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Oh No
Here we go again.Rooboy and CIK will be saying that Caroline Wilson is sinking the boots into North.
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"Hey ,just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand"
Here we go again.Rooboy and CIK will be saying that Caroline Wilson is sinking the boots into North.
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"Hey ,just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand"
The Grim Reaper
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This hasgot nothing to do with me. All I know is what I read in the papers.
Originally posted by JUBJUB:
Oh No
Here we go again.Rooboy and CIK will be saying that Caroline Wilson is sinking the boots into North.
So is it that bitch again... haven't read it yet...
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Yes it is Rooboy, although I would be worried less about who the messenger is and more about your cash flow problems - the one thing most likely to wind you up.
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THE ICON
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IT IS SAD!!!
HOW DO THEY STOP THE BLEEDING?
LIKE YOUR COMMENT CJH, THERE ARE MORE SERIOUS PROBLEMS THAN WORRYING ABOUT WHO THE MESSENGER IS.
DO THESE COMMENTS QUALIFY ME FOR THE HATELIST!!!!
THE ICON
HOW DO THEY STOP THE BLEEDING?
LIKE YOUR COMMENT CJH, THERE ARE MORE SERIOUS PROBLEMS THAN WORRYING ABOUT WHO THE MESSENGER IS.
DO THESE COMMENTS QUALIFY ME FOR THE HATELIST!!!!
THE ICON
well CJH... it really depends on whether you can believe a word that comes out of her(I could have used a few more words here) mouth... and sorry CJH but I believe very little that comes out of her mouth... After listening to the Rally on Saturday Night and seeing the cash going hand over fist... I have no doubt that my club is doing everything right to get us back track... and our football team is definately doing everything right...
Let me ask you this... Why doesn't Caroline write a story this week on how Richmond almost made it again... like they always almost make it... now I wonder if she will write that????
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Here's the article
Roos fail to pay draftees
By CAROLINE WILSON
The depth of the Kangaroos' financial crisis intensified yesterday when it was revealed that the club had not yet paid at least five of its 2001 draft picks and still owed significant amounts to a small group of its senior players for performances last season.
Several influential player agents have demanded immediate resolutions to their footballers' financial dues. Ricky Nixon, who manages six of the Kangaroos' rookies including Daniel Motlop, Daniel Pratt and Dylan Smith, is believed to be holding talks today with North Melbourne chief executive Greg Miller.
The AFL Players Association is believed to be losing patience with both the Kangaroos and the AFL, having called for talks two weeks ago to resolve the matter.
The association was made aware of the Kangaroos' ongoing payment problems in late February following a regular meeting with the players.
AFLPA chief executive Rob Kerr said talks between the three parties should have been held before now. Several senior players are believed to have approached the association concerned about late payments.
The Kangaroos' 324-game veteran John Blakey, an AFL life member, is one player the club has not yet come to terms with for 2000. He was one who approached the AFLPA on behalf of himself and several teammates last month.
The Age revealed last November that a group of Kangaroos players were still owed a collective six-figure sum for their performances last season, a debt played down at the time by Miller and the AFL.
Both the league and the North Melbourne administration pledged that all players would be paid in full by Christmas, a pledge that has not yet been fulfilled despite several cash advances delivered by Kangaroos directors and a guarantee by the AFL to redirect the club's dividend to its bank.
Complications compounded by changes to the fringe benefits tax have seen the Kangaroos promise its senior players that all unpaid monies would be settled by March 31. However several senior players are believed to be losing patience with the club.
AFL football operations chief Andrew Demetriou was overseas and unavailable for comment last night.
While Nixon refused to comment yesterday, he was reportedly disappointed upon learning last week that the club's debut teenagers, some of whom will earn only the minimum annual sum of $25,000, had not been paid at all and had turned to their families for money since starting the pre-season with the Kangaroos.
The club, undefeated in the 2001 Ansett Cup competition leading into the semi-finals, lost $1.14million in 2000, despite finishing fourth. An improved draw and new deal with the ACT Government, coupled with the club's decision to temporarily abandon its Sydney campaign, should see an improved result this season.
Roos fail to pay draftees
By CAROLINE WILSON
The depth of the Kangaroos' financial crisis intensified yesterday when it was revealed that the club had not yet paid at least five of its 2001 draft picks and still owed significant amounts to a small group of its senior players for performances last season.
Several influential player agents have demanded immediate resolutions to their footballers' financial dues. Ricky Nixon, who manages six of the Kangaroos' rookies including Daniel Motlop, Daniel Pratt and Dylan Smith, is believed to be holding talks today with North Melbourne chief executive Greg Miller.
The AFL Players Association is believed to be losing patience with both the Kangaroos and the AFL, having called for talks two weeks ago to resolve the matter.
The association was made aware of the Kangaroos' ongoing payment problems in late February following a regular meeting with the players.
AFLPA chief executive Rob Kerr said talks between the three parties should have been held before now. Several senior players are believed to have approached the association concerned about late payments.
The Kangaroos' 324-game veteran John Blakey, an AFL life member, is one player the club has not yet come to terms with for 2000. He was one who approached the AFLPA on behalf of himself and several teammates last month.
The Age revealed last November that a group of Kangaroos players were still owed a collective six-figure sum for their performances last season, a debt played down at the time by Miller and the AFL.
