people have to remember Zorba was put out to pasture. regardless of his abilities and position, no doubt it would have been gut wrenching for a person that has given his whole life to Manly.By many he has been painted the villain. Now I'm not getting into the detail but as a man, that would be hard to digest after that many loyal years.
Des now is in the villain basket and when you consider that Manly very rarely devour there own, its obvious they are in a class of there own in the community and media and amongst fans
Is it no wonder they are sticking together. This type of solidarity happens in every walk of life.sympathy generally comes from those who have a similar experience
I understand why many people don't wish to accept there actions, but dumping **** on them at every possible opportunity also reflects badly on those with the shovel. I'm not pointing out comments in this thread as it happens in all threads and this is just the thread I have chosen to air this.
While Des in particular handled his contract badly, and essentially held a gun to the boards head, and poached staff, all of this would have happened regardless next season as all coaches take there staff. Its footy and to be expected.
I think its time we all just got on with toovey, 2012, parish and co and used our energy in a positive way
Des and zorba have probably acted like spoilt brats on occasion and this is what many take offence at, but acting like spoilt brats in response seems pointless, childish and hypocritical to me