FFA vs The Fans: the thread of continued incompetence

Footage just in of the breakfast meeting at the Gathering of the Clans.

Gathering Of The Clans

It was reported that the costs or some of the costs for getting representatives to attend [I think Nix and Perth were mentioned] were being met by a third party. Can you tell us who that is please?

No. They want to be nameless.

I thought it was you?

Must be "Not A Striker"!!

I have it on good authority that it was Drovma Karavaninadic, the well known RBB fix it man!

(My sauces shall remain nameles though)

OK, genius, explain to those of us with lesser insight than yourself.

I would, if I was allowed to. Trust me, you're funny even when you're not meaning to. As Dale said, the organiser/funder doesn't want to be identified, so we have to respect that.

Rest assured, the Yellow Fever thought about whether we could trust the party offering to help get our representative to Sydney and decided we had nothing to worry about. Good point though.

That's a cop out mate, explain your comment, not Dale's.

The person asked to remain nameless and discussion was had around us attending. The decision wasn't made lightly but thought best to have representation at the meeting. The person who donated the money to the supporters to attend did so with no provision on the use of it.

I can think of a good example. Fox threw millions at the FFA and they have managed to fudge it up.

Some irony there

Lol, sorry yes apart from the money be used for the person to attend the meeting. No provision for what the person has to do or say at the meeting itself.

I'm not saying this is what is happening here but the reaction of the likes of you and Brandon would give me little comfort that [if you guys were involved in the decision making process] you were going in with eyes wide open and not being dazzled by the baubles of office so to speak.

A possible scenario, for instance, [and I over-dramatise for effect] might be that the the benefactor is a heavy financier of ISIS and has a strategy of using infiltrators to attend large sporting events with suicide bombers. Again I state that this is a bit dramatic but in light of recent world events, there is probably more of a ring of truth to this than what we previously would have believed.

My original point has not been lost on most [judging by their replies] but for you to go off into a tinfoil hat rave is pretty naive. I made a simple statement and you have immediately jumped to some form of imaginary defence of the YF decision makers 

The responses to NP's post is a bit harsh.  When anyone is sponsoring anything "anonymously" then people have a right to be a little bit suspicious. Just looking at american politics with anonymous funding for candidates is known to be very self serving.

But in this instance I can certainly appreciate the donor may want to be anonymous if they don't want to piss off the FFA, or even their sponsors.  Whether its clubs funding it, sponsors, companies or parties with close associations with A-League sponsors.  Any of those parties would have good reason to not want to look like they are undermining the FFA, the comp, the teams or the major sponsors.

I think we just have to trust that the YF Elite have thought it through and know their own ethical stance.  But The YF Elite could be a bit more courteous to people who raise questions around it.

Though I am looking forward to VB presents Yellow Fever vs VB presents the RBB in future games :P

Actually, I am with NP on this, although perhaps not quite as far as the jihadi bride scenario mentioned by him.

This works like so.  If someone (formally) unrelated to the process provides funding (attendance, flights, whatever) and wants to remain nameless there is always the risk they will call in a favour one day, hence the need for those benefiting from the largesse to be clear if the "no strings attached" proviso applies.  

Some benefactors want to remain anonymous simply to stay out of the limelight or for other sensible reasons, so if YF Central Committee is happy with the "no strings attached, anonymity preferred" funding scenario then I am happy with that.

Our travel was not financed by any 'mystery' third party.  

A third party who is reasonably well known to the Australian supporters groups is facilitating the meeting.  They are not anonymous to those attending and may even be attending but do not want the whole world to know they are involved.

Less tinfoil hattery please and Matt and Brandon take a deep breath.  If you go off at every bit off foolishness your hearts won't last past 50.

It's Nick Meredith, isn't it? It is, eh? It is.

Better be after we've done the 12th.  Don't think i could face the shame of not seeing it out.

What on earth are you replying to???????   

If anyone can guarantee we're getting blown up at the 12 Pubs, I won't waste valuable drinking money on a return flight then

It's either kim dot com or Shanghai Pengxin isn't it?

I know it wasn't me because you refused my condition that you all sell your houses to me at above market prices.

Best. Off-season. Ever.

Tin foil hats actually amplify certain frequencies of brainwaves, thereby making it easier for the illuminati/reptilians to read your thoughts. The whole idea was spread by them to make their jobs easier. #wakeupsheeple 

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/09/...

Plus you can use old hats to wrap up your chicken and bake them in the oven.

#betterlivingeveryone

Less is MORE  !!!!!!

We should ask Ljubo Milicevic where the money is coming from. He is linked to the underworld and he knows people and they tell him things.

I heard from a good sauce that the secret benefactor is Frank Lowy. Since that fall on his head he has become very confused and actually thinks that this meeting has been called to throw the Phoenix out of the A League. The YF Elite know this and have conspired to keep his identity secret in case it blows their chances of a  night of debauchery up at the Bourbon and Beefsteak.

But to the average Yellow Feverite isn't an anonymous third party, a mystery third party?  Any anonymous third party is a mystery third party to the people who don't know right?

Its not tin foil hattery to ask about the nature of the association of an anonymous funder.  

Also isn't the meeting because the fans aren't being treated like stakeholders and are just being spoken down to like they aren't even worthy of thought?

So isn't that what Brandon did by being condescending to someone asking a question the EXACT same thing?

I know some of us aren't quite as worthy as some of you for being members of the fever, but a little less condescension would be appreciated.

Rather than saying "Ohhh my sides! THAT is post of the year, right there! Close the competition RIGHT NOW!" he could have said something like, "its someone who has worked with supporter groups in the past.  while we would like to be transparent we have to respect the persons right to be anonymous.  We did have discussions around it and decided it was better to be there than not be and we will be careful to ensure that our judgement wont be affected by it" Or something like that.

I'm very rarely on NP's side but if you are going to do the thing that we are pissed off the FFA are doing in ignoring key stakeholders then thats a bit shark.