MagpieMariner
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Nah, not that way inclined.
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style_cafe
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style_cafe
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While there is an large element of truth in that the problem is with Shields reactions during that season. The previous week Milligan repeatedly poked Shields in the chest and did not even get a yellow - he was just waved away. It is almost certain that Shields was advised to change that element of his refereeing after that game. If so, and if there was going to be such a departure from treatment during the year, then the teams should have been advised.
He claimed to be unsighted, when he looked to be in prime position. Then he did not listen to one of his ARs who said he had a good view and it was a clear handball. He testified against Vuka then he slunk away never to ref again before months later apologising to Lawrie.
Never forget the shit treatment we have received over the years.
We can all state incidents where other players have have got away with murder.
However, Vuka had been a livewire for 12 months before the incident, getting involved with decisions against us
running upfield to protest things.
John Crawley should have pulled him aside & told him to control that side of his game.
Ultimately,his poor decision making that day ruined what could possibly have been an outstanding career & ultimately lead to
Matty Ryan`s rise to superstardom.
midfielder
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That year in particular with Shields we had massive issues that night that Kossie sent his team out to kick the shit out of us and we lost 5-4... was IMO the worst refereeing I have ever seen of a single game.
It all added to the moment ...
It all added to the moment ...
style_cafe
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Breeze was easily the most infuriating referee I`ve ever seen & that goes way back to his state league days.
He was just a prick!!
true believer
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When it comes to stooge refs ben williams has to be top 3 . I remember muskrat nearly breaking kwazie leg in a behind tackle . When kwazie got up and complained about the piece of skullduggery . Williams sent off kwazie and melbourne beat us 1-2 . It was as bad as the scum gf .
Blackadder
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No one rates us, and we don't care.
Forum Phoenix
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No one rates us, and we don't care.
Yes I usually rank a team with no trophy history over one who has multiple.
Total bollocks
pjennings
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Not sure where this should go - this will do - Part1
MIKE PHELAN ON 'THE MANCHESTER UNITED MACHINE' & 'A MODERN VISION' FOR CENTRAL COAST MARINERS. AN EXCLUSIVE, EXTENDED INTERVIEW.
22/08/2018 0 Comment(s)
Turmoil at Manchester United, no one sure who’s to blame, media feel a Sporting Director is the answer and former legend Gary Neville certainly agrees a football person is needed in the boardroom. All rather timely you could say as our Chairman Mike Phelan settles into his new post as Consultant Sporting Director at Australian League outfit Central Coast Mariners. We caught up with Mike earlier this week to bring you an extended interview. Sensible Soccer reveal how he’s settling in down under and get his views on the role of a Sporting Director.
So Mike, Why Central Coast Mariners?
“I have had a year out now and it’s the first real break I’ve had since Manchester United in all honesty. That has allowed me the time to really think about things and what I want to do next in the game”.
And how has this role come about and what is it?
“It all started with a chance meeting with owner Mike Charlesworth when I was working down in London for Sky, we had a coffee, he is a switched on owner with good ambition and an understanding of the building blocks and processes of success”.
And the role?
“The role is 'Consultant Sporting Director' overseeing the football club as a developing concern, a community hub, ultimately their long term sustainability and the 'on pitch' success of the football club at all levels”
And what will that entail?
“A lot in all honesty. The Mariners finished bottom of The A League last year albeit not as disastrous as this may appear, as there is no relegation from the league. Bottom is not acceptable in any football environment but what impressed me most is how Mike (Charlesworth) was looking at the bigger picture and wanted to address things throughout the football club from top to bottom”
“This role will not be solely a first team instant results fix. The job entails the bigger picture, the youth academy, the community, the wider provision on the sporting side of the business operation and the support personnel that surround all of this, the governing bodies in Australia and its overarching region, the facilities, the mode of operation, the standards of work, the chains of accountability and ultimately building something over a period of time where people enjoy coming to work, people have direction, a goal and a purpose and eventually Central Coast Mariners teams become successful.”
This appears different from coaching and certainly a wider remit, is this something you’ve been preparing for?
“Yes absolutely, in two ways in particular. Firstly, while I was in Manchester United that is a 24/7 organisation with high quality playing and support staff and when you are in it the nature of the beast is always what next, how can we push boundaries, we’ve won today so how do we win tomorrow? When I came out I went into other jobs at Norwich and at Hull City and never really reflected extensively on what I’d done in my time at United and more importantly how.”
