Peggy Statement

[taztiger4]

Peggy O'Neal statement

richmondfc.com.au
20th September 2016

Richmond President Peggy O’Neal and CEO Brendon Gale today met with representatives of the Focus on Footy group Martin Hiscock, Mag Kearney and the group’s public relations consultant Richard Amos.

The group put another proposal to the Club, requesting that four or five current Richmond Directors stand down and that the Focus on Footy group would decide which of their representatives would take the positions.

At a scheduled Board meeting this afternoon, the Richmond Football Club Board rejected this request in its entirety.

“Our members are perfectly entitled to run for the Board and we have processes in place to allow them to do just that,” Richmond President Peggy O’Neal said.

“We encourage any of our 70,000 members wishing to do so to engage in our nominations process or through our normal electoral process as part of the Annual General Meeting.

“The time leading up to the AFL Draft is really important for all clubs and our priority right now is running this Club, and providing a stable environment that allows our CEO Brendon Gale and our new General Manager of Football Neil Balme to build a stronger Richmond on and off the field.

“The Board and our administration – under the guidance of Brendon - is getting on with the really important business of attracting players, coaches and commercial partners to our Club, and planning for 2017.

“I’m sure all passionate Richmond members and supporters want Brendon and Neil focused on delivering the changes we have announced to strengthen our Football Department and not be distracted by other issues.

“As previously stated, we were bitterly disappointed with last season. We have conducted a thorough review, change has been implemented and more is on the way – we need our key people focussing on doing that effectively as we build towards the 2017 season.

“I want to take this opportunity to thank the members of our Club who have provided such great support in recent weeks for the work Brendon and his team are doing to drive a stronger team on and off the field."

http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2016-09-20/peggy-oneal-statement

[Harry]

Well done Hillary calling for stability again.  They want you and the board to stand down, the football department can contunue on with their jobs but continue with the scare tactics telling the nervous nellies that the club will collapse if a challenge takes place.  Just call an EGM and be done with it.  Let the members choose from an open pool of duds.

[WilliamPowell]

Well done Hillary calling for stability again.  They want you and the board to stand down, the football department can contunue on with their jobs but continue with the scare tactics telling the nervous nellies that the club will collapse if a challenge takes place.  Just call an EGM and be done with it.  Let the members choose from an open pool of duds.

Did you catch a very important comment in the statement Harry?

Looks like the whispers I'm hearing are true but rocking the boat before certain deals are finalised could cost the club big $$$$

[Harry]

Well done Hillary calling for stability again.  They want you and the board to stand down, the football department can contunue on with their jobs but continue with the scare tactics telling the nervous nellies that the club will collapse if a challenge takes place.  Just call an EGM and be done with it.  Let the members choose from an open pool of duds.

Did you catch a very important comment in the statement Harry?

Looks like the whispers I'm hearing are true but rocking the boat before certain deals are finalised could cost the club big $$$$

The only statement I read was "stable environment "

Do share what whispers you are hearing.   Hopefully it's sacking hardwick and hartley

[WilliamPowell]

Do share what whispers you are hearing.   Hopefully it's sacking hardwick and hartley

Corporate partnerships

We have at least 3 large sponsors coming out of cptmract at the end of October that they club are trying to extend.

Plus could be a newbie in the works.

Having the circus going on that we have with the nuffer crew isnt good when you are trying to get cojtracts signed

Although Doc Hiscock did hint this morning they wouldn't do anything until these things were sorted because heaven forbid this alternate group actually show us they understand and know what they need to bring to the table outeode telling the fpoty department hpw the team should play

[Willy]

I thought she sounded pretty reasonable.

[sugark]

Predictable Harry response.................yawn

[Eat_em_Alive]

Get the feeling someones using multiple accounts again 

[Knighter]

Could have just taken a pic of the board sitting their giving the middle finger salute in the meeting today and posted it on the clubs Facebook page. Easier for everyone to understand then.

They have such a great performance record over the last 10 years it's completely reasonable for them to behave in such a way also.

[eliminator]

Find it incredible that a public relations consultant attended the meeting. Noted president now referring to the club as our club.

[Harry]

Do share what whispers you are hearing.   Hopefully it's sacking hardwick and hartley

Corporate partnerships

We have at least 3 large sponsors coming out of cptmract at the end of October that they club are trying to extend.

Plus could be a newbie in the works.

Having the circus going on that we have with the nuffer crew isnt good when you are trying to get cojtracts signed

Although Doc Hiscock did hint this morning they wouldn't do anything until these things were sorted because heaven forbid this alternate group actually show us they understand and know what they need to bring to the table outeode telling the fpoty department hpw the team should play

Corporate sponsorship trying to extend?  Will be interesting how this goes.  So no hardwick sacking?  Time for egm

[WilliamPowell]

SNIP 
Eough with the degrading comments about women.  pretty sure peole wouldn't like their partners or daughters being spoken of like that...

Find it incredible that a public relations consultant attended the meeting. Noted president now referring to the club as our club.

The PR consultant the MD of Royce Communications was previously a director at Hawthorn

[Harry]

SNIP 
Eough with the degrading comments about women.  pretty sure peole wouldn't like their partners or daughters being spoken of like that...

Find it incredible that a public relations consultant attended the meeting. Noted president now referring to the club as our club.

The PR consultant the MD of Royce Communications was previously a director at Hawthorn

So he'd know a few things about a successful board then. 

[WilliamPowell]

SNIP 
Eough with the degrading comments about women.  pretty sure peole wouldn't like their partners or daughters being spoken of like that...

Find it incredible that a public relations consultant attended the meeting. Noted president now referring to the club as our club.

The PR consultant the MD of Royce Communications was previously a director at Hawthorn

So he'd know a few things about a successful board then.

Perhaps

But appears to be clueless when it comes to advising the circus troupe called FoF

[Stalin]

How are Townsend and yarren tracking penny

Important the draft very important.

How bout them Houli Hampson grigg new deals. A master stroke by our wonderful leader