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So that rational visitors to the site dont take any notice of your stupid post which was that lockdown in NZ would have little or no effect on the NZ economy. To quote you "Who cares - I'm not even interested in the virus. I'm interested in the economic impacts. The lockdown won't have any." You seem to be confused, you say your interested in economic impacts but in very next sentence say there wont be any. Then you say in a following post I will let others decide whose on the right side of this discussion if that's the right adjective Greg

Nope , he actually thinks he is right. A bit like all his other wacky ideas he used to bore old Thomas into submission with. But dont forget he makes a lot of money on the punt especially in UK. For that we should all be eternally grateful Greg

Dont waste your time Brodie. Old Neville Wong Mardigras has just done the usual . Move the goal posts but introducing something new which has no bearing on the original statement which is clearly wrong. That Im pretty sure that a lot of people have no jobs as a result of the lockdown. Neville Mardigras will probably say the stats dept are telling fibs about rising unemployment numbers and that the decline in economic activity/consumption during lock down didn't happen Leave me out of this clowns stupidity Greg

So am i reading you right , you think the lockdown will have no impact on NZ Economy Greg

And peeps wonder why the game is going downhill at a rate. Wheres the leadership from the National bodies Chairman?? Greg

Meanwhile back to the head question, has anyone heard from Ken Spicer about the upcoming season or for that matter , anything else related to Harness racing in NZ. Last time i saw his name mentioned was when he was sticking up for a now unlicensed trainer. Greg

Solution , dont read them. Greg

No need to apologise , there are others talking more rubbish elsewhere.? Greg

You need to change hands every now and then Rod if thats the best you can offer. I was referring to some at NZTR Greg

Tell that to the board at NZMTC who were advised by execs what a losing prospect it would be.Did they want to listen- Noooo Greg

Nah , enough out there now playing silly games. Greg

Touche. Should we go there on here ? Greg

I like how you play one case here and the other on another site. Do you ever get confused? I thought you were up with the play re behind the scenes politics but obviously not Greg

Correct. Do you like the bit about reduced costs Thats been my base case for months and is being addressed, but unlikely to satisfy all participants Already well underway but my sources say a lot more in the pipeline- that should please you chief. Unlike NZRB under RITA's mandate it is under no obligation to provide similar like for like reports. Greg

Usually the case when you dont like the answers ?? Greg

Questions were asked and answered, but will it be enough, i doubt it . In the interim , who do you think is doing all the undermining. You get one guess each Greg

Probably because he wanted to piss you and the Chief off? Greg

You are taking the piss. Sticking up for him as you and others are does the whole Harness code a disservice. FFS , he pleaded guilty and i for one think he got off lightly given the continuing nature of the abuse. Abusing those who enforce the laws of your profession is not a smart thing to do, in fact its just plain stupid. Should he be on their list, you bet!! Greg

Pretty sure thats the way RITA see it as well , the previous lot were out of control and living in lala land. Expect lower stakes next season until structural reform of NZTAB is undertaken and even then it might not be enough Greg

Pay the believers Happy Greg

Nope , did not and would never vote for him. Had to deal with his type over the years and would say Muldoon taught him well. He has achieved Zip for racing but you sound surprised, the guys a snake oil salesman IMHO. Meanwhile i suspect that those on the current board are doing all they can to restructure the business from its current mess. For mine they are doing a lot more than the previous bunch, heard they have had 4 or 5 board meetings in the last month and not a sausage roll requested. Some sort of record perhaps. Oh to be involved in trying to fix something that screwed in 6 months. ? Greg

You and others have had nothing good to say about the RITA board since whey were appointed by WP. As they say, leopards dont change spots so why debate the issues with you. I have my view and you yours so lets just not waste each others time as clearly you think they dont do much . Perhaps you could do better based on the tone of your responses to them Greg

A train wreck indeed but it could not be anything else.The new board inherited a shambles of a balance sheet, lots of debt and now next to no income as a result of governments reaction to Covid 19, no racing or sports equals minimal income but still all the fixed costs. I'm hearing that's what the board has been spending lots of time on so one should expect a new fit for purpose NZTAB in due course. Thats corp speak for the ax was taken to costs and staff which is what most are and have been wanting for years. As an aside, sort of, everyone wants to rave on about Ozzie racing and gambling but how many of you were in their buying shares in Tabcorp, one of their best performers historically in terms of gambling provider. Well just to update you they had to go to market recently to raise 500 mio to prop up their balance sheet. Greg

Pray tell how that could be the case Pam, surely a disaster is a plane crash or a boat sinking . Would you rather we bring back Glenda to run TAB/NZRB and do some more great deals like 50 Mio platform and as a bonus you can charge us an annual license fee of 17 mio or and you might like this, you can run to the bank again and say please can i borrow more money to buy the West Australian TAB even though its been for sale for ages and no one else wants it. The other part is simply a case of the current board preparing the new ACT and implementing it in accordance to what W Peters wants, This is because he signs off everything and will no doubt include parts but not all of what the Messara report suggested. Greg