Agree that the board was dysfunctional and its ineptitude destroyed the club.piedys wrote: I'd suggest it was the ineptitude of the McDonald board that nearly sent us to the wall, not a string of excessive under-the-table payments for one or two players?
That was the board that started the poaching war.
Paying huge amounts of money for and to some players caused a wages demand from the loyal players.
Remember back then you had to pay clubs money for players not just VFL clubs but whatever shithole interstate club they came from. So Annears scabby little SA(?) club got $300, 000 +.