well mate
to be fair, without george piggins, souths would never have gotten back into the premiership.
he wasnt a good manager by any means, but as a fight to the death type..without him you wouldnt have a team. wouldnt have matterda bout crowe and all that...it would have been over in 1999
in regards to costs we arent taking on any costs of the development to the best of my knowledge.
we have no options bar this one IMO. so it has to go ahead.
in regards to privatisation, the level of debt taken on immediately is quite large. so im not sure how many suitors would be interested.
also, footy clubs as a business for the most part are not profitable in this current business model.
The George situation is something I do know about, being a member of long standing, well before it became fashionable, or necessary. Yes, he was a figurehead. And did a very good job fronting the media. But in reality, he had almost nothing to do with the mechanics of re-instatement. That was almost 100% Nick Pappas. Did you know that George was against the idea of the original march and had to be talked into it? True story but unfortunately not the thing legends are made of. In fact, the more people looked into George and his dealings, public and private, the less they liked him. You could start with his so-called invention of the truck loading device. 100% myth but not to the person who actually did invent it. Very nasty business.
However, I take your general point about his never say die attitude. My point was that if the joint had been properly managed in the first place, it wouldn't have come to exclusion. Did you also know that when Souths were excluded, they didn't owe a cent to anyone? It came down to George's making a personal enemy of everyone and anyone who stood in his way. Unfortunately, he made made the mistake of taking on the Murdochs.
Getting off track here wrt to Cronulla. My final word on the subject is that if you have a George, then find him and weed him out.
