I see Manie Reynecke is shooting his mouth off on yet another website today about how the Lions will fight “tooth and nail” to prevent Willem Alberts and Louis Ludik from joining the Sharks.
This chap really needs to get a grip on reality. Fact number 1, Manie, is that neither player wants to stay in Johannesburg. Fact number 2, Manie, is that you do not have a contract with either that is enforceable. You went to arbitration over Jaque Fourie and lost, because your contracting process is a mess. That’s your fault, as CEO. Admit your mistakes, take it on the chin and move on.
Throwing good money after bad is not going to achieve anything for the Lions and is further going to do nothing other than harm the players, as they’ll potentially have to wait up to three months before joining their new team mates. Going this route is nothing other than mean-spirited and spiteful, particularly since you already know that both players want to leave and that there’s nothing practical you can do to stop them doing so. All you can do is delay the process.
Dick Muir is rumoured to have said that he only wants to work with players who are committed to the Lions’ cause. Accept, please, that Louis Ludik and Willem Ablerts are not and let them go.
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I really can’t see what Mr Reynecke hopes to achieve.
Surely the Fourie arbitration outcome means if the other players’ contracts have the same flaw/loophole he’ll lose. Again.
Not only mean-spirited and spiteful, but childish.
He seems unable/unwilling to accept and that the union he is in charge of cocked things up royally. 🙄
@McLovin (Comment 1) : yes. But it seems that he wants to be petty.
Sooner the Lions get rid of this loser, the better
It wasn’t on my site was it?
@walter van Lions World (Comment 4) : Keo
I think most of us have made peace with the fact that the duo is likely to join the Guppies
@walter van Lions World (Comment 4) : nope – Keo 🙂
@walter van Lions World (Comment 6) :
Most except for Reynecke!
SKAAM VIR JOU
‘n Man stop langs ‘n dogtertjie wat terugstap huis toe na skool.
“As jy in klim sal ek jou ‘n suigstokkie gee.”
Die dogtertjie hou net aan loop.
Die man ry stadig agter haar aan. Weer sê die man:
“As jy inklim dan gee ek jou hierdie hele sak suigstokkies!”
Die dogtertjie draai om en sê:
“Pa, ek het al hoeveel keer vir jou gesê, ek ry nie in daai Cortina met ‘n Bulls vlag aan nie!”
@Pokkel (Comment 9) :
@robdylan (Comment 7) : so we even bother commenting ….
these people @ GLRU are delusional, this whole year they’ve been moving from crisis to crisis – leon boshoff & racial issues, ashwin willemse resigning summarily etc – even with in the JF case i thought their objection to him joining another union was spurious @ best. “on principle we don’t want him to join wp” what is this principle?
Well these lions administrators are certainly charting new territory in the landscape of incompetent sport officials in our country!
@quota (Comment 12) : amen!
Dick Muir will hopefully bring some sort of professionalism back for them . . .
@Pokkel (Comment 9) : 😆 😆 Probably had his 1 liter brandewyn and 2 liter coke on his lap as well.
@McLovin (Comment 1) : He is probably shit scared of loosing all his players , I WONDER HOW MANY MORE PLAYERS HAVE THESE CONTRACTS 🙁
@Original Pierre (Comment 14) : Sure hope so, Kevin de Klerk is a good man too!!
@Whindy (Comment 16) : if i`m not mistaken, there are four others with the same contracts… maybe rob can tell us who they are?? With the Lions luck, Earl Rose`s contract will be solid, signed for the next 20 years… 😀
@Whindy (Comment 16) :
According to Voldy there’s a total of about 6 players with these ‘contracts’ 🙄
@wpw (Comment 19) : Great that just warms the cockles, hopefully Dick will introduce a good spirit. I also feel sorry for baywatch, often wonder if he would have been a bok at another province good player!!
@VanWilder (Comment 18) : he was showing some promise last 2 games
What??? no thanks to the Erasumus fellas for saving you the mission of fighting for player poaching by the Sharks
😈
FFS give credit where its due 😆
@Worcestershire Sauce (Comment 22) :
Dont tell me its you who predicted the Cheetahs to win by 120 on SB!!??
@Worcestershire Sauce (Comment 22) : oh right. Thanks Frikkie. I think 😉
@GI Ice (Bulletproof) (Comment 23) : Yea i did. I got a feeling something special is going to happen 😆
@GI Ice (Bulletproof) (Comment 23) : Its actually further proof that man cannot multi-task 😆
I just heard the best joke and I’d love to share it…..but alas it’s political in nature 🙄
@Pokkel (Comment 27) : email it to me?
@robdylan (Comment 28) : ok
@Pokkel (Comment 29) : it’s not THAT bad – as a one-off, you can definitely post it.
I think we’re all mature enough and it is Friday, after all 🙂
Thanks
Dear Angel of Death
This year you took away
My favorite singer Michael Jackson
My favorite male actor Patrick Swayze
My favorite female actor Farah Fawcett
Just so you know my favorite politician is Julius Malema
@Pokkel (Comment 31) : 😆 Good one.
@Worcestershire Sauce (Comment 26) :
Slip of the finger while trying to predict and eatat the same time?? 😆
@Pokkel (Comment 31) :
Got it yesterday – but also thought it be off limits…brilliant!
@GI Ice (Bulletproof) (Comment 33) : eatat
Struggling to think and type 😆 😆 😈
@GI Ice (Bulletproof) (Comment 33) : eating on this thread too
@GI Ice (Bulletproof) (Comment 34) : well, it’s a one-off, ok? So this is not a free-for-all relaxing of the rules 🙂
Just so we’re all sure…
@rekinek (retreat -ing) (Comment 36) :
I am starving!! 😆
@Worcestershire Sauce (Comment 35) :
Oi!! THAT is BAD!! 😆
just let the people that do not want to stay go…
They cannot be good for the side…
and spend the money on some GOOD youngsters (unlike that Francis crap!??!)…
@GI Ice (Bulletproof) (Comment 38) :
Hey G.I. ICE
Or is it Vanilless ICE