Who would you go for?

[KaKa]

End of next week and probably not Carver:

 

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/newcastle-united-new-head-coach-9354630

 

This is not new information.

[steve_69]

It's f***ing welcome information though.

 

The transfer thing is baffling though. As i understand it they said they will find out the style of football the manager wants to play and identify the type of player that would best suit the approach. The transfer team would then look for players in that mould.

 

Well how the f*** are the going to do that if they don't know who the manager is?

[NUFC_Chris]

The 'football board' will probably be looking at signing players already, if we get someone in before the end of next week we can then pursue those targets if the incoming coach is agreeable.

 

The above is obviously way to see sensible for NUFC though, realistically.

[oldtype]

How many times have we had the local journos set these arbitrary timeframes on things we desperately want only for them to amount to nothing?

 

I refuse to believe that we'll have any sort of results by next week and I also refuse to believe that we'll end up with anybody but John Carver as our head coach on the first day of the season.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

It must just be speculation, they haven't a clue what's going on.

[Ronaldo]

I voted for Carver use this forum on a daily basis just to annoy everyone.

 

 

[STM]

We know the manager has zero say in players coming in. It's not surprising and hardly uncommon, especially on the continent.

 

The problem is the muppet we hire to coach them. This season all rests on one decision, in my mind.

[Klaus]

Will we fuck have someone in by next week 

[Mole_Toonfan]

I voted for Carver just to annoy everyone.

 

I'm p*ssed mate, PI*SED

[Unbelievable]

We know the manager has zero say in players coming in. It's not surprising and hardly uncommon, especially on the continent.

 

The problem is the muppet we hire to coach them. This season all rests on one decision, in my mind.

 

Then why have John Carver involved in our pre-summer transfer planning meetings?

[Mole_Toonfan]

Implies there is actually meetings

[oldtype]

Implies there is actually meetings

 

They probably just sit around in a boardroom sipping a $10,000 bottle of wine, reading this thread and giggling to themselves about how some people think we're going to hire a manager.

[duo]

Do we still believe we showed Gourvennec round the club?

Was that shoe gate?

[Unbelievable]

Another thing that has me completely baffled with regards to our transfer policy: the stick Graham Carr has been getting lately for the many duds in our squad. Yes, the club bought Riviere, but we also know that if it wasn't for the usual penny pinching we could have had Aubameyang or Lacazette just before their major breakthroughs which saw them double in value and move out of our reach. He can recommend whoever he wants, if it is up to the likes of Kinnear and Charnley to get the deals done you are in trouble and before you know it we hit the bottom of the list with the more risky, cheaper targets. As a chief scout, he only controls who the club should look at, not who they end up bringing in.

 

Which begs the question, why would he even want to be around this club anymore? At his age, assuming he isn't totally skint, one would assume he would rather spent time on the golf course or watching football for fun than have to deal with the snakes on Barrack Road.

[STM]

We know the manager has zero say in players coming in. It's not surprising and hardly uncommon, especially on the continent.

 

The problem is the muppet we hire to coach them. This season all rests on one decision, in my mind.

 

Then why have John Carver involved in our pre-summer transfer planning meetings?

 

There's a difference between him being asked and being told at these meetings.

[duo]

Another thing that has me completely baffled with regards to our transfer policy: the stick Graham Carr has been getting lately for the many duds in our squad. Yes, the club bought Riviere, but we also know that if it wasn't for the usual penny pinching we could have had Aubameyang or Lacazette just before their major breakthroughs which saw them double in value and move out of our reach. He can recommend whoever he wants, if it is up to the likes of Kinnear and Charnley to get the deals done you are in trouble and before you know it we hit the bottom of the list with the more risky, cheaper targets. As a chief scout, he only controls who the club should look at, not who they end up bringing in.

 

Which begs the question, why would he even want to be around this club anymore? At his age, assuming he isn't totally skint, one would assume he would rather spent time on the golf course or watching football for fun than have to deal with the snakes on Barrack Road.

