Ox's comments on SEN re: Lake

[cinder]

Lets hope so!

This is killing me.

I know!!!! Talk about building the suspence!!!

[The Pie Man]

This would seriously be the best news

[bulldogtragic]

If true, i'm still not happy with the way this has been handled. Very poor.

[GVGjr]

If true, i'm still not happy with the way this has been handled. Very poor.

In which sense? Brian, the club, the manager or the way he stalled at the original and apparently agreed to contract?

[LostDoggy]

Did anyone happen to hear James Fantasia on SEN this afternoon? Did he have anything to add that we don't already know?

Also, Schwarz noted before that his understanding of the Lake hold up is to do with the way in which the contract is backended - mainly that the 2010 wage would be less than what he received this year.

Of course, I am not taking the word of the Ox as gospel, and I don't know that he has much to do with the club anymore, but from what he says it sounds like his info might be coming from the Olarenshaw camp rather than any connections at the dogs (thats just what I have taken from his somewhat stubborn answers to callers).

[LostDoggy]

Did anyone happen to hear James Fantasia on SEN this afternoon? Did he have anything to add that we don't already know?

Not really. He did say when asked about Fev -- "he's not a route we decided we would take, but, not to be cheeky about it, in this business you learn to never-say-never".

[LostDoggy]

Thanks Lantern

[Doc26]

Pre interview with Fantasia tonight on SEN Ox was claiming the Lake deal would happen tomorrow morning.

Fantasia was nowhere near as adamant.

I interpreted Fantasia's comments tonight to be that there was still a sticking point in the negotiation. He said it may still happen tomorrow or it may happen next week. Both parties appear to be claiming the ball is not in their own court hence the stalemate. When asked, he indicated he couldn't go into the specifics of the issue/s.

[Dry Rot]

Pre interview with Fantasia tonight on SEN Ox was claiming the Lake deal would happen tomorrow morning.

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Fingers crossed.

[Doc26]

Fingers crossed.

Agree although from our end it would seem it may take more than that to sort it through.

Really hope that everything that could've been done through the season to re-sign Brian was explored as it would seem on the outside at least to have been somewhat mis-managed to get to this point. I may get shouted down for this opinion but I do hope at least that we can take a learning from it to mitigate a similar risk when it comes to Cooney and Griff next year.

[LostDoggy]

Come on Bwian............you know we are on the verge of something special, sign and lets get on with it. I need to start making plans for next years GF
Get along liddle doggy... get along!!

[AndrewP6]

Agree although from our end it would seem it may take more than that to sort it through.

Really hope that everything that could've been done through the season to re-sign Brian was explored as it would seem on the outside at least to have been somewhat mis-managed to get to this point. I may get shouted down for this opinion but I do hope at least that we can take a learning from it to mitigate a similar risk when it comes to Cooney and Griff next year.

Bryza has said all year that he wasn't going to do anything until the end of the year. I reckon they did OK given his insistence on this. Now we just need the hot tip (him signing tomorrrow!) to be accurate.

[ledge]

Ox was on the money!
Just how often is his mail wrong?, he seems pretty good to me.