arnonel Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Ryder still saying Pardew wants James Tomkins. Ridiculously overpriced and no better than what we already have Better than Williamson. £6M + better? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sugoinufc Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 How can ashley employ a DoF and let him go on holiday a week or so after - during the transfer window...bizarre or damage control after his catastrophic entrance. How difficult can it be to find that striker and LW? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Moody Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 How can ashley employ a DoF and let him go on holiday a week or so after - during the transfer window...bizarre or damage control after his catastrophic entrance. How difficult can it be to find that striker and LW? Even more pathetic is that he had no job for 5 years or something before his holiday. It's a joke. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sugoinufc Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 How can ashley employ a DoF and let him go on holiday a week or so after - during the transfer window...bizarre or damage control after his catastrophic entrance. How difficult can it be to find that striker and LW? Even more pathetic is that he had no job for 5 years or something before his holiday. It's a joke. its so absurd... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bimpy474 Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Tbf to JFK it wasn't even his fault, he'd already booked his holiday before Ashley approached him. But you would have thought Ashley might have said, can you hold off on that holiday and i'll treat to a better one later on this year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chopey Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 FFS it was a week in Tenerife !!!!!!!!!! if he cant postpone that after been on the dole for 5 years then that just shows his total lack of commitment to his new role Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bimpy474 Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 It was week in Sardinia, but your points correct. Every decision about anything is just a mess. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 FFS it was a week in Tenerife !!!!!!!!!! if he cant postpone that after been on the dole for 5 years then that just shows his total lack of commitment to his new role I said the same thing to a friend this morning but he reckon it was something to do with a family holiday of sorts arranged post his (JFK) brother or relative having died recently... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Wouldn't be an issue had his appointment been announced in a remotely professional way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest icemanblue Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 It was his son. I'd have thought it might have been pretty obvious that this was the case, like. He's been in another country, one that may even have mobile phone reception. I know we're world renowned for our speedy and incisive actions in the transfer market, so this may be a difficult period of adjustment for some. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Phil K Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Ryder still saying Pardew wants James Tomkins. Ridiculously overpriced and no better than what we already have Better than Williamson. Is he "better" because he's playing elsewhere, though ? Personally, can't see much difference between the pair Whatever - I just can't stop raging how everythings stopped, just waiting for Kinnear, while everyone else gets in first Waiting for a bloke that couldn't get a job with a Div 2 outfit. But has total control here. Beyond insane. Can only be interpreted as a spiteful spit at the fans. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Waiting for a bloke that couldn't get a job with a Div 2 outfit. But has total control here. Beyond insane. Can only be interpreted as a spiteful spit at the fans. I just interpret it as the whim of a man who has absolute power because he owns us 100%. It's incompetent, but I don't see any reason to conclude it's spiteful. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Memphis Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Why is it that a Director of Football couldn't take a few phone calls/send a few texts on holiday? Does our transfer activity (whatever the hell that phrase even means these days) simply have to grind to a halt without the cunt? If indeed he is already so vital to our efforts, then a holiday at this stage should have been absolutely out of the question. It really is just a depressing time in general around here. Very little to get excited about. Oh, what's that? Ben Arfa's smiling again? Yay. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Middle of July, about to play our first pre season friendly and not even close to bringing in first team players. Disgraceful effort again by the board. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chopey Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 But we have got rid of those pesky English dead wood first teamers Pearch, Simpson and Harper Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Moody Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 I miss Llambias. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewJerseyMag Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 I miss Llambias. No change IMO. You have to get rid of the puppet master not the puppets. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Why is it that a Director of Football couldn't take a few phone calls/send a few texts on holiday? Does our transfer activity (whatever the hell that phrase even means these days) simply have to grind to a halt without the cunt? If indeed he is already so vital to our efforts, then a holiday at this stage should have been absolutely out of the question. Maybe he could? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Middle of July, about to play our first pre season friendly and not even close to bringing in first team players. Disgraceful effort again by the board. It would be great to have everyone in already, it's definitely a shame. More important (IMO) is that we get them at all though, and that remains to be seen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bimpy474 Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 I miss Llambias. I feckin don't. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Memphis Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Why is it that a Director of Football couldn't take a few phone calls/send a few texts on holiday? Does our transfer activity (whatever the hell that phrase even means these days) simply have to grind to a halt without the cunt? If indeed he is already so vital to our efforts, then a holiday at this stage should have been absolutely out of the question. Maybe he could? It's mostly rhetorical. I'm quite sure he could. It's more the idea that our business would naturally grind to a halt while he's away at a highly inopportune time. That seems antiquated and ridiculous. But it does seem true - and maybe it's anecdotal - that our activity, whatever it was before, stopped once he left. If we're conducting business that way - that a brand-new, out-of-his-depth, possibly-mentally-ill Kinnear is now such a vital part of our transfer work that his absence is impossible to deal with, then that does depress me greatly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Why is it that a Director of Football couldn't take a few phone calls/send a few texts on holiday? Does our transfer activity (whatever the hell that phrase even means these days) simply have to grind to a halt without the cunt? If indeed he is already so vital to our efforts, then a holiday at this stage should have been absolutely out of the question. Maybe he could? It's mostly rhetorical. I'm quite sure he could. It's more the idea that our business would naturally grind to a halt while he's away at a highly inopportune time. That seems antiquated and ridiculous. But it does seem true - and maybe it's anecdotal - that our activity, whatever it was before, stopped once he left. If we're conducting business that way - that a brand-new, out-of-his-depth, possibly-mentally-ill Kinnear is now such a vital part of our transfer work that his absence is impossible to deal with, then that does depress me greatly. All we know is that we haven't signed anyone. That's bad in itself, and I agree JFK should probably have stayed I guess... but we don't really know if we have missed out on any players because of it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Why is it that a Director of Football couldn't take a few phone calls/send a few texts on holiday? Does our transfer activity (whatever the hell that phrase even means these days) simply have to grind to a halt without the cunt? If indeed he is already so vital to our efforts, then a holiday at this stage should have been absolutely out of the question. Maybe he could? It's mostly rhetorical. I'm quite sure he could. It's more the idea that our business would naturally grind to a halt while he's away at a highly inopportune time. That seems antiquated and ridiculous. But it does seem true - and maybe it's anecdotal - that our activity, whatever it was before, stopped once he left. If we're conducting business that way - that a brand-new, out-of-his-depth, possibly-mentally-ill Kinnear is now such a vital part of our transfer work that his absence is impossible to deal with, then that does depress me greatly. All we know is that we haven't signed anyone. That's bad in itself, and I agree JFK should probably have stayed I guess... but we don't really know if we have missed out on any players because of it. True. I doubt we've missed out on any of our targets at this stage. As far as we know our main targets appear to be Bent and hopefully Remy and they haven't gone anywhere yet. We are probably only going to make a couple of major signings anyway after our January signings. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Middle of July, about to play our first pre season friendly and not even close to bringing in first team players. Disgraceful effort again by the board. It would be great to have everyone in already, it's definitely a shame. More important (IMO) is that we get them at all though, and that remains to be seen. We will be very lucky to even see Bent come in and only him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wor jackie Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 I personally would be delighted to see Remy and Bent come in. Bent guarantees 10+ goals if played regularly and I'd imagine Remy could do similar and can be deployed with more versatility. Sinclair would be an icing on the cake but with a fit Ben Arfa, Marveaux, Jonas and Gouffran that's the wide areas sorted. The majority of us are deflated but when you only think negatively, the whole situation feels worse than it actually is. We aren't that bad a team and a couple signings can elevate us into top 8 easily. Easily. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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