Generally speaking the guy has done a good job. But the cruel tides of fate have conspired against him this week and left him covered in the smelly stuff. But as we saw today that tide can change very quickly indeed.Every couple of years, experts here deride Txiki. Every year, we have success. We are in the twilight zone.
Nick Leeson pushed him close!Woody has won the "Tight ship of the year" award , runner up was Thomas Andrews.
Blimey if we are in a state of emergency the rest of the league are in deep, defcon 1, imminent Armageddon territory!The old "Barca boys" trope, how original and gross misuse of the word "emergency", something I hope you don't experience in the real world.
The majority of successful signings he has made have been more by luck than judgement. He's paid top dollar (invariably the asking price) for every player he's signed, and sells at knock-down prices.
His inability to negotiate effectively meant that we lost out on his 'first choice' replacement for Kompany, the decidedly average Koulibaly, and he pretty much panic bought Dias. Classic TB fluke.
If he hadn't been instrumental in getting Pep to City, he'd probably have been kicked out years ago, and have slithered off to some other comfy DoF old pals job in La Liga.
From what I've seen of him since he arrived, I can only imagine that if he's involved in his own pay negotiations at City, he's probably only on about £75 a week.
He's what us FOCs used to call a spiv. I certainly wouldn't buy a used car off him.
In my opinion, utter codswallop.The majority of successful signings he has made have been more by luck than judgement. He's paid top dollar (invariably the asking price) for every player he's signed, and sells at knock-down prices.
His inability to negotiate effectively meant that we lost out on his 'first choice' replacement for Kompany, the decidedly average Koulibaly, and he pretty much panic bought Dias. Classic TB fluke.
If he hadn't been instrumental in getting Pep to City, he'd probably have been kicked out years ago, and have slithered off to some other comfy DoF old pals job in La Liga.
From what I've seen of him since he arrived, I can only imagine that if he's involved in his own pay negotiations at City, he's probably only on about £75 a week.
He's what us FOCs used to call a spiv. I certainly wouldn't buy a used car off him.
Dias definitely wasn't our first choice. If we'd signed Koulibaly, who was, we wouldn't be even thinking about Dias on here.Panic bought Dias? GTF out of here....
Dias always on our radar but Mr Release Clause would not pay the release clause of €95miliion.
Then Benfica knocked-out in Champions League qualifiers and missed out on the big CL revenue.
In steam City and a negotiated £60+ mil less the Otamendi fee and a big saving on the release clause.
Brilliant business.
We're all entitled to our opinion, but it helps if you can back it up with more than two words.In my opinion, utter codswallop.