Rumours rife at Moorabbin - secret talks held

Oh When the Saints · Sun 04 Nov 2007 10:09am

From Rosanne Michie's column in the Herald Sun today:

"Rumours rife at Moorabbin: Saints secret talks"

Get set for more intrigue at St Kilda. While the focus of the sporting world was squarely on Flemington this week, Saints powerbrokers were meeting behind closed doors in secret talks.

Influential supporter Lindsay Fox was one of the Saints heavyweights seen at Linton St on Thursday.

Our source predicts some interesting changes.

"There are lots of things afoot. Tell your readers they will be the first to know", our snout said. "Watch this space".

Oh When the Saints · Sun 04 Nov 2007 10:24am

Any guesses?

- Lindsay is going to fund the construction of the new Fox Elite Training Facility, to be constructed for the Saints in an unspecified location

- Lindsay has been the conduit for a major sponsorship deal involving a company that he has a contract with through LinFox trucking

- He has funded the removal of the Kingston Council and there are now no objections to the redevelopment of Linton St

Any other thoughts/ideas?

Eastern · Post: # 486213Post **Eastern** » Sun 04 Nov 2007 10:34am

Can't think of anything.

I do hope that it is all positive for St KFC !!

joffaboy · Post: # 486214Post **joffaboy** » Sun 04 Nov 2007 10:35am

Grant Thomas will be revealed as the brains behind the FF ticket and will sack Ross Lyon and take over as coach again, with Lindsay Fox as assistant and fitness manager.

Rod Butterss will be re-employed as water boy and dogsbody for GT.

Eastern · Post: # 486215Post **Eastern** » Sun 04 Nov 2007 10:36am

joffaboy wrote:Grant Thomas will be revealed as the brains behind the FF ticket and will sack Ross Lyon and take over as coach again, with Lindsay Fox as assistant and fitness manager.

Rod Butterss will be re-employed as water boy and dogsbody for GT.

joffaboy,

Have you gone off your medication ...............AGAIN? !!

casey scorp · Sun 04 Nov 2007 11:01am

At least Lindsay Fox would qualify as a fit and proper person to be a Director of an organisation holding a gaming licence (unlike some other high profile businessman potentially).

saintsrus · Post: # 486246Post **saintsrus** » Sun 04 Nov 2007 11:54am

Lets hope Lindsay doesn't take over the presidency, another dictator we dont need

Solar · Post: # 486251Post **Solar** » Sun 04 Nov 2007 12:07pm

mmmmm been a little worried about the quietness around moorabin lately, something feels wrong, but maybe thats what happens when you support this club for too long

jill · Post: # 486252Post **jill** » Sun 04 Nov 2007 12:08pm

Hope Fox is NOT involved at St.Kilda! Unlike RB & Pratt he certainly didn't put his hands in his pocket to help club previously. If he really loved the Club would have got on board as sponsor years ago - to my knowledge he's never even sponsored a player & we never hear mention of him attending club functions & games.

joffaboy · Post: # 486254Post **joffaboy** » Sun 04 Nov 2007 12:14pm

jill wrote:& we never hear mention of him attending club functions & games.

he attends games.

Enrico_Misso · Sun 04 Nov 2007 12:14pm

From Rosanne Michie's column in the Herald Sun today:

Who's Rosanne Michie ?

I've never heard of her.
Does she have any football credentials ?
Does she have any credentials ?
Is she someone worth taking note of ?

Or just a hack trying to boost her ego or fill in print space ?

Oh When the Saints · Sun 04 Nov 2007 12:16pm

He attends games, and he has sponsored the club in the past.

Can't question his love of the club and those he played with - I believe two years ago he flew the whole 1960 team to Hawaii for a week?

Like Pratt at Carlton, IMO you must involve your influential supporters with the club. No use having them isolated on the outer.

Solar · Post: # 486257Post **Solar** » Sun 04 Nov 2007 12:20pm

Oh When the Saints wrote:He attends games, and he has sponsored the club in the past.

Can't question his love of the club and those he played with - I believe two years ago he flew the whole 1960 team to Hawaii for a week?

Like Pratt at Carlton, IMO you must involve your influential supporters with the club. No use having them isolated on the outer.

agreed, but as long as it's in a positive mode

chook23 · Post: # 486258Post **chook23** » Sun 04 Nov 2007 12:20pm

Interesting

BOTH Westaway and N.Burke strongly denied any involvement of FOX

when interviewed......????

And on at least a number of ocassions.

Fox for many years between his St.K presidency and now had more than a interest with Carlton......via the Carltonians.

I think his love of the club was questioned at a point in time............he was a backer of the very financial group at bluebags.

Seemed to swing back our way a bit after Elliott gone............

