Quote Originally Posted by hausmann View Post
- re the sacked players. Tinkler seems confused as to his obligations. He thinks that all he has to do is pay out their contracts. In his mind he has sacked them and states clearly "They have no say in it". This is not fulfilling his obligations. Clayton Zane in another interview said that Tinkler said to him "I'm giving you 4 weeks notice" clearly not understanding that he had a 2 year contract with 12 months to run. I think he lives in a world of sackable employees rather than mutually enforceable contracts.
If Tinkler has gone down the performance management track with Zane, Packer and Young then he could theoretically sack them as he has. If their position is REDUNDANT then he could simply give them 4 weeks notice and put them on gardening leave. It all depends on what was contained within the contract they signed.

- In talking about performance he said of the sacked players that they didn't score many goals this year "and there hasn't been a lot in them over their careers". Excuse me? Golden boot Joel Griffiths leading goal scorer in Newcastle history. None of the others are strikers.
That's a really naïve statement. Even Carney, Madaschi have played for Australi, Kew played at a World Cup. Did Celeski play for Australia?

- With regards to his leadership, he says that now he can officially be blamed for things now that he is not relying on other people for advice but when Lucy says "what do you know about football?", he fully admits he knows nothing and says "that's the CEO's job". So what changes? He will still be relying on people for advice.
Tinkler does cop some blame because he has employed them for their opinion and advice. If he is holding them accountable for their performance then he's even more to blame.

- Lucy does not even raise the question of his ability to fund the club into the future. Given that the FFA are trying to breach him on his current debts, isn't this an important question?
Yep. Poor reporting and an opportunity missed. maybe it was "off limits" as part of the agreement for an interview?