Ramrod
Reserve Grader
RE: Brookvale Funding Issue.
Kerry Sibraa & Phil Dean tried their hardest to seek grants for Brookie.
The crux of the issue is that as long as Warringah Council has the land, we won't get much with all the maryjane-sniffing-nimbin-loving-green-lefties trying to turn Brookie into a multi-grass-faceted venue much like the touted Frisbee park (all opinions and the adjectives are mine alone and not from the AGM).
Apparently, much of the previous grant has been spent leaving behind just under $4M? This will be used by March/April through work on Jane Try, lifts?, etc. Consultancy fees would have eaten part of our funding like those dumb architects drawings, which are now dead (hopefully).
The best hope for Manly fans is that the ground comes under the State Trust. This means it'll be just like Newcastle, Parramatta, etc. Then we have a better chance to see bigger grants to fix our stadium and modernize it like the others.
Remember, this is the only NRL ground in Sydney's North catering for one million in population. Any speculation of Manly ever leaving Brookie for a smaller CC population is a joke.
Also -
There is a positive feeling in the AGM.
Talk seems focused on giving Tooves all the support he requires.
Any negative board disagreements are now media driven.
Don't get drawn into the hands of those who hates us.
I feel good about this new era and I hope fans give Dave Perry a chance to prove himself instead of letting the media sucker us into another "who is to blame crap". For me, the only ones to blame are the ones who deserted us. They are now my enemies and no longer anyone I would respect. Those who are still at our club, has loyalty and integrity.
Let us all get behind Tooves, the board, the players and our MIGHTY Manly club.
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Kerry Sibraa & Phil Dean tried their hardest to seek grants for Brookie.
The crux of the issue is that as long as Warringah Council has the land, we won't get much with all the maryjane-sniffing-nimbin-loving-green-lefties trying to turn Brookie into a multi-grass-faceted venue much like the touted Frisbee park (all opinions and the adjectives are mine alone and not from the AGM).
Apparently, much of the previous grant has been spent leaving behind just under $4M? This will be used by March/April through work on Jane Try, lifts?, etc. Consultancy fees would have eaten part of our funding like those dumb architects drawings, which are now dead (hopefully).
The best hope for Manly fans is that the ground comes under the State Trust. This means it'll be just like Newcastle, Parramatta, etc. Then we have a better chance to see bigger grants to fix our stadium and modernize it like the others.
Remember, this is the only NRL ground in Sydney's North catering for one million in population. Any speculation of Manly ever leaving Brookie for a smaller CC population is a joke.
Also -
There is a positive feeling in the AGM.
Talk seems focused on giving Tooves all the support he requires.
Any negative board disagreements are now media driven.
Don't get drawn into the hands of those who hates us.
I feel good about this new era and I hope fans give Dave Perry a chance to prove himself instead of letting the media sucker us into another "who is to blame crap". For me, the only ones to blame are the ones who deserted us. They are now my enemies and no longer anyone I would respect. Those who are still at our club, has loyalty and integrity.
Let us all get behind Tooves, the board, the players and our MIGHTY Manly club.
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