That SBS article is complete bull according to several people in the know on Twitter.
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AN injection of more than $5 million will today give the Mariners a life-saving infusion, allowing the players to be paid their wages at last and wiping the club's debts clear.
Telecoms millionaire Mike Charlesworth, who became a director three years ago, on Thursday night agreed a deal to pump the new money into the club and become the majority owner in the process.
It's believed Charlesworth has pledged to clear the club's multi-million-dollar debt to the Australian Tax Office over unpaid tax and super, and will immediately pay the salaries of staff and players due last Friday.
Telecoms millionaire Mike Charlesworth, who became a director three years ago, on Thursday night agreed a deal to pump the new money into the club and become the majority owner in the process.
It's believed Charlesworth has pledged to clear the club's multi-million-dollar debt to the Australian Tax Office over unpaid tax and super, and will immediately pay the salaries of staff and players due last Friday.
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Run away and come to Welly, little Mike.
Why on earth would he want to do that?
If you are old and wise you were probably young and stupid
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Episode one of "The Code" - the TV series that followed the Mariners for most of the season.
Yellow Fever - Misery loves company
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Troy you silly boy. What have you gotten yourself into?
Grumpy old bastard alert
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Having initially denied taking the drug, Hearfield later admitted to it
and had his A-League contract terminated two months ago. He is no longer
listed as a squad player on the club's website.
Explains why he hasn't even been making the bench
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Popped a molly, sweatin. Hopefully its a swift ban and not something stupid like 2years+
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Allegedly.
Wonder if they have film of it on 'The Code'
"Allegedly"
the testing or the partying?
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He snorts when he wants,
He snorts when he wants,
Tory Hearfield,
He snorts when he wants,
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Well he did show he had white line fever on occasions. He did also have a bit of a nose for goal when he needed to. Wonder if he was taking tips from Robbie Fowler?
Grumpy old bastard alert
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Feel bad for the guy, to be honest - easy to fall in with that group of people; now his career is basically done.
a.haak
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Feel bad for the guy, to be honest - easy to fall in with that group of people; now his career is basically done.
I can't go along with that. As stated, only 1 other player in the A League has been banned and that was for taking alopecia medication so he would be the first for recreational drugs. There was rumours around Caceres when he was here but if it was that easy, more would be falling out of the woodwork.
Grumpy old bastard alert
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Allegedly.
Wonder if they have film of it on 'The Code'
According to a ccm expert, the Mariners asked them to edit out all footage of him from the show. He's in the background of some shots, but never in the foreground.
Yellow Fever - Misery loves company
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Not saying he shouldn't cop the consequences but the fact is that he's going to regret this for the rest of his life - a lot of people have hit stages of their life where they screw up like this, but they usually don't have their career completely ruined because of it and can recover. For him, it's a very, very long way back.
a.haak
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So you are saying that people that get involved in drugs don't get their careers ruined? Where is this country you speak of because that's not the case in any country I know of
Grumpy old bastard alert
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The likelihood of getting caught and publically shamed is far greater in the sporting arena, I would think. I know people who have struggled with drug use but have been offered support and rehabilition to get through it and have returned to working life as normal. Will this happen with Troy? Who knows.
a.haak
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Not saying he shouldn't cop the consequences but the fact is that he's going to regret this for the rest of his life - a lot of people have hit stages of their life where they screw up like this, but they usually don't have their career completely ruined because of it and can recover. For him, it's a very, very long way back.
Lets settle down a bit. We'll be talking mdma once a month or something, not a daily crack addiction.
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Perhaps but he is also a professional athlete. It really is stupid knowing that he is most likely going to get drug tested. Regardless if you play Russian roulette with a loaded shotgun or loaded air rifle, if you pull the trigger, you know what can happen.
Grumpy old bastard alert
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Yeah pretty much. I imagine the drug testing isnt very thorough, he probably thought he'd be able to get it out of his system in time. That thing in the news a couple of months or so ago about drugs in australian sport suggested the testing had been pretty relaxed for a while now over there. Some of those league and afl players are definitely juicing
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In honour of Disco Troy.
Ramming liberal dribble down your throat since 2009
This forum needs less angst and more Kate Bush threads
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Yeah pretty much. I imagine the drug testing isnt very thorough, he probably thought he'd be able to get it out of his system in time. That thing in the news a couple of months or so ago about drugs in australian sport suggested the testing had been pretty relaxed for a while now over there. Some of those league and afl players are definitely juicing
Most of the drug testing these days is pretty straightforward to do and you no longer need complicated lab tests and that includes Synthetic Cannabiniods such as K2.
Sobercheck and ESR both do tests for around $20 each and all that is needed is someone to supervise you peeing in a pottle. Sobercheck gives results in around 5-10 mins, ESR you have to send away for, but they usually come back within a week.
Each drug takes different times to exit the body, but nobody can really plan it faultlessly really.
Yes so he's been pretty foolish, but then young people do so extremely foolish things and it's a shame it's effected his current employment and possible future job prospects also. Sad news Troy.
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He is hardly 'young' at 25 and should have know better.
I have always had a tough policy on this and if he gets a 5 year ban then so be it.
If you are old and wise you were probably young and stupid
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He is hardly 'young' at 25 and should have know better.
I have always had a tough policy on this and if he gets a 5 year ban then so be it.
Nah 5 years is a bit too much. We dont even know what he did or to what extent, i dont think its in anyones best interests to sit him out for that long. For all we know its a 80 hours community service type deal. Im sure if it were that serious we wouldve heard of police involvement or something
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5 years would be absurd. That's the maximum penalty according to that NZ Herald article above, which makes much more sense.
