AN Press conference - CANCELLED

[GordonMuchallNo1Fan]

Agree

Neil is in pole position here.

 

[Northern Munkey]

Well it was nice being optimistic for a while

 

[TravellingMackem]

Still a surprise though. Are you saying weird things don’t still happen?

No it wasn’t a surprise at all. Only surprise was that LJ wasn’t sacked the previous November

 

[Escobar]

FFS

 

[Turnip from the Tip]

Presumably he has to be allowed to speak to them due to the amount of time left on his deal?


It won’t be. Stop being pathetic.

You’re right I’m sure we’ll find an able replacement to Alex Neil easily

 

[Cox Green Fc]

Surprised at this , must be the money there offering and proper contract .

 

[Swinny14]

He absolutely is using this to get a better deal @ Sunderland.

Hopefully

 

[Grumpy Old Man]

Why have we granted them permission????

Because if we didn't, and he wanted to go, he'd just resign

 

[Fred]

This board now in meltdown over something Keith Downie understands.

Jesus wept.

And The Athletic, and numerous other journos.
If it was just Downie we'd take it with a pinch of salt.

 

[SAFC11]

Iff he leaves after 6 months and a decent start to the Championship he is an utter cock

 

[The Situation]

Seems certain he wants to go and the deal has already effectively been done. Genuinely wouldn't surprise me if some unofficial talks took place last week at the game

You're spot on.

It'll have been agreed in the background already and now going "official."

 

[gards2]

As Hunter insinuated in May and repeated the other day, the club had to do as much as possible to retain his services if they wanted to keep him long term. Sort out the contract and make concessions on certain recruitment decisions.

Obviously this is speculation on my part, but I suspect the signing of the Costa Rican boy is more of a club decision than an Alex Neil decision and it hasn’t gone down well given what we need in the market. Perhaps the pursuit of the French boy is similar too.

If there are differences of opinion on recruitment and there’s a potential offer elsewhere with better terms and more control then it’s inevitable Neil will at least consider it. Especially if it’s a club geographically closer to his wife and family.

Which would be understandable. Maybe things have gone a bit wrong behind the scenes. Certainly haven't on the pitch. As I said maybe he was offered a deal already as a reward for promotion but delayed it/turned it down.

 

[Nil desperandum]

He’s obviously told the board he wants to talk to them. This is so depressing.

If, and it's a big if, that is the case, the most depressing thing about it is how a manager who has already achieved "hero" status would even contemplate leaving. Unless, of course Madrox are still sniffing around in KLD's office making his position almost untenable.

 

[poisson]

I really like Neil now. He proved me wrong. But I still think he doesn't like the intensity of our fans and the media spotlight up here. If he goes to Stoke it's a downwards step.

 

[Select coaches]

What are we paying him, is he getting the going rate?

 

[WildinHetton]

Why have we granted them permission????

Maybe's had no choice with the contract he's on, we don't know what's written in it.

 

[CheersMarra84]

I need to see the official club statement first before I believe this.

 

[Deleted member 49400]

It means fuck all, I remeber this place lumping on a complete outsider when we sacked one of our many managers before and getting them to be the bookies favourites.

I'm just replying to someone who said there was no evidence, albeit shaky

 

[Roker Mackem]

This board now in meltdown over something Keith Downie understands.

Jesus wept.

Its hardly just a random tweet from Downie man

 

[Hep]

You wouldn’t say that to his face

Yes I would, he's tiny