Gentlemen please (this means the Delmege and Penn/Peters factions and others), its time for a reconsideration of what is happening and your OWN actions and responsibilities.
All organisations have differing factions/opinions and always will have - even the ones that run very successfully because this is the way human nature is.
The destructive thing that we are witnessing here is that MANLY LOSE WHENEVER EITHER PARTY DECIDES TO AIR THEIR GRIEVANCES VIA THE MEDIA!
OK? NO ONE IS WINNING AND WE ARE ALL LOSING BECAUSE OF THIS.
Please can you respectfully work towards resolution of the situation IN PRIVATE taking a disciplined respectful approach for each other and THEIR commitment also to the Manly Sea Eagles. Their opinion is valid and must be respected and considered regardless of whether they agree with you or not.
Although your own position is important to the club and is undoubtedly greatly appreciated by Manly supporters and players etc, EVERYONE must work cohesively as a team from the top down - no matter who they are.
And lets face it EVERYONE makes mistakes, and the only way to improve as a player, businessman, athlete, official, superman, etc is to LEARN from your mistakes and be resolved to improve BECAUSE of them. You never improve simply studying what you do well - that's the easy stuff and thats what failures do - WINNERS work really hard on what they DON'T do well!
So now we now clearly know WHAT IS NOT GOING WELL AND WHAT IS NOT THE RIGHT THING TO DO - OK?
So why don't we ALL change it for the better THIS WEEK RIGHT NOW Mr Penn, Mr Delmege, Mr Peters, Mr Mayer, and the many other people involved. And all us supporters too - be constructive not destructive.
We are all clearly passionate about one thing: the Manly Sea Eagles Rugby League team. So please I ask you good people to make your decisions asking yourself the simple question: "is this for the benefit of the Manly Sea Eagles not just for my own position and interests".
Making WIN/WIN integrity decisions will unite us and put us back very quickly on the front foot rather than the LOSE/LOSE destructive situations we have witnessed recently.
And gentlemen, united we need to be RIGHT NOW. Please throw away the arguments, the egos, the bitterness, the secret agendas, the media's phone numbers, this has taken us on a downhill slide, it is tearing us apart and we can see the reflected effect beginning to show in our team's performance and our supporters' dismay. AND THE MEDIA LOVE IT!!
Please forget that destructive stuff and commit to work for the benefit of Manly - no matter what - and be happy to have the opinions of others who are also as committed as your good selves.
THIS IS YOUR MISSION GENTS AND NOW PLEASE GO TO IT WITH LIGHTSPEED!
Thanks and I'll get off my soapbox,
Cap'n Kirk