Quote: BrisbaneRhino "A lot of the heat in these threads is caused by certain posters stating things with seemingly absolute certainty, despite being either third hand accounts of events or based on casual chats with people associated with the club. If you just toned down your language, and didn't react hysterically when questioned then there wouldn't be half the level of outrage.
The bottom line is that there are lots of deals looked at by all clubs, some come off, some don't. But none of them are finalised until contracts are signed. Before that literally anything can happen, so it's really stupid to talk about 'done deals' when the very definition of such a thing isn't met.
I'm happy with rumours, and the talk should be about should we sign Westerman, not whether we have or not.'"
Spot on. Half the attraction of the board, is the rumour mill and subsequent discussions. Providing the subjects are never erroneously forced beyond speculation, long may it continue.
In fairness to some of those that are outraged, much of the discord has not been about what constitutes the truth but certain posters bagging the club on the basis of hearsay relating to alleged mismanagement of a scenario that was, at best, improbable.
