Brett Stewart was not found Guilty so he shouldn't be in jail. You don't send innocent people to jail.

1). For the previous TV deal the AFL got 780 million to the NRL's 500 million. Huge failure by David and co.

2). So the head of the NRL couldn't handle political infighting. Lucky for us football in Australia has none of that. :oops:

3). Perhaps it is my opinion. But some teams are struggling to find sponsors and have poor crowds. It is sad but there is not enough space for them all. Some of these teams need to be relocated or culled.

4). Delayed expansion will prove costly in regards to the negotiating of the new TV rights deal. Gallop has stated that there will be no expansion in the initial years of the new tv deal. I beg to differ in regards to player talent. The Qld cup is of high quality and could supply several players and the under 20's comp is spitting out many new players.

5). The storm are not doing fine. They have been around for 15 years and already the Rebels have a bigger market share than them.

To answer other criticisms in this thread, to say that Gallop hasn't made big decisions or taken the game forward is ludicrous. Doesn't anyone remember what the NRL was like a decade ago? Doesn't anyone recall Gallop making the biggest decision in Australian sport?

As for the handling of the Brett Stewart case, Brett Stewart should be in jail. How Brett Stewart looks people in the eye and tells them he was hard done by I will never know. The media and the club conspiracy to make him a victim is absolutely laughable. To say that Gallop treated him harshly is completely wrong - he should've personally escorted him to a cell.

You guys are all off your rockers if you wouldn't take Gallop with open arms.



1) Failed TV negotiations? Are you aware of something the rest of the country isn't? All indications are that the NRL will get a big deal.

2) The time it took to get the commission up and running had absolutely nothing to do with Gallop. It was political maneuvering between the two main states.

3) In your opinion. At most the Sharks should have been canned but it might still prove to be a great move to retain them.

4) Delayed expansion has been deliberate. The game hasn't had the talent or resources to thin itself. Gallop has consolidating until the next TV deal and now given it a real time frame. Contrary to your opinion, his handling of expansion will prove to be terrific and in direct contrast to how our code has handled it.

5) Storm are doing fine. Not sure what your definition of success is but it has been a much greater success than the A-League expansion, in crowd numbers, on-field success and still being alive. AFL's expansion in to Gold Coast and GWS thus far has been abysmal but I don't see the criticism coming in to them.

Not the man to lead us forward. My post from the previous page.

How about his failed tv negations, the amount of time it took to implement the commission, not realizing GC were 50 million in debt, his inability to make the tough decisions in regard to having to many Sydney based clubs. Has delayed expansion in WA and Qld. Not being able to expand the game in Victoria. Just off the top of my head.

There's Sebastian Ryall. Close enough? :-k

No Schwab, no Fraser, no Kimon and no Gallop.

The only ones that I have heard that could be considered to replace Gorman and/or Buckley are Tana and Wilt. I'm sure that there are other worthy candidates but most of the ones mentioned shouldn't be let anywhere near a position where they can do real harm - as opposed to what they have already done.

this belongs in rumour mill

Edited by Joffa: 5/6/2012 06:38:52 PM

Gallop is great in front of the media. But he hasn't done a good job for the NRL. Look at the page before with my response.

He's been great at consolidating the league. But IMO what the a-league still needs is growth, not something Gallop is known for

Yes. Gallop is a great CEO. For whoever said the handling of the Stewart saga was poor, you should have seem him that night. Its lucky for him the extent of that night has been covered up in pro NRL reporting & a campaign against Gallop by Manly . Should have been another NRL scandal.

Edited by scottmac: 5/6/2012 06:29:19 PM

Why on Earth anyone would have Andrew Jarman talking football is beyond me :-k Even for an AFL uber-bogan he has zero-compatibility with football.

As a Storm fan I have a healthy dislike for Gallop, but let's face it - he couldn't possibly be any worse than Sir Arthur George or Ian Knop;)

Edited by BA81: 5/6/2012 06:19:10 PM

From 'The Beautiful Game' on Facebook:

Andrew Jarman on Triple M in Adelaide has reported that North Melbourne Football Club will offer Ben Buckley their vacant CEO position which means that Buckley will have to leave the FFA. Their are also rumors that Buckley's position could be filled by ex NRL CEO David Gallop.

Great, so he's basically perfect for the FFA.

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:lol: nah let's get Heskey to run the Hal . That way we can all bask in his heskeyness

whoa lets not go too far now.

Ah no.would rather have Clive Palmer than gallop

No thanks.

I'd skip both the corporate and unionist lawyer candidates mentioned ...low profile head of a-league would be preferable, admin wise it's in a decentralising phase. Someone like gallop would surely just complicate the running of the game. Wouldn't mind seeing gallop or schwab running a club though

You realise that that is not a well considered statement?

Edited by Joffa: 5/6/2012 11:20:09 PM

A-League doesn't have rapists?

Edit: Probably best we don't comment about that incident, not sure of the current legal status of that matter

Edited by Joffa: 5/6/2012 11:19:15 PM

Sounds a lot like Ben Buckley ;)

How about his failed tv negations, the amount of time it took to implement the commission, not realizing GC were 50 million in debt, his inability to make the tough decisions in regard to having to many Sydney based clubs. Has delayed expansion in WA and Qld. Not being able to expand the game in Victoria. Just off the top of my head.

He did mess up with NRL expansion, some of the bids have been up for years and they still dont know whose getting picked.

No, bitters are even more dangerous to the game.

Seems like a good administrator, but doesn't suit our game.
I'd rather Schwab.

Frankly I'd rather have Archie Fraser

Do not want.