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We do not do Q&A's
Is LLM regarded 'official' ITK now then?...if his stuff went in the RO we'd know not to ask him questions
We do not do Q&A's
On all the conflicting Bale info, I suspect it comes about because Real simply haven't backed up their offer yet, and until they actually front up the cash then we are telling everyone to keep quiet either way.
It wouldn't surprise me if we've agreed on a valuation of £105m with Real. But that doesn't mean that a transfer is close. Bale may not want to go, Real may not have the money, they might overvalue any players they want to add as part of the deal, those players might not want to come etc etc.
Until Real stump up a proper offer this whole thing is a moo point. It's moo.
No and you know not to anywayIs LLM regarded 'official' ITK now then?...if his stuff went in the RO we'd know not to ask him questions
Sorry by hap hazard I meant we started off with a plan and it is all going to jelly. Reminds me scarily of the ramos era where the plan is not being followed.
ask anyone at the club and they will tell you huds parker,benny and ade are on the transfer list. Then players that are not designed to leave,leave. Dempsey was told three weeks ago he is intergral to the us market, dawkins is given a new contract but it seems he is not wanted.
The loan system and subsequent youth systems are disjointed. Players like fryers and vigaroux who have shown little promise travel with the first team to try and "get their confidence up" nothing to do with any good performances.
I am.not one to be negative but as with last year we are not all rosey off the pitch. That being said we have a rollecoaster few weeks ahead so lets see what it brings
Sorry by hap hazard I meant we started off with a plan and it is all going to jelly. Reminds me scarily of the ramos era where the plan is not being followed.
ask anyone at the club and they will tell you huds parker,benny and ade are on the transfer list. Then players that are not designed to leave,leave. Dempsey was told three weeks ago he is intergral to the us market, dawkins is given a new contract but it seems he is not wanted.
The loan system and subsequent youth systems are disjointed. Players like fryers and vigaroux who have shown little promise travel with the first team to try and "get their confidence up" nothing to do with any good performances.
I am.not one to be negative but as with last year we are not all rosey off the pitch. That being said we have a rollecoaster few weeks ahead so lets see what it brings
I suppose things can't be settled if we don't know whether our budget is £0, or £120m for the rest of the window.
We need the Bale situation resolved one way or the other this week.
On all the conflicting Bale info, I suspect it comes about because Real simply haven't backed up their offer yet, and until they actually front up the cash then we are telling everyone to keep quiet either way.
It wouldn't surprise me if we've agreed on a valuation of £105m with Real. But that doesn't mean that a transfer is close. Bale may not want to go, Real may not have the money, they might overvalue any players they want to add as part of the deal, those players might not want to come etc etc.
Until Real stump up a proper offer this whole thing is a moo point. It's moo.
Sorry by hap hazard I meant we started off with a plan and it is all going to jelly. Reminds me scarily of the ramos era where the plan is not being followed.
ask anyone at the club and they will tell you huds parker,benny and ade are on the transfer list. Then players that are not designed to leave,leave. Dempsey was told three weeks ago he is intergral to the us market, dawkins is given a new contract but it seems he is not wanted.
True.According to Goal.com, Carlton Cole is training with us...
"Injury" me arse, or rather his arse - Doesn't take 3 weeks for that injury to heal - smells like smoke and mirrors. But I agree if he plays, he might well stay, and maybe the whole RM bid news is just BS. so will be interesting to see if he goes and if he plays!Some papers are already reporting he won't play due to his "injury". We could do with him playing really to get everyone talking about his football again.
key for me today is whether Bale is on that plane or not
Hope I'm wrong
All this tallies with how I perceive the club is run. Not being critical, just how I've pieced together info over the last few years.
It's easy to presume that the club is efficiently run because in football terms it is, but compare it to the outside world and it seems quite shambolic.
We've heard often that our scouting is two-bit, that our med staff are run-of-the-mill (our injury record backs this up), our transfer strategy is a mix of the sublime and bizarre (for every Sandro there's a Bentley, although our purchases have been top notch recently) yet we seem to muddle along.
We forget that the core of our business is a group of 25 or so super rich man-children often being shepherded by older man-children (ex-players as coaches). I retain hope that Andre is a step above as at least he's not a former pro and seems capable of critical thinking.
Anyway, i've still not read anything over the last 24 hours in this swathe of ITK that makes me think Bale is going, and it's fascinating that a £9m sale for Caulker was practically completed with barely a sniff from anyone and potentially ditto Dempsey.
"Injury" me arse, or rather his arse - Doesn't take 3 weeks for that injury to heal - smells like smoke and mirrors. But I agree if he plays, he might well stay, and maybe the whole RM bid news is just BS. so will be interesting to see if he goes and if he plays!
According to Goal.com, Carlton Cole is training with us...