“While at United I had two main roles. First key role was to coach and prepare the first team and then my second role was Assistant Manager to Sir Alex. These jobs were totally different. In the coaching I had to challenge the players, top class players every day and consistently be a part of taking them to another level personally and tactically in the context of how Manchester United are approaching each block of games. We were expected to win everything, we had a constantly evolving process in terms of new players coming in from our own academy and internationally from other world class leagues and you’ve had to integrate all that into eleven players to perform once every three days. Looking back that was a fantastic job, a big responsibility, but a great job and a very enjoyable one but a role that needed constant planning, evaluation and thought. The detail I have inside my head and in my office at home now of which I’ve finally had time to reflect on and evaluate is astronomical in relation to what I’m seeing and hearing elsewhere.”
And the second role as Assistant Manager to Sir Alex Ferguson?
“That was a total different ball game. There was still some coaching involved in key moments and important tactical situations but by and large this was quite literally as it says on the tin, assisting the Manager in running a big football operation. We have one of the most successful academies in world football and I had to be aware of that and have a professional eye on what’s going on in there and also what we needed and possibly when we may need it in terms of the first team. There were many coaches involved at this stage of Manchester United, the Gaffer, Rene, Eric, Tony Strudwick and myself and it’s a case of that blend being right for team, the units and of course each individual player."
"Alongside that you are dealing with a highly efficient youth system run by the likes of Brian McClair, Paul McGuinness, Warren Joyce and Tony Whelan among others. We had an unbelievably progressive and efficient sport science department run by Tony Strudwick involving a multitude of staff with responsibilities right across the range of the human body right through from a player’s feet to his eyes. We had external consultants involved such as Nick Littlehales (Sleep), Gail Stephenson (Eyes), we had a recruitment department scanning and travelling the globe looking for audacious young talent for our future and also for what I’d class as first team ready talent to challenge an already successful squad. All of this as you can imagine was a very big awareness and information management operation to enable discussion with the Manager and assist him in his decision making process once things find their way into his office. In a nutshell, I had to know and understand everything, you can’t say to Sir Alex “leave that one with me I’ll get back to you boss...”
MIKE PHELAN ON 'THE MANCHESTER UNITED MACHINE' & 'A MODERN VISION' FOR CENTRAL COAST MARINERS. AN EXCLUSIVE, EXTENDED INTERVIEW.
22/08/2018 0 Comment(s)
Turmoil at Manchester United, no one sure who’s to blame, media feel a Sporting Director is the answer and former legend Gary Neville certainly agrees a football person is needed in the boardroom. All rather timely you could say as our Chairman Mike Phelan settles into his new post as Consultant Sporting Director at Australian League outfit Central Coast Mariners. We caught up with Mike earlier this week to bring you an extended interview. Sensible Soccer reveal how he’s settling in down under and get his views on the role of a Sporting Director.
So Mike, Why Central Coast Mariners?
“I have had a year out now and it’s the first real break I’ve had since Manchester United in all honesty. That has allowed me the time to really think about things and what I want to do next in the game”.
And how has this role come about and what is it?
“It all started with a chance meeting with owner Mike Charlesworth when I was working down in London for Sky, we had a coffee, he is a switched on owner with good ambition and an understanding of the building blocks and processes of success”.
And the role?
“The role is 'Consultant Sporting Director' overseeing the football club as a developing concern, a community hub, ultimately their long term sustainability and the 'on pitch' success of the football club at all levels”
And what will that entail?
“A lot in all honesty. The Mariners finished bottom of The A League last year albeit not as disastrous as this may appear, as there is no relegation from the league. Bottom is not acceptable in any football environment but what impressed me most is how Mike (Charlesworth) was looking at the bigger picture and wanted to address things throughout the football club from top to bottom”
“This role will not be solely a first team instant results fix. The job entails the bigger picture, the youth academy, the community, the wider provision on the sporting side of the business operation and the support personnel that surround all of this, the governing bodies in Australia and its overarching region, the facilities, the mode of operation, the standards of work, the chains of accountability and ultimately building something over a period of time where people enjoy coming to work, people have direction, a goal and a purpose and eventually Central Coast Mariners teams become successful.”
