So you can say what you like, unfettered and uncontrolled in a hypocritical way?

"dodgy Hammy ? cash up front mate"

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Former Brisbane Roar coach Mike Mulvey is suing the football club for money owed after being sacked last year.

He is seeking about $270,000 plus damages for deceit and misleading conduct from the A-League club, papers lodged in the Brisbane District Court revealed on Wednesday.

The figure amounts to an 18-month payout under the terms of his employment agreement.

Mulvey, who took up the position in December 2012, alleged he only found out he had been axed through reading a newspaper article.

He was fired in November 2014, six months after he led the Roar to their latest championship.

His lawyer Matt McCormick said the former coach had hoped the matter could be settled out of court.

Mulvey did not sue until now because of an emotional attachment to the club and the players were at the beginning of the season when he was fired.

"Mike's been very silent with it, his last resort was to file the claim," McCormick said.

"He never really wanted this grievance in the public air, which now it is."

At the time, Roar's managing director Sean Dobson said Mulvey's firing was more about his training methods.

"We were premiers yes, but we also weren't happy," he said in 2014.

"We weren't happy with the way we were training because it's not about the results."

Contracts never signed, agreed to verbally

In his statement of claim, Mulvey outlined an extraordinary sequence of events where three employment agreements were made verbally between 2012 and 2014.

The agreements were written but never signed.

The statement of claim said during discussions Mr Dobson told Mulvey the Roar wanted to align his salary package to that of other A-League coaches to "align [the Roars] future and build a destiny" with him.

Brisbane Roar Managing Director Sean Dobson
PHOTO: Brisbane Roar Managing Director Sean Dobson at a press conference in November, 2014, two days after Mulvey was cut. (AAP: Dave Hunt)
The documents state that in March 2014 Mr Dobson offered Mulvey a four-year deal of "$800,000, with a bonus".

Just two months later, he offered a three-year contract of $1 million, including a bonus each season and a "no outs" clause.

The first sign something was amiss came in June 2014, when Mr Dobson said: "We have cash flow issues but it will be all sorted when you return."

The documents revealed at the end of September last year, Mr Dobson, dropped the bombshell with words to the effect of: "I need first of all to let you know that I have not been honest with you ... I have been deliberately stalling on your contracts ... I have been concerned about some issues for quite a while."

When Mulvey asked if his $350,000 per year deal was not going to be honoured, Dobson replied: "That's right."

The club has been struggling financially.

Staff and players have now been paid but they are still owed superannuation and other entitlements.

A spokesman for the Roar says the club's lawyers will review the documents lodged by Mulvey.

Verbal Agreements..............OMG............ what's your story Ange ?

isn't offer + acceptance legally a contract even if it's only verbal. You would think he'd try to get something on paper though when talking about those sort of sums.

It just gets better

Lel

isn't offer + acceptance legally a contract even if it's only verbal. You would think he'd try to get something on paper though when talking about those sort of sums.

And the circus continues. This is a train wreck.

What a joke of a club.

"What a joke of a club" - very helpful, it could be any club next with the possible exception of Victory and that's the best you can do??? Adelaide, Perth, Nix, Mariners, Jets all losing money along with Roar; Sydney and MCFC also losing money but they're fine as long as their backers hang around. Wanderers at breakeven (just) and Victory reportedly making a modest profit. What's the joke again?

best gif 2015, i miss mr.bean =d>

"What a joke of a club" - very helpful, it could be any club next with the possible exception of Victory and that's the best you can do??? Adelaide, Perth, Nix, Mariners, Jets all losing money along with Roar; Sydney and MCFC also losing money but they're fine as long as their backers hang around. Wanderers at breakeven (just) and Victory reportedly making a modest profit. What's the joke again?

Phoenix are one of the most stable clubs in the league, thanks, despite 0 support from the FFA and no renewal of our license.

This is the same bloke who thinks Adelaide United has done more for football in this country than any other team. Ever.
He has clearly been watching the A League since only last season and is a bit of a no-hoper.

:lol: He was clearly making a reference to paulc's famous line from that troll article, and the both of you bit hard.

For the record I've never seen salmon write anything about AU doing more for football in this country than any other team, you just bite hard whenever anything with a remote reference to Adelaide comes up on these forums anyway.

:lol: He was clearly making a reference to paulc's famous line from that troll article, and the both of you bit hard.

For the record I've never seen salmon write anything about AU doing more for football in this country than any other team, you just bite hard whenever anything with a remote reference to Adelaide comes up on these forums anyway.

Geezuz you Roar lads need to relax.

-PB

:lol: He was clearly making a reference to paulc's famous line from that troll article, and the both of you bit hard.

For the record I've never seen salmon write anything about AU doing more for football in this country than any other team, you just bite hard whenever anything with a remote reference to Adelaide comes up on these forums anyway.

Gambaro Pty Ltd has filed a Supreme Court application to wind up Roar over an alleged June debt of $30,424 that’s yet to be paid.

The application is listed for a directions hearing on September 16th