THE BRISBANE Lions' off-field dramas are about to take another turn, with an extraordinary general meeting to be requested on Friday.
A ticket headed by Lions triple premiership coach Leigh Matthews and current directors Mick Power and Paul Williams now has the membership support to request the meeting.
The rival ticket is attempting to oust chairman Angus Johnson, but the meeting may still be a long way off.
The club's constitution allows the incumbents 21 days to call a meeting upon request of the EGM, and up to a further 21 days notice of that meeting.
After Johnson rejected a request to resign three weeks ago, the rival ticket asked members to vote for an EGM via a form on the website of advocacy group The Lion's Roar.
Eight hundred full voting members – more than double the five per cent required - have posted forms in to request the EGM. They will be lodged with the club on Friday.
Williams said it was a torturous path, and admitted he was concerned for the club.
"We have asked a couple of times for Angus to step down. There's been no movement at all. We feel it's time for the club to call a meeting and let the members decide," Williams said.
"The support has been phenomenal. I think the membership as a whole are unhappy with the whole board and that includes Mick and myself.
"It doesn't please me at all to have an EGM called where all this dirty laundry gets aired, but there's nothing else we can do.
"We're at such a critical stage where we're trying to attract a senior coach, we've got some young guys that are reluctant to re-sign, we've got assistant coaches (unsigned), we're moving into the trade period and draft period and it's just a bad look."
Williams agreed the disruption at board level might be having some negative impact on the Lions' search for a coach to replace Michael Voss.
The Lions are also battling to keep a raft of young players who have expressed an interest to look elsewhere.
Jared Polec and Patrick Karnezis have requested a trade, while Billy Longer, Sam Docherty and Elliot Yeo are weighing up their futures.
"Bring it on once and for all and let's not delay, because delay is hurting the organisation," Williams said.
