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A GROUP of fed-up Parramatta legends have formed a rebel alliance to end the club's "vendettas, factions, self-destruction and divisions".
Former champion Eels players John Kolc and Steve Sharp have become so frustrated that they announced yesterday they would run for the Leagues Club board as independents.
The pair have the backing of premiership-winning stars Mick Cronin, Peter Wynn and Bob O'Reilly.
Kolc and Sharp have sent a letter - under the heading Parramatta United - to the club's 600 members which expresses their disgust at watching the Eels be "torn apart by politics and vendettas".
In a strongly worded letter - obtained by The Daily Telegraph - Kolc and Sharp talk about "construction, not destruction" and a desire to "unify our great club".
Parramatta's board has been under pressure all season over a string of issues, including the controversial sacking of coach Daniel Anderson.
"We have had enough divisions," Kolc and Sharp wrote.
"We have had enough leaks from the board. We have had enough of private club matters being splashed across back pages of the papers because confidentialities can't be kept.
"We have had enough of sackings and redundancies of managers and coaches and wasting hundreds of thousands of dollars on lawyers and investigators. We have had enough of The Daily Telegraph supporting one faction and [radio broadcaster] Ray Hadley being highly critical of that faction. Our club is the big loser!
"We have had enough publicity of [Ray] Price v [Denis] Fitzgerald. Professionalism, not personalities."
Kolc is a former halfback who represented Australia, while Sharp was a hard-working second-rower involved with the Eels' premiership successes in the early 1980s. The pair claim they will not align themselves to a faction.
"We are about unifying Parramatta, looking ahead and learning from the past," they wrote. "We have had enough of self-destruction. Let's all work together to reclaim our position as the premier club in the NRL, the NSWRL and junior league. Parramatta, it is time to unite."
Cronin, an Eels great who won four premierships with the club, wants to see "things turned around".
Asked about Kolc and Sharp, Cronin said: "What they say sounds good - they want a united Parramatta."
The Parramatta AGM starts at 7.30pm on Tuesday, December 14. The football club elections will be held early next year.
Former champion Eels players John Kolc and Steve Sharp have become so frustrated that they announced yesterday they would run for the Leagues Club board as independents.
The pair have the backing of premiership-winning stars Mick Cronin, Peter Wynn and Bob O'Reilly.
Kolc and Sharp have sent a letter - under the heading Parramatta United - to the club's 600 members which expresses their disgust at watching the Eels be "torn apart by politics and vendettas".
In a strongly worded letter - obtained by The Daily Telegraph - Kolc and Sharp talk about "construction, not destruction" and a desire to "unify our great club".
Parramatta's board has been under pressure all season over a string of issues, including the controversial sacking of coach Daniel Anderson.
"We have had enough divisions," Kolc and Sharp wrote.
"We have had enough leaks from the board. We have had enough of private club matters being splashed across back pages of the papers because confidentialities can't be kept.
"We have had enough of sackings and redundancies of managers and coaches and wasting hundreds of thousands of dollars on lawyers and investigators. We have had enough of The Daily Telegraph supporting one faction and [radio broadcaster] Ray Hadley being highly critical of that faction. Our club is the big loser!
"We have had enough publicity of [Ray] Price v [Denis] Fitzgerald. Professionalism, not personalities."
Kolc is a former halfback who represented Australia, while Sharp was a hard-working second-rower involved with the Eels' premiership successes in the early 1980s. The pair claim they will not align themselves to a faction.
"We are about unifying Parramatta, looking ahead and learning from the past," they wrote. "We have had enough of self-destruction. Let's all work together to reclaim our position as the premier club in the NRL, the NSWRL and junior league. Parramatta, it is time to unite."
Cronin, an Eels great who won four premierships with the club, wants to see "things turned around".
Asked about Kolc and Sharp, Cronin said: "What they say sounds good - they want a united Parramatta."
The Parramatta AGM starts at 7.30pm on Tuesday, December 14. The football club elections will be held early next year.
