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In a blistering tirade, former Manly club legends Ken Arthurson and Max Krilich had the following to say about the Manly 'mess'.
Read the full article at SMH 'The lunatics are running the asylum': Manly greats slam player power gripping Sea Eagles
ARKO QUOTES:
"They've lost complete focus of what their job is, which is to play football and not to administer the club. Certain players are thinking they are above the club and, to be honest, if they're thinking that way they should just leave. Certain players, not all of them, have forgotten that there is no 'i' in 'team'. It's only one or two, but one bad apple in a basket ... that's all you need.
"The lunatics are running the asylum. And as soon as that happens, the place is shot. The management is weak. The guys who are in charge are getting money on false pretences."
KRILICH QUOTES:
"It comes back to Des, really, a lot of this stuff. Toovs inherited it and, in fact, Des left the club with a premiership and ran away as fast as he could because he knew this was all going to happen.
"So I think most of the blame lies with Des Hasler and he'd be laughing. That's the sort of bloke he is. He doesn't care about anything but Des Hasler. [Former chief executive] Grant Mayer let Des run the club and now Toovs is paying for it."
Read the full article at SMH 'The lunatics are running the asylum': Manly greats slam player power gripping Sea Eagles
ARKO QUOTES:
"They've lost complete focus of what their job is, which is to play football and not to administer the club. Certain players are thinking they are above the club and, to be honest, if they're thinking that way they should just leave. Certain players, not all of them, have forgotten that there is no 'i' in 'team'. It's only one or two, but one bad apple in a basket ... that's all you need.
"The lunatics are running the asylum. And as soon as that happens, the place is shot. The management is weak. The guys who are in charge are getting money on false pretences."
KRILICH QUOTES:
"It comes back to Des, really, a lot of this stuff. Toovs inherited it and, in fact, Des left the club with a premiership and ran away as fast as he could because he knew this was all going to happen.
"So I think most of the blame lies with Des Hasler and he'd be laughing. That's the sort of bloke he is. He doesn't care about anything but Des Hasler. [Former chief executive] Grant Mayer let Des run the club and now Toovs is paying for it."