Brisbane Roar managing director Daniel Cobb has stood down from his role, according to reports.

Stood down from Roar ....... and submitted a one-time offer to buy the club from the Bakries.

It's out up or shut up time. Gallop must be praying they say yes lol

LOL.


-PB

Also turns out Cobb paid the wages on Tuesday.

and the REALLY bad news is Polenz is still on the books, there wasn't enough money to pay his contract out. ffs, if you made this stuff up they'd laugh at you

What a joke of a club.

I'm out.

;)

Cobb might not be all good, but if he payed the players wages out of his own pocket then he cannot be all bad either.

:D Wait you actually believe him, oh dear.

Thanks Cobb but shouldn't u be more focused on more important things than being on this forum?

apparently a new consortium is now looking to take over

Consortium keen on buying A-League's Roar.

A local consortium is waiting in the wings to rescue crisis-torn A-League club Brisbane Roar.

AAP understands a group of Brisbane business identities is prepared to buy the club and pick up the pieces following the farcical reign of Daniel Cobb, sacked as Roar managing director on Wednesday by owners the Bakrie Group.

The new consortium has been active for several weeks and is organised by former state politician Robert Cavallucci, who had been part of an advisory board set up by former Roar CEO David Pourre to ensure stability in governance beyond his departure in May.

However, the advisory board - which also included former Matilda Alicia Ferguson-Cook, and was endorsed by the Bakries and Football Federation Australia - was scrapped by Cobb without explanation in June when he came into power.

Cobb denied he was fired on Wednesday, insisting he quit in protest against the Bakrie Group's failure to inject $1.1 million into the club as he alleged they had promised.

Cobb also said he would make a final "take it or leave it" bid to buy the club, but there was no chance the Bakries would consider it.

The Indonesian conglomerate became suspicious of Cobb after his falling out with coach John Aloisi and football director Craig Moore and sent officials to Brisbane to investigate his conduct, leading to his eventual dismissal.

East Coast Car Rentals CEO Mark Kingsman, meanwhile, has been installed as a director of the club to ensure the Roar comply with ASIC's requirement for companies to have at least one Australian-based director.

Kingsman was previously in talks to join the Roar advisory board.

The Bakrie Group is expected to remain in control of the Roar in the short term but will need to pump more money into the club to ensure it can continue to operate.

Of immediate concern is the Roar's proposed shift of their training and administrative base back to Ballymore Stadium, which will only go ahead if they pay $300,000 to the Queensland Rugby Union (QRU) on Thursday.

The QRU has asked the club to provide the full season's rent up front, following last year's legal battle over unpaid rent, which nearly led to the Roar being wound up.

Also a worry is the Roar's low membership take-up.

Just 693 have been sold ahead of the new A-League season, by far the lowest tally in the competition.

Wooden spooners Central Coast, who are currently without a coach, have nearly five times as many members signed up.

Read more at http://wwos.nine.com.au/2016/08/18/05/39/consortium-keen-on-buying-a-league-s-roar#EiqD0vVL1lUmROt6.99

Thats great news...The operative term being "Local consortium" 

Huge respect if Cobb did pay the wages out of his own pocket. But Polenz still being on the books because they couldn't afford to pay out his contract is an absolute disgrace. What a shambles.

Some staff at the club confirmed he used his own money. Internet trolls stand down ..

5 bucks?

That makes him a creditor that can wind up the Bakries

Bankruptcy treats some better than others apparently.

His money my ass.

I can't seriously believe a word Cobb says .
All this is playing out as I expected.Once the money dried up he left.Its just it dried up earlier than Cobb planned.Probably the Bakries smelt a rat.
If Cobb had submitted a bid already then why would that not have been accepted?
Why would he need to put in a new bid ,if the old bid required all debts to be paid?
Why would he buy a club that loses big money ,when he is not that wealthy?

He was probably hoping to sign Dexter Roxales as a marquee.

I think I'm in this grouping.

