Farah wants out..
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happy_tiger
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@Tony33 said:
I'm not really attached to players as such
I'd like them to stay but if they don't ,they don't
As I said if we got a swap on McCullough and Copley for Farah wouldn't that be a great deal
We get a player with Robbie's workrate (who is younger ) and another in a position we desperately need a quality player
Its nothing against Robbie personally , its doing the right thing for the club that I will support long after Robbie either retires or leaves at some stage in the future
@happy tiger said:
happy this has nothing to do with player ability, value or attachment. I am just shocked at the reaction of some supporters towards robbie based on these "rumours". If there had been an admission from farah that he doesn't want potter as coach or some other evidence implicating farah as the head of a player revolt then i could understand the reaction. But he has come out three times in the last 2 weeks and pledged his support for the coach and clearly stated his desire to not get involved with the situation. YET people continue to bag our greatest ever player and captain based on rumours being spread by tools like matthew johns and gordon tallis. Robbie is clearly being implicated as the scapegoat in this whole situation and god, that infuriates me.
If robbie is in fact telling the truth, does support potter and is reading this very thread, would you blame him for wanting out happy ? i certainly wouldn't, but i would be so pissed off…
happy_tiger
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@Tony33 said:
Tony Robbie is our greatest Tiger
And he is free to stay as long as he wants and as long as he continues to perform at the level of the contract he is earning
I was commenting on the fact IF this is true it could be a chance to kill two birds with one stone in regards to our playing roster
And I'm sure if Robbie reads my comments he wouldn't have an issue
And I still stick to my original comment
I will support the Tigers for a lot longer than Robbie Farah spends at the club in a playing capacity
@happy tiger said:
i will put these two questions to you happy, to make it easier for you..
if at the end of the day it is proven that all the rumours were false and that robbie was not the leak and as he stated wanted nothing to do with the negotiations between coach and management from the very start..
what would be your reaction to this entire thread and the comments being made by his "supporters" on this very forum ?
would you blame him for being pissed of about being made the scapegoat by the media and his "supporters" ?
Tigertigertiger
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Farah was the one who talked Tedesco in to staying, now Farah wants out…I smell BS
Black_n_White
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@Tony33 said:
likewise Tony….
if this was an issue seperated between administration and football team, would not you expect the captain to back the coach and football team, or stand silent while the coach ate the torch on their behalf...
divorcing the two issues isn't rocket science, easily diffused by the captain, media exposure to do so is also a given...
do you not think that the speculation surrounding Potters future could have been easily diffused if there was an honest concerted effort from the playing group if they so supported him?
And ultimately, do you think Potter has handled the whole drama professionally, and thus somewhere along the lines the rat been totally unprofessional leaking it to the media, including the clubs possible involvement in not dousing the rumours as they surfaced....
even the suck hole that is anti Potter cannot play the club in a golden light....shows the shambles we all finance to be absolutely and totally incompetent.
Coastie_Tiger
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So is everyone just assuming Farah is the leak, he's been found out and now wants out?
If he has been leaking stuff out as much as that's ridiculous do you not think perhaps as captain he would be acting on behalf of the entire or majority of the group.
I don't think Farah is going anywhere tbh, but if has been leaking needs to be pulled into line although do we have anyone at the club capable of doing that?
If he has been leaking stuff out as much as that's ridiculous do you not think perhaps as captain he would be acting on behalf of the entire or majority of the group.
