Dr Jinx

I’ve nothing against the lad, always came across a decent sort in interviews. Whatever happened with Howe there was only going to be one outcome and maybe just a pinch of payback for Bournemouth at the first opportunity. I think he easily could have contributed this season, especially with the injuries we had. Still a very decent player.

If the employer (NUFC) placed the employee on gardening leave based on the verbal intention to resign, without a formal resignation letter, it could be seen as the employer taking preemptive action. However, this does not necessarily equate to termination. The key point is whether the employee’s intention to resign was clear and acknowledged by both parties. The contract terms will play a crucial role. If the contract stipulates that gardening leave can be initiated upon verbal notice of resignation, then the employer’s action may be justified. Conversely, if the contract requires a written resignation, the employer’s initiation of gardening leave without this could be challenged. The employee might argue they were effectively dismissed, especially if they did not formally resign in writing if was required by the contract. However, as they are still receiving their salary and benefits, it technically does not constitute firing.

"In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity." Hunter S Thompson knew.

I’m starting to think the opposite way about Lee Charnley, his fault seems to be that he’s like a civil servant, job for life.. don’t take risks etc.. but he effectively ran a massive football club on fumes. Give the lad a bit of ambition and I’d say he’s a far more savvy operator than Dan Ashworth (at what he does) which was financial controller.

Mental, anyone who knows anything about football could see he’d turned that shit show into something that could work and has been working for the last few months I would have had them down as a contender for the top 4 based on the form book going into next season. Poch has impressed me.. they were so disjointed, like really one of the jobs of the season imho.. and they bin him. Madness.

It’s not. All email on a work account is property of the company and they can access it at any point in time if they wish.. (spelled out clearly on even boiler plate contracts) What I’d say he was doing was BCC’ing things he wanted to keep to one of his own personal email addresses but got a bit trigger happy to send quickly. Maybe in a rush to attend a meeting or something and clicked what he thought was his personal address but his nufc instead. A dimwitted move but just shows he’s a very untrustworthy person. His reputation will be in tatters now as someone a club can trust to drive things forward.

Wouldn’t surprise me if there was legal action against him being lined up but that a warrant to search his electronic communication devices has been issued and they’ve already gone through his personal emails. If the club leaked this now, you can bet there’s a reason for it.

Seems quite obvious now that he’s an idiot but clever enough to phrase his job description dumb enough so that football people get it. That whole centre of the wheel rubbish is just a way of saying he takes credit for other people’s work. Total weasel and his reputation is in tatters. I don’t even care about the compo at this point, he’s not going to improve Man Utd. He’ll just be privy to information that could damage us if others know our plans.. which he’s probably disclosed already.

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Am I right in thinking Bayern sacked Tuchel, or said he’d be leaving, only to re-offer him the job which he then turned down?

Minteh is a weird one.. potential high value sale for someone we’ve never seen play for us. Based on his season, you’d have to say he’d be worth 20m+?

Possible re Dubs.. ?‍♂️ it depends on who needs what. If he chooses to go to Saudi we may get something. Howe publicly freezing him out like that though doesn’t strengthen our position for negotiation.

A guide price, Wilson doesn’t leave for less than 10m.. we get something for Dubs..

Ritchie out Minteh in Dummett out Tosin in Targett (5m) out Kelly in. Almiron (22m) out ? In Dubravka (4.5m) out ? In Karius out - promote youth Wilson (15m) out ? In I don’t think we need to sell any of the Crown Jewels. But we could potentially bring in 30-40m with those fringe players. That would pay for that Goalkeeper.. am guessing we’ll have a budget similar to last summer.. around 100m? a 40m winger and a 60m striker and we should be good. We’re stacked in midfield. But concerns about Willock.. will he be able to regain fitness?

Even if they tripled the fee we paid for him, still wouldn’t come close to what we’d need to spend to find someone remotely as good. He won’t be in a rush to go anywhere, he’s playing in a team that creates for him and we can still do better. Add a better right sided forward and we’re in good shape. I’d keep Murphy but Almiron can go at this stage, purple patch aside he’s largely ineffective.

Good shout that.. I had noticed a bit of a step back from the same level of involvement he had previously. Something just seems slightly off. Forget about the errors, any player can hit a patch of bad form.. he just doesn’t seem as happy. I suspect he’s the type of player who would just move on to the next thing fairly easily. Hes a pro and just does what’s best for himself first. He may have really wanted to join Bayern in January?

He won’t have applied for a job, approached by a broker or intermediary. A call arranged, which he’d do out of courtesy. Maybe they’ve had 2/3 conversations and he’s said he’d be looking for some assurances from his current employer before deciding anything. Impossible to know as the club do things professionally now. Howe was asked about it in an interview recently and said if they had to wait 12-18 months for the right person that’s what they would do.. that in itself was quite telling. They’re in no rush and the plans for the summer will be pretty much all but set in stone before Ashworth quit.

Need to start with the clear out. Who has kicked the last ball for us in a competitive match?

He’s pretty much universally liked here, loved maybe.. he’s not got that Keegan sentimentality that tugs at the heart strings so there’ll always be a sort of politeness/well spoken vibe with him. But as someone mentioned, you’d only swap him for a small handful of managers globally. And I’d echo that. I think though, the difference between him and that small handful of managers is the difference between doing really really well and then actually winning trophies. Am happy for him to continue and I hope he can address some of the issues that have plagued us this year. It’s a big summer coming up. I want to be proven wrong like.

Anderson serving some justice out there ?

Pope’s distribution is pure dogshit

I agree, you can tell he’s fed up.. been pissy with journos and pundits for ages now. Looks a man who needs a break. What next though. It wound certainly be a club but at what league? Italy maybe as he’s not conquered there yet?

Keep an eye on Rabiot. He’ll be talking to a number of clubs including us over the next few weeks. Another free although an expensive one.

We can’t be having that.. that’s like when Keane went to sign Robbie Savage and heard the “whatsuppppppp” voicemail.. never called him back