This appears different from coaching and certainly a wider remit, is this something you’ve been preparing for?
“Yes absolutely, in two ways in particular. Firstly, while I was in Manchester United that is a 24/7 organisation with high quality playing and support staff and when you are in it the nature of the beast is always what next, how can we push boundaries, we’ve won today so how do we win tomorrow? When I came out I went into other jobs at Norwich and at Hull City and never really reflected extensively on what I’d done in my time at United and more importantly how.”
“While at United I had two main roles. First key role was to coach and prepare the first team and then my second role was Assistant Manager to Sir Alex. These jobs were totally different. In the coaching I had to challenge the players, top class players every day and consistently be a part of taking them to another level personally and tactically in the context of how Manchester United are approaching each block of games. We were expected to win everything, we had a constantly evolving process in terms of new players coming in from our own academy and internationally from other world class leagues and you’ve had to integrate all that into eleven players to perform once every three days. Looking back that was a fantastic job, a big responsibility, but a great job and a very enjoyable one but a role that needed constant planning, evaluation and thought. The detail I have inside my head and in my office at home now of which I’ve finally had time to reflect on and evaluate is astronomical in relation to what I’m seeing and hearing elsewhere.”
And the second role as Assistant Manager to Sir Alex Ferguson?
“That was a total different ball game. There was still some coaching involved in key moments and important tactical situations but by and large this was quite literally as it says on the tin, assisting the Manager in running a big football operation. We have one of the most successful academies in world football and I had to be aware of that and have a professional eye on what’s going on in there and also what we needed and possibly when we may need it in terms of the first team. There were many coaches involved at this stage of Manchester United, the Gaffer, Rene, Eric, Tony Strudwick and myself and it’s a case of that blend being right for team, the units and of course each individual player."
"Alongside that you are dealing with a highly efficient youth system run by the likes of Brian McClair, Paul McGuinness, Warren Joyce and Tony Whelan among others. We had an unbelievably progressive and efficient sport science department run by Tony Strudwick involving a multitude of staff with responsibilities right across the range of the human body right through from a player’s feet to his eyes. We had external consultants involved such as Nick Littlehales (Sleep), Gail Stephenson (Eyes), we had a recruitment department scanning and travelling the globe looking for audacious young talent for our future and also for what I’d class as first team ready talent to challenge an already successful squad. All of this as you can imagine was a very big awareness and information management operation to enable discussion with the Manager and assist him in his decision making process once things find their way into his office. In a nutshell, I had to know and understand everything, you can’t say to Sir Alex “leave that one with me I’ll get back to you boss...”
pjennings
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Part 2
So, you said you’d prepared for this next step in two ways in particular, what else have you been doing to get to this point?
“Well, in all honesty, it’s not specific preparation for any new role as such its more personal development. This to be fair was also spurred by my days with Manchester United. During my time at the club we were always digging around, researching if you will, it was an obsession in our culture to know and understand high performance and we spent time in some very interesting situations and there is a lot to be learned from these and I wanted to re-ignite that part of my life.”
Could you give any examples?
“We visited many people and places, we spent time at NASA, we were lucky enough to visit Nelson Mandela on several occasions, I’ve spent time in The Whitehouse and in military academies such as WestPoint in New York, we were very privileged to be regulars at Nike and integral in their performance lab. We looked at other sports such as NFL and spent time with the Philadelphia Eagles, we looked at British Cycling over here and even spent time immersed in Chinese ancient Buddhist Monk environments. There were a whole bunch of experiences and they contribute to you as a person then as a team and a culture in terms of things such as discipline, standards, acceptable and non-acceptable behaviours, and ultimately a way of life - all of this helps players as performers and management staff as leaders. I’ve spent time looking at this over the last 18 months and also re igniting myself through reading, studying and engaging with informative people.”
So in terms of putting that into the 'here and now' what has your evaluation and further study entailed?
“My evaluation has helped me be absolutely certain of what makes a winning organisation and that’s not something I’ll be giving away in this interview. Let’s be fair, I’ve been involved as a player, a coach and an Assistant Manager in a serial winning first team environment and a prolific youth development programme for a very long time, reflecting on and documenting this has been an extremely energising and interesting process. My further study is really an extension of this through books, visits, chats and TV all in related high performing fields, which believe it or not I’ve not really had time to watch in extended detail in these last 20 years.”
