Smeltz saga - now with added hypocrisy.

Thanks buddy. Worst comment of the year SO FAR if you are taking that stance.
But on a more serious note, at the moment it looks like Smeltz will be at Gold Coast next season, and not with Turkey. Of course i would like him to go to Turkey. But, personally,  I am getting tired of the Smeltz drama and I will want to get revenge on GCU for calling us sharks, money poachers etc. Tbh Leggy, do you not want us to smash GCU next season? Would you rather us be a complete walk-over for them. Im pretty sure no-body does.

And by the way, Im pretty sure that isnt worst comment of the year. I'm sure we could all(bar you by the sounds of it) think of worse ones.
Torne2009-02-07 18:17:14

I get your drift, but the wording of kick the s--t out of them was silly. We want to beat them with class and skill. By doing what you suggested we would end up with a few red cards, and we would have shot ourselves in the foot.

Heh. What i meant by kick the s--t out of them it was more like pretty much just hammering them score-wise. Not literally kick them. 

Like the way you have honourably skirted the salary cap with the jobs for wives scheme ?  Like you honourably ignored the October deadline for talking to players ?

Oh and it's entirely the same thread.

Wow, mods have awesome powers! Torne2009-02-07 19:42:08

...oh, and while I'm off on one.

 - Smeltz All White place in jeopardy ? 
1, Tony P has no authority over the All Whites.
2, Shane is way to clever to genuinely think his AW's spot is threatened.

...and Tony P has fronted up.
He told us they had an offer, he talked to Smeltz and ask if he wanted it accepted and he said yes.  What more does he need to say ?

Just a shame the journalist is so busy spouting the party line he didn't bother to think about the implications of the crap he's being fed.

The biggest give-away in that article was right at the end:



Bleiberg has been on his moral high-horse right from the start of this bullsh*t-fest and for him to concede that Smeltz might now only play one year of a three year contract and that he "wants to go" says it all really.

There seems little doubt to me that either Smeltz or an agent of Smeltz asked the Phoenix to process some paperwork within the transfer window to at least keep the Hacettepe deal alive while they talked to Gold Coast about it. So what? That's just business and Gold Coast were within their rights to then say no. Why they have been boo-hooing about it so much is a mystery to me except that having one of their star signings trying to jump ship without kicking a ball isn't such a great look. And much easier to blame the Phoenix for some alleged skull-duggery than admit that in public I guess.

News, you and I both know why GC are pissed off and we also know they have reasonable cause to be.

Notwithstanding the fact that we'd all have rather seen Shane in Turkey nobody in this sorry saga has a moral high horse to mount.  Nobody.

Oh please do tell!!!

It has all of the makings of a great rivalry. I want us to beat them...and kick the sh*t out of them. But mostly I just want Bleiberg to shut his mouth

Someone agrees with me!

worst comment of the thread haha
Of course we want to kick the sh*t out of them - nothing liked healthy competition

http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news.aspx?CIaNID=+95915

Tony P fires back... this story has legs.

Whilst litigating these sorts of matters in the press seldom serves any useful purpose Tony has every right to correct, through the press, the assertions and accusations publically made by GCU.

I actually hope this ends in some sort of massive blow up, to often stories like this just peeter out (e.g. Brad Haddins wankfaceness). Hopefully we get a bit of two and fro and it eventually comes out that we were in the right, Smeltzy stuffed up and that GCU are absolute f**kwits

We are, he may have and they are.  (imowmsfa)

Moron Ballburger can kiss my round, hairy peach halves!

Gold Coast CEO Clive Mensink had earlier questioned Wellington's conduct over the Smeltz saga but on Monday wanted the matter "put to bed".

No.

We've not heard anything from Shane on this or too much around the time of his GCU transfer speculation either. Perhaps acting on advice given to him, but in this latest case he could have said something that put the Nix in the clear (if they were that is). Just strikes me as being a bit inconsiderate.

He'll be with GC from next month, I don't think he's likely to come out and put the Nix in the clear as you say. That would essentially be saying his new employers were in the wrong. It's a dead issue here.

Just in case the Nix, GCU and Turkish offers fall through Shane thought it might be helpful to mention Adelaide was a possibility - personally I would think he was better advised to keep quiet until the dust had settled on the transfer mess he was in the middle of. Whitby boy2009-02-11 18:28:58

Well Hacettepe aren't scoring many goals without him.....

http://www.101greatgoals.com/videodisplay/2093089/

From a team skill POV Smeltz is better off at GCU. (Please dont shoot me)

Ouch - that hurts Whitby boy2009-04-07 20:14:03

Wonder which of the places in the background is the Ben Buckley's blinkers memorial salary cap backhander for Smeltzy.

This one, and that's his boat also in the shot so he can get to and from training....its across the other side of the river 'cos his wife dropped him off as she needs to go shopping up the river....

http://au.fourfourtwo.com/gallery.aspx?galleryID=1177&imageID=30866