GV has copped a lot of flak here over the last few months but...

GV has copped a lot of flak here over the last few months but there still seem to be a number of us who are in agreement about him being a very safe pair of hands. Indeed he is and I still feel he is the best and most competent man for the job. When he joined us he basically faced the job of pushing s**t uphill purely due to the timing and unforeseen state of the oil markets. Looking back at it now, it was an impossible task to secure any sort of offtake agreement to get us off the ground. However, the pendulum has now started to swing back in our favour and I have no doubt that he will get us across the line with deals that will put smiles on our faces for years to come. I have always maintained that view. Sure, the big question is when and maybe something may have been able to be secured earlier, but at what cost to us? Get some lousy deals earlier and shut the vocal whinging minority up or wait just that little bit longer to ensure maximum benefit to shareholders by getting BTAs with numbers on them we'll be proud of for the next 20 years. Yes, I know he and a few of his team are on the big bucks with nothing to show for it right now but if we're chasing the big bucks then so be it. That's what he's being paid for. When the trading halt is eventually called for, all the bickering will be but a distant memory and hopefully all of us including those who have paid multiples of the current shareprice will have bright green numbers on our screens for years to come. Like everyone else, I live in the anticipation that the wait is almost over.