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If you support any professional sports team you are supporting people who use illicit drugs.
Fact of life.
What a totally **** comment to make ... Go play with your barbies then mate !
If you support any professional sports team you are supporting people who use illicit drugs.
Fact of life.
You're disillusioned because someone who was never really voted on to the board, let alone chairman, stepped down?
^^^ This. I've been vehemently anti-drugs, anti-cheating my entire life, and I've ripped into people guilty of either or both things often in the past. I'd feel a right royal hypocrite cheering for a team that I - stress, I - believe contains people I deem to be 'cheats' or illicit/illegal drug users, whether deliberate or unknowingly.
That said, the entire thing is working towards a resolution now and those I consider most at fault (Elkin, 'The Four', and to a degree Flanagan) have now paid a price equal to or greater than the fate that befell the previous board - That is, their failings are now in the public domain and, essentially, they've largely paid for their mistakes. Those that haven't - Elkin, in particular, and possibly players who circumvented their coach and club doctor post-May 29, 2011 - well, their day will come. It's not a matter of 'if' anymore.
What a totally **** comment to make ... Go play with your barbies then mate !
So which are the illicit and illegal drugs?? I missed that bit.
Anyways, I admire someone that stands by their beliefs even though I think in this saga you are being pretty black and white without knowing all the facts. Sounds like you might need to find another team to cheer for in the mean time until that day comes.
Sounds like you might need to find another team to cheer for in the mean time until that day comes.
cmon guys its taken me weeks to get shark back from the abyss...****ing hell, settle down champ, things aren't THAT serious!
Seriously though, I'm starting to get an inkling of how the die hard Souths and Norths fans felt when they were unable to support their teams. OK, entirely different causes, but same gut-churning emotion I'd reckon.
^^^ This. I've been vehemently anti-drugs, anti-cheating my entire life, and I've ripped into people guilty of either or both things often in the past. I'd feel a right royal hypocrite cheering for a team that I - stress, I - believe contains people I deem to be 'cheats' or illicit/illegal drug users, whether deliberate or unknowingly.
That said, the entire thing is working towards a resolution now and those I consider most at fault (Elkin, 'The Four', and to a degree Flanagan) have now paid a price equal to or greater than the fate that befell the previous board - That is, their failings are now in the public domain and, essentially, they've largely paid for their mistakes. Those that haven't - Elkin, in particular, and possibly players who circumvented their coach and club doctor post-May 29, 2011 - well, their day will come. It's not a matter of 'if' anymore.
Your words, not mine.
Shark am I reading this wrong, it appears that you have softened your opinion somewhat.Yeah, they are 'my' words.
Point is, my support for this club will outlast this crisis, it will outlast the tenure of any current player or official, it will outlast the term of the current board.
I firmly believe the Sharks - as a club - have done wrong, and I firmly believe those in power at the club now know this. Some of the people responsible have paid for their failings, those that haven't yet, or those who have moved on, most certainly will.
Once that is done, I will be confident we're a 'cheat-free zone' and I'll happily support the new-look club until Harold Holt comes home, and beyond.
Shark am I reading this wrong, it appears that you have softened your opinion somewhat.
pine planks :Yes:
67 nails :Yes:
hammer :Yes:
I used to think we were a basket case... I think we're now a casket case.
That's uncalled for, Ben. There was a ****load of winning done off the field over the past four years. ****loads. Be critical all you like, but if you dismiss the property development approval and operation of our club with stuff-all money out of hand you do yourself a massive disservice.
That's uncalled for, Ben. There was a ****load of winning done off the field over the past four years. ****loads. Be critical all you like, but if you dismiss the property development approval and operation of our club with stuff-all money out of hand you do yourself a massive disservice.
no just typical of Ben he has no idea what he is on about.
They got a property development approved, big deal. How many major sponsors do we have? None. Why as you state did the club have "stuff all money", I suppose because it was being well run.
Don't try and tell me it was well run when without that development the Sharks would probably be out of the NRL. Facts are the right people are now running the club, and thankfully there are more members who have seen what's been going on than some of the irresponsible rubbish I see written in this forum. Those people have all been proven wrong. If you think they were doing a "good job" why have the members kicked them out? Oh yeah it was media driven, wasn't it. What a load of rubbish.
If he has no idea, what idea do you have? Absolutely none. Are you a voting member of the club? I doubt it.
This comment alone speaks volumes as to how completely clueless you are.
If he has no idea, what idea do you have? Absolutely none. Are you a voting member of the club? I doubt it.