Both the league and the North Melbourne administration pledged that all players would be paid in full by Christmas, a pledge that has not yet been fulfilled despite several cash advances delivered by Kangaroos directors and a guarantee by the AFL to redirect the club's dividend to its bank.
Complications compounded by changes to the fringe benefits tax have seen the Kangaroos promise its senior players that all unpaid monies would be settled by March 31. However several senior players are believed to be losing patience with the club.
AFL football operations chief Andrew Demetriou was overseas and unavailable for comment last night.
While Nixon refused to comment yesterday, he was reportedly disappointed upon learning last week that the club's debut teenagers, some of whom will earn only the minimum annual sum of $25,000, had not been paid at all and had turned to their families for money since starting the pre-season with the Kangaroos.
The club, undefeated in the 2001 Ansett Cup competition leading into the semi-finals, lost $1.14million in 2000, despite finishing fourth. An improved draw and new deal with the ACT Government, coupled with the club's decision to temporarily abandon its Sydney campaign, should see an improved result this season.
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Beside the point Rooboy.
No she probably won't write it, but for that matter I don't think anyone else will either. A team not making the Semi Finals of the Ansett Cup is not that newsworthy!
What would your reaction be if this story came from a journalist that the Kangaroos supporters found respectable?
Would you view it with some kind of objectivety, or would that journalist also make it onto the hatelist?
BTW, I still don't dispute the assertion that Wilson is biased against the Kangaroos and towards the Tigers.
I am merely pointing out that you won't look at anything objectively that she writes.
Perhaps the girl crying wolf?
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So why is it not newsworthy a team that always just misses... surely some questions need to be asked and answered... but then I would not expect her to ask them either... after all it is her belovered Tigers...
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I can just imagine Rootard and Daff-Knee mobilising their Kangawhinging friends and setting up a blockade out front of the Spencer Street Thunderer. I think Robbie Walls works there too, doesn't he? And don't forget that mean Rohan Connolly said something negative about Norf 6 months ago; he can't be allowed to get away with such blasphemy!
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You got to hand it to Caroline - she is as sharp as a tack isn't she. Scoop of the year. Everyone knows that the Roos lost over $1.1 million and obviously have cash flow problems and she has managed to find some people who are owed money. Well blow me down, that must have been difficult mustn't it. I don't know about the rest of you, but when I am having cash flow problems most of my creditors don't get paid on time. Will someone please tell her it's all the one story.
I think think that the significance is that despite the problems and worries of the players, coach, (and everyone who loves the Roos) the team continues to perform on the field. The players may be wondering about their payments, but Denis turns them out week after week to continuiusly give their best (more often than not good enough to win games).
Poor Caroline. Poor Tigers. Even when they do the right thing and have a big win they still miss out. It will never be their day will it?
I've sent in my family's memberships and am going to contribute to BEWARE. We'll see the Kangaroos survive!!!!!
I think think that the significance is that despite the problems and worries of the players, coach, (and everyone who loves the Roos) the team continues to perform on the field. The players may be wondering about their payments, but Denis turns them out week after week to continuiusly give their best (more often than not good enough to win games).
Poor Caroline. Poor Tigers. Even when they do the right thing and have a big win they still miss out. It will never be their day will it?
I've sent in my family's memberships and am going to contribute to BEWARE. We'll see the Kangaroos survive!!!!!
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Dwayne Russell said on the JOn Faine program that the pauperroos will not last out this decade in Melbourne. And said the AFl had helped their cause by staging the semi-final in Adelaide!
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It's not good for North that they haven't cleared their player payments, particularly to the kids that have just begun but I think everyone understands that North are working through their financial problems and will come good at the end of the day (whether they last the decade is another issue). It is clear that they are doing something about it but the negative press generated by Caroline Wilson's "journalism" and the tiresome attacks such as the one that graced the backpage of the Hun's Suinday sports can't help generate sponsorship. That's good for those who wish to see the Roos die but it's bad for those who believe they are an essential part of what makes this game so great.
I don't think Wilson needs to write about Richmond, the Dogs or anyone else's financial state. It would actually be nice to see her write some football journalism. Peter was spot on though in that the real story is that North are still successful on the field despite their financial woes - and long may they be so!
[This message has been edited by The invisible mullet (edited 05 March 2001).]
I don't think Wilson needs to write about Richmond, the Dogs or anyone else's financial state. It would actually be nice to see her write some football journalism. Peter was spot on though in that the real story is that North are still successful on the field despite their financial woes - and long may they be so!
[This message has been edited by The invisible mullet (edited 05 March 2001).]
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If the Roos relocate don't they get a helping hand from the league ill teh get established in the new spot (probably Canberra)? 5hit, the league's got money coming out its ar5e! That would solve all the Roos' woes.....
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Unf@&ken believable.
Caroline hey, don't you need a licence to be that ugly Wilson is the poorest excuse for a journalist since Rohan Connelly.
Thier is nothing new in the article and the only thing that can be believed (how the hell can a journalist, who is supposed to report the facts base an article on 'believed') is that she is a vindictive cow and a well publicised Richmond stooge.
The bovines only ambition is to see North gone due to her mid 70's hangup.
The article is just Caroline How can you love nature, when it did that to you? Wilson's weekly 'anti - north' story.
Initially her articles were quite amusing, now there just boring.
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While I expect North will go on and win the Ansell Cup, I wonder if the alarming displays of ill discipline by some of their players against Collingwood are a symptom of the woes at that club...
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