My Two Cents worth:
"The FFA have backflipped a lot since Monday evening so it made me wonder just how much of this whole scenario was to sound out the Cronulla Riots FC group to see just how ready they actually are to join the League."
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[quote=C-Diddy]
"And given the amount of backflipping that Gallop has done it would appear they are not as close as the FFA (and potentially Foxtel) might have hoped for. The last thing the FFA want to do is dump well functioning franchise in exchange for one it has to prop up over the next few seasons because they moved too early. "
re: 1) I am not sure they have really back-flipped very much. Correct me if you have any evidence for this.
re: 2) Which makes me think FFA reckons they have all the ducks in a row, otherwise they would not be firing a salvo across our bows. Your argument makes logical sense but either broad logic does not apply with FFA, or they actually think it is OK to piss off Barlow and Traktovenko.