ClubSpinDoctor

Cabaye was a coup. Bringing in Anita and Colback for his position since has hardly confirmed his Midas touch though. Tiote and Sissoko won't amount to much more than us. If the latter gets a big move he'll be benchwarming.

But we wrote half a season off waiting for Carroll's replacement. We did the same last season with Cabaye. To suggest we do it AGAIN waiting for the 'right' manager is just bollocks. As a one off it can be accepted but when you're constantly writing off half seasons it becomes an issue.

Maybe nobody else was interested and we simply submitted offers to the respective clubs? Good contacts to me would suggest being able to sign good players that are off the proverbial radar. I seem to remember McClaren being integral in recommending Tiote so hardly an obscure contact to have in this country and Debuchy obviously came because of Cabaye. I don't think it's difficult to sell us as a stepping stone club, given that we're probably one of the biggest clubs around in that category (punching below our weight)

3 of those were title winners at the clubs we bought them off. And Sissoko was hardly an unknown. That groundwork has been to sell us as a stepping stone club. Which is why as soon as any of our foreign players string together 4 or 5 good games they're in the press talking about other clubs.

Surely whether the manager is likely to select them will have a bearing on whether they'll be retained. A very short term view After waiting patiently for the 5 year plan to bear fruit, it's not unreasonable to expect the club to act decisively and address this now. This whole 'long term' 'better tomorrow' thing is bollocks. Because it won't be will it? Like when we sold Carroll we wouldn't panic buy a replacement. Then Ba. Then we sold Cabaye and wouldn't panic buy a replacement. The reality is the future never gets brighter because the following season something else happens and we write another half a season off whilst 'refusing to panic'. Give your head a shake.

Well you saying '(he has)' has convinced me. I can't think of many examples of us reaping the rewards of his bulging address book mind.

Whoever he is gets told the job is available now and not in the summer. Who's going to make the decision on the likes on Sammy, Ryan Taylor etc who are out of contract soon? Carver?

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Over rating Carr a little bit. We've signed more foreign shite than we have genuinely class players. This whole 'top scout' 'top contacts' angle over the last few years has been the result of spin from the club/chronicle to justify our excessively 'prudent' approach in the market.

People are brainwashed if they think this is the right thing to do. The right thing to do is pick your man and pay for him now. Not write half a season off to save a few quid. Disgrace that something so obviously disgraceful can't even unite the supporters in disgust, because there's so many people trying to be a clever cunt and take the contrary view.

We've already established that surviving is our only target, so if Carver as you predict achieves it... why would they go out and spend money on a fancy foreign head coach?

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If he isn't spiteful, why did he rename Shearer's?

Just like we 'met' with Luca Modric, and 'looked' for a top striker in the summer.

As if us being linked with certain names inspires any confidence of us appointing a good coach. We were linked with Lacazette and got Riviere. Linked with Grenier and got Colback etc etc.

Show me where i can spread bet somewhere that isnt licensed by a gambling commission

But Mike Ashley did lose which kind of proves there was an element of risk in his spread bet. Therefore it was a gamble. One that he lost. You can use all the jargon you want to but you're spectaculatly wrong

I don't need to when the crux of your argument is that a huge losing spread bet wasn't a gamble

So people who get a horse tip arent gambling either then?

Sure. And your point is that spread betting isnt

He lost money on a bet. It's gambling. Run along.

How am i wrong? He lost money on a spread bet. It's fucking gambling. Tit

Because he bet. Therefore it was a gamble. The fact that he lost many millions doing so proves it was a gamble. You seem to suggest that ashley will consider the likelihood of relegation when deciding on a new manager when history proves he'll always gamble on the cheap option.

His hbos losses were from a spread bet on the share price were they not? i.e a gamble

We got relegated before and he put his faith in a coach with no managerial experience to promote us