Kid Icarus Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 Yes, I'm choosing to take Hope's word on this one, but Mitchell was so obviously not right from the moment he did that interview like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 It's Hope, so pinch of salt and all that, but if that is even 10% of the truth, than good riddance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erikse Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 Is he somehow related to Ratcliffe? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 I hate this bit in particular: Quote He spoke of being ‘elite’. Players and staff thought their work in taking the team from 19th to the Champions League already fitted that description. He spoke about playing style. They thought that was Howe’s domain. He spoke about going on a journey with him. They thought the journey was well underway and that he was joining them. He spoke about his work ethic, first in, last out. When one staff member later remarked, ‘Haven’t seen you in a while’, it did not go down well. I hate that sort of "It's my way or highway attitude". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSG Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 Ever since he stepped foot in the door he came across as a generic bellend with small man syndrome. Good riddance to bad rubbish. Let’s hope lessons have been learned. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erikse Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 (edited) If that is all true I really wonder why they appointed him to work with Howe.. Sounds like something that would never work out in a million years, and it was doomed before he had even said a word. Can barely think of a bigger mismatch. Edited May 28 by Erikse Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 Got to say none of that surprises me. It was hard to miss how much it destabilised the feeling around the club early in the season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffee_Johnny Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 7 hours ago, JT24 said: Aye, saw a comment on Facebook suggesting Staveley back as CEO and Keegan as DoF. Anyone else just get hard? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Edgar Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 Seems like a massive recruitment process failure. That will need addressing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 Monaco fans despised him like, I don’t really have a strong feeling on it all as all we know is what’s filtered through the press. However, if we’d lost Howe at the expense of a fucking sporting director I’d never have gotten over it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erikse Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 2 minutes ago, David Edgar said: Seems like a massive recruitment process failure. That will need addressing. I doubt we will let that happen again after all this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 (edited) If it's really as bad as that article states, probably shouldn't keep him around till the end of June?! This whole situation is so weird and confusing. Edited May 28 by KaKa Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 8 hours ago, 54 said: Hey @Froggy, want to become Newcastle United Sporting Director No thanks. Banter club going through directors of football like this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUHRLYASLEEVESUP Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 Follically challenged prick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufc123 Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 4 minutes ago, Erikse said: If that is all true I really wonder why they appointed him to work with Howe.. Sounds like something that would never work out in a million years, and it was doomed before he had even said a word. Can barely think of a bigger mismatch. Could also be Eales who recommended Mitchell for the job. This was before Eales got sick. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloGeordio Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 2 minutes ago, nufc123 said: Could also be Eales who recommended Mitchell for the job. This was before Eales got sick. Think he did off the back of their time together at Spurs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erikse Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 (edited) 2 minutes ago, nufc123 said: Could also be Eales who recommended Mitchell for the job. This was before Eales got sick. True, seems like it. Even worse considering the fact that he knew Mitchell and his personality pretty well (again, assuming that the article is true). Edited May 28 by Erikse Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novocastrian Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 Eales doesn’t come out well in that article. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 Definitely seems like Eales was culpable for the whole mess. No idea what he was thinking. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufc123 Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 Just now, Erikse said: True, seems like it. Even worse considering the fact that he knew Mitchell pretty well (again, assuming that the article is true). Ah sorry didnt see the article. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 what an absolute farce that article paints. If it's true then I'm basically just entirely against having a SD at all, if I was ever in favour. Howe has made a mockery of the idea that we need one, much less someone with those apparent character traits. Canny that, for once, we've fallen on the right side of a sliding doors moment, mind you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellis H Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 If he’d been hired to work with Howe, Howe would have been involved in the hiring process. This sounds like a hostile takeover of sorts by Eales. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 It's almost as though Eales had him come in to put Howe in his place or something. I remember Eales saying in that interview shortly after that Howe needed to focus on his work on the grass. Really really bad look for Eales. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 It's probably been mentioned but this really does highlight how well watertight we've managed to keep our internal affairs compared to previous regimes. No one twigged anything was up and apart from the Mitchell interview last summer, there was no speculation of an internal struggle. Even with transfers last season, it was Palace who were releasing the Guehi details not us. Considering we used to hear leaks on a weekly basis it's really refreshing. Could make for an exciting summer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holloway Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 So he's a knob end then. Stavely and Keegan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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