chr1s1973
Striker
To not initiate a move is completely different to it being against their wishes.If it is true that it was Di Canio's decision to sell Sessegnon, what kind of board would authorise their manager to offload one of their best players against their wishes in order to satisfy his regime criteria and then sack him two games later (which may well happen)?
It would make them look very stupid indeed.
They don't make decisions based on footballing reasons. They trust people like the Head Coach to make footballing decisions.
I'd have thought people would be glad we have a board who don't interfere in the footballing aspect of the club. Traditionally this was something fans hated. Maybe we'd be better off with a Ron Noades type of character who could be our manager too.[DOUBLEPOST=1379879347][/DOUBLEPOST]
You need to have a club to come in and bid for a player before you can sell him. That's quite important, I think it's clear they were open to offers for him, but not actively interested until the drink driving.[DOUBLEPOST=1379879905][/DOUBLEPOST]I'd say this is correct. I know it was deadline day and whatnot but i'm sure Di Canio would of been backed with some money knowing he was going, yet we cheap out on a loan signing in Borini.
Money was spent though. So this idea people have that we the board have been "asset stripping", as people say is wrong.Mate the club have been dieing to get him out for ages, north east press on twitter were saying hed been offerend around for months and even to newcastle. Fact is the club wanted rid, why do you think he came out with im happy at sunderland. He fucked up with the drink driving but it hides the fact hes been one weve been wanting shot of for a while now. As for mig, we shouldve sold on our terms, westwood isnt a replacement, neither is mannone so we sold without having a replacement of decent level so neither of those situations can hide the fact since that statement we have sold two of our best players.
It seems like Di Fanti chose players who weren't good enough. The board hired him, that criticism is fair enough, but not that money wasn't there. I also eg. think you could get a far better goalkeeper for that kind of price than Arsenal's 25 year old 3rd choice.[DOUBLEPOST=1379880065][/DOUBLEPOST]
Dude, Di Canio and De Fanti need to know about football, she doesn't. It happens that she does know a lot about how it works, but her job isn't to say "oh are you sure we should sell Sess?", it's to make the mechanics of the deals happen, hopefully in the best, prudent, financial interests of the club.[DOUBLEPOST=1379880127][/DOUBLEPOST]What point am I missing exactly
I said this Byrne is clueless and knows fuck all about football.
Your point is some crap analogy about keeping your best players.
What have I missed.
Talking about cringe, I just read your post you fucktard.[DOUBLEPOST=1379880286][/DOUBLEPOST]I wish she would go and do some ironing or something....really dont like her at all, I cringe just about every time she makes another drivel ridden speech...she has to go
Another clueless wanker. Least of all because the Commercial Director "puts the concerts on".Nothing will ever convince me that this lass is anything other than a PR stunt. She must just get eaten alive in these high pressure business meetings, all in all I called it as a PR stunt disaster when she was appointed and nowt has happened to make me change my mind.
She seems canny at putting concerts on though
It's basic things like this that people should understand before making stupid statements like this.[DOUBLEPOST=1379880471][/DOUBLEPOST]
He left on deadline day, after being charged with drink driving during our match.Paolo said at the start of the summer that he wouldn't let Sessegnon leave if he couldn't get him replaced with a ready made, quality player. There were no signs that we tried to replace Sessegnon. I don't think he had anything to do with the sale.
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