Examples?
“I’ve spoken with Eddie Jones of England Rugby, Kate Richardson Walsh of England Hockey both in meetings at conferences at Liverpool John Moores University, I’ve got involved with academics and tapped their brains, as they are at the forefront of tomorrows world. I got involved with a virtual reality company and helped them develop what I think is fantastic technology, which will be integral to the modern footballer and the modern coaching process, I’ve read books such as The Story of Nike by Phil Knight, read articles on successful businessman such as Jeff Bezos of Amazon. I watched with fascination the recent documentary where Joshua and Klitschko met again at Wembley to discuss their title fight and the process of the two boxers as people and athletes. I’ve met with surgeons and with leading businessmen and women from the likes of Gulf Oil and Tag Heuer and I’ve also set up two companies www.sensiblesoccer.co.uk which are in their early stages but doing well in grassroots football and in sports education for colleges and universities (Click here to view an example). I’ve generally networked and tapped into the brains of various business leaders, sports people, academics and visionaries on my travels around England, Australia and The Middle East, and the whole thing has been rather refreshing and energising and I’m now ready to bring something back to the game.”
Have you had any offers in England or is Mike Phelan’s work done in this country?
“Yes, I have and who knows?”
Is that something you’d like to discuss?
“I have spoken on various levels to three clubs and been tentatively linked with others but not pursued them after I'd done my homework. I think as this interview reveals to be fair, I have a value and I have a process and for me it’s a case of those things being aligned for me to work for a club and for a club to achieve what they say they want to achieve.”
“Mike Charlesworth and Central Coast Mariners are what impress me right now and that is what I have committed to”
“I had many successful years at Manchester United and won 26 major honours as Player, Coach and Assistant Manager and there’s a lot more left in Mike Phelan I can assure you of that”
So, you said you’d prepared for this next step in two ways in particular, what else have you been doing to get to this point?
“Well, in all honesty, it’s not specific preparation for any new role as such its more personal development. This to be fair was also spurred by my days with Manchester United. During my time at the club we were always digging around, researching if you will, it was an obsession in our culture to know and understand high performance and we spent time in some very interesting situations and there is a lot to be learned from these and I wanted to re-ignite that part of my life.”
Could you give any examples?
“We visited many people and places, we spent time at NASA, we were lucky enough to visit Nelson Mandela on several occasions, I’ve spent time in The Whitehouse and in military academies such as WestPoint in New York, we were very privileged to be regulars at Nike and integral in their performance lab. We looked at other sports such as NFL and spent time with the Philadelphia Eagles, we looked at British Cycling over here and even spent time immersed in Chinese ancient Buddhist Monk environments. There were a whole bunch of experiences and they contribute to you as a person then as a team and a culture in terms of things such as discipline, standards, acceptable and non-acceptable behaviours, and ultimately a way of life - all of this helps players as performers and management staff as leaders. I’ve spent time looking at this over the last 18 months and also re igniting myself through reading, studying and engaging with informative people.”
So in terms of putting that into the 'here and now' what has your evaluation and further study entailed?
“My evaluation has helped me be absolutely certain of what makes a winning organisation and that’s not something I’ll be giving away in this interview. Let’s be fair, I’ve been involved as a player, a coach and an Assistant Manager in a serial winning first team environment and a prolific youth development programme for a very long time, reflecting on and documenting this has been an extremely energising and interesting process. My further study is really an extension of this through books, visits, chats and TV all in related high performing fields, which believe it or not I’ve not really had time to watch in extended detail in these last 20 years.”
Examples?
“I’ve spoken with Eddie Jones of England Rugby, Kate Richardson Walsh of England Hockey both in meetings at conferences at Liverpool John Moores University, I’ve got involved with academics and tapped their brains, as they are at the forefront of tomorrows world. I got involved with a virtual reality company and helped them develop what I think is fantastic technology, which will be integral to the modern footballer and the modern coaching process, I’ve read books such as The Story of Nike by Phil Knight, read articles on successful businessman such as Jeff Bezos of Amazon. I watched with fascination the recent documentary where Joshua and Klitschko met again at Wembley to discuss their title fight and the process of the two boxers as people and athletes. I’ve met with surgeons and with leading businessmen and women from the likes of Gulf Oil and Tag Heuer and I’ve also set up two companies www.sensiblesoccer.co.uk which are in their early stages but doing well in grassroots football and in sports education for colleges and universities (Click here to view an example). I’ve generally networked and tapped into the brains of various business leaders, sports people, academics and visionaries on my travels around England, Australia and The Middle East, and the whole thing has been rather refreshing and energising and I’m now ready to bring something back to the game.”
