The Phil Gould verbal diarrhoea thread

[Perth Red]

The first 3 years were a complete rebuild at all levels of thr club. The last 5 years:

2014: week 3 of finals
2015: missed finals
2016: week 2 of finals
2017: week 2 of finals
2018: week 2 of finals

That's our least successful side.Reserve grade, U16s, U18s and U20s all winning comps. Producing enough quality players to be able to make the finals with huge injury tolls and player turnover.

Gould has f**ked a lot of shit up for us. But the good he has done for us has been enough that we can be regular finals contenders with incompetent coaches, huge injury tolls, ridiculous player turnover and while fielding the youngest and least experienced side in the competition.

He cant be trusted. He has made many poor signing decisions and seemingly paid overs to a lot of guys too. Yet no matter how poorly he and/or the board handle things. Shit seems to work out better then most teams.

You needed a complete rebuild after finishing 2nd? It’s an original approach to success i’ll gove Gould that!

 

[Fire]

Ivan Cleary *cough* Ivan Cleary.

 

[roofromoz]

You needed a complete rebuild after finishing 2nd? It’s an original approach to success i’ll gove Gould that!

2010? That was an anamoly. The only time we made the finals between 2004 and 2014 and were out in straight sets.

 

[mxlegend99]

You needed a complete rebuild after finishing 2nd? It’s an original approach to success i’ll gove Gould that!

We finished top 4 in 2010, losing the following players for 2011:

Shane Elford - Retired
Wade Graham - Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Gavin Cooper - North Queensland Cowboys
Frank Pritchard - Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Maurice Blair - Melbourne Storm
Frank Puletua - Retired
Daine Laurie - Released mid season

Gus arrived mid-season in 2011 after a horror start to the year. Look at the hit to the second row. Throw in the huge overs the previous management had paid to the likes of Tim Grant, Sam Mckendry, Michael Jennings, Lachlan Coote etc. Ontop of Petero Civoniceva wanting out what other option did he have?

The overs paid to these guys meant the rest of the squad was full of journeyman or other clubs rejects. From our 2012 preview:


Best Line-Up:

1. Lachlan Coote - huge overs
2. Michael Gordon - Sharks offered him bigger money at the #1
3. Michael Jennings - huge overs
4. Brad Tighe
5. Sandor Earl
6. Travis Burns - was banned for half the 2013 season in his final game
7. Luke Walsh
8. Tim Grant - huge overs
9. Kevin Kingston
10. Sam McKendry - huge overs
11. Nathan Smith
12. Clint Newton
13. Luke Lewis - wanted a change of scenery
RES:
14. Nafe Seluini
15. Dayne Weston
16. Chris Armit
17. Blake Austin

Our 6 best players were on borrowed time. Gus tried to renegotiate cobtracts with them. Sam Mckendry was the only one who agreed to change his, but that all coincided with a change to the long serving player allowance making him eligible for it. The others rightfully didnt want to give up what we agreed to pay them and we had to let them leave to rebuild.

Sadly I think Gus is now heading the same way as the previous management. But the mess they left him the only way to fix it was a complete rebuild.

 

[Generalzod]

How about merging the Sharks and the Panthers after all Preston, Martin lang, Johnny Lang left our club, won a Premiership at the Riff, Luke Lewis and Wade Graham leave the riff win a Premiership for us, You know it's a marriage made in heaven.

 

[Whino]

How about merging the Sharks and the Panthers after all Preston, Martin lang, Johnny Lang left our club, won a Premiership at the Riff, Luke Lewis and Wade Graham leave the riff win a Premiership for us, You know it's a marriage made in heaven.

Only if we can have Gould and Rothfield sitting together at every match.

 

[Timmah]

Only if we can have Gould and Rothfield sitting together at every match.

5 year drinking plan?

 

[mxlegend99]

5 year drinking plan?

That's Buzz.

Gus has a 5 year plan not to die.

 

[Rhino_NQ]

That's Buzz.

Gus has a 5 year plan not to die.

Pouring gin into his weet bix isn’t helping

 

[Fire]

Phil Gould is a gentleman and a scholar.

An outstanding leader and champion of the game.

Any club would be blessed to have him as their General Manager.

I take back everything bad I ever said about this great man.

 

[Rhino_NQ]

Phil Gould is a gentleman and a scholar.

An outstanding leader and champion of the game.

Any club would be blessed to have him as their General Manager.

I take back everything bad I ever said about this great man.

You forgot to mention how attractive and handsome he is