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Here is something interesting I just discovered when reading the online version of a story which jpav posted last night. It’s just lucky that jpav cut and pasted the text otherwise I wouldn’t have paid so much attention.

The version posted last night has now been amended by Massoud.

I suggest the Club has gotten up Massoud and pointed out that his source(s) for this story were way off the mark.

This is what I mean….

Last night:

Anderson's coaching record was impressive, but not compelling. He'd reached grand finals with the Warriors and Eels, only to be sacked from both clubs shortly after receiving his runners-up medal. So what made him so irresistible to Parramatta in 2013, just three years after he was shown the door? Anderson enjoyed staunch support from one director, Peter Serrao, a former schoolmate from Parramatta Marist. The pair also earned their stripes as junior coaches together. Another director and now deputy chairman, Tom Issa, is also a Parramatta Marist boy.

This morning – complete removal of the Marist Bros conspiracy because it was crap, they didn’t all go to school together:

Anderson's coaching record is impressive, but not compelling. He'd reached grand finals with the Warriors and Eels, only to be sacked from both clubs shortly after receiving his runners-up medal. So what made him so irresistible to Parramatta in 2013, just three years after he was shown the door? Anderson enjoyed loyal support from one director, Peter Serrao. The pair earned their stripes as junior coaches together. 

Last night:

In any case, Foran only put pen to paper last month. Around the same time he visited Arthur's home for a barbeque with the coach's trusted offsider, Jason Irvine, who was made redundant on Monday. It was becoming clear that Arthur - and to a lesser extent Irvine - was where Foran's loyalties lay at Parramatta.

This morning – removal of any reference to Irvine to being close to Keiran, or at being at the BBQ, because it seems he wasn’t there.

In any event, there is no way Foran's cautious management team would have allowed the contract to go ahead without the clauses. Furthermore, Foran only put pen to paper last month. Around the same time he visited Arthur's home for dinner with the coach and his family. It was becoming more obvious that Arthur was where Foran's loyalties lay at Parramatta.

Last night:

With Seward gone, Anderson has now taken over the football components of the CEO's duties, placing Arthur beneath him in the club's hierarchy. Another Parramatta Marist alumni, John Boulous, has assumed the remainder of Seward's job and is a strong chance to become CEO on a permanent basis.

This morning – turns out Boulous isn’t a Marist boy either:

With Seward gone, Anderson has now taken over the football components of the CEO's duties, placing Arthur below him in the club's hierarchy. John Boulous - a long time associate and friend of at least one board member - has assumed the remainder of Seward's job and is a strong chance to become CEO on a permanent basis.

Be discerning folks. These are just some example of the crap that journos are being fed by people with agendas. 

Journos don’t change their stories for no reason – the first version of this story was incorrect.