Nettlefold joins board

fingers · Post: # 622050Post **fingers** » Thu 14 Aug 2008 3:11pm

Haven't seen anything posted on this....ex board member rejoins the Saints board today.

Source: 3AW news.

ausfatcat · Post: # 622052Post **ausfatcat** » Thu 14 Aug 2008 3:12pm

who is he?

Mr Magic · Post: # 622054Post **Mr Magic** » Thu 14 Aug 2008 3:14pm

Michael Nettlefold (I think)
Former Saints (and then Fitzroy?) player who has been on the Board in previous administrations

bergsone · Post: # 622057Post **bergsone** » Thu 14 Aug 2008 3:25pm

What role does he perform on the board?

GrumpyOne · Post: # 622059Post **GrumpyOne** » Thu 14 Aug 2008 3:28pm

bergsone wrote:What role does he perform on the board?

If he was on the previous board, I would suggest a backward somersault.

fingers · Post: # 622060Post **fingers** » Thu 14 Aug 2008 3:28pm

Yes Michael Nettlefold...was on the previous board since 2000. Was an ex Saints player - about 50 games I think.

That's all I know.

bergsone · Post: # 622068Post **bergsone** » Thu 14 Aug 2008 3:37pm

GrumpyOne wrote:
bergsone wrote:What role does he perform on the board?
If he was on the previous board, I would suggest a backward somersault.

Should be in China you reckon

perfectionist · Thu 14 Aug 2008 3:51pm

As a player: well, he played 43 games from 1979 to 1983 during which time we won 21 games. Think Aaron Fiora with less kicking skill.

As an director: we'll see - I think he's a money man.

killa_gram · Post: # 622074Post **killa_gram** » Thu 14 Aug 2008 3:54pm

perfectionist wrote:As an director: we'll see - I think he's a money man.

Correct. He's from the Nettlefold family as in Nettlefold advertising. He's loaded.

RedWhiteBlack · Thu 14 Aug 2008 6:03pm

http://www.saints.com.au/tabid/5315/Def ... wsid=65494

Saintschampions08 · Thu 14 Aug 2008 6:23pm

fingers wrote:Yes Michael Nettlefold...was on the previous board since 2000. Was an ex Saints player - about 50 games I think.

That's all I know.

He only spent a year on the previous board.
Stepped down in 2001.

BallBanger · Post: # 622271Post **BallBanger** » Thu 14 Aug 2008 8:36pm

Good to have you back on board again Nettles, great figure to have around the club....
These personalities are infectious and only add to our popularity with media etc

Bowey Boy · Post: # 622278Post **Bowey Boy** » Thu 14 Aug 2008 8:45pm

Think he got done in a Preliminary final for deliberate out of bounds - costing Fitzroy a grand final birth. This was back in the 80s when the league had a rule that Hawthorn had to make the Grand Final and the umpires where instructed to take action to ensure that this was the case.
Jim Stynes was later to learn about this rule.

Legendary · Post: # 622289Post **Legendary** » Thu 14 Aug 2008 8:56pm

Sensational business experience in the advertising/sales/marketing industry ... has started his own business and built it up, as well as working successfully for others ...

Has a lot of contacts in that area with his family also involved in the advertising area ... and plenty of contacts at Channel 10 too ...

Great acquisition.

saintsRrising · Thu 14 Aug 2008 9:16pm

Wasn't this flagged befor the season that he was joining the FF Board...???

So far it has hardly been a stable crew.

From memory 2 of the FF ticket never even fronted.

Now 3 of the Board members will now actually be "old" Board Members.

Not saying that he will not be competent. But the "old boys" club is obviously alive and well with the avrage member having little say about actually who is a board member.

saint08 · Post: # 622455Post **saint08** » Thu 14 Aug 2008 11:50pm

saintsRrising wrote:Wasn't this flagged befor the season that he was joining the FF Board...???

So far it has hardly been a stable crew.

From memory 2 of the FF ticket never even fronted.

Now 3 of the Board members will now actually be "old" Board Members.

Not saying that he will not be competent. But the "old boys" club is obviously alive and well with the avrage member having little say about actually who is a board member.

He came on with Andrew fox for 6 months back in approx 2003. That was a "compromise when Scott dennison tried to raise an EGM to get rid of Rod. The setllement was Nettlefold and Fox on , and Dennison drifted away.

Nettlefold and Andrew were not thrilled with Rods approach , and after 6 months seeing that the 2 of them couldnt get real change , left the board quietly rather than kick up a stink.

So he's got an insight into the board , but I like that he put the club first and his own ego second , by stepping off the board quietly, rather than cause a barney...

saintspremiers · Fri 15 Aug 2008 11:58am

saint08 wrote:
saintsRrising wrote:Wasn't this flagged befor the season that he was joining the FF Board...???

So far it has hardly been a stable crew.

From memory 2 of the FF ticket never even fronted.

Now 3 of the Board members will now actually be "old" Board Members.

Not saying that he will not be competent. But the "old boys" club is obviously alive and well with the avrage member having little say about actually who is a board member.
He came on with Andrew fox for 6 months back in approx 2003. That was a "compromise when Scott dennison tried to raise an EGM to get rid of Rod. The setllement was Nettlefold and Fox on , and Dennison drifted away.

Nettlefold and Andrew were not thrilled with Rods approach , and after 6 months seeing that the 2 of them couldnt get real change , left the board quietly rather than kick up a stink.

So he's got an insight into the board , but I like that he put the club first and his own ego second , by stepping off the board quietly, rather than cause a barney...

So he's mates with Andrew Fox?

Does this mean there is a chance a Fox rep. may get on the board also now??

Will dad (ie. Lindsay) reappear also???

BonoRocks · Post: # 622582Post **BonoRocks** » Fri 15 Aug 2008 12:08pm

he taught me to kick left foot, about 27 years ago.
Every time i see one of those signs brings back memories of hanging out with Robbo, Barks and Michael all those years ago
Welcome back !

saintsRrising · Fri 15 Aug 2008 1:26pm

saint08 wrote:
saintsRrising wrote:Wasn't this flagged befor the season that he was joining the FF Board...???

So far it has hardly been a stable crew.

From memory 2 of the FF ticket never even fronted.

Now 3 of the Board members will now actually be "old" Board Members.

Not saying that he will not be competent. But the "old boys" club is obviously alive and well with the avrage member having little say about actually who is a board member.
He came on with Andrew fox for 6 months back in approx 2003. That was a "compromise when Scott dennison tried to raise an EGM to get rid of Rod. The setllement was Nettlefold and Fox on , and Dennison drifted away.

Nettlefold and Andrew were not thrilled with Rods approach , and after 6 months seeing that the 2 of them couldnt get real change , left the board quietly rather than kick up a stink.

So he's got an insight into the board , but I like that he put the club first and his own ego second , by stepping off the board quietly, rather than cause a barney...

I actually think he will be a good Board Member.

But I was just making the point that getting on the Boad has bugga all with a members vote and everything to do with who you know.

terry smith rules · Fri 15 Aug 2008 4:32pm

I thought he was a partner of Butters when they all made money together