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Stagger eel

Stagger eel

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There you go again, singling out 1 bloke in the pack and painting him in poor light when he's ever done is express an opinion...
 
TheRam

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I still stand by my earlier statements. This club is an absolute basket case and the majority of the board are just plain useless from either faction.

As for Ken Edwards, he maybe a lone bright light at a very dark club at the moment, but who the hell really knows anything anymore at this point.

I've just had a gut full of (yes OMC I meant) failure at every level, without much hope of turning it around for many years to come.

When will this back room self interest bitching end? Well if we can't attract real talent to run our club at the board room level, then I'm afraid never, or until we won't have a stand-alone club to support anymore.

We are such a massive joke.
 
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Poupou Escobar said:
He went broke did he?

If not then he didn't f**k up. He took a risk and it didn't pay off. It would only be a f**k up if that A-League franchise was his only business, and he'd risked everything he owned on it.

Don't ever be scared of failure. Even Warren Buffet has lost billions in failed ventures. But like Palmer he didn't 'bet the house' so it's just part of the business cycle.

I assume you're some kind of building contractor. If so then I doubt you never lose money on a job. And if you don't then I dare say you don't take enough risks.
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This post is such a shame.
 
Tony Bongo

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Stagger eel said:
There you go again, singling out 1 bloke in the pack and painting him in poor light when he's ever done is express an opinion...
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Yeah poor bloke. I don't know who he is but his opinion has also included saying I'm a freeloader- he can well and truly go f**k himself.
 
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Tony Bongo

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Poupou Escobar said:
If it really were I'm sure you would explain why.
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Palmer bought GCU for no other reason than to impress his Asian business connections. I can't be bothered going into all the details but the guy is not only the biggest slob I have ever met in my life but also a completely self centered tight arse pig who still owes me a beer.
 
Poupou Escobar

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Tony Bongo said:
Palmer bought GCU for no other reason than to impress his Asian business connections.
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Was it a risk worth taking?

I can't be bothered going into all the details but the guy is not only the biggest slob I have ever met in my life but also a completely self centered tight arse pig who still owes me a beer.
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I'm sure he is. I can't stand fat people either.
 
Tony Bongo

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Poupou Escobar said:
Was it a risk worth taking?



I'm sure he is. I can't stand fat people either.
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I doubt it put much of a dent in his wallet. His model of how to engage the fans and together build a successful club is poles apart from how the Wanderers went about things. He didn't care less what the fans wanted or thought and he reaped what he had sown - Failure.

It's not just that he's fat but I have never seen anyone else rest a hotdog on his gut and eat it in a couple of bites while never looking down. The f**ker was to lazy to even lift his hands to his mouth. He used to have his shirt covered in sauce and didn't give a shit. People like him who couldn't care less how they look don't seem to care much about anyone else either.
 
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eel speel

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Jake the snake said:
Thought the new board would have learnt lessons from the previous boards obviously not. This is a disgrace.
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No this is just a typical massoud story......from source close to the club....which is really code for I might just make up stuff to get a headline... Go josh
 
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Tony Bongo said:
I can't be bothered going into all the details but the guy is not only the biggest slob I have ever met in my life but also a completely self centered tight arse pig who still owes me a beer.
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I'll fill everyone in on the story for you Tony.

It was at the Mudgee game this year, Palmer had jetted in to watch the Titans and the Eels.
Before the game, he tried to sneak into the bar and grab a coldie, Tony couldn't help but notice him.

Tony: Hey Clive, hey, hey!
Palmer: [pretends not to notice, turns to barman] one VB thanks. Just a midi, don't want to take too many risks
Tony: Hey Clive, hey, HEY!
Palmer [pretends not to notice] actually I'll live on the edge, make it a Carlton Cold instead of a VB.
Barman: Woah.
Tony: [turns to barman] this ones one me, hey Clive, HEY
Palmer: [pretends not to notice, sculls beer, belches loudly]
Morgan: [giggles like a schoolgirl]
 
Gary Gutful

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oldmancraigy said:
I'll fill everyone in on the story for you Tony.

It was at the Mudgee game this year, Palmer had jetted in to watch the Titans and the Eels.
Before the game, he tried to sneak into the bar and grab a coldie, Tony couldn't help but notice him.

Tony: Hey Clive, hey, hey!
Palmer: [pretends not to notice, turns to barman] one VB thanks. Just a midi, don't want to take too many risks
Tony: Hey Clive, hey, HEY!
Palmer [pretends not to notice] actually I'll live on the edge, make it a Carlton Cold instead of a VB.
Barman: Woah.
Tony: [turns to barman] this ones one me, hey Clive, HEY
Palmer: [pretends not to notice, sculls beer, belches loudly]
Morgan: [giggles like a schoolgirl]
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Palmer: What are you f**king looking at chuckles? Go and get me a pizza.

Morgan: hehehehe. Um, OK Mr Palmer but I think Ricky needs me in the sheds.....hehehehe
 
El Diablo

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http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/...e-fergusons-strife-coming-20130622-2op7k.html

Caught up

Ken Edwards' position as Eels CEO will be scrutinised after the sacking of his media manager, Michelle Keighran. For the past few months Keighran has been having issues with fellow media manager Adam Thompson. She has been keeping notes of all the run-ins and issues. She has wanted to take it to the board and that has now happened. Perhaps the biggest concern for Edwards was a conversation Keighran had with him in late March that she mentioned to me at the time. She had a documented complaint about how things were going with Thompson and took it to Edwards. His response, which is sure to be part of her case, was brutal. ''I'm not reading that f---ing shit. I f---ing warned you.'' Keighran has the support of some key Eels and league figures, including Phil Gould.
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Maroubra Eel

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Jodeci said:
That's a good one.

I'll pay that.

So it's the old boards fault who employed Ken Edwards???

Is that what your saying?

I think so
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I happen to think Ken is a great CEO. And yes it's well documented who signed him.

Ken is much better than the last one they hired.
 
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