As disclosed in the Otago match report rumour has it that player influence has once again taken over at Harbour. Last year there was a definite 'bloc' of athletes who did not subscribe to the Pollock regime and things got well out of hand before commonsense prevailed. Despite efforts to dispel that rumour as a 'red-herring', the departure of Coughlan, Ward and co. showed that they were no longer prepared to take direction from the 2005 management team.

An inside source has told the Hamster that this year's management have gone the other way and there are simply too many players responsible for team decision-making. It was obvious early on that Pollock in particular was busy aligning himself with the 'younger set' of Harbour players but this has unwittingly led to a cumbersome structure. The Hamster believes that while we should be sensitive to player demands and apportion responsibility and leadership, the true direction of Harbour should come from the top as employers.

In saying this we have a pretty good record??? Maybe it suits us???

Like most coaches at this time, they begin to slowly evaluate their futures in the present position. Walter Little was overheard to be seriously considering resigning from Glenfield. Helensville, Takapuna and Kumeu also face the prospect of new coaches has the 'rumour-mill' reaches a frenzy.

The ticket manager leaves at the Harbour office this month. On behalf of all supporters who received their season tickets late or for mail that was re-directed to a mystery address - thanks for your hard work. Seriously, it can't have been easy working for some of the CEO twats we have had in recent years. She gave her best I'm sure.