Transfer Rumour Thread...

Why no interest in Greg. He gets no criticism for being a puppet?

Unfortunately Stuart was also part of the committee that gathered those tools.

 

Really good post and highlights the mess we are in now. Whoever gets the job is going to have to be Mr Motivator (or Mrs) because some of this lot appear like they couldnt care less. Add to the fact that we never seem to sign players that can play in the league above (something that Parkinson was allowed to try and do) means we will finish mid table for years. I dont mind that, but the correct level of expectation needs to be set. Maybe one time we'll strike lucky with one of these "development signings" - I live in hope!

 

With their own cash?

Parkinson gets no credit? Just fortunate to be working under those two I suppose.

 

Every thread that gets started always turns in to a cat fight over who's to blame, chairman , Abbott or McCall. Let's start a who's to blame thread so some posters can go on there and leave the other threads alone so we can discuss the topic at hand. It's getting tedious now having to read the same arguments over and over.

 

You don’t believe what he said then? Stuart said he deserved to be sacked as the results were poor, but he deserved a medal for the previous 17 months. Your reply is ‘rubbish you shouldn’t have put up with it and walked, leaving this club in a precarious position’ well I for one admire fortitude in the face of hostility, and not for personal gain, but to honour the actual club he was working for.

 

Of course he does, but without the backing, he most certainly would have walked!! They did not have significant cash, they gave him all the cup run money and season ticket sales the lot. I don’t know what you are trying to prove here.

 

Why would that mean I don't believe him. He's got it spot on although the medal bit is clearly an exaggeration.

I'm saying that if the role went against his principles then he should have left. There's no honour in going along with something you don't want to.

 

Loads of deals.go to the wire in January but.most selling clubs don't send their players of and pull the plug at teatime. Not like you not to read it properly

 

What sort of backing are we talking?

 

Sorry but you are talking rubbish. Stuart said if it wasn’t Bradford he would never have accepted their offer! So why do you think he accepted the contract then?

 

Yes of course Aaron, Stu advised Rack and Ruin to dismantle the spine of the squad that had surpassed expectation (budget wise) and lost by a fine margin in a play-off final, instead of adding to it ( ala Millwall season before).....
Does that sit better with you?

 

We started bidding at the start of the month according to @Plastic Bantam, we should have known what our top figure was and gone back with time for Chesterfield to either accept it or refuse, we then move on to our next target.........that is of course if we had one ?, of course it was our fault for once again not looking like we had a plan "B", we screwed up Chesterfield did nothing wrong we knew the terms of the deal.

 

No because I don't think anybody actually wanted to dismantle the spine of the team. 2 of the key players were out of contract and had good reason to move, one of them we got great money for and there were a couple of loanees who went back.

How we replaced those players was the issue and all 3 of the committee are accountable. No free passes.

 

Well cash to make the acquisition of the players he wanted. Emotional support for what he was trying to do. Space and freedom to generate a good relationship between fans and the club. In otherwise they allowed him the license to mold this club into where it ended up on the fringes of the Championship and in a position to sell the club.

 

After he was sacked.

When he was appointed he specifically said that he hadn't let his heart rule his head like he had done before.

Suppose it depends which contradictory statement you believe.

 

Can I come into your world please? I am sure his wife will be telling him ‘I told you so’ for the foreseeable future. Did he overestimate his powers of persuasion? Yes would be my view.

 

McCall had space and freedom to generate a good relationship with the fans. He took some of them on a piss up in Germany for heaven's sake!

He only got the cash that the club earned. It's not like they were heavily investing in him. The first promotion was done without any major investment from outside the club.

Emotional support can't be argued either way I suppose. None of us see what goes on behind closed doors.

 

Abbott mentioned he was a target from the start of the window.

 

What a world where I see no reason to doubt his initial statement. Yeah sure. Come along.

His wife probably is telling him that however it doesn't change what he said. I can't see why anybody would accuse him of lying.

 

Exactly. Many who face War crimes were 'only following orders' .