I motion for a seance & summons Machiavelli for consult & instruction moving forward.
There is a reason this show airs at 10pm
Certainly cant see this resolve itself without the public exposure it now has.
We find ourselves in this situation in the absence of good & strong leadership.
Anton is a good bloke.
His acumen in the sporting/corporate world cannot be underestimated. He’s held in the highest regard in the soccer community in Oz & is regarded as a future CEO of the FFA. He also consults to the AFC, UEFA & FIFA.
Very well said sir, If ALL Bulldogs administrators, staff, members and fans adopted this philosophy we would not be in the mess we are currently in. Too many self serving people involved and they need to be marched sooner rather than later!
I reckon Gould's agenda's are more likely to be self-serving than focused on supporting Penrith, who sacked him. He's completely self absorbed, and just wants everyone to listen to his opinion so they can see how smart he is! The call for Barrett to back-out is just the outrageous hook he uses to build interest in his story. Just shock-jock tactics to get the focus onto himself IMO.
Blinded by agendas and selfishness people seem to always forget that past will never catches to them !!!
From what i hear he is a reasonable bloke and very clever footy wise. He genuinely says the Bulldogs are the biggest club in Sydney on his podcasts. What he’s saying now is the truth, the bulldogs management is a shit show.
Webster says: I had concerns about Trent Barrett taking the job because even by his own admission he never handled the politics at Manly. The politics at Manly aren't on the same page as the politics at Canterbury. They've been going on forever."
Gould said the only viable option for the club was to remove the board and senior administrators for a fresh start. The alternative is to persevere and risk completely crippling the franchise.
"I don't know what the answer is but I know, I just know the answer is not persevering with the people that are there," Gould said.
"They've got to understand that it's hurting the club. If you are a player looking to go and play with a club, how high on the list is the Bulldogs? Which means the ones you get access to are going to be way down the list, you're going to pay a premium for it, it's going to eat up your salary cap very quickly again and you're going to be no more competitive than you are this year.
"I just can't see it working until they resolve that mess behind the scenes. It's all got to be disbanded and someone else has got to be given a go at it because what they promised hasn't been delivered. At the moment, this is the problem with the Bulldogs. It's the toxicity, internally, at these levels."
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Gus just telling it like it is, same as if a Kenneller got up at a meeting to have their say about the club they used to respect and saw being downgraded to insignificance
Things must change and wont unless drastic action taken ...it cant heal and move on until that happens.
Perhaps Goulds angle is ride in on a rival ticket to become our next CEO as a stepping stone to the NRL CEO position ala Greenberg. This is why he only took a "consultant" role at Saints and a small role at the Warriors...
I agree with this also, however a strong Penrith winning comps will justify what he can spruke as his hard work with his 5 year plan - that is now 8 years
Gould is more than smart and has plenty of reach. He also happens to be a master manipulator and never says or does anything without a purpose to suit himself.
