Disco Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Not enough yes men for my liking. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 I liked the idea at first, but having thought about it a bit, it all seems very dodgy and not like a smart move at all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottishMagpie Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Surely this bodes well in that it hints at some cohesion when it comes to transfers. From what I read, Pardew and Carr 'clashed' or had different ideas. Can see Carr and McLaren collaborating a bit more on targets. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Interesting. Hope McClaren has the balls to deal with the internal politics. Him being mates with Carr means that it may be 2 vs 2 in the boardroom. That's better than 4 vs 0. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Interesting. Hope McClaren has the balls to deal with the internal politics. Him being mates with Carr means that it may be 2 vs 2 in the boardroom. That's better than 4 vs 0. I see this much more as a way to make sure he can't say shit when they go and sign and sell whoever they damn please. "2-2? Oh well, Charnley has the deciding vote anyway, so fuck you." Basically making sure he can't quit over transfers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foluwashola Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Interesting. It sounds vaguely positive. Is it though. I don't know. I just don't know. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 I liked the idea at first, but having thought about it a bit, it all seems very dodgy and not like a smart move at all. On the face of it, it seems like a positive move. It could be a change in tack that you could even attach to notions of football-related intentions; but the unconventional nature of it all only reaffirms suspicions of the opposite. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GavMcEl Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 As long as that useless bald cunt charnley is still there we are fucked... Man hasn't a clue Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 At the charity i work for there are some trustees who are useless, so we made them a subgroup to work on something unimportant so we can ignore them. I fear this is that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 I want them to collaborate, but the manager has to be responsible to someone. Saying that, we would never have sacked Pardee so I guess McClaren would be the same. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BONTEMPI Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Got a funny feeling this might work. First thought was eh? But having McLaren on the board should hopefully stop the bullshit we were fed by Pardew about players coming in. It just depends how much influence he can wield in there. Having Carr there is surely a plus, but I can't help thinking Charnley will have the last word on everything, then scuttle back to his fat fuck of an employer like the lapdog he is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figures 1-0 Football Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Don't know what to make of this at all... With the fact Carr and McClaren are friends, it makes me wonder if this is another "job for the boys" appointment. Ashley is fond of Carr, Carr and McClaren are friends... Charnley is Ashley's yes man and Moncur has spent the previous months cuddling all of them. Then add into the mix McClaren is being in all his favoured staff. It reminds me of a local nightclub, where the bloke who bought it employed all of his mates as promoters, bar staff, doormen etc. It closed down after 5 months. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pons Alias Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Never seen a board without a finance guy on it before. Is suspect this is a 'football operations' board - the budgets, etc will all be set, presumably, by MASH holdings? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Never seen a board without a finance guy on it before. Is suspect this is a 'football operations' board - the budgets, etc will all be set, presumably, by MASH holdings? We have a similar setup, where a committee of three people run the football side of things, and report to the board proper which takes care of finance, marketing, PR, etc... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Absolute load of shyte. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Anyone thinks this new talk of winning cups would have happened without sackpardew and ashleyout? I'm fairly certain it wouldn't have. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinnMag Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Only good thing is that McClaren is included. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 MehClaren will get so fed up he'll sack himself. Then rehire himself. Then sack himself. Endless compo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 This is far more intriguing than the appointment itself. On the negative side it seemingly makes McClaren unsackable, and asks questions about the jobs for the boys nature of most of Ashley's tenure. It could also unravel very quickly and messily if they don't all see eye to eye on club matters. On the other hand it's got to be a step forward if it means experienced football people are involved in making decisions about playing staff and the way the club approaches the different competitions. We've missed that massively up to now. It could mean nothing, but I think it's either going to be a big success and actually move us forward as a club or go to shit in spectacular style. Either way it's better than the bland plodding along doing fuck all they've been more than content with since promotion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 I disagree, I think it means very little. Edit: oh, you covered that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 There's also a strong possibility that once McClaren got his toe in the door, he and Carr have collectively insisted on changes of this nature. Which is infinitely preferable to Pardew and his pathetic acceptance of the board doing whatever they liked. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willow Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 I think... ...we're gonna win tha league Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 There's also a strong possibility that once McClaren got his toe in the door, he and Carr have collectively insisted on changes of this nature. Which is infinitely preferable to Pardew and his pathetic acceptance of the board doing whatever they liked. As often is the case it's an unorthodox decision. Most of the time Ashley thinks he's the cleverest man in football it turns to shit. I can't force myself to see any positives at this point, it would take years of sustained progress to even begin to turn me around. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 There's also a strong possibility that once McClaren got his toe in the door, he and Carr have collectively insisted on changes of this nature. Which is infinitely preferable to Pardew and his pathetic acceptance of the board doing whatever they liked. As often is the case it's an unorthodox decision. Most of the time Ashley thinks he's the cleverest man in football it turns to shit. I can't force myself to see any positives at this point, it would take years of sustained progress to even begin to turn me around. Agree with this. Though I do think getting a finance man and Ashley out for three footballing men is good, I just wish one of them wasn't the head coach, the other the head scout and the third the head arselicker. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveItIfWeBeatU Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 There was an article on IcNewcastle last week saying Carr and McClaren aren't, as has been reported "friends". It said they knew each other but not very well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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