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Unlimited resources means the nonsense they do is never impactful and this is somehow fair.

As long as it's done before 30/6 it does The Nickson stuff is really interesting isn't it? For me it was a really great demonstration of the amount of power and influence Eddie had at that moment in time. Let's be honest the instruction to essentially make Andy Howe Nicksons boss for the summer came from somewhere. It is understandable, you would think the manager and by proxy his nephew would have a good idea who would suit the system and style, it's also why I give both of them far less bail about the fuck ups of last summer than many others do.

Nah, we could have and obviously we will be selling this summer so financially we will be fine. I think Eddie has/had credit in the bank and they've allowed this one. I doubt he gets much more rope though.

Id have never hired him I learnt he followed uncle to Burnley for that short stint too so I think it's very much buy one get one free. We have plenty of scouts and obviously nickson should have been taking up the reigns in lieu of the sporting director as his job title is 'head or recruitment' as he seemingly wasn't and was responsible for outgoings indicates he was sidelined. @Minhosa has eluded to this as well

Indeed we shall see.

This is precisely why we need a top notch sporting director who has a fair degree of independence imo. Long term squad planning is absolutely crucial. If this lad is on a salary which isn't mad id let him be our back up and peddle Pope and Ramsdale.

What kind of accountability are you expecting? I think we have us a bit of a package deal honestly and the backing of Eddie is the backing of his ways including his nephew. On the surface, it appears the club is taking the approach of we did him wrong and want to make up for it.

I don't think it will be like last summer personally , our noses were well and truly blooded and I think the hubris we entered last summer with is gone. I think the question is, can the seemingly new strategy work with our current set up? If we are aiming for players with more upside are they going to get that chance? It's going to be a very revealing summer.

I was slightly wrong in my original post, from what Waugh said Andy Howe now reports to the sporting director and not Nickson, so basically formalising his temporary role. We are really compromised...

Obviously nothing has been done by this guy yet but what's everyone's feeling towards him based upon his track record? Do we think he's the kind of appointment a club with our alleged ( ) ambitions should have made?

No front of shirt close Gordon likely to go Samu is expensive and has an ACL injury so a none starter. Andy Howes role hasn't changed according to Waugh.

This is not true as per Froggy. Bruno G is on more than the entire manchested United squad.

Nope, 30m for Gordon and the daft cunt was upset we told them to fuck off.

The sela deal is just pif funding is via proxy, they wanted to spend and making us the best at that point.

Getting the popcorn out for the rage posting if that's what we are aiming for

Any truth to the rumour that Gordon wasn't apart of this shoot?

Just get a related party if we can't do one outside for good money. Any step back on what we get from Sela would be a massive failure.

They did yes.

Absolutely mad that that's a thing . The ownership could definitely do something related party and probably get 40m per year now.

Elliot will be sent back.

Weren't close to getting a new front of shirt sponsor 2 weeks ago as per Waugh

Yeah, I think that's reasonable. Weird one as he's not good enough to be a nailed on starter but also isn't exactly cheap.

So he's 28 with I'm assuming 2 years left. What we doing lads?

He choose the most unsuitable option which is a bit of a flex iyam

Drop botman, play hall and Trips? Really safe in his job if he can do such a thing.