alpine_saint

Aw,come on... Uncle Ralph feeding us bullsh*t ? No way...

Yep. The party's over.

Yep. So much for working on commercial aspects and revenue stream. The new board are clueless.

I'm guessing that the lack of a kit supplier for next season is part of the reason why we couldnt attract a better shirt sponsor than Veho............ I get the impression Addidas werent interested, which is why we only got offered generic crap which then couldnt be supplied on time in sufficient quantity. The official statement is clearly revenge spin against NC, who has apparently been sh*t stirring for weeks to the press about player sales.

What came first, chicken or egg ? Is MoPo stalling us because he hasnt received the guarantees on player sales and transfer kitty that satisfy him, or are players considering leaving because MoPo isnt sure he is staying ? KL, Kruger - over to you.

Cant believe I missed this

Happy to hold my hands up and admit he has buckled down and proved me wrong. Childish brownie-points scoring with hindsight.

On a roll today, the DM. At least 4 separate stories regarding the dismantling of our team. They really have a problem with us. Have we offended the "natural order" so badly ?

Precisely.

Not necessarily unrelated...

Well, someone had to say it at some point

No-one seemed to be much interested in the South Coast Revolution, including Roy Hodgson, until he started talking us up. I assume he did it with Roy too.

Do you really forsee a time when this "Football Finance Fragility" will abate or disappear ?

Come on. No-one is saying that. But maybe a little bit of self-appraisal should indicate she is not capable/willing to see this project through to the logical conclusion her father and NC envisioned, and maybe she and her people might be able to find someone who can.

You dont recall the England B...erm...MLT vs Russia game ?

Great post. I want to see action, not words, and the way the board are responding to the first few challenges does not inspire me with confidence. They just want to blow smoke up our rear passages until the ST money has been counted.

Interesting : Matty has never had it out with Hoddle.. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/england/10824161/England-World-Cup-squad-2014-announcement-live.html

Not a queue, no. But we are a great club on paper and an attractive proposition to anyone already looking for a club to bring to such levels. Why did a sheik want Man City, FFS ? What did they have going for them back then ?

A good point. If we cant "make it" doing it the right way, what is the f**king point any more ? Lets just get the teams to hand over their accounts in mid August and decide the season there-and-then.

If we hadnt wasted so much money on those two lazy useless S. Americans, perhaps we might have been better placed to fight off the bids we are now being bombarded with.

Yep. Back to the mid 90s we go. Only then we had MLT.

I agree with this. I would have liked us to keep what we've got, got another CB, another GK and a couple of strikers.

No-one is blaming the lad. At all. If he goes, we will all wish him well. I blame the lack of ambition in the board and owner. Maybe she should have flogged us to someone interested enough to keep the momentum going. I understand Adam to Liverpool more than Shaw to Manyoo, who have no manager and no European football to tempt him with. I just hope Adam doesnt get splinters in his bum from sitting on the bench

I dunno, its an argument to consider. I think 20m is f**king joke, and typical of the permanent air of arrogance that has always existed over Anfield. 30m plus Bournemouths cut, I'd be ready to talk terms.

Sorry, not going to indulge you.