leoncelli speaks

[shane jesse]

THIS WAS ANON FORWARDED ON TO ME


>>I have spoken to Andrew Leoncelli and his response to start with was the
>standard line. "We are professional footballers and should only be affected
>by what happens inside the football department at Melbourne and not what the
>board does. Although this is what we should be doing it was difficult to
>avoid and may have distracted some players during the week, but it is still
>no excuse for losing yesterday.">
>After that I did manage to get some real information out of him that you
>would be more interested in, although he would probably not want to be
>quoted on it, unlike his first answer. he went on to say>
> "The board are playing personal politics and trying to get their own
>mates in their. I don't really care who is president as long as they sort
>this out quickly. I am here to play for the club and not the board. If they
>allow it to drag on until the end of the season it will become more than a
>side show, it will split the membership and become the biggest circus in
>town. Although I have no real opinion either way a number of the guys are
>supportive of Joe after the way he has stood up for the guys (obviously
>referring to Sharwz) when things have gone against us. I also know what the
>members think of him and fair enough, he has help the club enormously
>(money) and said what he believes about the game.''>
>He did go on further but it all implied the players want a vote on it just
>so they will know what is happening. If it was called they can stay out of
>it and everyone will know what is happening rather than reading and
>listening about the what they say in the press. The players who have an
>opinion on the matter are behind Gutnick.

 

[dee_girl9]

hmmmmmm interesting

shane, i have heard about this going around and i know for a fact that the players and officials are told the standard reply for this and it is "NO COMMENT" we had a pre match function befroe the game on sunday and there is always a rep from the club there. he said that all the officials and admin are told that they are not allowed to comment. now if chell has said this to a friend or accquaitance then maybe that paerson should have passed on the info. then again they could have overheard. either way, im sure the players r staying out of it, and arent taking sides in the argument because that is when it gets unfair on all parties and the players will definately suffer.

 

[shane jesse]

hey no harm it was passed onto me. I'm sure everyone has an 'official line' - all I'm saying is this was a conversation passed onto me. Read it, interpret it for what you want ... just found it VERY interesting ...

the person passed it on, cause he believed it was valid - would help get rid of some preconceptions about joe & the club

 

[dee_girl9]

Originally posted by shane jesse
hey no harm it was passed onto me. I'm sure everyone has an 'official line' - all I'm saying is this was a conversation passed onto me. Read it, interpret it for what you want ... just found it VERY interesting ...

the person passed it on, cause he believed it was valid - would help get rid of some preconceptions about joe & the club

yeah and im not hanging on u, im just cautious about these kinds of things. thats all.

should the players be allowed to vote on something like this?????? i guess if they r members then they will but i s'pose they need to have a say about the direction of their footy club.

 

[Ms.Storm]

Yes thanks Shane...I have heard the same....a lot of the players love Joe.
And yes they are allowed to vote...most players voted on the merger issue...and from what I know most were against the Merger.
Cheers.