I don't think Farah is going anywhere tbh, but if has been leaking needs to be pulled into line although do we have anyone at the club capable of doing that?
bonstonker
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all i know is that if he really wants out,or has contemplated it,he should not be our captain.
you don't build championship teams with leaders like that.
but i don't know the actual truth in any of this mess
you don't build championship teams with leaders like that.
but i don't know the actual truth in any of this mess
Coastie_Tiger
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@bonstonker said:
I think there's only a few ppl who know the entire ins and outs of this fiasco, but as they say there's no smoke without fire something is rotten in our club and it needs to be sorted. I'm not about to throw Robbie under the bus just yet but there needs to be a team environment not just a few players and the rest we won't get anywhere like that.
happy_tiger
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@Tony33 said:
i will put these two questions to you happy, to make it easier for you..
if at the end of the day it is proven that all the rumours were false and that robbie was not the leak and as he stated wanted nothing to do with the negotiations between coach and management from the very start..
what would be your reaction to this entire thread and the comments being made by his "supporters" on this very forum ?
would you blame him for being pissed of about being made the scapegoat by the media and his "supporters" ?
Look in all of this I think Robbie needed to come out earlier and supported the coach
The fact he didn't is causing a lot of the problems he is facing now
Do I think Robbie is the leak , No I've got this suspicion it is Payten but could quite easily be wrong on that as well
Course he will be pissed about this Tony , but the fact he waited until after the Tallis comments to defend Potter would make it look very damning to many
This has been handled badly by many in this situation
I bet if many (Board ,Farah ,Mayer even Potter) had their time over they would handle things far differently
@happy tiger said:
Bingo.
My immediate thought yesterday in the presso, was "why didn't you come out and say this last week????"
I know Robbie said it was discussed and the players decided to stay out of it - well that was an extremely poor decision if those players do support the coach. In which case, the spokesperson (usually the captain) does say something on behalf of the players, to take the heat off everyone. Instead it was a big back-fire to all concerned.
Blackpearl
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@alex said:
thank you linesman, thank you ball boys. imo, now the feeding of, and to the media frenzy should be put to bed.
1\. boycott Murdoch's telecrap with their moronic, imbecilic journo wannabe's like Ritchie and rothfield.
2\. move on and get behind the coach and farah.
3\. please no more threads about all this bs, soooooo over it !
I have no intention of dropping this theme or not posting on similar threads. As soon as we do, the manipulators in hiding get a break. These threads will put the squeeze on management to make them do their jobs and deal with this. No point sugar coating a turd. We can all carry on with happy posts, put our heads in the sand and hope it goes away, but it won't. You are entitled to be SOOOOOOOOOOO over it, but don't expect me to be until management cleans up this mess.
Well said NT…but a Media Beat Up which this was is still a Media beat Up...giving it impetus just serve to cover the real issues of our inept board and general management...
@Blackpearl said:
everyone is sooooooooo over it. I just cant wait till the year is over, we get a fresh start with who ever the coach may be, players back from injuries and a board who can actually run a footy club (it really isn't that hard).
It looks like the new board will be put in place before a decision is made on Potter and given that Robbie is not a fibber and he really does have the full support of the playing group then i think he will be given a new contract (unless it all goes pear shaped from here).
In the mean time i think we should throw our full support behind the players until any rumours are proven and refrain from throwing our own under the bus based on comments from scummy "journalists" who would write and say anything to make a dollar.
This was not a simple media beat up. This was careful manipulation of the media to drive an agenda. If it were a simple media beat up Tigers management could have jumped in with their legal team and forced a full retraction. What did they do? Where are they now? How many of your questions have they answered? They haven't answered mine.
@Geo. said:
the way i see it is that the same members of our board who didn't want Potter to start with have been the same people trying to oust him from the very start.. the media has taken a hold of this and tried to dramatise it by hinting at player revolts led by the senior playing group, i.e. robbie (given his history with the sheen's sacking). there has been absoutely no evidence of a player revolt, and on the contrary they have come out and stated they want nothing to do with any decision regarding the coach. The media will do anything to make a dollar, especially the telecrap and it's f-wit employees and sadly people for some reason are led to believe them without any sunbstantial evidence our quotes..
in essence i think we are currently an amateur club because we are run by amateur "business people" who have no bloody idea. The sooner the new board is put in place, the better the future will be on and off the field.
the question i have is, will the board be restructured completely with new board members or will the current board remain with the addition of the ARLC affiliated directors ?
