Adz that is a gross exaggeration of what actually went on.
People were very concerned about the future, with justification;
1) Arnie had not been paid his bonuses.
2) Players were being paid late
3) We got out of the woods by selling a couple of players
4) We were asked to renew our next seasons membership early to keep the cash flow going.
5) We kept getting rumors printed in the media that "The Russians are coming next week" which never happened without any comment from the club.
6) Arnie was talking to Sydney about breaking his contract.
FFS things were looking gruesome.
And as Scottmac said we are not necessarily out of the woods yet. We have had some local investors step forward to fund Arnie for the remainder of his contract,Lawrie for a year and a couple of players.
It is time to celebrate that we will survive another year but not to start talking about Josh Kennedy etc as our new strker.
Fair enough, but most of what I was referring to happened on Facebook rather than this forum. Luckily, we only seemed to cop some of the tail end of the PT hate campaign (on ccmfans).
I would only question points 1, 2, and half of 4.
1 and 2 were being pushed by the same people that were also adamant Arnie had already signed for Sydney. Yes, these things have been reported numerous times in the media, but where do they get their info from? It might be true, it might not.
Half of 4 being the reasons for asking us to renew early. I like that we were asked to renew early... maybe it could have waited until the end of the current season (as they do in other codes... I always hated it that our memberships were never on sale until a few weeks before the start of the season, whereas I could get membership for my other team almost straight after the Grand Final), but since they were packaging ACL tickets with membership that made things a bit harder.
3 can't be disputed by anyone.
5 is still up in the air - we can only go off what we've been told and there is a good explanation in the letter from the Chairman.
6 was true, Arnie was being chased pretty hard by Sydney but ultimately decided to stay.
I also agree with Scottmac that we are not necessarily out of the woods yet, but we can only wait and see what happens on that front. Basically what I'm saying is I won't believe anything until it comes directly from the club.
A fans forum is a place to discuss rumors, facts, hearsay, fears and hopes.
Do not try to rewrite history and do not attack those that post on the forum, it just may go the way of the earlier one.
This is a tad confusing. The forum has always been for discussion, but a discussion goes two ways. A discussion doesn't mean saying something and then trying to intimidate anyone who questions or disagrees with what was said. We're having one now. It doesn't mean we all have to agree and have a massive love-in, but everyone can have a say.
Not sure what that last sentence means. If you want to see people being attacked, have a quick browse through the SFCU forum. If you can find a page where nobody is swearing at each other or trying to outdo each other with yet another "amusing" long-winded, profanity filled attack, you win a prize!
*edit: I forgot to mention that since Facebook has become so big in the last few years, and it's easy for anyone to make a Facebook page, it's been interesting to see how they have been run. If you make a comment on a Facebook page that one of the page admins doesn't agree with, or doesn't like in any way, they just delete it. If they really don't like you, they will ban you. No discussions entered into whatsoever. This forum has never been like that - resulting in some epic arguments over the years - but it could easily go that way if things get out of hand again.
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