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He is hardly 'young' at 25 and should have know better.
I have always had a tough policy on this and if he gets a 5 year ban then so be it.
I always think that up to 25 males are complete morons, that's why for years countries fought wars to thin them out a bit and keep in check their mischief. From 25 you start to get a little more sensible but not much. Also being over 40 - if you listen to a 25 year old talk it's bollocks, apart from Patrick maybe.
I also wonder though with the demise of apprenticeships that young men have lost a fair amount of mentorship from their elders. Obviously the wealthy could get away with what they want and the middle classes went into the army, clergy or the civil service all having strong established heirachy, the poor followed their fathers and uncles into work, which kept them on the straight and narrow.
You should expect leadership in sports teams, but young fit blokes, with too much time on their hands and too much wealth are going to get in trouble unless you have a leader like SAF ready to give them the hairdryer treatment.
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Absolute joke. This is a matter for him and his employer - 5 year ban for a couple of bingers? Are people serious about this? He may have screwed up at the Mariners but what does this have to do with anyone else - imagine if you were banned from being employed in your job for 5 years. What is he supposed to do?
Normo's coming home
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Absolute joke. This is a matter for him and his employer - 5 year ban for a couple of bingers? Are people serious about this? He may have screwed up at the Mariners but what does this have to do with anyone else - imagine if you were banned from being employed in your job for 5 years. What is he supposed to do?
Grumpy old bastard alert
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Absolute joke. This is a matter for him and his employer - 5 year ban for a couple of bingers? Are people serious about this? He may have screwed up at the Mariners but what does this have to do with anyone else - imagine if you were banned from being employed in your job for 5 years. What is he supposed to do?
Guess it depends on the job you do.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, the weather is fine and with the tail wind we should reach our destination in 25 hours, however I've just had a binger or 2 and some small greem pills. I'm bit loved up, mental and off to shag the rest of the cabin crew who I f*cking love, I mean I f*cking love them, I always have, f*ck I feel f*cking good, hey you, hey you, yep you, look at all this, but does it make you feel fulfilled?? Look at the colours!! I dunno, wanna a hug, com're, what!!?? what!!?? sorry whats a f*cking spoilers, yeah they make the wing move, who f*cking cares. Why is the sky green?? It's gone f*cking green???. I wonder sometimes about road signs.... Autopilot Autopilot Autopilot...I've touched the face of god..."
He is a professional athlete and because of society he is supposed to be a role model, he knew this when he signed up for doing very little work or stress compared with what most of us face on a friggin daily basis.
I maintain that young men, through a mix of hormones, energy, etc are ill-equipped to deal with life without some form of guidance.
so you are a bit of a knob for posting that, but that's ok , we are all knobs.
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Absolute joke. This is a matter for him and his employer - 5 year ban for a couple of bingers? Are people serious about this? He may have screwed up at the Mariners but what does this have to do with anyone else - imagine if you were banned from being employed in your job for 5 years. What is he supposed to do?
Guess it depends on the job you do.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, the weather is fine and with the tail wind we should reach our destination in 25 hours, however I've just had a binger or 2 and some small greem pills. I'm bit loved up, mental and off to shag the rest of the cabin crew who I f*cking love, I mean I f*cking love them, I always have, f*ck I feel f*cking good, hey you, hey you, yep you, look at all this, but does it make you feel fulfilled?? Look at the colours!! I dunno, wanna a hug, com're, what!!?? what!!?? sorry whats a f*cking spoilers, yeah they make the wing move, who f*cking cares. Why is the sky green?? It's gone f*cking green???. I wonder sometimes about road signs.... Autopilot Autopilot Autopilot...I've touched the face of god..."
He is a professional athlete and because of society he is supposed to be a role model, he knew this when he signed up for doing very little work or stress compared with what most of us face on a friggin daily basis.
I maintain that young men, through a mix of hormones, energy, etc are ill-equipped to deal with life without some form of guidance.
so you are a bit of a knob for posting that, but that's ok , we are all knobs.
Love it. You are quite right.
If you are old and wise you were probably young and stupid
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Like I said, Corey Webster found out what the real world is like...
Grumpy old bastard alert
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Ryan & Ibini to have a trial with Lille, Sainsbury set to be sold. Arnold being linked to China. Club considered declining the ACL berth because it costs them too much to compete. Looks like the new owners have a busy summer ahead.
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The Sky TV app on my phone tells me that the first episode of The Code will be on SS3 next Monday at 11pm. Hopefully this means they will be showing all of the episodes as well.
Yellow Fever - Misery loves company
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Ryan & Ibini to have a trial with Lille, Sainsbury set to be sold. Arnold being linked to China. Club considered declining the ACL berth because it costs them too much to compete. Looks like the new owners have a busy summer ahead.
Last night they made last 16 of ACL and last week Charlesworth sacked CEO John McKay who has been in that role since 2004. Planning fan forums but it's not football heartland, and there simply isn't the critical mass.
Can they forge a plan for viability?
Kotahitanga. We are one.
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Ryan & Ibini to have a trial with Lille, Sainsbury set to be sold. Arnold being linked to China. Club considered declining the ACL berth because it costs them too much to compete. Looks like the new owners have a busy summer ahead.
Last night they made last 16 of ACL and last week Charlesworth sacked CEO John McKay who has been in that role since 2004. Planning fan forums but it's not football heartland, and there simply isn't the critical mass.
Can they forge a plan for viability?
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If I were McBreen, I'd be pissed...
Grumpy old bastard alert
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