Have you had any offers in England or is Mike Phelan’s work done in this country?
“Yes, I have and who knows?”
Is that something you’d like to discuss?
“I have spoken on various levels to three clubs and been tentatively linked with others but not pursued them after I'd done my homework. I think as this interview reveals to be fair, I have a value and I have a process and for me it’s a case of those things being aligned for me to work for a club and for a club to achieve what they say they want to achieve.”
“Mike Charlesworth and Central Coast Mariners are what impress me right now and that is what I have committed to”
“I had many successful years at Manchester United and won 26 major honours as Player, Coach and Assistant Manager and there’s a lot more left in Mike Phelan I can assure you of that”
pjennings
Well-Known Member
Part 3
Is it difficult for you perhaps in England, having been in the machine that is Manchester United for so long?
“Far from it, people are often sometimes too quick to presume and not check the facts, I’ve won titles as a player at Burnleyand Norwich, I’ve done the leg work and earned my coaching stripes at the likes of Stockport and Blackpool and in 18 months at Hull City we won promotion to the Premier League in extremely difficult circumstances.”
Was Hull a blip on your CV?
“I wouldn’t say so. Firstly, we achieved promotion to The Premier League, many a bigger club has been trying and failing on that front for a long time as we all know. The issue was that we probably achieved that promotion by outperforming the car we were in and Steve (Bruce) knew that, which would ultimately be the catalyst for him leaving.”
And your time in charge?
“Well again I think context is important. We had the smallest and worst prepared squad in the history of professional football, I myself was not actually given the job until October then to add to that all my coaching staff left within this interim period. To be anywhere near still in with a chance of survival and be in the semi-finals of a cup was arguably a miracle.”
That can’t have been enjoyable?
“In a perverse way I did enjoy the challenge, we were fighting every day, I was trying to improve the club in terms of culture and processes and I was trying to get in world class coaching staff. I was enjoying working with young players with vast potential such as Harry Maguire, Andy Robertson, Ryan Mason and Jarrod Bowen and I was assisting in the coaching opportunities and next career education of people such as Michael Dawson. All the club really needed was alignment, commitment and patience and we would have been fine. It wasn’t to be at Hull City but did I enjoy it and has it added to me learning? Yes, absolutely.“
So returning to the new venture, Central Coast Mariners, what’s the current situation and when do you start?
“Well firstly I’ve already been out there on a 10-day visit. The owner was very diligent in his processes and flew me out to Australia to see for myself what he was talking about in terms of the whole organisation and how it operates. I spent time with various people from the different sectors in the club, I looked at the expansion plans, I took in an A League play-off game, I coached in the academy and met all the staff from first teams, to youth and academy, the coaches and externally linked parties such as staff from The Australian Institute of Sport. I’ve done my additional homework and football is the most popular and fastest growing sport in the country, which was a surprise to me in all honesty. I feel the country is on the up and that the popularity and potential is vast for football in this country and for Central Coast Mariners."
"I have connections in Australia from my time at Manchester United in Warren Joyce (Manager Melbourne City) and have spent time with him getting to understand more about the challenges, opportunities and processes of football in Australia. Central Coast have a history and have won The A league on two occasions and been runners up twice. The youth and ladies teams are doing very well right now and should hopefully step up to the next levels for the coming season. I have met the first team manager Mike Mulvey and the first team coach Nick Montgomery and both are energetic and enthusiastic football people. I have spent time with the Academy Manager Ken Schembri who is also doing great things with the younger generation at Central Coast. There is work to be done, there are good people in place and it's now a case of adding to and building a structure and an operational process for the future of the football club and in time success will come. There will be a lot of hard work involved but with a belief and a patience in what I will be implementing over the next 12 months and beyond, great things can be achieved and I’m looking forward to the journey.”
https://sensiblesoccer.co.uk/news/M...oast-Mariners-An-Exclusive-Extended-Interview
Is it difficult for you perhaps in England, having been in the machine that is Manchester United for so long?
