BottledDog

That's a whole lotta 'fat cockney bastard' banners right there.

Good point, no satisfactory answer to this yet. I'm bombarding Caulkin as we speak. Caulkiiiiiiiiiiiin!!

Some papers saying about £2m christ ashley must be having convulsions 2.7m out so far There goes our Puma and Northern Rock money. Aye, nightmare. /Good to see the Smoggies laying into their fucking supa dupa chairman.

Rather strange imo.. I doubt Ashley would pay more than a million or so.. so it's not like we've made an offer they can't refuse.. maybe their board are as clueless as they seem It's pretty much nailed on that he's paid more than a million or so considering Middlesbrough had a 1.5 million bid turned down.

Bad Craic, looks like they'll be going down.

His video interview is now up on .cock.

The new Scott Sellers anyone? Anyone?!?!

Fron the Boro forum - "Nice to see how the Jawdees have kept their interest in him quiet and then completed the deal for him very quickly, unlike us who have been linked with him for weeks and done sweet fa." Makes a change. Love it!

But...but... he has no role in transfers?

Great stuff. Shows up those who seem to think they have the inside track on the club. Well done Derek, Hughton etc.

Fail to see in a million years how they'll be able to afford his wages. City will pay part (probably a large chunk) of his wages and Santos the rest. But why? I don't see how that move benifits the Mancs at all.

I never said Llambias and Ashley were picking the players so I don't know where you got that from, but I do think they will have hired an agency to do the job Wise was supposed to do and Hughton will have little say in who the targets are (but will probably identify the areas we need players for). You do realise the 2 players you highlighted as Hughton targets are Simpson who was loaned mid August and Williamson who we were linked with back then too. 2 months before Hughton got the "manager" job and 2 weeks after he said: Or was he just lying as he masterminded it all? It was Chris Hughton who was caretaker manager at that time right? In which case you would think he might have made suggestions as to who he would like within Ashley's budget? Or are you absolutely certain that Hughton has no input whatsoever and just trains the players who are expertly bought in by Ashley/Llambias through this agency? People at the time were wondering who was responsible for the signing. No-one really thought it was Hughton and some thought it was Ashley nicking ideas off the ex manager: More likely Ashley picking the cheap options from Shearer's list and quietly sidelineing the ones where he will have to pay a fee. So like I said if it was him in charge of transfers, he did a good job of keeping quiet and pretending he knew fuck all about what was happening. That quote from Hughton doesn't suggest anything in terms of who had the say on transfer targets, just that the clubs future was up in the air and who could say who may have to leave depending on what financial decisions were made by the current or future owners. Hughton has been pretty up front about his interest (or indeed lack of interest i.e Nol Solano, Davis etc) and has been open about the persuit of Perch, Beckford, and in terms of Williamson, he has stated his interest in bringing the player in was there before he moved to Portsmouth. The idea that he has significantly less say than the vast majority of his fellow managers regarding possible targets is balls imho.

If he's a shit coach, give him a role on the till in the club shop. Win-win situation IMO.

Exactly. Everyone seems to assume it's easy, but I have been won over by his atitude and interviews and that he has through all this kept our stars happy; If he can see us through the second half of the season, he is up there with the best we have had. The negativity against one of the most honest and impressive employees our club has had in many a year is frankly disgusting. If we make it up, fantastic. If he stays on in his role then he will have deserved a shot. Good luck Chris, I hope for all our sakes you can prove these fuckers wrong.

Clearly not. /fun comp from the club.

Jinxing motherfuckers.

I'd be relatively pleased with Hughes. I'd like to see Hughton remain on the staff, but he's proven over and over he's not a Prem quality manager. Care to expand on that?

Man management in recent times (results + press love ins - mental episodes, divided by fatal fallings out): Hughton > Robson > Keegan > Allardyce > Shearer > Roeder > Kinnear > Souness

Fecking 'ell. Yes, until we are in any position to expect better, and hopefully by then he will have proved he is up to it. He speaks sense, shown a steady hand, and has turned a struggling team into a winning team with a strong showing of commitment and togetherness; Could hardly have asked for much more considering the circumstances. Long live King Chris!

The Sunday Sun thing said they "flew to the States at the start of the week" which would fit, but tbh they could have gone to Bognor Regis for all I know. I'm sure Decca must have run a bingo hall there at some stage.

http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/football/Leeds-Utd-Exclusive-Beckford-deal.5973687.jp Good to see them back in time for the Plymouth game Would be f***ing amateurish if Del boy was not at a home game. I reckon that well known saying "What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas" will deffo be in force with these c***s. According to the article, one of the things they did in Vegas was put in that transfer bid for Beckford. The c***s!

Player sales? Has to be. Something that should see us through this to as long as we don't lose any more and bugger up promotion.

I just worried whether Ashley has cut costs enough so that he was willing to keep us going until a buyer could be found if he wanted out. That's why the £7 million figure that Peasepud insists has some validity is pretty interesting. May mean that even if he pockets it and we are still run into the clarts, we would somehow still be increadibly secure.