Responsible for player recruitment it seems that one or more of last summer?s window?s recruitment have been unsatisfactory in KSE?s eyes.
I wonder who? Hmm
Responsible for player recruitment it seems that one or more of last summer?s window?s recruitment have been unsatisfactory in KSE?s eyes.
I wonder who? Hmm
Eze, Madueke, Norgaard. Could be any of them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rich
Apparently Norgaard has played a total of 32 minutes in the league......
There is a rather large and clumsy elephant in the room that you?ve missed, P.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
Errrr...no. I don't think so, Rich?Quote:
Originally Posted by Rich
Can't think of anyone else it could possibly be :-)
By the way, how on earth can recruitment be anyone's fault other than Berta? Isn't it the cornerstone of his role?
"Sacked with immediate effect" sounds like misconduct, inappropriate speech or behaviour, rather than performance.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rich
Like "terminate with extreme prejudice".
Epstein files? :-(Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
As technical director, perhaps he was responsible for the fact that we stop playing football once we're ahead :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
Ah, so you mean he is a scapegoat?Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
Heads must roll :-(
Man overboard.
That did cross my mind. You might've bumped into him in Singapore ;-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
I'd never heard of him until two minutes ago so obviously he is to blame. Good riddance.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
That sort of thing is frowned upon in Singapore. Kuala Lumpur is the place to go.Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
The ladies (or individuals of similar appearance) stood at the traffic lights across from the Hotel. Most unsavoury.
Or you could go to the Concorde Hotel. Basically a huge brothel. Beer wasnt great, though :-(
My guess is he was an Edu appointment and this is Berta slowly assembling his own people. Yes men (or women!).Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
Mertesacker too? I hope they still get to pick up their medals.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
Contrary to popular belief, women are perfectly welcome in the game. It's just that nobody wants them around :-)
Oh, of course. Wonderful creatures, women. But we must always have the ability to appoint the right man for the job, regardless of sex. :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
There must be a concern around how these changes might affect Arteta's position. A lot going on in the background.
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Originally Posted by Rich
I'm a married man, I wouldn't know anything about that :-|Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
Fair enough. The whole club is on a learning curve so there's bound to be changes as we fine-tune the operation.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
I keep telling you, H. Viktor has not got three legs. Otherwise he would still be playing Sunday League in Portugal.Quote:
Originally Posted by Herbert Augustus Chapman
The married men were the worst!Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
The young gunslingers such as myself would never have dreamed of indulging in such tawdry behaviour.
And anyway, you couldn't put it on the corporate card :-(
But this looks significant. A reorganisation. A real reshuffle.Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
I think the set piece coach could be next. :-(
Certainly the throw in coach. He's barely been worth the cheerful the banter, thus far.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
Can a set piece coach not also do the throw ins? Bloody hell, how complicated is it?Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
Grab a towel and sling the ball in. Heads!
It's slightly more complicated than that apparently. Is a throw in actually a set piece?Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
Were you aware that Chelsea Football Club currently employ three sporting directors, a technical director and two directors of football.
No wonder we never win anything :-\
They will probably sell two of them at the end of the season to balance the books.Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
They do own around 150 players so I guess that keeps them busy.
Whatever the reason (and it?s none of our business) it hardly screams ?victory through harmony?, does it?Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
Sackings rarely do. But there's no point in having harmony without victory. This is a football club, not Woodstock.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rich
He's gone. **** him. :-)
Yeah, football heritage and a' that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
The twitters are telling us this ex TD of ours did the academy review that ousted Per. I say ousted but the spin from our side has been that PM will join the Germany national team set-up. Haven't heard anything about that but he does pundit once in a while.
Perhaps Ellis' was privately a short-term appointment (six months is clearly ridiculous for the technical director of a long term project, even in the Premier League). Sounds like he was promoted to do the opposite of what a headhunter does; he being the Al Neri to Berta's Don Michael :-)
A Luca Brasi?Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
Does that mean Berta has just received a Sicilian message?
That's probably for the best, as too much harmony and not enough victory is not good.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rich
Just like in a marriage, as I'm sure I don't need to tell you; you have to have friction because it produces the sparks that make the magic happen.
Could be. Exciting either way.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
The problem is that the one leg he is missing was his kicking leg Red. Apparently, even with all four legs he wasn't that fast either :-(