[quote=Doloras]
Did anyone apart from Liam Hyslop actually hear these rumours before yesterday?
Exactly, what a pile of shark article.
Here it is if anyone wants to bother giving it the time of day https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/opinion/101716359/n...
/quote]The article says:
"What Schmid really needs to do is get out and face those already against him. That's how he will create an impression. Heraf tried that, but failed, turning an array of football figures against him."
Tried but failed? It's the first I've heard of any rumblings about Heraf. I have read somewhere on this forum that he'd made a good impression on NZF. Who's behind this angst?
Very interesting reading this article again after the changes at the National Congress this weekend. The article was bang on the money, clear issues with the process and annoyance that Heraf appointed his mate. Not really a pile of shark at all...
Since my name was mentioned, allow me to respond: my specific skepticism applied to the following:
There have been threats swirling around for weeks from certain groups
Anyone who followed my comments in the OMG ROB MORRISON IS SELLING THE NIX TO CABRAMATTA thread knows that I have no confidence in unsourced rumours, and I think that people who believe them are gullible at best and deliberate trolls trying to start a panic at worst. I was honestly asking if anyone else had could confirm these "threats swirling around" - and if someone had said "yes" I would have accepted that as confirmation. It is not unknown for journos to just make shark up to get a story, as anyone following the work of Dominic Bossi could tell you.
Clearly in retrospect Hyslop was hearing from people who were bona fide. But I will not start believing unsourced rumours because in this case they turned out to be the good oil. And this is why I don't get sucked in by online hoaxes and urban legends.
