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Airman tweeting Roly maybe backing down!!!
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Hearing that the Ujpest boss didn't turn #cafc job down - looks like weight of opposition internal & external may have led to RD backing off
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How much further will he back off??1
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a cliff?43
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If so would suggest we are making an impression and the players are close to mutiny4
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Unless he couldn't get a work permit then I reckon this is the reason for the U-turn.
If a british manager is appointed instead it'll be a mini victory in my eyes.2 -
Interesting. Wonder where the internal opposition is coming from, the players? Surely not Uncle Richard? Definitely not KM. Who within the club is best placed to make Roly listen?0
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It's a swerve, soon they'll be announcing KM herself is the new Head Coach, and she missed Tuesday nights game because she was at Blackburn yesterday scouting, and she's at Hull today on another recon mission so she couldn't contribute to the statement on KF9
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Sounds like the players have put an end to the idea of the Ujpest guy before he even got started, don't believe RD would give in to pressure from anyone else.5
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Mrs Roly?WestCountryAddick said:Interesting. Wonder where the internal opposition is coming from, the players? Surely not Uncle Richard? Definitely not KM. Who within the club is best placed to make Roly listen?
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Maybe Richard Murray woke from his 2 year slumber and actually acted in the club's interest?WestCountryAddick said:Interesting. Wonder where the internal opposition is coming from, the players? Surely not Uncle Richard? Definitely not KM. Who within the club is best placed to make Roly listen?
weight of opposition internal & external
I wonder who the external opposition would be?1 -
Mr Tumble spotted at Bexleyheath Marriott......16
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Sometimes the most dangerous of positions and theories have some truth behind them. That football should live with its means is difficult to argue with. The problem is of course, it doesn’t and whilst every club should see themselves as part of a greater club and act for the mutual benefit of all, English football works around self-interest and greed. Duchatelet knows he is right about football needing to be sustainable, because he is right.
Unfortunately, the devil is in the detail. If you have less money to spend than most of your rivals you have to spend it more wisely. In theory having a group of clubs belonging to the same family works too. Unbalanced squads can cover each other through loans and non money sales and swaps. It makes sense on paper that these sales are centrally planned.
This is where the plan falls on its face though. For this to work well, the clubs have to be able to cross-pollinate. When the owner took over, we were unhappy that Liege were at the top of what we saw as a pyramid. But what did that do for Liege? Absolutely nothing, that’s what. How many players did we give them? The pyramid actually helps those that can bring in players from other clubs that improve them. We are now in the same weak position as Liege. As if you are balancing a squad of players for multiple clubs, the club at the top of the pyramid is more likely to be unbalanced as fewer players are currently good enough to play for them. Maybe in time, players from the base of the pyramid clubs could reach a point where they could move to a bigger club in the pyramid, but this hasn’t happened to any significant degree so far.
Then you also have issues about the difference in the demands of the football. Playing in a Championship season, requires more than just ability. It requires a resilience that a lot of foreign players don’t have, because they don’t need to have it. Our system holds us back at international level, but a lot of imports find it tough playing here. It can take many a long time to adjust. So being an English club at the top of this Euro pyramid is a double negative whammy.
Duchatelet’s big error was picking the wrong club in us. He didn’t realise the issues and clearly still doesn’t or he might have been keener to offload when an opportunity arose. To fix the problem, he has to accept the issues which is preventing the network working for us. Then he either should sell us or change elements like not necessarily increasing the budget, but giving a strong manager who know English football more powers to spend it. Taking the strategy out of an office in Belgium and back to the Valley. But that is too late for this season. The only solution to stay up is a short term one which involves spending more money and bringing in more quality. That Duchatelet is unwilling to try to understand why his scheme is failing, or even understand that it is failing is quite amazing. It smacks of a childlike stubbornness that is incredibly difficult to reason with, if not impossible. If much of the plan makes some sort of sense, the child will hang on to that, but the bit that doesn’t means it can’t work in its current guise and never will. If there are signs that Duchatelet is seeing these issues, there is a glimmer of hope for the future - not for this season I fear though. Mind you I can't see it!
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Maybe Keith Peacock is coming out of semi retirement?
He would certainly do a better job than Peeters/Luzon/Fraeye...probably as well as Riga, and maybe as well as Powell.0 -
Nows not the time Colin...colin1961 said:Could just be the fact that we only offered him the role till end of season and he wanted longer ......
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Could be? What you don't know? I guess we can only hold the job until Wilmotts gets here anyway right?colin1961 said:Could just be the fact that we only offered him the role till end of season and he wanted longer ......
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I thought you'd have some inside info Col.9
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I hope Keith puts as much distance between himself and duchatelet/meire as possible.4
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Well it can not be the fans could be someone said, will not get this passed the FA.0
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Ffs, how long did he deserve? Should have been here for one week at the very most!colin1961 said:Could just be the fact that we only offered him the role till end of season and he wanted longer ......
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What a complete & utter ****ing mess lets hope the Belgian doughnut whilst wiping the runny egg from his face is beginning to realise we are not a bloody social experiment or a commercial whim of transferring assets (well so called assets) between his companies/clubs.1
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Could be the most significant piece of news we've had since the VOTV Varney revelations.
If RD has buckled under pressure then we must apply more to get him to the table with PV.
We need to turn the screws NOW
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Could it be that RD has seen the error of his ways? Don't seem likely but I hope so.
In the meantime, I wonder if Airman's source knows if the alleged British manager is British based and currently employed, or not.0 -
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I notice that the Security guy sit one side and Murray sits the other in the directors box, Keith has now moved away in case of flying missiles.Slartibartfast said:I hope Keith puts as much distance between himself and duchatelet/meire as possible.
Duchatelet is in a bunker in Belgium so no problem there.1 -
Would love to see the dynamic between Father and Son here1
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More likely he won't be announced until his work permit is granted. Luzon had good English, I wonder about this guy?1
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Bollocks - somebody has told RD & your beloved Katrien that enough is enough - hopefully this change of direction will me we get someone who knows the division - sadly probably too late but I hope it's thE first step to getting back our club. Colin surely even u want that!colin1961 said:Could just be the fact that we only offered him the role till end of season and he wanted longer ......
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I'd be amazed if any reputable english manager took the job unless promised (which admittedly doesn't mean much with these c*nts) some serious money to strengthen the squad in the next 2 weeks0
