Likelylad Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 (edited) Christ, Delaney’s such an insufferable prat. Edited June 7 by Likelylad Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 9 hours ago, Likelylad said: Christ, Delaney’s such an insufferable prat. What is he even taking about Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 That was from 4 days before Howe signed, and would have been around the time Emery knocked us back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Edgar Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 Don't think he was wrong at the time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 1 minute ago, David Edgar said: Don't think he was wrong at the time. It's clearly sensationalist bollocks and in hindsight it's absolutely laughable to suggest they didn't have a clue what they were doing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Edgar Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 (edited) But it probably wasn't bollocks. And the tweet at no point says "they didn't have a clue." It says they fumbled loads of stuff in the early days - which we know they did as they pissed off Emery? Delaney can be an insufferable prat and report accurately. They aren't mutually exclusive. Edited June 8 by David Edgar Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
80 Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 It was a frankly pathetic campaign to bully them into making media narrative friendly moves. Hire Gerrard, bed in with some 'super agents', spaff huge amounts on fees and faded star power, and crash and burn for everyone's entertainment over the following two years. Us doing what we did pissed some of them off so much. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 (edited) 7 minutes ago, David Edgar said: But it probably wasn't bollocks. And the tweet at no point says "they didn't have a clue." It says they fumbled loads of stuff in the early days - which we know they did as they pissed off Emery? 'In the early days' they'd just taken over their first football club, they will have asked stupid questions. Agents were 'astounded' by it? Howay man, it's sensationalism. I don't know why Emery didn't come but you don't botch your way to scouting and recruiting a manager like Howe, after Emery. Edited June 8 by Hanshithispantz Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 8 minutes ago, David Edgar said: But it probably wasn't bollocks. And the tweet at no point says "they didn't have a clue." It says they fumbled loads of stuff in the early days - which we know they did as they pissed off Emery? Delaney can be an insufferable prat and report accurately. They aren't mutually exclusive. I hear ya man, I hear ya. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucasol Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 1 minute ago, Hanshithispantz said: 'In the early days' they'd just taken over their first football club, they will have asked stupid questions. Agents were 'astounded' by it? Howay man, it's sensationalism. I don't know why Emery didn't come but you don't botch your way to scouting and recruiting a manager like Howe, after Emery. Their shortlist was Howe and Emery, two seriously smart managers who between them have broken the near decade long ESL club stranglehold on the Champions League positions, made the Carabao Final, FA Cup semi final, reached a CL quarter final and won a trophy across the last three years. Hardly the work of people who didn’t know what they were doing. The idiot move would have been a Mancini, a Gerrard/Lampard or another high profile name, rather than genuine talent. I’d say the chaos came from agents and clubs desperate for some Saudi petrodollars, not the club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 Reminds me of strong and stable Tories. I preferred the lovely stable decline of the Mike Ashley years Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimbo Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 I recall an assumption that Staveley didn’t know what she was doing and as she wasn’t surrounded by proper football men she would fuck it up, so every little thing was being jumped on. She made them look like dickheads in the end, not that they’ll admit it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 Delan y wanted us to crash and fail. He was laying the groundwork for what most people thought the Saudis would do. Come in, sign a load of big names and get nowhere much like a city group did. But unlike City because of FFP not be able to keep spending our money at out of trouble. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miggys First Goal Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 Delaney is a cunt. End of. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 7 hours ago, AyeDubbleYoo said: Reminds me of strong and stable Tories. I preferred the lovely stable decline of the Mike Ashley years "Fat yet emaciated" - Ashley's Newcastle United. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GideonShandy Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 On 08/06/2025 at 08:12, duo said: I thought Rebecca's "And he's so nice!" at the end was kind of charming and absolutely true. Always good-natured at pre-game press conferences. Unfailingly polite and controlled when interviewed, even after a bad performance. Never whines like, say, Arteta or Emery are prone to do. Never sullen or confrontational like Ange. Not even the occasional snark that you sometimes get from Pep or Silva. Gives intelligent level-headed analysis rather than the stupid huffy excuses that his predecessor used to come out with. The players clearly like him. Even seems to be a great dad and husband. He didn't only lead us to a fantastic season. He represents the club perfectly and is a manager to be proud of. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloGeordio Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 8 minutes ago, GideonShandy said: I thought Rebecca's "And he's so nice!" at the end was kind of charming and absolutely true. Always good-natured at pre-game press conferences. Unfailingly polite and controlled when interviewed, even after a bad performance. Never whines like, say, Arteta or Emery are prone to do. Never sullen or confrontational like Ange. Not even the occasional snark that you sometimes get from Pep or Silva. Gives intelligent level-headed analysis rather than the stupid huffy excuses that his predecessor used to come out with. The players clearly like him. Even seems to be a great dad and husband. He didn't only lead us to a fantastic season. He represents the club perfectly and is a manager to be proud of. Spot on! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 Although it’s a Burn probably more about EH… Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloGeordio Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 9 minutes ago, LFEE said: Although it’s a Burn probably more about EH… Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drewboy74 Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 We got rid of Steve Bruce for this chancer? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keegans Export Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 44 minutes ago, Drewboy74 said: We got rid of Steve Bruce for this chancer? Bet he's never even heard of a false 10, nevermind concocted a strategy to incorporate two of them Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drewboy74 Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 Just now, Keegans Export said: Bet he's never even heard of a false 10, nevermind concocted a strategy to incorporate two of them He won't even tell the press/fans who he wants to sign man. Just bin the fucka! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoot Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 3 hours ago, LFEE said: Although it’s a Burn probably more about EH… That the guy who got Bournemouth relegated? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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