I'm confused by the retaining of all the coaching staff, wouldn't that be subject to change based on the new guy who own the club
I'm confused by the retaining of all the coaching staff, wouldn't that be subject to change based on the new guy who own the club
I wouldn't have expected the FFA to do anything different right now. I wonder if they were placed on new short-term contracts?
Here I was thinking I would have no reason to make banners anytime soon.
Tifo telling Muppet what we think coming up
Hahaha this is ****ed if Stubbins and Co. are still around. I'll go back to not giving a shit again if true.
Sometimes we get the urge to do something we would not normally do but to come out and retain Stubbins so soon after WTF !
Below is my reply to the FFA on this rediculous decision.
" Attn : FFA
You make mention in the above listed article about membership. You are no chance of attaining past numbers whilst Stubbins remains.
Whoever advised the FFA on this decision got it very wrong indeed. You made reference in regards to the removal of Tinkler that part of the reason was the inexcusable continued late payments. Stubbins is on the record in an article in the Newcastle Herald just as recently as a couple of months ago supporting Tinkler with a such is life approach to the whole situation of late payments to his players and club staff. Yes he made excuses and went into bat for Tinkler.
It was at this point he lost what remained of the playing group. Don’t believe me then ask a player.
You had an opportunity to continue the positive outlook your decision to revoke the license has brought in recent days but sadly you have blown it with the retention of Stubbins.
Clearly whoever made this decision failed to gauge the sentiment around this club toward its current coaching staff, Jones excluded. "
They will not care but hey if enough demonstrate there dismay you never know eh ?.
Ray GATT seems almost convinced stubbins won't be around.
Stubbins' position is still under review. No decision has been made.
De bohun on the news saying decision hasn't been made regarding the coaching staff. A few I follow on twitter have heard that the FFA has been talking to other coaches.
For Christ sake i hope you blokes are right.
Even my 12yr old daughter said she would stop taking her e E reader thingy to the games once Stubbins is gone LOL.
http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/artic...s-keep-his-job
PFA's having a bit of a go at him as well, no way this blokes keeping his job
Why wouldnt the FFA put out ads for people to apply for these coaching positions? If stubbins applies, pick someone someone else...
The coaches are employed by the HSG, the FFA have no obligation to retain the staff...
Must have someone in the pipeline if they are putting a timeline on it."Our goal will be to have a new owner and chairman in place by the start of next season," De Bohun said.
http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/artic...er-next-seasonWhile the players have been kept on and the staff paid for now, the coaches face a different path as the FFA undertakes a large-scale review of the club's operations.
"The coaching staff are still employed by Hunter Sports Group, they're not coming across at this point," De Bohun said.
Head coach Phil Stubbins was only given a lukewarm endorsement by de Bohun.
"I've spoken to Phil personally this morning, he's been on a mission from the previous owner of the club ... I have made it clear that we're stopping to reassess everything right now and get clear on what the future might hold."
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Lets hope luke warm eventuates into frozen out.
I think the pfa article has almost put to bed the chance of stubbins staying on.
Who is that **** from NBN spreading such shit on Twitter then??
Getting the natives of Newy all upset due to his shit house sauces
Maybe so but I see it went aheadOriginally Posted by Tommyjet
The Championship Chronicles - The Jetstream's review of the 2007/08 season. www.newcastlefootball.net/chronicles
De Bohun, Mitchell Murphy Kyle Patterson and a few other suits looked like they were winding up a meeting at Speers Point at about 4.30 today. All Jets staff are now working from Speers Point. The Jets youth team ( NPL 1st grade) were finishing training about the same time on the synthetic pitches. NNSW have done well here IMO.
See I told you it wouldn't take long and Jets would be doing their training at Speers Point at Northern New home
http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/...-1227364095992
CHANNEL Nine wants to screen Saturday night A-League games and go head-to-head with the AFL on Seven.
Nine is favourite to take over SBS’s A-League rights as Seven’s interest is complicated by its AFL contract, with negotiations for the next deal already kicking off within a fortnight _ the current AFL deal expires at the end of 2016.
Despite an appetite for more live sports and a view that the A-League provides a cheap entry point, sources have indicated that Seven has been warned against putting live A-League games up against its Friday or Saturday night AFL coverage by the AFL.
Nine’s NRL broadcasts are restricted to Friday nights and Sunday afternoons, leaving a gap on Saturday nights.
But the kingmaker remains Fox Sports chief executive Patrick Delany, who effectively has to rubberstamp any movement on A-League rights.
Fox Sports pay 75 per cent of the current $40m-a-year deal _ which was due to expire in 2017 but has come back on the table with SBS’s desire to offload the A-League _ plus the Saturday night slot is the match of the round, and includes the Melbourne and Sydney derbys.
Fox have co-production deals with Seven and Nine for the AFL and NRL.
