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Scruffy Jim has a problem.
If they sack ten Bob it will, having extended his contract cost them a hell of a lot and make him and Ineos look stupid.
If they sack him, any new manager will want money for the January transfer window and a firm promise of money next August. (January is never a good time to buy and as they can't sell, do they have the money ?)
Plus, which top manager would sign without those promises ? Which top manager would take on the poisoned chalice ?
They could go with the cheap option of Van Nistelroy whose unproven, further it would show they are skint and that no top manager wants the job.
Which ever option is taken the manager still has the problem of the team. It simply isn't good enough, it is just a mis-mash of average but costly signings. Which brings us back nicely to Scruffy Jim and Ineos. They oversaw the 3 summer signings and to put it mildly, they overpaid for average players. Scruffy and his team failed badly, very badly.
It's great isn't it.
 
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Blue Mist said:
Scruffy Jim has a problem.
If they sack ten Bob it will, having extended his contract cost them a hell of a lot and make him and Ineos look stupid.
If they sack him any new manager will want money for the January transfer window and a firm promise of money next August. (January is never a good time to buy and as they can't sell, do they have the money ?)
Plus, which top manager would sign without those promises ? Which top manager would take on the poisoned chalice ?
They could go with the cheap option of Van Nistelroy whose unproven, further it would show they are skint and that no top manager wants the job.
Which ever option is taken the manager still has the problem of the team. It simply isn't good enough and is just a mis-mash of average but costly signings. Which brings us back nicely to Scruffy Jim and Ineos. They oversaw the 3 summer signings and to put it mildly, they overpaid for average players. Scruffy and his team failed badly, very badly.
It's great isn't it.
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...and it just gets better and better with every passing season
 
Blue Mist said:
If they sack ten Bob it will, having extended his contract cost them a hell of a lot and make him and Ineos look stupid.
If they sack him any new manager will want money for the January transfer window and a firm promise of money next August. (January is never a good time to buy and as they can't sell, do they have the money ?)
Plus, which top manager would sign without those promises ? Which top manager would take on the poisoned chalice ?
They could go with the cheap option of Van Nistelroy whose unproven, further it would show they are skint and that no top manager wants the job.
Which ever option is taken the manager still has the problem of the team. It simply isn't good enough and is just a mis-mash of average but costly signings. Which brings us back nicely to Scruffy Jim and Ineos. They oversaw the 3 summer signings and to put it mildly, they overpaid for average players. Scruffy and his team failed badly, very badly.
It's great isn't it.
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On the contary, I think it's bloody brilliant!

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Blue Mist said:
Scruffy Jim has a problem.
If they sack ten Bob it will, having extended his contract cost them a hell of a lot and make him and Ineos look stupid.
If they sack him, any new manager will want money for the January transfer window and a firm promise of money next August. (January is never a good time to buy and as they can't sell, do they have the money ?)
Plus, which top manager would sign without those promises ? Which top manager would take on the poisoned chalice ?
They could go with the cheap option of Van Nistelroy whose unproven, further it would show they are skint and that no top manager wants the job.
Which ever option is taken the manager still has the problem of the team. It simply isn't good enough, it is just a mis-mash of average but costly signings. Which brings us back nicely to Scruffy Jim and Ineos. They oversaw the 3 summer signings and to put it mildly, they overpaid for average players. Scruffy and his team failed badly, very badly.
It's great isn't it.
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This is heartwarming.
 

ETH Out Thread

was cautiously optimistic after the transfer window this year. But still not seeing anything changed despite him being in his third year. I really don't know what he sees or why he's persisting with how he's setting us up.
www.redcafe.net www.redcafe.net


"I am optimistic we could finish 7th"



Levels, innit?
 
Blue Mist said:
@shemnel fair enough but how does being sponsored by anybody, not just the rags, improve their sales ?
Etihad was relatively unknown in a commercial world where you need to be known. Snapdragon will still be used in phones etc despite the sponsorship so surely it's wasted money ?
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Fair value sponsorship.......
 
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