The College Dropout Posted Wednesday at 17:13 Share Posted Wednesday at 17:13 Backs up what many on here have said. Those initial interviews were abrasive and you could make some easy logical conclusions. I think a lot of what Mitchell said and meant was correct in theory but the delivery was wrong. I too think Tino and Hall were £5-10m overpriced - we did pay a premium. But they are also worth it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OpenC Posted Wednesday at 17:14 Share Posted Wednesday at 17:14 1 minute ago, JT24 said: So we believe Craig Hope now? this is a very fair point Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duo Posted Wednesday at 17:15 Share Posted Wednesday at 17:15 12 minutes ago, Weezertron said: Would have loved to have gotten Tino and Hall for less like. But that goes for every player really. I think they are looking a bargain now - they've their best years ahead of them Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fak Posted Wednesday at 17:16 Share Posted Wednesday at 17:16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abacus Posted Wednesday at 17:16 Share Posted Wednesday at 17:16 I wasn't Eales' biggest fan at one point, but then he got ill so like most I just wanted the best for him. Read elsewhere that he and Mitchell are personally close. The comment along the lines that Eddie was better concentrating on the pitch, or words to that effect, seemed a bit unnecessary at the time. Maybe it was an attempt at creating a defined structure in the various roles, but I just don't think it was that helpful to do in public. The only time I've heard Eddie speak out of turn in public was in reaction to that, so I don't think communication can have been great. For what it's worth, I don't think they'd have had a much easier time with any manager worth his salt. Whatever the truth of it, hopefully they go out on a high. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHoob Posted Wednesday at 17:16 Share Posted Wednesday at 17:16 8 minutes ago, Ikon said: This isn’t true though. The amount do you mean, or that it was Mitchells doing? I remember a crazy figure being bounced around at the time, may well have been re-evaluated since Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted Wednesday at 17:16 Share Posted Wednesday at 17:16 3 minutes ago, JT24 said: So we believe Craig Hope now? Only when it suits Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menace Posted Wednesday at 17:19 Share Posted Wednesday at 17:19 Craig Hope couldn't wait to spill the gossip when there was a training ground bust up before - this is a load of shite. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted Wednesday at 17:22 Share Posted Wednesday at 17:22 39 minutes ago, RUHRLYASLEEVESUP said: Follically challenged prick Harsh on Froggy like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted Wednesday at 17:23 Share Posted Wednesday at 17:23 I still believe Mehrdad and Amanda were unnecessarily scapegoated for the PSR thing anyway, Eales was here during that time, as was our CFO, as was Jamie Rueben and the PIF overlords. It's always been a stupidly convenient thing our fans tend to do. We had an entire executive leadership team fully aware of the rules and math behind the calculations, but our fans love to find ways to point fingers at Amanda and Mehrdad. The issue has always been they club likely assumed more commercial revenue, less PL restrictions and a few decent sales or two - those never happened as the players who were deemed surplus absolutely fell off a cliff and the buyers never surfaced. Anyway, good riddance to Mitchell. Hopefully our fans' weird obsessions over a fucking sporting director, who hasn't been relevant in the last 3-5 years anyway, dies officially today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted Wednesday at 17:24 Share Posted Wednesday at 17:24 Eddie is a fucking genius when you look at how destabilising this was and how shit things were genuinely looking in mid-December. To turn that round to our best season in living memory is insane Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weezertron Posted Wednesday at 17:24 Share Posted Wednesday at 17:24 Whatever has happened, I look forward to Eddie being involved in who replaces Mitchell. Just so we as fans can avoid whats going on at board level. Too much fucking drama. I hope Eddie doesn't identify a complete yes man tbh, but why wouldn't he I suppose. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted Wednesday at 17:25 Share Posted Wednesday at 17:25 Just now, ponsaelius said: Eddie is a fucking genius when you look at how destabilising this was and how shit things were genuinely looking in mid-December. To turn that round to our best season in living memory is insane Goes and gets pneumonia, we win 2 matches and lose 1, comes back and still secures CL and takes back control of recruitment. Fucking ace. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weezertron Posted Wednesday at 17:25 Share Posted Wednesday at 17:25 9 minutes ago, duo said: I think they are looking a bargain now - they've their best years ahead of them I get that! Just would have been nice to spend less. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT24 Posted Wednesday at 17:25 Share Posted Wednesday at 17:25 1 minute ago, Kanj said: I still believe Mehrdad and Amanda were unnecessarily scapegoated for the PSR thing anyway, Eales was here during that time, as was our CFO, as was Jamie Rueben and the PIF overlords. It's always been a stupidly convenient thing our fans tend to do. We had an entire executive leadership team fully aware of the rules and math behind the calculations, but our fans love to find ways to point fingers at Amanda and Mehrdad. The issue has always been they club likely assumed more commercial revenue, less PL restrictions and a few decent sales or two - those never happened as the players who were deemed surplus absolutely fell off a cliff and the buyers never surfaced. Anyway, good riddance to Mitchell. Hopefully our fans' weird obsessions over a fucking sporting director, who hasn't been relevant in the last 3-5 years anyway, dies officially today. Mehrdad and Amanda left because they couldn’t keep up with the cash injections. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted Wednesday at 17:25 Share Posted Wednesday at 17:25 This all because he's bald? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duo Posted Wednesday at 17:26 Share Posted Wednesday at 17:26 Just now, JT24 said: Mehrdad and Amanda left because they couldn’t keep up with the cash injections. No one expected them to leave so soon - even themselves. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted Wednesday at 17:26 Share Posted Wednesday at 17:26 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menace Posted Wednesday at 17:26 Share Posted Wednesday at 17:26 Tino and Hall have their position sorted for the next 10+ years. They'll easily be worth £100M+ throughout their career Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted Wednesday at 17:26 Share Posted Wednesday at 17:26 Just now, Weezertron said: Whatever has happened, I look forward to Eddie being involved in who replaces Mitchell. Just so we as fans can avoid whats going on at board level. Too much fucking drama. I hope Eddie doesn't identify a complete yes man tbh, but why wouldn't he I suppose. Yeah, think it's an important role to have going forward tbh. Just needs to be done properly next time. The approach to the whole thing last time seemed really off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemtizz Posted Wednesday at 17:29 Share Posted Wednesday at 17:29 Remember when the camera would cut to him early in season when we were playing like pure shit and everyone would hurl baldy insults? Nice to know we were vindicated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted Wednesday at 17:30 Share Posted Wednesday at 17:30 There's literally nothing in Eddie's CV or personality to ever think he'd want a yes-man. When you give him plaudits for coaching, he immediately mentions JT and his staff. Just go and look up his stage speech after we won the cup final. He thanks his support always, and singles out JT as basically being his collaborator. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted Wednesday at 17:30 Share Posted Wednesday at 17:30 Do find it mad that Eales appointed him without any input from Howe mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted Wednesday at 17:32 Share Posted Wednesday at 17:32 Just now, SUPERTOON said: Do find it mad that Eales appointed him without any input from Howe mind. 100% agree with this. Eales was so very tight with Howe and supportive of him and yet he brings in a complete miss of a sporting director after Dougie Freedman didn't work out. Very very odd decision to think that would go over well with Eddie. Didn't consult him, didn't give him a heads up. Strange. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted Wednesday at 17:33 Share Posted Wednesday at 17:33 So if we're going off reporting. We initially approach Mitchell, he says no. We go through a recruitment process, we identify Freedman who turns us down. Eales goes back to Mitchell, who does him a solid as a mate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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