hoppaz Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Wow getting outmuscled by West Ham. Maybe we should activate that Diame clause? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-more Mag Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Fuck me, feels like we're watching a episode of Storage Wars Wheres Barry when you need him http://www1.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Barry+Weiss+E+Networks+2012+Upfront+Arrivals+962aLA9ZzDol.jpg That guy's awesome, but he loses a lot. Perfect for us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 "Newcastle United wanted him and Graham Carr doesn't make too many mistakes. Graham's got good judgement." Those clubs should just hire their own scouts man. I missed that quote, fucking sickening. I thought I hated Liverpool with an unreasonable passion, but Redknapp is forcing me to ramp up the seething anger to incredible new levels. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishmael Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Maybe we should activate that Diame clause? I would and cancel just before the medical Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 I think we are seeing that our much lauded scouting system isn't actually anything special. In fact it is quite limited. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 It's not fucking finders keepers. If we're not willing to do what it takes to get a player then guess what? We won't get him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanji Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Retracted our 2.5m bid? No such thing as a CA on these deals anymore? Am I missing something? Surely if a club bids for someone, its accepted. It should be done in good faith to let the club work the deal out? This nonsense is the complete opposite of actual business transactions too by the way. Fucking frustrating. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Dont give a shit. Our survival does not depend on Haidara. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smal Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 You'd think we'd be willing to pay an extra €500k when we're desperate, like. Embarrassing from the club that we keep fucking about like this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 I think we are seeing that our much lauded scouting system isn't actually anything special. In fact it is quite limited. I wish other bastard clubs shared that view. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirge Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Its annoying to think clubs wait for us to go n for a player then just outbid us, I think we all know however that is not the case and droopy chops is just being his usual cunt self. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 I think we are seeing that our much lauded scouting system isn't actually anything special. In fact it is quite limited. The scouting isn't the problem. The recruitment part is however. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 George McCartney on loan it is then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tollemache Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 I like the idea of decoy bids. See if we can palm some utter duds off onto the chasing pack. Looks like we've got a reputation for spotting bargains doesn't it? I'm sure they make some effort to keep bids secret, but that is the last thing the agent wants so it's hardly ever going to work. Infuriating Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallace Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 It always seems as if there is a bit of gap between an offer being accepted before we move on to the next stage. I would have thought that once the selling club accepts an offer that we would try and sort things out with the agent/player immediately. The gap seems to give other teams the opportunity to step in and then wrap up a deal quite quickly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 George McCartney on loan it is then. Can always rely on the nut to find the silver lining. Everything's looking up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Lets hope Reading decide to buy Aliadiere then Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-more Mag Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Retracted our 2.5m bid? No such thing as a CA on these deals anymore? Am I missing something? Surely if a club bids for someone, its accepted. It should be done in good faith to let the club work the deal out? This nonsense is the complete opposite of actual business transactions too by the way. Fucking frustrating. Right on. We need to add a no shop provision to our bids. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirge Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Selling clubs can leak bids but agents do it all the time to increase interest in their assets, but our cool we don't care laid back approach is childish bollocks and fools no body. Offering way under asking prices just drags out the process and gives other clubs time to act. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 I think we are seeing that our much lauded scouting system isn't actually anything special. In fact it is quite limited. The scouting isn't the problem. The recruitment part is however. Nope, I think we are just finding players we would be expected to find. We have gone from being very poor in this department to simply average. There is no evidence of a wide network. Carr has a good eye and likes players with a pleasing style of play but that is as far as it goes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 I think we are seeing that our much lauded scouting system isn't actually anything special. In fact it is quite limited. The scouting isn't the problem. The recruitment part is however. Nope, I think we are just finding players we would be expected to find. We have gone from being very poor in this department to simply average. There is no evidence of a wide network. Carr has a good eye and likes players with a pleasing style of play but that is as far as it goes. Disagree completely. The big problem we have is we only seem to focus on certain areas. Hearing Carr say we won't look at South America was extremely disheartening. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Selling clubs can leak bids but agents do it all the time to increase interest in their assets, but our cool we don't care laid back approach is childish bollocks and fools no body. Offering way under asking prices just drags out the process and gives other clubs time to act. it also gives other clubs chance to get a bargain at our expense,--- we offer 3m, when mv is really around 5m, another club comes along and offers 3.5 and gets him because we took the piss. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bimpy474 Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 This stuff is complete bollocks like, The bloke said the other day we had a 2.5m bid accepted, now he says RMC say a 3m rejected. What is it then ? total cobblers. Cool as hookers nipple about this me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 I think we are seeing that our much lauded scouting system isn't actually anything special. In fact it is quite limited. The scouting isn't the problem. The recruitment part is however. Nope, I think we are just finding players we would be expected to find. We have gone from being very poor in this department to simply average. There is no evidence of a wide network. Carr has a good eye and likes players with a pleasing style of play but that is as far as it goes. I think the only problem with your scouting network is that it's the French version of Martin O'Neill. Otherwise, getting people like HBA, Cabaye, Tioté, Ba, etc... for the prices you did is great business. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 This stuff is complete bollocks like, The bloke said the other day we had a 2.5m bid accepted, now he says RMC say a 3m rejected. What is it then ? total cobblers. Cool as hookers nipple about this me. L'Equipe said we had a 2.5m offer accepted and RMC said we had a 3m offer rejected, they obviously have different info and different contacts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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