This transfer window/Marwood

[riley347]

this windows either a case of late signings or it,s been a business abortion......

 

[Pam]

We sell our only first team winger and it doesn't mean that our need to buy a first team winger has increased? Ok, well then I can see why you think there wasn't a problem in selling first. I do think you are completely wrong though.

I don't think the team needs a first team winger as such, and we have a few that could play that position at a pinch if needed.

But either way, our need to buy Sinclair hasn't increased. He's only the only available winger in the world.

-- Wed Aug 29, 2012 5:11 pm --

And wtf is with Gooner Marwood swanning off to the Chumps League draw tomoz?

Doing his job maybe.

Doing his job, eh? And here's me thinking that was supposed to be securing Bob's transfer targets with a little over 48 hours to get it done.

 

[moomba]

And here's me thinking that he's supposed to be securing Bob's transfer targets before 11pm this Friday?

And where do you think a collection of football executives from the biggest clubs in Europe will be in the next day or so.

 

[Pam]

And here's me thinking that he's supposed to be securing Bob's transfer targets before 11pm this Friday?

And where do you think a collection of football executives from the biggest football clubs in Europe will be in the next day or so.

Not in that format, Moomba, and not with so little time remaining. Unless the execs have a gaggle of overpaid legal people in tow, then I don't accept this as a possibility.

 

[Lancet Fluke]

So let's get THIS theory straight too...

The owner, and the chairman (and the rest of the board for that matter) are just watching this happen before their eyes and doing nothing? They read the papers, they hear the news.... "City fail to land players". If they thought he was doing a lousy job, he'd be out.
OR, the more likely scenario is that the owner and the chairman (and the rest of the board) have tasked Marwood with getting the players Mancini wants WITHIN specific financial constraints, and it's those constraints that cause deals to fail (at this moment in time).

Say the Chairman's told him that the wage bill HAS to come down, and he doesn't want any more players on more than 120K a week. Robin Van Persie asks for 150K and Marwood says no. RvP signs for United. How is that Marwood's fault?

Yes, it's possible Marwood is trying to impress folks with his financial prudence but I think it most unlikely that our owners are so clueless they can't see that.

I firmly believe he's been given a task, and he's carrying it out - the result of that is a lack of signings, but again, it's a result of the task, not a result of him.

Personally, I don't think they would sack him during the transfer window, especially not late on in the window. I think we will all know what the owner thinks of the job Marwood has done in this window in the next couple of months. If he is still here for the next transfer window then we can safely assume they are at the very least satisfied with how he has handled this window. If he is no longer here for the January window then there is a fair chance that they have not been impressed.

Your assumption is that if Marwood is not at City, it's because he's sacked.

Not at all, I worded my post very carefully. I said if Marwood stays then we will know that the owners are happy with his performance but if he goes there is a fair chancethey were not. And I worded it like that because I recognise that he may leave for all sorts of reasons. And I have no doubt that if he does leave in a month or so that the apologists will say Marwood left because he wanted to spend more time walking his dog or something similar and the Marwood haters will say he was definitely sacked because he was shit at his job. Personally, I don't really claim to know how good Marwood is at his job but I do have the opinion that for some reason this transfer window has been handled pretty badly by someone at the club for some reason or other. I suspect it may be Marwood but I'm not going to say I know.

 

[Eccles Blue]

We sell our only first team winger and it doesn't mean that our need to buy a first team winger has increased? Ok, well then I can see why you think there wasn't a problem in selling first. I do think you are completely wrong though.

I don't think the team needs a first team winger as such, and we have a few that could play that position at a pinch if needed.

But either way, our need to buy Sinclair hasn't increased. He's only the only available winger in the world.

-- Wed Aug 29, 2012 5:11 pm --

And wtf is with Gooner Marwood swanning off to the Chumps League draw tomoz?

Doing his job maybe.

Doing his job, eh? And here's me thinking that was supposed to be securing Bob's transfer targets before 11pm this Friday?

So you think we are paying Mr Marwood thousands of pounds per year for him to just work during the transfer window?? I am almost certain, but then I could be wrong, that his job description will state a heck of a lot more than one page and one item!!!!

 

[Ducado]

We sell our only first team winger and it doesn't mean that our need to buy a first team winger has increased? Ok, well then I can see why you think there wasn't a problem in selling first. I do think you are completely wrong though.

I don't think the team needs a first team winger as such, and we have a few that could play that position at a pinch if needed.

But either way, our need to buy Sinclair hasn't increased. He's only the only available winger in the world.

-- Wed Aug 29, 2012 5:11 pm --

And wtf is with Gooner Marwood swanning off to the Chumps League draw tomoz?

Doing his job maybe.

Doing his job, eh? And here's me thinking that was supposed to be securing Bob's transfer targets before 11pm this Friday?

How do you know it's not already been done? But I do know that people have been creating a straw man out of Marwood, when they really don't know what they are talking about, just venting at the lack of signings

 

[moomba]

Not in that format, Moomba, and not with so little time remaining. Unless the execs have a gaggle of overpaid legal people in tow, then I don't accept this as a possibility.

Of course you don't.

 

[Lancet Fluke]

We sell our only first team winger and it doesn't mean that our need to buy a first team winger has increased? Ok, well then I can see why you think there wasn't a problem in selling first. I do think you are completely wrong though.

I don't think the team needs a first team winger as such, and we have a few that could play that position at a pinch if needed.

But either way, our need to buy Sinclair hasn't increased. He's only the only available winger in the world.

But Mancini does think having a winger on the bench is important seeing as he used a winger from the bench so many times last season. I assume you agree with that? And whilst I realise that there are other wingers in the world, us overtly having a greater need for a winger can not be seen as a good thing when trying to negotiate with another club for a winger. I assume you agree with that? We want to sign Sinclair, a winger from another club...

 

[Ray78]

Personally I don't blame Brian Marwood as it is down to if the deal is right. Most of us on here know absolutely nothing about our internal workings of our club and are based on opinions and not solid facts.