He probably gives them a list of players and they just pick the cheapest ones.

[oldtype]

Another thing that has me completely baffled with regards to our transfer policy: the stick Graham Carr has been getting lately for the many duds in our squad. Yes, the club bought Riviere, but we also know that if it wasn't for the usual penny pinching we could have had Aubameyang or Lacazette just before their major breakthroughs which saw them double in value and move out of our reach. He can recommend whoever he wants, if it is up to the likes of Kinnear and Charnley to get the deals done you are in trouble and before you know it we hit the bottom of the list with the more risky, cheaper targets. As a chief scout, he only controls who the club should look at, not who they end up bringing in.

 

Which begs the question, why would he even want to be around this club anymore? At his age, assuming he isn't totally skint, one would assume he would rather spent time on the golf course or watching football for fun than have to deal with the snakes on Barrack Road.

 

I doubt the job involves a lot of legwork for Carr. By and large the players he brings to the club aren't unknown quantities. I'd assume his responsibilities are mostly just networking and setting the club up with contacts when they target a player in France. Seems like a pretty decent semi-retirement job.

[Unbelievable]

We know the manager has zero say in players coming in. It's not surprising and hardly uncommon, especially on the continent.

 

The problem is the muppet we hire to coach them. This season all rests on one decision, in my mind.

 

Then why have John Carver involved in our pre-summer transfer planning meetings?

 

There's a difference between him being asked and being told at these meetings.

 

Why would they tell the interim head coach anything?

[STM]

We know the manager has zero say in players coming in. It's not surprising and hardly uncommon, especially on the continent.

 

The problem is the muppet we hire to coach them. This season all rests on one decision, in my mind.

 

Then why have John Carver involved in our pre-summer transfer planning meetings?

 

There's a difference between him being asked and being told at these meetings.

 

Why would they tell the interim head coach anything?

 

Why hire him? Why speculate? I'm certain John Carver has no say on who we will sign. Pardew was at the meetings, he didn't (well maybe Colback).

[TRon]

It must just be speculation, they haven't a clue what's going on.

 

True but even the speculation has moved away from Carver, and coming from the Chronicle which has championed the troglodyte for the past two weeks that is still welcome.

[Collage]

Remi Garde with Vieira as his no.2 would be acceptable.

[sh74]

Quite like the idea of Vieira for some reason.

[STM]

Because he's cool as fuck. Lightyears from canyon face.

[gdm]

I just can't see it being anyone other than mclaren or Carver

[afar]

Another thing that has me completely baffled with regards to our transfer policy: the stick Graham Carr has been getting lately for the many duds in our squad. Yes, the club bought Riviere, but we also know that if it wasn't for the usual penny pinching we could have had Aubameyang or Lacazette just before their major breakthroughs which saw them double in value and move out of our reach. He can recommend whoever he wants, if it is up to the likes of Kinnear and Charnley to get the deals done you are in trouble and before you know it we hit the bottom of the list with the more risky, cheaper targets. As a chief scout, he only controls who the club should look at, not who they end up bringing in.

 

Which begs the question, why would he even want to be around this club anymore? At his age, assuming he isn't totally skint, one would assume he would rather spent time on the golf course or watching football for fun than have to deal with the snakes on Barrack Road.

 

What's bothered me often is the opposite to be honest, the amount of free passes Carr has been getting, while as the club has stated he is part of the Trifecta making decisions on the resources within the club. He's part of the decision making process to put Carver in charge of the club for a 5 month period where we went from 9th to needing to win our last game in order to secure survival. He's also part of the decision making process that has twice apparently courted a coach that's just been sacked from a Championship club for failing to get them up, a coach whose very limited success was well in the past.

 

The truth is though none of us know, how much of a influence Carr is on the "Football Board" and how much power he wields, or how much his advice is heeded or ignored. Is it a simple majority vote on who to bring in between the 3 or does a person with zero background in the game make the final decision, and does that decision then go to the owner for approval ? But what we do know is that he is in a position of power to a football club which is under performing to a ridiculous degree.