The more I think about it the worse it gets.  He's supposed to be in charge?  Then he would know or should know the state of the accounts and whether or not there is money in the bank sufficient to meet the payroll.  Hasn't he been the one responsible for hiring more staff and Ballymore and talking up how he has opened the purse?  He was doing this without knowing whether he could pay for it or not?  Wonder if he got paid ok?  Was he using a credit card to top up the account or?

I find it difficult to believe that the self-announced man in charge doesn't have a clue if there is enough in the account or not to cover this month's bills and act strongly in advance of the clear embarrassment to surely follow on the day of failure.
I find it even harder to swallow that he wouldn't be shown the door immediately if he didn't know.  That's a major failure if it occurred.

Old mate Bakrie must scratching his head at the quality of local execs for hire.

Not standing up for Cobb but it looks as though Bakrie hasn't followed an agreed plan which included the mystery $2m.  Same thing happened to Dobson and Pourre.

In a P&R world this shit wouldn't matter.

The shit can sink.

You finished below the circus, how embarrassing for you lol

Cobb is a sleazy prick, don't trust a word he says.

P.S









and

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa6UlTgwZCg

#trouble

Credit to Yowie Dude

B's now saying they fired Cobb.... 

Anyone know if the FFA have finished garnishing the TV payments? Sure doesn't look like it.

Timmy pls.

-PB

Ffa needs a big look at the model If no one wants to buy a successful club with 3rd highest crowd, and only team the state.

Wake me up when September ends. Roar off season drama provides to much entertainment 

It's worse. It's actually worse than last year.

Oh dear.

Fox is reporting he was sacked



http://www.foxsports.com.au/football/daniel-cobb-steps-down-as-roar-director-will-make-new-offer-to-buy-club-from-bakrie-group/news-story/9db5444418bf9a97f6ba60175818d240

Irrespective of the rights or wrongs of Cobb's involvement in the Roar, the Bakries' are good at pointing the finger, but don't seem to manage to do their part of the deal themselves.

Time for the FFA to act!

This all sounds to me over the last few months like Cobb is trying to unsettle the bus to get FFA to act. I don't think the Bakries are as silly as they have been made out. They are a conglomerate after all. Someone made mention earlier that the 'office girl forgot to do the pays on Friday so they werent available on Monday (15th). I bet this is all it is and cobbs been carrying on to the media with the Bakries scratching their head in the background wondering 'who is this guy?'

You've only got top look at the guy to tell he's a weasel.

It was my first thought when the news came out. If it was a week since they haven't been paid, then i believe somthing more serious going on. You know he wasn't right when the football department was upset about him, lets face it he had a nice 3 week trip to europe on the roar pay packet. 

Bakeries are stereotype Asian business, give an inch they will take a mile. If FFA was strong and force them to do things, they would be good. because they where able to get away for so much they pushed it for all its worth, hence these offseason bullshit since taking over. There not really issues during the season. 

Given what people said, being nice great to talk to. Given his past and know infringements. They can talk their way into anything, i bet seen as the bakeries saw he wasn't matching his words with actions, pissing off the football department, they wanted him out. 

They were again highlighted when Cobb threw the Bakries under the bus on when fronting FFA chief executive David Gallop about the Roar owners’ failure to meet this month’s payday deadline and alleged reneging of an injection of $1.1 million into the club.

Sounds like he was a whistle blower.

-PB

Minutes from a Roar directors’ meeting – minus Cobb - on Tuesday, show the decision was made to remove Cobb as a director.


That's prima facie evidence that Cobb is a liar if it is correct if I can play internet lawyer for a day.  I can't stop staring long enough to pick up my popcorn at the moment.  I await in hopeless anticipation that some sort of leak of a forensic analysis of Roar's financials will come out.  Suggestions of a hand in the till have been made which would suggest a call to the police in the longer run. 

That wouldn't be a good look but it all pales of course alongside Rangers and Leeds and all those other football financial rip-off stories used to scare children by old people after the game.

About 50 edits to fix text but I give up.

