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Soulboy said:I said at the time of the Kaka deal that when it fell through it was, in my humble opinion, a reflection on the failure of Garry Cook to finish it off.
At that level of an organisation, when everything is set up to conclude a major deal, it is only ever about finalising it. Personal insults or sleights or perceived inappropriate behaviour all goes out the window... you just have to make sure the deal is done.
And it wasn't.
I thought Cook failed, and with this appointment of Marwood it seems that maybe the owners share that view.
Cook is not a "football man" and that showed up in Milan. At least Marwood can point to a career in football to strengthen his arguments. To be honest, these 3 appointments look excellent and should put us in a much strongher position come next saeson.
However... it STILL all stands or falls on what goes on on the playing field.
Ah, but maybe that's for another day...
Agree with most of that. I don't necessarily think the failure was purely on Cook's part. I think from ADUG downwards everyone underestimated how tough the deal was going to be. Frankly, in hindsight, not having a SINGLE footballing person out in Milan was a joke. Actually, Mark Hughes was the man who should have been there selling "the project" because he was the man Kaka was going to play under...