Backroom & executive staff

[Disco]

3 hours ago, Ghandis Flip-Flop said:

3 hours ago, magorific said:

Ooh, hark at potty mouth, dropping the C-bomb for no reason whatsoever. 

 

You need to get a grip on those anger issues, you balloon. Odds-on your lass has asked for Angela.

Not at all mate, but this ex-mental health nurse doesn’t need you to complete a PDQ-4 to diagnose you.

 

My Mrs has never felt the need to ask for Angela, but I’m pretty sure you’ve been layed out on your arse for being a mouthy prick on multiple occasions.

 

Howay man FFS. Simmer down.

[80]

1 hour ago, LFEE said:

Yes but if we’d bought Tonali, Barnes and Tino first they’d be cheaper and would’ve of made a bigger difference to what you think they have. Vice versa then Bruno etc all become more expensive when we buy them and make less of a difference.

 

Not sure you are grasping how the transfer market works in reality. There’s no defined metric to a player price.

 

 

I'm not sure you're grasping that our earlier signings have been better, more contributive team members than our later ones literally irrespective of the price paid. Unless you think Livramento would've fought with the heart of a shop worker's son from Blyth and Tonali would've been playing through multiple injuries and dying his hair black and white if we'd bought them a year earlier?

 

You're claiming there's no defined metric to a player's price and then disagree with your own logic by saying that players we bought later would have been cheaper if we'd bought them first. Either it's not true or we can't know, make your mind up.

 

@Milanista Do you think Milan would've given us Tonali for half price if we'd bought him a year earlier when we were less successful?

[Loki679]

You're all missing the most important question. 

 

Who actually was Terrahawk Rod then?

 

This Nickson stuff pales into insignificance in the face of such an existential and ineffable quest for an answer.

[gdm]

Can we put this to bed now then? He’s not leaving cos of Howe or Andy Howe or coz West Ham is a bigger job. He’s going to be director football 

[La Parka]

That's not Steve nickson tho

[Shearergol]

4 minutes ago, La Parka said:

That's not Steve nickson tho

[gdm]

7 minutes ago, La Parka said:

That's not Steve nickson tho

I didn’t say Ben Jacobs wasn’t an idiot 

[Loki679]

17 minutes ago, La Parka said:

That's not Steve nickson tho

 

Doesn't fit the profile tbf.  Next.

 

[La Parka]

1 minute ago, Loki679 said:

 

Doesn't fit the profile tbf.  Next.

 

That's better 

[Pilko]

Nixon left years ago didn't he?

[LFEE]

2 hours ago, 80 said:

I'm not sure you're grasping that our earlier signings have been better, more contributive team members than our later ones literally irrespective of the price paid. Unless you think Livramento would've fought with the heart of a shop worker's son from Blyth and Tonali would've been playing through multiple injuries and dying his hair black and white if we'd bought them a year earlier?

 

You're claiming there's no defined metric to a player's price and then disagree with your own logic by saying that players we bought later would have been cheaper if we'd bought them first. Either it's not true or we can't know, make your mind up.

 

@Milanista Do you think Milan would've given us Tonali for half price if we'd bought him a year earlier when we were less successful?

I’ve not contradicted myself at all. The price of footballers and their wages usually goes up year on year in life. Individual value to their cost isn’t always based on ability.

 

Your argument is based on a bad buy in Wissa which I don’t think anyone would try and argue was a sensible use of money, even if he hadn’t of got injured and scored 15 goals. Maybe they would. It’s also based on one underperforming season in the league.

 

You are not grasping that on the eye it’s easier to say the initial signings were better, it was always going to be the case from the low bar that they were starting from and the less competition for them. Soon as everyone sees the players we are going for have something about them they start hijacking all our future deals.

 

If we’d signed Slobz (Liverpool) instead of Ramsey and Trafford instead of Ramsdale and Mbuemo instead of Elanga and Pedro instead of Wissa and Ekitke instead of Isak/Woltemade and Tosin or the young Man City CH instead of Thaiw you’d be singing a different tune about our scouting/recruitment.

 

 

[magorific]

9 hours ago, Ghandis Flip-Flop said:

Not at all mate, but this ex-mental health nurse doesn’t need you to complete a PDQ-4 to diagnose you.

 

My Mrs has never felt the need to ask for Angela, but I’m pretty sure you’ve been layed out on your arse for being a mouthy prick on multiple occasions.

 

 

It’s “laid”.

More importantly, I wonder what a current mental health professional would make of your initial, abusive and startling overreaction to an utterly innocuous post.

[LFEE]

On 16/06/2026 at 18:38, LFEE said:

I’ve not contradicted myself at all. The price of footballers and their wages usually goes up year on year in life. Individual value to their cost isn’t always based on ability.

 

Your argument is based on a bad buy in Wissa which I don’t think anyone would try and argue was a sensible use of money, even if he hadn’t of got injured and scored 15 goals. Maybe they would. It’s also based on one underperforming season in the league.

 

You are not grasping that on the eye it’s easier to say the initial signings were better, it was always going to be the case from the low bar that they were starting from and the less competition for them. Soon as everyone sees the players we are going for have something about them they start hijacking all our future deals.

 

If we’d signed Slobz (Liverpool) instead of Ramsey and Trafford instead of Ramsdale and Mbuemo instead of Elanga and Pedro instead of Wissa and Ekitke instead of Isak/Woltemade and Tosin or the young Man City CH instead of Thaiw you’d be singing a different tune about our scouting/recruitment.

 

 

Maybe worth reminding how hard windows are going to be in future…

[Ben]

Forced out ? 

[Nucasol]

Just now, Ben said:

Forced out ? 

Double clotheslined by the Howe Mafia Clan.

 

 

** Large winky safety smiley **

[Kid Icarus]

Think Hope's deleted it.

[Nucasol]

1 minute ago, Kid Icarus said:

Think Hope's deleted it.

His current MO. Would be the third one this week after the first Nixon one and Muñoz.

[Kid Icarus]

Nah it's there 

[NE27]

We can't get them in quick, we can't get them out quick.

 

A daint kna.

[r0cafella]

4 hours ago, Ben said:

Forced out ? 

Was essentially forced out a year ago when someone decided Andy Howe would be in charge of incoming transfers in a year where we invested more than ever. 

[tgarve]

47 minutes ago, r0cafella said:

Was essentially forced out a year ago when someone decided Andy Howe would be in charge of incoming transfers in a year where we invested more than ever. 

Was he aye 

[r0cafella]

6 minutes ago, tgarve said:

Was he aye 

Head of recruitment was sidelined based on all reports at the time. I'm not sure how you define that but I know how I do. 

[tgarve]

1 minute ago, r0cafella said:

Head of recruitment was sidelined based on all reports at the time. I'm not sure how you define that but I know how I do. 

Was it aye 

[r0cafella]

Just now, tgarve said:

Was it aye 

It was aye, if you have sources better places than Journalists I'm more than happy to hold my hands up and say they got it wrong.  

[Loki679]

Bit weird how Andy Howe is apparently a mastermind genius at everything except transfers.