On a different note, BR playing a friendly at QSAC. Sign of things to come perhaps. 

Tell me how bad the traffic is to getting there for a 7.30 ko on Saturday night and how the views arent actually that bad. 

Four Four Two will I ever be able to reply to a post using my iPad?


As to QSAC,IF Roar ever played there,there would be no problem getting there based on prior experience .Express buses from the city and Garden City used to ferry fans to Broncos games and it was the slickest operation you could see.I enjoyed many bus trips back to the city on a Friday night full of happy fans .

The less said about Cobb the better.The track record was there and I'm still amazed wealthy and supposedly intelligent people in high places are so gullible.Maybe it shows most sharks are swimming with other sharks.

I would sack him too. After all the money and reasonable success they have given the club, this bloke comes along and undermines them

Yeah no idea what happened with my font either haha.

-PB

Maybe all this was just to get Cobb out. The guy never should have been anywhere near the club. But enough of the crap. Kick ouf the Bakries too.

At the very least they need to be given a final warning. One more failure to pay players on time and your license is gone. 

How many final warnings do they need? 

Bakries are laughing at the FFA since they know there warnings mean fuck all.

Glad Cobb is out , what a stain , he clearly just wanted to come I. And get a few headlines

Dear FFA please take control of my club and put unplaced some decent management

The new consortium has been active for several weeks and is organised by former state politician Robert Cavallucci, who had been part of an advisory board set up by former Roar CEO David Pourre to ensure stability in governance beyond his departure in May.
However, the advisory board - which also included former Matilda Alicia Ferguson-Cook, and was endorsed by the Bakries and Football Federation Australia - was scrapped by Cobb without explanation in June when he came into power.

Gee that does not sound dodgy at all lol, Cobb looking out for Cobb it seems.

:laugh:

693

A local consortium ready to step in is of no surprise. Roar is a club that will always be in demand.

Whatever helps you sleep at night :hehe::hehe::hehe::hehe:

-PB

Never had issues attracting owners. FFA made a quick cool $10 million last time.

BRFC the biggest financial contributor to FFA coffers.

Didn't WSW go for $12m?

That;s what they wanted ideally but got less than that.

We shouldn't forget that not only did FFA get $10 mill for the sale to the Bakries the also kept the license fee from the previous owners.

Biggest money pit maybe :rolleyes::exclamation::exclamation::Whistling::Whistling::Whistling:

-PB

Buckley found Bakrie by fluke and then bullshitted him into buying in.

Wow, for once I'm glad I'm a Glory supporter.

"It's understood Cobb did not even contact Roar's few existing sponsors in his two months in office."

Jesus, this guy just keeps getting worse :blink:

“The payment will be made today and the team will be training at Ballymore on Monday,” Kingsman told News Limited.

So no delay to get into Ballymore despite the hysteria in the last few hours lol

Didn't sign sponsors.

Couldn't be bothered selling memberships. Now, let me just ask this. WTF. It is a season ticket. They know they are playing at Suncorp. They know the fixture. What possible reason on this holy Earth do you have not to start selling memberships ASAP. Even dero AFL clubs have instant rollover renewal for members.

This guy was running the club in to the ground. It doesn't look even close to accidental.

I wouldn't be surprised if Cobb had no money.Just how does a twice bankrupt get rich?
It was only 2013 when his solar company went belly up with u paid bills to AU and the 36's and debts estimated to be over $5million.
So if he made millions in three years where are all those creditors with baseball bats?

Here is a statement from an abc article.

Company official Daniel Cobb is reassuring customers of the failed Adelaide business.

"Everybody that had a contract with Unleash that wants to proceed will get their order as they've ordered it," he said.



Just how the hell did he get anywhere near the Roar?

That's what i said at the beginning, By law he shouldn't be running a company for 5 years. With the money the bakeries put in, they never going to get a return on investment, not really sure why they are holding out and just dumping it on the FFA.

Anyone confirm that Bakrie actually pay the wages ? Or was it Cobb ?