Zingarevich

[melonhead]

divnut


no, im sure brian identified lots of possible players, then according to price/ability/attitude etc narrowd them down to the top 3.
sounds perfectly sensible.

lol at persuing 10 transfers in a month to the point of signature on paper, then telling 9 of them to piss off.

[Pepe the Horseman]

Brendy, please could you compile a list of your favourite insults?

[Z175]

I don't buy the idea that Brian McDermott, who less than 2 months ago was a great manager and brilliant chief scout with a stellar track record of bringing in great players at cheap prices, was so utterly to blame for our failure to exploit the transfer market successfully.

I would have thought that a new owner big on promises but short with his wallet and a chairman and DOF who have made this mistake before would be far more culpable.

Funnily enough, the owner, chairman and DOF have decided to pay off McDermott to take the blame. I don't blame SJM for his silence, as a 51-49% war over the club would be the worst thing in the world, but the other two should man up and take the blame!

Also, the Aspas deal collapsed over our having to pay the £10m fee over the next 3 years! Given the massive Sky TV money available, I can only assume that £3.333m a year is all thats left after Samuelson's bonus and the TSI dividend!

[melonhead]

Brendy, please could you compile a list of your favourite insults?

i thought i already was!


gaylord
Kuntchops
dicksplat
bumface
spazwit
numnuts
numbskull
nobjockey
nobnose
divnut
flidface
cockspanner

[Pepe the Horseman]

derrbrain

[melonhead]

forgot that one. thats right up there

[genome]

ringpiece

[melonhead]

its good but a bit too obvious for me

[Extended-Phenotype]

divnut


no, im sure brian identified lots of possible players, then according to price/ability/attitude etc narrowd them down to the top 3.
sounds perfectly sensible.

lol at persuing 10 transfers in a month to the point of signature on paper, then telling 9 of them to piss off.

Lol at narrowing them down to three, giving up when not getting those or not bothering to look any further.

Sounds nonsensical to me.

I don’t get it, seriously. We needed help, the priority was to bring in that help. Failing to do so was pretty shite management, especially considering the amount of time there was between telling Guthrie to FOAD in October and the January sales, to notice the creative void and amount a comprehensive list. Come to think of it, even more time if you take it back to the day we flogged Sig.

He failed, no point pretending otherwise, love the dude or not.

[melonhead]

divnut


no, im sure brian identified lots of possible players, then according to price/ability/attitude etc narrowd them down to the top 3.
sounds perfectly sensible.

lol at persuing 10 transfers in a month to the point of signature on paper, then telling 9 of them to piss off.

Lol at narrowing them down to three, giving up when not getting those or not bothering to look any further.

Sounds nonsensical to me.


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thats cos your brain is wrong. wrong-brain

He failed, no point pretending otherwise, love the dude or not

never said anything different. he failed to keep us up, he failed to bring in an attacking midfielder with the money he had.
just not sure about attaching blame to any one person in this situation
for the reasons given

[Extended-Phenotype]

divnut


no, im sure brian identified lots of possible players, then according to price/ability/attitude etc narrowd them down to the top 3.
sounds perfectly sensible.

lol at persuing 10 transfers in a month to the point of signature on paper, then telling 9 of them to piss off.

Lol at narrowing them down to three, giving up when not getting those or not bothering to look any further.

Sounds nonsensical to me.

thats cos your brain is wrong. wrong-brain

If the priority was to bring in an attacking midfielder, it is rather nonsensical to go into a difficult window, knowing what you are up against and knowing how important the signing is, with just 3 targets.

When David Cameron lost his daughter - while the pub at the top of the list, I doubt that after failing to find her there, Burger King and Bumtown Swimming Baths, he'd have just shrugged and given up.

[RoyalBlue]

I don't buy the idea that Brian McDermott, who less than 2 months ago was a great manager and brilliant chief scout with a stellar track record of bringing in great players at cheap prices, was so utterly to blame for our failure to exploit the transfer market successfully.
!

