New technical director ?

[GaudinoMotors]

Ok man you're the only one who gave a decent question a decent answer so respect to you. You say "on the whole he's done a great job". Can you expand on that and tell me what he's done and why it's been great ?

I suppose when you have relatively unlimited funds - buying and attracting players, on the face of it, isn't that great an achievement. That said, the signings of KDB and Sterling signalled for me as sea change in how the club is now viewed and how we are putting together an infrastructure that enhances that. Txiki is part of the team that has facilitated this. The negotiations and way Txiki went about those transfers was dignified and for the most part stealth like - again others will argue the price kept going up and ultimaterly we met that price. That is why, although I respect him, the Deity like levels of adulation have been at times unhealthy. Everyone should be open to scrutiny. Blind, unadulterated faith, whilst admirable, is never healthy.
The signing of Pep, a man who could have his choice of clubs is of course wonderful and shows how far we've come and is in no small part directly because of Txiki courting and persuading him.
Without Txiki I doubt there would be Pep.

 

[oakiecokie]

Ok man you're the only one who gave a decent question a decent answer so respect to you. You say "on the whole he's done a great job". Can you expand on that and tell me what he's done and why it's been great ?

Anyone who calls someone "man" and "respect" on a fucking football forum needs to go elsewhere for their kicks.Football aint for you Raggy.

 

[Hesh]

Anyone who calls someone "man" and "respect" on a fucking football forum needs to go elsewhere for their kicks.Football aint for you Raggy.

You're way too old to understand

 

[Hesh]

I suppose when you have relatively unlimited funds - buying and attracting players, on the face of it, isn't that great an achievement. That said, the signings of KDB and Sterling signalled for me as sea change in how the club is now viewed and how we are putting together an infrastructure that enhances that. Txiki is part of the team that has facilitated this. The negotiations and way Txiki went about those transfers was dignified and for the most part stealth like - again others will argue the price kept going up and ultimaterly we met that price. That is why, although I respect him, the Deity like levels of adulation have been at times unhealthy. Everyone should be open to scrutiny. Blind, unadulterated faith, whilst admirable, is never healthy.
The signing of Pep, a man who could have his choice of clubs is of course wonderful and shows how far we've come and is in no small part directly because of Txiki courting and persuading him.
Without Txiki I doubt there would be Pep.

I think most people agree that KDB and Sterling were good signings but then again last summer you and me would have identified those two as players we should target and we're not getting paid £2m per annum for such decisions.

Maybe I'm being too simplistic but when you talk of negotiations and Txiki's skill in that area I just picture him sat there saying "yep we'll meet your contract demands and it's pretty nailed on that Pep will be at City next summer so sign on the dotted line Kevin".

I realise that any man pulling in a huge salary like Txiki must have something about him to have got where he is but mistakes are made in recruitment even at boardroom level. Anyway hope I'm totally wrong about it.

 

[Gareth Barry Conlon]

You're bright aren't you. He didn't fool Pep - he was above Pep. He hasn't fooled Sori, Khaldoon and Mansour - he's fooled one of em. Who are these clubs jumping at the chance to employ him ?

All his fanboys, while toeing the Bluemoon party line, can't actually tell me what the man does other than splurge Mansour's money.

Ok man you're the only one who gave a decent question a decent answer so respect to you. You say "on the whole he's done a great job". Can you expand on that and tell me what he's done and why it's been great ?

The role of D of F is never going to be highly visible, most of the work he does is highly confidential lining up potential transfers and talking to our players agents about what our plans are for them. We will never know who really calls the shots on transfers. It is up to Txiki to explore what is possible and put options on the table in terms of managers / staff /players. Who is then sat round the table and makes final decisions we don't know but in my view acros steh last 2 years we have got more of it right than wrong. You can always point at indvidual bits of business such as the Bony transfer but at the time he had a great record. When you look at the bigger picture - Pep coming in, KDB done, Sterling done, other big name slooking good for this summer, i think he is doing his job pretty well. I can give you a list of 19 other prem teams that would like to be doing that sort of business.

 

[oakiecokie]

You're way too old to understand

So you appear to be an "old" poster who has either been banned and come back,or in less than six weeks you try and be confrontational.Mmmmmmm,how very strange for a "new" member to react.Something smells here Raggy.

 

[blueinsa]

So you appear to be an "old" poster who has either been banned and come back,or in less than six weeks you try and be confrontational.Mmmmmmm,how very strange for a "new" member to react.Something smells here Raggy.

No rag oakie but your first assumption is spot on imo.

He is not alone either....

 

[Hesh]

So you appear to be an "old" poster who has either been banned and come back,or in less than six weeks you try and be confrontational.Mmmmmmm,how very strange for a "new" member to react.Something smells here Raggy.

I wasn't being confrontational.

I offered my opinion and based on that I got personal abuse from the usual brainwashed bunch. Not once did anyone other than Gaudino Motors actually bother to discuss the point in question

That's the problem with people like you and your little bluemoon clique - anybody who vigorously defends an opposite point of view to your own is instantly denounced as a rag or a trouble causer because you don't have the inclination and clearly in some cases the intellect to challenge their ideas. Would you be quite so quick to denigrate someone who didn't agree with you in real life in the pub for example ? And if you did would you think it fair that loads of your little gang jumped in and tried to railroad the dissenter out of the argument and out of the pub ?

Forums are platforms for everyone to express their opinion not just those dullards with high post counts or fanboys of mods.

 

[oakiecokie]

No rag oakie but your first assumption is spot on imo.

He is not alone either....

He made the mistake of saying I was old mate.He`s obviously an ex Blue Mooner who knows me and appears to be on the wum mate.
You think theres others ... hell they can`t keep away.Just shows what a great site this is blueinsa.
So an old poster who hates Txiki, now I wonder who that could be ?? ;)

 

[oakiecokie]

I wasn't being confrontational.

I offered my opinion and based on that I got personal abuse from the usual brainwashed bunch. Not once did anyone other than Gaudino Motors actually bother to discuss the point in question

That's the problem with people like you and your little bluemoon clique - anybody who vigorously defends an opposite point of view to your own is instantly denounced as a rag or a trouble causer because you don't have the inclination and clearly in some cases the intellect to challenge their ideas. Would you be quite so quick to denigrate someone who didn't agree with you in real life in the pub for example ? And if you did would you think it fair that loads of your little gang jumped in and tried to railroad the dissenter out of the argument and out of the pub ?

Forums are platforms for everyone to express their opinion not just those dullards with high post counts or fanboys of mods.

Blue Moon and my clique !! I don`t have anyone who comes on BM to help me out in any debates and likewise I don`t follow anyone else.
I say it how it is,in my opinion.You`re welcome to yours also, but so far it appears that some of your comments are no more than wummery on this topic.
I notice you are making NO noises to discredit our Owner nor his number two Khaldoon.Now if anyone should be sacked .... who hired Txiki ??