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Yes OK, fair enough then. What I should have said is that any signing since Jan 2012, good or bad, was the responsibility of David Burke. If people are going to highlight his poor signings, then they have to take into account the good ones as well, which include Bridge, Upson, Ward, Bruno...

David Burke was appointed in Jan 2012. The vast majority of the current squad was signed after that from my recollection.

Bridge, Upson, Ulloa, Ward, Crofts, Stephens, Bruno, Orlandi, March, Ince, Lingard etc etc. All poor signings as well no doubt.

There is nothing wrong with that and is the way the club has been working for some time. At least he understands this already, which is more than many on here appear to anyway (not you).

Well we know that he doesn't. Having watched the video, all Sami is saying is that he did not currently know the level of player that we can afford. That interview was recorded before he had sat down with David Burke and gone through everything, recorded either on or before the day of the press...

But any "surplus" from this years budget can be artificially carried forward to next season by bringing costs from next season forward into this season's accounts.

Better than crying in his interview and saying "sorry chaps - the club is bust and closing down. You had all better go and watch Whitehawk".

Well I am certain that over this summer some comments will be made about players out of our reach. But we will sign some quality players, that I am certain.

Good job he is not moaning then

Yup, option 2 is far healthier. But getting to option 2 will probably involve an element of option 1 to start with. At the time of that interview, he had not yet sat down with David Burke so he was not aware of the level of player that we are looking at. I am sure that he now is. It that...

I see what you are saying, but he has also said that he is happy that he will have an input into the transfer process, as at Bayer Leverkusen he had no say at all. Is it not the case that if he held the budget,there would still be an element of "unhappiness" when he finds out that there are a...

But he does not hold the budget - how much does the manager actually need to know about the budgets? He can put forward names and suggestions and it is up to DB's team to do the legwork and find out whether they are available and affordable.