Bris Lions at Deaths Door

[AFLcrap1]

Bloody Vlad ,Introducing 2 new teams & now they get all the extra benefits while the Lions are left to die .


http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-sp ... 37x12.html


Brisbane Lions players are keeping their heads down and thumbs up as the AFL starts exerting more influence at the embattled club.

Chief executive Malcolm Holmes is set to be sacked on Thursday afternoon, while new chairman Bob Sharpless's position is also under threat as the Lions' fortunes have plummeted on and off the field.

Debts of about $10 million, following $12 million of losses since the Lions' last profit in 2007, have prompted the AFL to step in and play a role in rebuilding the once-mighty club.

The 2001-2003 premiers' latest drama comes just over half a year since a boardroom split brought the departure of former chairman Angus Johnson in October.



But the struggling Lions team say they can't afford to let it distract them ahead of Saturday's round eight clash with Essendon at the Gabba.

"To be perfectly honest we control what happens out on the field and what happens upstairs happens upstairs," said livewire Dayne Zorko.

"All we can focus on is putting a good performance out on the field and building ourselves up."

But Zorko, a leadership group member, hinted front-office issues had affected results, and vice-versa, and hoped for a more stable club environment.

"Absolutely," he said. "That might even have something to do with us on the field.

"But to be honest we just have to go on with business as footballers.

"We need to go out and put down a really good performance on the weekend and take the distraction away from what's happening upstairs.

"We need to give our supporters something to cheer about."

The Lions currently sit last with a 1-6 record and new coach Justin Leppitsch is struggling to rebuild the club following last year's departure of five of their top draft picks.

Holmes, a former Wellington Hurricanes rugby union and Queensland Turf Club boss, has been at the Lions since 2011 and oversaw the club review, with Johnson, that led to Michael Voss's axing as coach last year.

There's speculation Carlton chief executive Greg Swann is a possible replacement, along with former St Kilda CEO Michael Nettlefold, and past and present AFLQ bosses Richard Griffiths and Michael Conlan.

Triple premiership-winning Lions coach Leigh Matthews, now on the Brisbane board, has confirmed the AFL is exerting more influence at the club, just as it has done with celler-dwellers Melbourne.

Matthews told The Courier-Mail that Brisbane would benefit from having high-profile football people in senior roles.

"I think at any AFL club, having a high-profile person as chairman or CEO, and/or coach is better, but all three of them would be good," he said.

The deputy chairman of Springfield Land Corporation, Sharpless is also under pressure as the AFL reportedly looks set to withdraw its support of the club's controversial relocation to Springfield.



Basketcase.

But Im sure Spambot will say different.

[ParraEelsNRL]

Queensland is afl

[Raiderdave]

As many have said

the arrogance & ego of the VFL will eventually be its undoing
& we are seeing the beginnings of this already

its quite clear this fumbling crap was no where near ready for more sides outside its heartland
the Kitty Kats & Salary Cap cheats weren't making any money as it was in Sydney & Brisbane ...

but yeah
lets make their pie even smaller

fucking ego maniacs
& a heavy price will be paid ... once the SWines have their COLA removed (2015)
watch them struggle big time & in a few years be in the same predicament as the Kitty Kat Wions are now ... that being dead broke & on deaths door
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh :_<> :_<> :_<>

the filthy arrogance of fumblers
its a sight to behold =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D>

[QueenslandISAFL]

Great news, new people at the club will bring in fresh idea's for us to dominate queensland even more

[Cracker]

Well if they are going to they need to be quick, because if they don't act before the NRL get their second Brisbane team in they are going to get wiped out. If the AFL are involved I'm sure they'll get the Lions off their rear ends and working.

Competition is good for the Brisbane landscape.

[Raiderdave]

Great news, new people at the club will bring in fresh idea's for us to dominate queensland even more

assume the position fumbler


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[Raiderdave]

Well if they are going to they need to be quick, because if they don't act before the NRL get their second Brisbane team in they are going to get wiped out. If the AFL are involved I'm sure they'll get the Lions off their rear ends and working.

Competition is good for the Brisbane landscape.

they're all but wiped out now
the Bombers coming in in 2018 will be the nail in the coffin for this bumbling Victorian crap in QLD
the VFL will just be pissing MORE money up against the wall on a lost cause trying to keep pace with RL

their inflated egos will be the end of them

good times
good times

[NRLCrap1]

No Bombers, goose, because the AFL have trademarked that name!

[Raiderdave]

No Bombers, goose, because the AFL have trademarked that name!

wheres that new sign bearsy ?

Im with Fucktard
just for our resident spambot

[TLPG]

I promised myself I wouldn't post in here, but this HAS to be addressed - and with a screen shot from IP (Intellectual Property) Australia. The government authority that controls trademarks in this country.

Read it and weep, Raider!

[AFLcrap1]

I promised myself I wouldn't post in here, but this HAS to be addressed - and with a screen shot from IP (Intellectual Property) Australia. The government authority that controls trademarks in this country.

Read it and weep, Raider!

As a Proven liar you should know better than to listen to yourself.
We do.

[Cracker]

I don't believe that the AFL can stop the registering of "Brisbane Bombers", TLPG.

[Fred]

Didnt you lie afk crapper by stating that titans have beaten suns in crowds evrry year?

[Raiderdave]

I don't believe that the AFL can stop the registering of "Brisbane Bombers", TLPG.

of course they can't
TLPG is the biggest twat on these forums ... & that's really sayin something

hes never been right about anything
& him & his pet spambot are most definitely wrong about this

the Brisbane Bombers are coming
end of

[piesman2011]

I don't believe that the AFL can stop the registering of "Brisbane Bombers", TLPG.

of course they can't
TLPG is the biggest twat on these forums ... & that's really sayin something

hes never been right about anything
& him & his pet spambot are most definitely wrong about this

the Brisbane Bombers are coming
end of

Interesting name. I'm not sure if its the best name for a new franchise.