FAUX-CLUSIVE: Manly’s stunning response to their week of self-inflicted politics has inspired Bob Fulton to resurrect his feud with CEO Tim Cleary.
After the underdog Sea Eagles caused a boilover last night with victory against the Cowboys, the Brookvale supremo pledged to continue the club’s resurrection by resuming his destabilising challenges on the CEO’s authority.
Speaking after full-time while releasing the air from the tires on Cleary’s Chrysler, a confident Fulton guaranteed fans “further wins are now definitely on the horizon”, albeit mostly for him on a personal, agenda-based level.
Fulton and Cleary’s bitter power struggle- Manly’s latest political brouhaha and officially the ‘The 845th Battle of Brookvale’ – commenced the moment the CEO took the extraordinary step of accepting a role at the club higher than Fulton’s.
This was exacerbated when Cleary sacked Fulton’s daughter, a move Fulton avenged by hiring another 13 of his own relatives.
The furore raged for the entirety of Cleary’s eight-week tenure, a period of time in Manly CEO terms which equates to about seven regular human years.
However, with the ugly battle set to derail the Sea Eagles campaign to finish 14th, chairman Scott Penn hosed down the controversy with a statement declaring the pair had agreed to a ceasefire.
But following the obvious benefits of their public bickering, a reinvigorated Fulton has now rubbished the veracity of the chairman’s statement, labelling it “the words of a rugby league chairman.”
The Immortal promised he would waste no time boosting the team’s now-inevitable journey to finals football, vowing to immediately recommence white-anting Cleary “first thing Monday morning”.
While Fulton’s preferred method of undermining remains unknown, it is rumoured he will return to trumpeting his virtues as the only man on earth appropriately equipped to take the Sea Eagles forward.
This will reportedly involve spruiking “to always do what’s best for Manly”, which is to return the club to its glory days of his unchallenged autonomy.
Not only is the saviour angle a reliable tactic in rugby league politics, it would also conveniently complement Fulton’s grand vision of his Sea Eagles someday usurping the Bulldogs as the real ‘Family Club’, for obvious reasons.
He believes a corporate hierarchy of Fultons that can outlive the Stewarts and Hopoates should, with any luck, also eventually see off the Penns.
KillaKanga
Roar Rookie
Dane Maaaaate Funny as F**k Thanks for the laugh BUT you owe me for a new computer due to the laugh-spew of a nice cold beverage all over the keyboard. Keep em coming....one of your best yet
terrence
Guest
I did earlier but those with the intelligence level of Silvertail47 removed it today. I apologise on behalf of theroars lack of the truth getting out, and on behalf of the state education system that attempted educate Silvertail47. Those who read my earlier reply would have laughed their noggins off. Pity we live in a world where unfunny, uneducated folk post a lot of drivel that no one can make sense of, but the well verse, funny, quick-witted, well educated, wealthy, handsome, well hung, individual like myself has their accurate posts deleted.
Albo
Guest
I think he has begrudgingly conceded that DCE did something good ? Not sure that sort of written admission can continue .
Silvertail47
Guest
Bozo has been involved in dissolving everything past , he has endorsed all those new recruits, he wishes to control everything from the board room to the park , the current CEO sacked a family member who embarrassed him with his guest in the corporate box at Brookie , bozo is upset because he now has no one in the office who can feed him the info he wants , his white anting is now limited to the team itself, that will also bite him hard ,especially when Bazz gets jack of it and realises he's simply a puppet for the old man , Bozo is mates with many players Manly has recruited who couldn't crack first grade at there prior clubs , his sons are also heavily involved in back of house ,
Big Daddy
Guest
Peter Peter's ???????
kevin
Guest
Ok thanks, so he wasnt there during the hasler / early toovey days ... That team was lethal.... who was football manager then .?
terrence
Guest
Gee, someone is very easily impressed and/or desperate.
no one in particular
Roar Guru
they had been successful. The downward trend began April 14, 2015 (the day Fulton returned)
Dane Eldridge
Expert
Hey BigJ, I'm healthy. Yourself?
terrence
Guest
Improving. Try a full stop at the end of the sentence every now and then. And here you were saying how ''cool with it'', you are. Obviously not.
Dane Eldridge
Expert
Not at all! Besides, I could never be offended by a NSWelshman.
Silvertail47
Guest
Big J ,,,,,,the bulldogs ,,,, ha ha ha
BigJ
Roar Guru
Hey Dane here are you mate? Haven't spoken to you for a while just a note to see how you are going
BigJ
Roar Guru
You guys make me laugh, hey silver tail what team do you support????
NSWelshman
Guest
I'm not bagging you Dane.........just saying this Manly talk is becoming boring. My bad if I've offended you.
Kevin
Guest
My question to all is ..what made Scott Penn think that manly needed a drastic overhaul with a new executive team etc..they have been pretty damn successful in recent years..bozo pieced together a dynamite side ..they had great coaches etc ..
kk
Roar Pro
Jackson Hastings is my favourite Sea Eagle. It was most pleasing to see him on the paddock and score a try. Despite the circumstances of his signing, Manly got lucky the day he did.
kk
Roar Pro
My assessment of the residual fatigue factor was way wrong. Manly must make better use of the hyperbaric. Observation: The Cowboys 'expected' to win. The Sea Eagles 'wanted' to win. The lesser lights amongst the Cowboys looked completely shot mentally and I doubt if Coach Green can get this team up for their encounter with the Titans at Robina next Saturday night. Especially, without the services of Lolo. Kyle Feldt is my favourite Cowboy and he looked to be a spent force.
terrence
Guest
steveng, Manly had plenty of players out as well, three front rowers, and add in a lot of salary cap taken up by Brett Stewart and Steve Matai, I'm not sure why everyone is just focusing on the Cowboys missing a few players. The Cowboys looked tired, after two hard matches that went to extra time. But they were playing at home, had plenty of ball close to the Manly line (especially in the second half) to win two football games, but Manly's line and scrambling defense was brilliant. Their attack looking a lot more fluid than the last two games. They are still dropping too much ball coming off their own line.
The Barry
Roar Guru
I love your passion too...