Quote Originally Posted by Lofty View Post
Great post mate. It’s no secret who I am. I don’t try and hide that and all my views are pretty open. I’ll never try and bring a club or individual down (except maybe now with a few bad truths). I’ve been involved in a committee role at my club since I was 19 when it was at the brink of folding. I know what it takes to get a club to the level that it is now and change the perception that it had over 20 years ago.

The last week has been embarrassing from a number of individuals who have created accounts just to try and slander my club. We were getting kicked left, right and centre until I spilled the facts.
And then, a number of anonymous individuals with the combined IQ of Warners Bays points tally still try and put the boot in. Throw around outlandish comments and seriously making up rules that suit their agenda.

I stopped replying as I felt dumber after reading each comment. And I apologise for the rubbish people have had to read with this ordeal and it taking up so much space in the forum when it’s a topic that doesn’t need to be spoken about in one of the best seasons in reason memory. But let just say, it’s not the end of it.
We as a club have been through the rules from top to bottom and we know where we stand. Our ressies team won’t even be making semi finals and Warners Bay already securing the premiership. But the integrity of the competition and the responsibility of the federation is just as important to me.
I’m certainly not going to sit down to a bunch of clowns that hide behind a screen name on here, make up some nonsense rules and refuse to put them in here for everyone to see.

Newcastle Suns are an open book, we have offered everyone to take a look at all the evidence of both sagas involving Warners Bay.
I’m my eyes, Warners Bay are the only ones letting themselves down. Had their been anyone involved in and around my club creating accounts and posting things like they have, I’d be all over that quick smart. The fact that after winning the minor premiership on the weekend against Dudley and then to chant “f**k the Suns” says everything you need to know about that club from the top down. Classless.
The arrogance of their president to send the email he sent admitting what they did in the first round against us (started a player in firsts and ressies who in fact scored in both those games) and up hold their decision to claim a forfeit against us in a match that didn’t just have one played doubling up, there were multiple.
They are completely ignoring the fact that players played thirds and then played ressies after in the game they are whinging about.

Sorry again for the long winded post, but people need to clean up their own backyard and stop throwing stones from glasshouses.

The federations have a lot to answer for with the way they have handled this so far also.
With your first round fixture were the matches played in the correct order ie 3rds, Ressies, 1sts? Just asking because if a player started reserve grade and then also started the next game would that not be disadvantaging your 1st grade team? At the end of the day we probably all agree that first grade is the priority so I can’t imagine why they would voluntarily want to not start with 11 fresh players?

The second round fixture first grade was the only game played yeah? So really this is all about the order of the matches being played. The lower grades were played at a later date? I think it basically comes down to whether this rule exists that you can’t start any player who started first grade. If it doesn’t exist and the federation have just made it up you might have a point but if it does you probably do deserve to be docked points. Just my opinion though.