Smirking_Saint

As opposed to what ? Bouncing up and down on a pogo stick shouting 'Im a premier league player you gaylords' at the top of his voice ?

I seriously hate the bloke, I remember his cringey player interviews back in the day. Javi garcia AMF ? Ok then Garth

Do we say now whether he is a Cortese or Adkins signing or do we wait till he struggles or hits the ground running ?

Someones going to have to sit on the nawty step Turks I lol'd

The better talk to Tempo too

Well argued Sir Nice to see you have the strength of your convictions

Inthink its more to do with the idiocracy that is the fact we have a transfer committee means Adkins obviously has zero control of who to sign and Cortese is Chairman/head scout Lol

There really is no point taking this any further seeing as nothing I am saying is registering at any form of intellectual level. So, SAF wouldnt have been asked to incorperate asians into the team from a marketing point of view ? Adkins should be given SOLE responibility, a la Hughes at QPR after such visionary signings such as Forte ? And also would possibly cause a situation within which if Adkins left or was sacked it would lack continuity for the new man ? That it is better to rely on one mans opinion and knowledge over other people equally qualified that could share opinions and overall knowledge of players not necessarily known to the one man army that is Adkins ? Obviously Adkins should also do the financial side ? Yup, your right, your way is best, why the hell do we need a chairman anyway ? You still have not told me who is whose signings either

This obviously isnt the case though, everyone knows Adkins is here as a puppet, NC picks the team, the tactics and buys all the players. He also asked LR to draw a crayon drawing of our kit to use this year. He also tells Nige when to walk up and down the line, what subs to make and gives him a script for the press.

Oh come on BTW, who are the players forced on Adkins and who are Adkins players ?

Nope but I am saying he doesnt get full reign, he doesnt hold the purse strings, and yes they did sell Ronaldo, of course that was SAFs decision. I expect the fact they have had a constant asian player in the squad for the last X years ? That'll be entirely SAFs decision too But nothing takes away the point I made earlier which is that Nige has a long way to go before its anywhere near the same situation

Of course he is, otherwise Utd would be further in debt you melt. Besides, your sort of missing the point, Adkins is a toddler in the managerial department compared to SAF Out of interest who are the NC signings and who are the NA ones ?

How long have they been at their respective clubs ? Slightly different situation, a committee is about continuity, they are not in any risk, and like TDD says, they wont get everyone they want.

Raw maybe but he has talent, looks physically a decent prospect, not the quickest but clearly feels very comfortable in front of goal, decent touch. Most are Raw at that age, you just need to look at the potential, and he could be a decent player That said, he needs tonplay against better opposition to see more

What exactly do you think happens ? NC sits on FM then goes on a mad one and signs players ?

Yup the man is clueless Terrible manager, terrible choice of players No idea why he gets offered decent jobs

How old is he ? Looks a player

Yup Totally agree, nothing has shown this works better than Dagliesh and his spending spree and the pre redknapp hughes revolution at QPR You are 100% bang on

I will concede though that if it was not for the poor standard of the bottom 6 this year we would be in real trouble but yes that mini table shows we are probably the best of a bad bunch and TBH on current form probably a mid table side

Being the intellectual that I am I got it straight away. Being the Bearsy fan I am I Lolz'd

The OTT anti saints drama aside, he sorta has a point

I literally could not believe that result, nor could my Reading supporting mate that said they seriously didnt deserve it, from the highlights they were destroyed for the first 80 or so minutes, then they just capitulated. A lot will hang on their next result though, a decent win will give them a platform, a lose and its back to square one. As for relegation fodder, WHU could get sucked in but unlikely, Newcastle are in turmoil, players leaving etc, something seriously wrong here, expect revelations soon, there is a very real chance they could go. Reading arent good enough though, QPR have too much to do, but could escape if Villa and one other capitulate. I think we will be ok, a couple of serious signings we could finish comfortably.

Cant figure out if ironic or not.........

Which is why I said only a CB really, Fabio does look a decent player, MBia looks decent, Diakite had a decent start to the season but seemed to get dragged down as it went on. Their CBs are poor TBH and yes a decent goalscorer would do them the world of good. Tbh though, I wasnt overly impressed, they looked ok, another day with a bit more luck Spurs would have hammered them. Spurs is another short of a top goal scorer BTW, Adebayor just looks a shell of what he did all those years ago at the arse

They have too many players on massive wages without relegation release clauses or relegation reduction clauses, it really is sh!t or bust down there. Harry really has made a poor decision here, they were in bad shakes anyway, the majority are there for a final, large pay check and dont have the desire to get out of a relegation scrap and the others probably lack the ability, add to this the in fighting its a worse situation then he gambled. If they go down its on his CV, and if they dont spend they will go down. Its really not HRs remit to protect the club financially, he has been told to keep them up, as if the go down they are in sh!t streak. With a decent CB, CM and goalscorer they may just do it, but personally I think they are gone. I suppose itll depend on Villa not improving and newcastle going into freefall, if that happens its possible.