New approach paying off for Force, says Mitchell

[jargan83]

Because Jargs... its crap what these guys did... they should let it be... for the good of the team... their just adding fuel to screw up your club and keeping it in the papers... As I said not a well though out act...

no it's not crap

no their not adding fuel

they are just a couple of people stating their opinion.

No one in official circles would have paid it any attention

you read into stuff too much

the only reason that you continuously post this nonsense is that for some reason you enjoy getting a rise out of people

Do you know all the facts?

[travelling_gerry]

So help me John.

AMEN.

[jargan83]

But will they sign new contracts at the end of season?

I believe our record at Player retention is quite good so far. Maybe the Brumbies should top rejecting promising players

[mudskipper]

no it's not crap

no their not adding fuel

they are just a couple of people stating their opinion.

No one in official circles would have payed it any attention

you read into stuff too much

the only reason that you continuously post this nonsense is that for some reason you enjoy getting a rise out of people

Do you know all the facts?

So the Banner should have read "2 MEMBERS SUPPORT MITCH" or "WE SUPPORT MITCH"...

[jargan83]

more then 2 members support him though

Are the members of a sporting club not allowed to identify themselves as members?

[mudskipper]

Actually the banner should have read...

“MITCH NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION”…

[James]

If you guys find my comments upsetting, well you need to toughen up. The flying banner intentionally sort to separated the coach from the players… How do you think that made the players feel? … Remember that thought when next you wish these players to sign on come contract time. What loyalty will you ask from them.

Frustrating and upsetting are entirely different words Muddy.

But I do find it ironic and ridiculous that you tell us to toughen up and yet you think the players don't need to. You, like Dave, assume that you can't be loyal to both coach and players. If two of my brothers had a fight I wouldn't turn my back on either of them especially not if the brother responsible seemed to be trying to change his ways. I don't make any expectations on any of them re-signing at contract time, the only expectations I have are for players to fulfil the contracts they've already signed. We can't expect players to be loyal to us when we brought them over from the Eastern states.

the force are divided…

How do you know? You aren't in Perth, you haven't been to see any of the pre-season games and I would be surprised if you had an inside source. And if they are divided how are they divided?

The banner was a divisive act, and not one well thought out.

The banner could have read “THE MEMBERS UNITE THE FORCE”

I think that banner was an act of defiance and not respectful to the boards process.

So if one of you were one who contributed to it please step forward and put it on the record

Don't know who did it, don't really care. You could argue people have a right to feel unhappy with the Force board, they have seemed to keep everyone in the dark about a lot of things but I suppose that is required to run a professional sports outfit. I can accept that, I don't expect others to though. The banner could have read "THE MEMBERS UNITE THE FORCE" and it would have been a nice, feel good message but I don't think that is the message they wanted to send. I think they want the board to bring it out into the open and let them be a part of the decision making process- they are 'members' after all. To the general public, all we have heard is some staff and players have expressed negative feelings towards how Mitch is operating and its being investigated. We don't know who those people are, what he has done, what the board plans to do with the QC's report and the form those expressions of negative feeling took. All that we see is a guy that a lot of the people on here appreciate for the work he has done in building the Force copping it hard from all sides.

I hate to think how his family feels.

[James]

There is no single player under fire, there is apparently a single coach under fire. Either what has been printed is incorrect (30 players signed a petition) or we are not getting the full story - either way, we are not getting the full story and any assumptions are just that - assumptions (do you know the old ASS U ME adage?).

ALL we do know is that John Mitchell appears to be copping it from all sides - we don't know what about, we don't know who from.

So, in summary, an unknown quantity of un-named people are attacking John Mitchell for unknown reasons.

Seems like a good time to kick him in the nuts...

Sorry, but until more actual information is made public, I support John Mitchell. All the players state they do...

Started writing my bit a while ago and went off to cook dinner..... just realised I've accidentally gone and rehashed everything you said Coach. Sorry. .

Can I try and claim that one on great minds?

[blueandblack]

Actually the banner should have read...

“MITCH NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION”…

or "THE ANNOYING TOSSPOT KNOWN AS MUDSKIPPER HATES YOU, MITCH"

[mudskipper]

or "THE ANNOYING TOSSPOT KNOWN AS MUDSKIPPER HATES YOU, MITCH"

Easy I don't hate the guy...and blueandblack that banner is sentence too long the plane couldn't take off...

[blueandblack]

Easy I don't hate the guy...and blueandblack that banner is sentence too long the plane couldn't take off...

Depends on the font and how its formatted. Good to see you didn't dispute being an annoying tosspot.

[mudskipper]

Depends on the font and how its formatted. Good to see you didn't dispute being an annoying tosspot.

Nup... its my job....

[brokendown gunfighter]

Nup... its my job....

poorly paid though

[TOCC]

stop replying to mudskipper, you are just feeding him..

mudskipper wants to believe that the Western Force are massively distabilised because he still harbours hatred towards the Force for taking Giteau away from the Brumbies. He now wants to believe that the Force are falling over themselves and that Giteau moving back to the Brumbies is a sure thing.

[mudskipper]

mmmmmmmmmmm... now thats better.......