Dan Warna · Post: # 486261Post **Dan Warna** » Sun 04 Nov 2007 12:25pm

the irony of a Fox St Kilda Saints with the directors including gregories CEO and owner...

Oh When the Saints · Sun 04 Nov 2007 12:27pm

Enrico_Misso wrote:
From Rosanne Michie's column in the Herald Sun today:
Who's Rosanne Michie ?

I've never heard of her.
Does she have any football credentials ?
Does she have any credentials ?
Is she someone worth taking note of ?

Or just a hack trying to boost her ego or fill in print space ?

Former Public Relations manager with Tennis Australia, as well as being editor of Australian Tennis Magazine. Has also written a couple of books about Tennis and the Australian Open.

Regular writer for the Herald Sun since 2004, and she must have some good contacts at St Kilda, because looking through her column history on the HS website she has had regular stories on gossip and rumours from the Saints.

Thanks to Google for that info .....

Oh When the Saints · Sun 04 Nov 2007 12:28pm

Spot on chook23 ...

That's why I think he might be involved in some sort of "one-off" venture, and my guess was it was either to do with a sponsor or training facility.

bigcarl · Post: # 486266Post **bigcarl** » Sun 04 Nov 2007 12:29pm

in the 1980s lindsay, as president, played a major role in stopping the club from going under financially.

on field his presidency wasn't a good time for us, but, under his direction, the club survived. great st kilda man.

wonder what is going on down there. are we relocating to casey? is gt going to be involved again in some official capacity? interesting times

Oh When the Saints · Sun 04 Nov 2007 12:32pm

bigcarl wrote: is gt going to be involved again in some official capacity?

Won't happen.

Especially whilst Archie Fraser, good friend of Jim Watts (backer of the new board), is CEO.

And Archie has been doing a superb job recently IMO - I hope we can keep him.

Enrico_Misso · Sun 04 Nov 2007 12:34pm

Makes perfect sense to me to have a tennis writer speculating on closed door discussions at a footy club.

Perhaps she was friends with Fraser's former tennis interest giving her unprecented access to our inner sanctum.

bigcarl · Post: # 486269Post **bigcarl** » Sun 04 Nov 2007 12:34pm

Oh When the Saints wrote:
bigcarl wrote: is gt going to be involved again in some official capacity?
Won't happen.

Especially whilst Archie Fraser, good friend of Jim Watts (backer of the new board), is CEO.

And Archie has been doing a superb job recently IMO - I hope we can keep him.

only ask because fox is a big fan of gt and seems to have quite some influence with the new board. but i agree, it probably won't happen. i just threw that one in to get a few people going.

my guess is that this has something to do with possible relocation to casey ... but that's only an uninformed guess

chook23 · Post: # 486272Post **chook23** » Sun 04 Nov 2007 12:41pm

bigcarl wrote:in the 1980s lindsay, as president, played a major role in stopping the club from going under financially.

on field his presidency wasn't a good time for us, but, under his direction, the club survived. great st kilda man.

wonder what is going on down there. are we relocating to casey? is gt going to be involved again in some official capacity? interesting times

great st.kilda man.................

yes helped during the horrible 80's

as mentioned (may have been purely for business) but did finacially support Carltonians and was happy to be seen in that circle..........

was he really a great saints man during that time???? and just a clayton
carltonian.

Oh When the Saints · Sun 04 Nov 2007 12:42pm

Enrico_Misso wrote:Makes perfect sense to me to have a tennis writer speculating on closed door discussions at a footy club.

Perhaps she was friends with Fraser's former tennis interest giving her unprecented access to our inner sanctum.

In fairness, she has been a journo for the Hun for the past three years, and is a regular Melbourne society reporter, so she would have some decent contacts.

skeptic · Post: # 486277Post **skeptic** » Sun 04 Nov 2007 12:47pm

bigcarl wrote:
only ask because fox is a big fan of gt and seems to have quite some influence with the new board. but i agree, it probably won't happen. i just threw that one in to get a few people going.

bigcarl · Post: # 486278Post **bigcarl** » Sun 04 Nov 2007 12:48pm

chook23 wrote:
bigcarl wrote:in the 1980s lindsay, as president, played a major role in stopping the club from going under financially.

on field his presidency wasn't a good time for us, but, under his direction, the club survived. great st kilda man.

wonder what is going on down there. are we relocating to casey? is gt going to be involved again in some official capacity? interesting times
great st.kilda man.................

yes helped during the horrible 80's

as mentioned (may have been purely for business) but did finacially support Carltonians and was happy to be seen in that circle..........

was he really a great saints man during that time???? and just a clayton
carltonian.

a lot of these wealthy guys give to charities ... such as carlton ... doesn't mean his heart isn't at st kilda.

i remember reading somewhere that kevin sheedy buys a membership to every club every year ... that's because he supports football.