Only he wasn't that two months ago was he. His recent dealings in the transfer market have probably seen as many failures as successes but people are still blinded by the fact that he discovered two diamonds in one bit of coal. Just think of the failures since. Brett Williams? Karl Sheppard? Carrico? Guthrie (in that he was totally unsuited for what McDermott wanted), Pog (until McDermott finally switched to one up front but still deprived him of service). Gunter? J Mills? Blackman (one maybe for the future but who did nothing to solve the striker crisis that we were facing at the time) And, if I could be bothered, there are loads more that can be added to that.

[ManchesterRoyals]

So Brian identified just three targets? Just three players in the world? He was sure that: Nobody else would be good enough. Nobody else would want to play here. And nobody else would prove value for money or improve the team in a bid to stay up?

Pretty shocking management.

This

[melonhead]

Lol at narrowing them down to three, giving up when not getting those or not bothering to look any further.

Sounds nonsensical to me.

thats cos your brain is wrong. wrong-brain

If the priority was to bring in an attacking midfielder, it is rather nonsensical to go into a difficult window, knowing what you are up against and knowing how important the signing is, with just 3 targets.

When David Cameron lost his daughter - while the pub at the top of the list, I doubt that after failing to find her there, Burger King and Bumtown Swimming Baths, he'd have just shrugged and given up.

silly comparison wang wipe

A.there is not a finite timescale put on looking for his daughter
and B. its not really right to ever stop looking for a lost daughter, whereas an AM is slightly less important

[Hoop Blah]

Because it's the most financially prudent and sensible way of paying?

How do you know how he's paid for his share? Or do you just mean his arrangement to pay 51% first and then the rest later? That may have been Madesjki's idea to ensure continuity and to make sure the clubs looked after.

You keep talking crap though Ideal.

[Royal91]

Don't know if its been posted, not worth its own thread so I'll shove it here

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/foot ... map=%5B%5D

[Ian Royal]

just dont see how brian was supposed to attract expensively brilliant players here, regardless of how much money hed been given.
could we have bought 3 half decent players with that 10 million instead? i guess, but thats not really what we needed

Ultimately, we don't know what went on. It's probably likely that both were at fault. But given the hostility Anton has faced in the media over the last couple of weeks I don't think anything he said yesterday was out of order. Especially as he was originally trying to divert all the conversation back to Adkins' appointment.

Well, perhaps he could have been advised beforehand to say he wasn't here to talk about past managers but to talk about the exciting new manager who has just joined us. It's really not difficult.

Had media training have you? Because I have, and I can assure you it can be very difficult.

[Royalee]

Yeah blah blah it's all Anton's fault McDermott cost us about 15 points with inept tactics and team selection and trusted the squad too much and put all his eggs in one basket in January. Booooooooooooooooooo Anton out because he's got a fit missus and we need someone to blame for St Brian's demise just like Sir Steve never cost us our Premier League status.

[Royal Lady]

Ultimately, we don't know what went on. It's probably likely that both were at fault. But given the hostility Anton has faced in the media over the last couple of weeks I don't think anything he said yesterday was out of order. Especially as he was originally trying to divert all the conversation back to Adkins' appointment.

Well, perhaps he could have been advised beforehand to say he wasn't here to talk about past managers but to talk about the exciting new manager who has just joined us. It's really not difficult.

Had media training have you? Because I have, and I can assure you it can be very difficult.

LOL!!!

It really isn't difficult to know beforehand what you want to say and stick to it. And if he or his cronies didn't think that they might be asked about McD's sacking and weren't prepared for it, then they're idiots. "media training" LOL.

[melonhead]

Yeah blah blah it's all Anton's fault McDermott cost us about 15 points with inept tactics and team selection and trusted the squad too much and put all his eggs in one basket in January. Booooooooooooooooooo Anton out because he's got a fit missus and we need someone to blame for St Brian's demise just like Sir Steve never cost us our Premier League status.

our village has its idiot back!vyay!
lets have a celebratory fete