South Sydney patriarch George Piggins has written to football club members imploring them to support chairman Nick Pappas and the existing board at the upcoming annual general meeting.

Several independents, including former captain and football manager Sean Garlick, have nominated for the board in opposition to the Pappas team.

That prompted Piggins, who still holds plenty of power at the Redfern club, to call on members to retain faith with Pappas and his crew, who swept to power 11 months ago.

Piggins has also written to Garlick encouraging him not to stand against the Pappas ticket.

The former Souths coach said the club's very future could depend on the outcome of the AGM, to be held on March 28 at South Sydney Leagues Club.

"I think our financial position is always difficult because we haven't got a leagues club to put a grant into the place and therefore we run on sponsorship and gate receipts," Piggins said on Sydney radio station 2GB.

"The first year we got back in we had a record budget and the second year we fell from getting anywhere near that.

"If we don't pick it up in this third year we'll be in a very precarious position."

Pappas replaced Piggins as chairman in April last year after the warring parties reached a compromise only days before the 2003 election.

The new power base took over pledging to rid Souths of its "club in crisis" tag.

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