Who the f*ck would invite Pardew to an elite coaches forum ?
last day of the transfer season
our probably most important window for ages
players needed to go
players needed to come in
a left back being priority
but pardew gets on a plane and flies out to some foreign land to big it up with a load of managers he will never be as good as
a bit like a plastic hanging around a seasoned ticket holder and trying to believe he is as good as them ( he once was)
and then on the last day we get a load out and know one in
pardew puts his hands up and says sorry i thought we had done deals
rafa smiles and knows the blame will get levied at ashly
why
pardew was never in charge of transfers and had to take carrs picks
rafa got rid of carr so he had controll
and here we are with players he doesnt want and has said can go
no left back
Who the f*ck would invite Pardew to an elite coaches forum ?
Rafa is in charge of deciding who we go after...but he's not in charge of how much we offer or spend and he's not in charge of how much we decide to offer the player per week.
Bit like Rumpelstiltskin....Rafa is in charge of the spinning wheel but he's been given straw to spin and asked to spin it into gold.
Or something like that.
maybe
but we were chasing players we had no info on
im not actually sure we brought the correct twin
rafa wanred full controll and that has its pressures and responsabilities
what would be tha case if when he wa saway bigging it up an offer came in or a player became availabel
the players agent has two options speaking to the manager at say place or rafa
the palace manager gets in his car zooms down to the watford gap service station and sells the dream the money man then does the deal
rafa says sorry bud im currently using ashly expenses card and telling everyone how good i once was could we talk in january
r get on the pnone to charnley he knows loads about footy
about as much as i do moving players on
They had a meeting at the end of last season and Rafa was given clearly given assurances re money so taking Ashley at his word. I think it will be definite that Rafa will have given a list of players he wanted out and in.
The club then spun the yarn about foreign interest for a month or so then nowt. Charnley and Carr did nowt to get rid of the dead wood first, ffs Riviere was given away for nowt could that not have happened 3 months ago? Then they dithered with the list of top targets Mangala, Fernandinho, Reina, Abraham, Perez and McCarthy and got NONE!!! We were then left trying to catch up for 3/4 list targets.
In fact I remember you saying Carr had done all the spade work re some of the targets, which clearly cant have been true as if they were virtually done and dusted they would have gone through.
Carr left because he was responsible for getting the likes of Riviere and Saivet who are cr@p and on huge contracts.he was living off Cabaye and Ba finds that was all.
I do think Rafa does have some questions to answer about wanting players out quite publicly and being left with 2/3 to manage, but he has tried to shield the regime when he said we weren't going to sign £25 million players and wages/fees changed. He cant legislate for our main striker being scared to go on the pitch in case he pulls something (its about all he could pull by the look of him mind!).
I could understand your argument to a certain extent if it was only this window the regime have made a complete mess of things, but it has been time after time with different managers. God knows who we will be left with if Rafa is snapped up by WHU or whoever? Maybe it'll be his spiv pal Justin Barnes?
I cant believe that the net spend is £11 million, its pathetic, unbelievable and down right embarrassing to be honest. It wouldn't surprise me if Sland have spent more and look at the shyte they are in financially.
if you were netring one of the most important transfer windoes of the clubs career would you have got ridden of your leading man in carr
we are still payinhg him
why not use him for a few weeks use his contacts when deals broke down
used him to get fringe players out
not saying hang on his every deal or player
but why have a war with a man who had lots of respect from the players and agents who he brought to the club as well as relationships with agents players and coaches regards potential new signings
show to me a complete lack of knowledge on ho the modern game is played
and for sure rafs contacts dint do a lot for us