Eddie Howe

[The College Dropout]

4 minutes ago, The Prophet said:

 

Hasn't that been debunked numerous times?

??

 

I thought it was confirmed that the club has to explore numerous FFP exit routes - even unlikely ones.  

[huss9]

1 hour ago, Miggys First Goal said:

When you got home from a family day out and everyone was desperate for the toilet "foggy on the boggy"

 

No? Just me?

fog on the bog at ours.

[The Prophet]

4 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

??

 

I thought it was confirmed that the club has to explore numerous FFP exit routes - even unlikely ones.  

 

The Athletic, Edwards, etc have all reported we didn't activity try to offload Gordon, but Liverpool made an enquiry and we held "arms length" discussions with them (I think that was the phrased used).

[The College Dropout]

4 minutes ago, The Prophet said:

 

The Athletic, Edwards, etc have all reported we didn't activity try to offload Gordon, but Liverpool made an enquiry and we held "arms length" discussions with them (I think that was the phrased used).

Ok but we entertained the idea. 

[The Prophet]

Just now, The College Dropout said:

Ok but we entertained the idea. 

 

The original post was "we tried to sell him", which we didn't.

 

I imagine they enquired, we asked for something daft and they backed off.

[80]

Just now, The Prophet said:

 

The original post was "we tried to sell him", which we didn't.

 

I imagine they enquired, we asked for something daft and they backed off.

It's now being reported a medical was penciled in to take place near the England camp in Germany, so we can't have thought any counter offer was too wild...

[Hudson]

1 hour ago, Ben said:

It looks like Howe was particularly pissed off with the club trying to sell Gordon 

The club didn’t though did they, Liverpool enquired and were told no for sale.

it’s been widely reported, it was all over the press

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[McDog]

7 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

Ok but we entertained the idea. 

 

 

I suspect they kept that Liverpool interest in their back pocket as a nuclear option should all else fail at the very end of the PSR period. I highly doubt he'd have been sold unless they felt all other options were exhausted.

[huss9]

every player is potentially for sale at the right price

if they'd offered £90m for gordon, we would have at least to think about it.

[Vinny Green Balls]

13 minutes ago, 80 said:

It's now being reported a medical was penciled in to take place near the England camp in Germany, so we can't have thought any counter offer was too wild...

reported accurately though? There is so much horse shit around us. And it wouldn't be the first time the likes of Louise Taylor and other sports journos like at The Express just flat out made shit up. Is this widely accepted now? Or was it mentioned in passing by two rags?

 

 

[SUPERTOON]

4 minutes ago, Vinny Green Balls said:

reported accurately though? There is so much horse shit around us. And it wouldn't be the first time the likes of Louise Taylor and other sports journos like at The Express just flat out made shit up. Is this widely accepted now? Or was it mentioned in passing by two rags?

 

 

Only Hope mentioned the medical I think.

[Vinny Green Balls]

4 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:

Only Hope mentioned the medical I think.

Louise Taylor did as well.

 

I just think that we have a bit of disaster porn going on here. Some of the posters who are vociferously skeptical of positive articles being linked with someone throw any skepticism out the window when it comes to negative reporting.

[80]

13 minutes ago, Vinny Green Balls said:

reported accurately though? There is so much horse shit around us. And it wouldn't be the first time the likes of Louise Taylor and other sports journos like at The Express just flat out made shit up. Is this widely accepted now? Or was it mentioned in passing by two rags?

 

 

The report is pretty specific, and considering the circumstances surrounding it, it's worth taking seriously.

 

Those circumstances being direct quotes from Eddie Howe:

 

1) overtly loving up Gordon

 

2) decrying the painful last days of the PSR window which many here were (are?) convinced was a financially unnecessary, elaborate ruse de guerre and

 

3) doing a series of on camera interviews which substantially validated Luke Edwards' reporting a few days prior about his discomfort with the changes at the club, which had, at the time, been widely dismissed as pure horseshit.

 

 

Edited 20 hours ago by 80

[Ben]

"In those last few days it was very very difficult "

[Vinny Green Balls]

1 minute ago, Ben said:

"In those last few days it was very very difficult "

 you could at least to bother to quote it correctly.

[Vinny Green Balls]

2 minutes ago, 80 said:

The report is pretty specific, and considering the circumstances surrounding it, it's worth taking seriously.

 

Those circumstances being direct quotes from Eddie Howe 1) overtly loving up Gordon 2) decrying the painful last days of the PSR window which many here were (are?) convinced was a financially unnecessary, elaborate ruse de guerre and 3) doing a series of on camera interviews which substantially validated Luke Edwards' reporting a few days prior about his discomfort with the changes at the club, which had, at the time, been widely dismissed as pure horseshit.

Fair enough. But my overarching point stands. Some of you appear to gravitate toward disaster porn here.

[80]

Just now, Vinny Green Balls said:

Fair enough. But my overarching point stands. Some of you appear to gravitate toward disaster porn here.

Some do, and some are firmly living in a dreamland, too. Then there's the much overlooked others.

[Vinny Green Balls]

Or the 'realists' who are about as close to reality as everyone else, just more miserable to be around.

[80]

Feel like I better stop writing before I'm subject to an Umberto Eco citation.

[Vinny Green Balls]

I generally post things that are relevant.

[80]

Only if people are visiting a football forum to read commentaries on other people's posting styles.

[The Prophet]

19 minutes ago, Ben said:

"In those last few days it was very very difficult "

 

I have no idea what your point is here

[Vinny Green Balls]

Although the word generally is probably doing a bit too much heavy lifting there, now that I think about it.

[Vinny Green Balls]

Just now, 80 said:

Only if people are visiting a football forum to read commentaries on other people's posting styles.

? Posting styles? 

[Ben]

1 minute ago, The Prophet said:

 

I have no idea what your point is here

 

That's happened to me a lot on here today