“Far from it, people are often sometimes too quick to presume and not check the facts, I’ve won titles as a player at Burnleyand Norwich, I’ve done the leg work and earned my coaching stripes at the likes of Stockport and Blackpool and in 18 months at Hull City we won promotion to the Premier League in extremely difficult circumstances.”
Was Hull a blip on your CV?
“I wouldn’t say so. Firstly, we achieved promotion to The Premier League, many a bigger club has been trying and failing on that front for a long time as we all know. The issue was that we probably achieved that promotion by outperforming the car we were in and Steve (Bruce) knew that, which would ultimately be the catalyst for him leaving.”
And your time in charge?
“Well again I think context is important. We had the smallest and worst prepared squad in the history of professional football, I myself was not actually given the job until October then to add to that all my coaching staff left within this interim period. To be anywhere near still in with a chance of survival and be in the semi-finals of a cup was arguably a miracle.”
That can’t have been enjoyable?
“In a perverse way I did enjoy the challenge, we were fighting every day, I was trying to improve the club in terms of culture and processes and I was trying to get in world class coaching staff. I was enjoying working with young players with vast potential such as Harry Maguire, Andy Robertson, Ryan Mason and Jarrod Bowen and I was assisting in the coaching opportunities and next career education of people such as Michael Dawson. All the club really needed was alignment, commitment and patience and we would have been fine. It wasn’t to be at Hull City but did I enjoy it and has it added to me learning? Yes, absolutely.“
So returning to the new venture, Central Coast Mariners, what’s the current situation and when do you start?
“Well firstly I’ve already been out there on a 10-day visit. The owner was very diligent in his processes and flew me out to Australia to see for myself what he was talking about in terms of the whole organisation and how it operates. I spent time with various people from the different sectors in the club, I looked at the expansion plans, I took in an A League play-off game, I coached in the academy and met all the staff from first teams, to youth and academy, the coaches and externally linked parties such as staff from The Australian Institute of Sport. I’ve done my additional homework and football is the most popular and fastest growing sport in the country, which was a surprise to me in all honesty. I feel the country is on the up and that the popularity and potential is vast for football in this country and for Central Coast Mariners."
"I have connections in Australia from my time at Manchester United in Warren Joyce (Manager Melbourne City) and have spent time with him getting to understand more about the challenges, opportunities and processes of football in Australia. Central Coast have a history and have won The A league on two occasions and been runners up twice. The youth and ladies teams are doing very well right now and should hopefully step up to the next levels for the coming season. I have met the first team manager Mike Mulvey and the first team coach Nick Montgomery and both are energetic and enthusiastic football people. I have spent time with the Academy Manager Ken Schembri who is also doing great things with the younger generation at Central Coast. There is work to be done, there are good people in place and it's now a case of adding to and building a structure and an operational process for the future of the football club and in time success will come. There will be a lot of hard work involved but with a belief and a patience in what I will be implementing over the next 12 months and beyond, great things can be achieved and I’m looking forward to the journey.”
https://sensiblesoccer.co.uk/news/M...oast-Mariners-An-Exclusive-Extended-Interview
midfielder
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PJ
Great pick up on the article and thanks for posting.
I swear to the heaven above, if either of the Sydney or Melbourne teams had Mike... SBS would have never stopped talking about it... equally if he had gone to Perth or AU noise would have been made... however us and the Jerks never a positive word..
Great pick up on the article and thanks for posting.
I swear to the heaven above, if either of the Sydney or Melbourne teams had Mike... SBS would have never stopped talking about it... equally if he had gone to Perth or AU noise would have been made... however us and the Jerks never a positive word..
Offsider
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So essentially ............ he just explains the few facts he ascertained from his due dilligence ............ or supposed due dilligence............ that we already knew.
The main point to my mind is that he said he wouldn’t devuldge any planned advice etc in the interview............. and he didn’t.
No reference to the Bolt circus event............... even though the televised trial match is a major coup for the circus organisers in that an increase in gate takings and tv fees is assured.
Interesting that he only referred to mm and nm as only energetic and enthusiastic ???
I trust that he did his due dilligence on mc as well ............. and would have confidence that he found mc has funds to support his ownership of the licence ............. and just not spending it.
Good news for the junior pathway as that is what seems to hold his main interest.
bikinigirl
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