hope he's on pre-paidOriginally Posted by pv4
living the strayan' dream
hope he's on pre-paid
living the strayan' dream
we will loose
So its fair to say he is getting paid his real worth.
Hi Member. How are you? I just discovered some interesting stats on the Voice of the Hunter:
They don't seem to have a strong grasp of percentages. Surely:
percentage of readers earning $50k+ > percentage of readers earning $100k+.
Household income. Not individual income.
They meant "$50K to $75K".
In any event, I think it looks bad to say "only one in five of our print readers' households are $100K+", which is what they're saying. But maybe that's because I live in Canberra, where the streets are paved with gold and polished with the sweat of Newy taxpayers.
Shouldn't they be more careful then with the shit they write and get the things proof read by someone before distributing it to the masses??
I suppose you will now try telling us some Kiwi does the job??
Hello CouscousJETS chief executive Robbie Middleby is concentrating on ensuring Newcastle’s A-League club runs as smoothly and successfully as possible and not allowing himself to be distracted by issues out of his control.
As revealed by the Newcastle Herald on Thursday, the Jets face an uncertain future amid reports embattled owner Nathan Tinkler faces tax debts of almost $40million.
The Herald has been told Tinkler is running out of time to find a buyer for the club, which has been on the market for two months, and could be forced to hand control over to Football Federation Australia by the end of the year.
‘‘I’m aware that the current owner is having discussions with the FFA about the ownership, and as far as I’m aware that will continue,’’ Middleby said. ‘‘My discussions with the FFA are about the day-to-day runnings of the club, and we’re comfortable where things are at.’’
The Herald reported on Thursday that the Jets had struggled to pay coaching and ancillary staff their wages this month. Payments are due on the 15th day of each month.
‘‘Everyone was paid on time this month. Ancillary staff, coaches, everyone was paid on time,’’ Middleby said.
Though he acknowledged the speculation about the club’s future was of concern, he insisted there was nothing to gain from worrying about issues he could not control.
The players and coach Phil Stubbins were focused on maintaining a positive attitude as they prepared for their away game against Wellington on Sunday,’’ he said.
‘‘Our main focus at the moment is the season,’’ Middleby said. ‘‘We’re two games in and that’s our focus, and I know that’s what the coaching staff, the players and the club are working towards.
‘‘What’s out of our hands is in the future, and who’s going to be the owner, but we’re comfortable that a positive outcome will be reached and that this club has a bright future.
‘‘As far as the ownership situation is concerned, I know that the current owner and the FFA are in regular dialogue about that. Me personally, I’m in regular dialogue with the FFA about the current situation, and I’m comfortable where things are at.’’
British billionaire Marwan Koukash, who owns UK Super League club Salford and has designs on owning a National Rugby League team, was touted as a possible Jets saviour, but he ruled himself out when he tweeted: ‘‘I have no interest in the Newcastle Jets.’’
Asked to explain, he tweeted: ‘‘For now my priority is RL.’’
The Crikey website has reported the Australian Taxation Office has registered two mortgages over four Tinkler stud farms after reaching a recent deed of settlement.
One of the mortgages reportedly relates to a debt of $20.1million, signed last month between the Tax Commissioner, Tinkler, five Patinack entities and the companies that own the Jets and formerly the Knights.
Another, for $19.5million, signed in May, relates to other Tinkler and Patinack entities.
The stud farms are being sold off, but the first of these, at Canungra in Queensland, passed in at auction yesterday.
Who do you think I am, some sort of Herald apologist*? I'm just a supporter of proper and correct attribution, comrade. I distrust those who mix their own words with others, without disclosing the provenance of their sources.
* But I do confess to being a Robert Dillon fan.
I don't know how I'd feel about this suggestion, because there would be an undoubted be a name change. I'd probably be against it, to be honest, but I wonder if we would be a potential opportunity for a company like Red Bull. They have a number of teams in various leagues and with the success of the Wanderers I wonder if they see another marker they can enter?
What do people think?
The Championship Chronicles - The Jetstream's review of the 2007/08 season. www.newcastlefootball.net/chronicles
We change our colours name etc every couple of years anyway so change would not be a surprising thing if we were called the Newy Red Bulls etc.
As long as Middleby goes and we rid ourselves of GVE and get some competent governance I am in
Newcastle Red Bull.
Why the **** not?
???
As opposed to now where it is Newcastle Bull Shit
Yeah, at least our Bull will have a colour if that happens.
Well we can't go any further backwards, I'd take anyone.
Middleby Gone
Lawrie Out
I wouldn't be against it. I think there are advantages to being connected to a number of professional clubs around the world.
Changing the current home colours wouldn't bother me as I haven't got the attachment to it that I did to the gold. The Emerald and Cinnamon though, don't really want to see that taken away like the gold before it.
Would be nice to think that the Wanderers win has opened the eyes of potential investors.
How would FFA regulations be, they don't allow any ethnic names what would let them allow an energy drink company?
and no i don't want a name change
I don't want to rebrand or start again. There has to be a better solution
We just need a return to the gold, to the identity we had for the club
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