It’s going to be all over the media this week so we may as well get in early.
Let me say at the outset I’m not a Trent Barrett lover, but nor do I believe the current situation is all his fault.
This has been coming for a while and has been building and building since the Penn’s took over and sacked 2V.
I don’t know what the “ end game” is with Scott and his family but I don’t think it’s running a successful footy club.
The power struggle between the two groups that owned the Eagles was just that , a typical corporate power struggle.
It wasn’t about football, it wasn’t about history it was about POWER!
So, they now have the power BUT now “ seemingly” don’t give much of a **** about what’s going on as it’s just a loss making section of their very large business.
They win the war , and that’s ALL they wanted!!
We were all warned about this, much was discussed at the time about the dangers of single ownership but here we are with single owners and the place is in chaos.
A mate of mine , a former FC board member ( no not Vidmar) tweeted me yesterday saying “ don’t lay the entire blame on Barrett he’s the coach of the most poorly resourced club in the NRL, in fact rated 16th out of 16”.
You all say the players aren’t showing up for Trent, I’d actually suggest the players aren’t showing up for the club!!
A few are, the Turbo’s for example , the rest are just career footy players , and it’s just about the money!
They have zero faith in the system and aren’t supported by that system, and there’s your problem in a nutshell!!
Is it a crisis, absolutely.
But whilstever the Penn’s concentrate on their business in the USA and treat us as “ playthings “ nothing will change.
For me it’s not about just changing the coach it’s about changing the whole place from the very top to the bottom, do that and we can be great again.
Do nothing and I fear that by the time of the next broadcast deal we may not have a club!
Let me say at the outset I’m not a Trent Barrett lover, but nor do I believe the current situation is all his fault.
This has been coming for a while and has been building and building since the Penn’s took over and sacked 2V.
I don’t know what the “ end game” is with Scott and his family but I don’t think it’s running a successful footy club.
The power struggle between the two groups that owned the Eagles was just that , a typical corporate power struggle.
It wasn’t about football, it wasn’t about history it was about POWER!
So, they now have the power BUT now “ seemingly” don’t give much of a **** about what’s going on as it’s just a loss making section of their very large business.
They win the war , and that’s ALL they wanted!!
We were all warned about this, much was discussed at the time about the dangers of single ownership but here we are with single owners and the place is in chaos.
A mate of mine , a former FC board member ( no not Vidmar) tweeted me yesterday saying “ don’t lay the entire blame on Barrett he’s the coach of the most poorly resourced club in the NRL, in fact rated 16th out of 16”.
You all say the players aren’t showing up for Trent, I’d actually suggest the players aren’t showing up for the club!!
A few are, the Turbo’s for example , the rest are just career footy players , and it’s just about the money!
They have zero faith in the system and aren’t supported by that system, and there’s your problem in a nutshell!!
Is it a crisis, absolutely.
But whilstever the Penn’s concentrate on their business in the USA and treat us as “ playthings “ nothing will change.
For me it’s not about just changing the coach it’s about changing the whole place from the very top to the bottom, do that and we can be great again.
Do nothing and I fear that by the time of the next broadcast deal we may not have a club!