support your club, we all know they need as much as they can get.Quote:
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Which is all the more important that they take the money at every corner.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buddha
This is how big sports are run. You are a fool if you just hand over your marquee events for nowt.
Melbourne is best served directing their ire at Premier Andrews and blow up about why he isnt doing more for the game. Same with Perth, SA and QLD. Pollies never want to look bad when it comes to events its why our stadiums are always shinier than our hospitals. Play to their ego, we should be dapping up Dom Perottet with one hand while wagging a finger at Queen Anna with the other to get her to lift her game.
The sooner these idiots a the double eff aye play the game the right way the sooner we start to look like a half decent operation.
https://imgur.com/IMCWxjN
For:
Paul Federer (WSW)
Chris Fong (BRI)
Dick Peil (CCM)
Gino Marra (MAC)
Simon Pierce (MCY)
Shane Mattiske (NEW)
Scott Barlow (SFC)
Rob Morrison (WEL)
Against
Jason Sourasis (WU)
Anthony Di Pietro (MVC)
Tony Sage (PER)
Piet Van Der Paul (ADE)
That's the list of who voted yes and no at the meeting held yesterday or day before.
If you want to be all capitalist about it, fine, but they were still too stupid to let anyone else bid for it and bring the price up? They didn't even get a great deal on the hosting rights. Either way they are still absolute flogs and rubbish at their nothing jobs.Quote:
Originally Posted by plague