It’s believed that talks have centred around spreading the games between the FTA’s main and secondary channels.
David Carney calls for Newcastle Jets to change coach
David Carney calls for Newcastle Jets to change coach
Channel 10, which showed strongest interest when the latest deal was signed, may not be in a position to bid unless Foxtel’s mooted $85m injection occurs by the end of June.
Delay and FTA network heavyweights were guests at last Sunday’s A-League grand final at AAMI Park, and Bruce McWilliam (Seven, commercial director), Ian Paterson (GTV, managing director) and David Barham (Ten, head of sport) were all acknowledged by FFA chief executive David Gallop at a pre-game function.
Seven “maintained a polite silence on TV rights as always” when contacted by the Herald Sun, while Nine said it was “premature” to make any comment.
Seven is broadcasting the upcoming visits of English giants Chelsea and Tottenham, while Nine will show July’s International Champions Cup (ICC) featuring Real Madrid, Manchester City and Roma plus the Liverpool games.
Speaking before the A-League grand final, Gallop admitted that a deal was some way off despite clear interest.
“We’re in the second year of a four-year deal so if there was to be any change it would require everyone to agree,’’ Gallop said.
“We do have significant interest from commercial networks. We have seen a couple dip their toe in the water successfully with some of the overseas club visits, so all of that augurs well for the future.
“At this stage it’s encouraging to have that interest, but there’s nothing concrete in place.’’
The grand final drew a record FTA audience for an A-League game on SBS, with an average audience of 442,000 watching on a one-hour delay, while a further 264,000 watched it live on Fox Sports, the fourth-highest A-League audience.
.FOOTBALL Federation Australia chief executive David Gallop says Nathan Tinkler’s contribution to the Newcastle Jets will soon be ‘‘forgotten’’ by a Novocastrian community fed up with his business practices.
Tinkler’s four year and seven month tenure as Jets owner ended abruptly on Wednesday when FFA revoked his franchise licence, just hours after he placed the club into voluntary administration citing liabilities of $2.7million.
Tinkler then accused FFA of being ‘‘morally bankrupt’’ by forcing him out and threatened to launch legal action. But in an interview with the Newcastle Herald on Thursday, Gallop produced a scathing response, saying the man they call the ‘‘Boganaire’’ had sealed his own fate.
‘‘I have no doubt Nathan went into the ownership with all the right intentions, and even had outbreaks of wanting it to work in recent times,’’ Gallop said. ‘‘But it hasn’t.
‘‘Not paying wages, stadiums, training grounds, numerous trade creditors, owing millions in tax, owing superannuation for months – if you do it for long enough, maybe you start to convince yourself that it’s normal and even convince yourself that it’s right as an owner. It’s not normal or OK. The contributions he has made, however significant, will be forgotten quickly. The community expects better.
‘‘In a community like Newcastle, everyone knows the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker. If they don’t get paid, it has a ripple effect across the town.’’
Gallop, then the NRL’s chief executive, noted that he had been ‘‘sceptical’’ about Tinkler’s 2011 takeover of the Newcastle Knights and had been criticised at that time by former Hunter Sports Group chairman Ken Edwards.
‘‘For Newcastle and Nathan Tinkler, I always thought it was a bad move and bound to end in tears,’’ Gallop said.
In response to Tinkler’s ‘‘morally bankrupt’’ accusation, Gallop said: ‘‘We reject any suggestions along those lines. This has gone on for many months now, with a number of changes of direction. The level of debt continues to mount.’’
Gallop was unconcerned by Tinkler’s threat to sue.
‘‘Obviously we’ve had lawyers involved around the Jets situation for many months now,’’ he said.
Gallop said he sympathised with Jets chief executive officer Mitchell Murphy and predecessor Robbie Middleby, who too often had been dealing with disgruntled creditors.
‘‘We are supportive of Mitchell Murphy, but like Robbie Middleby, he can’t spend every day explaining to people that the cheque is in the mail,’’ he said.
Gallop declined to comment when asked whether the Jets’ liabilities were larger than the $2.7million figure Tinkler volunteered. The Herald understands the debt is more than $4.5million.
FFA will ensure that players and staff, who have been waiting seven days for their monthly pay, are paid Friday.
All 15 contracted players will be offered like-for-like contracts with the new Newcastle entity.
The positions of all coaches and the administrative staff, including Murphy, are under review.
Locked out of their training base at the University of Newcastle due to an unpaid $40,000 in hire fees, the Jets will now use the Northern NSW Football facility at Speers Point as their interim headquarters. FFA will sift through the Jets’ creditors to assess, on a case-by-case basis, who will be reimbursed.
‘‘That’s a big exercise that will take some time to get on top of,’’ Gallop said.
Gallop said many clubs had changed ownership over the history of the A-League and ‘‘transition usually produces a stronger club’’.
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