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Yes I agree but I said what I would be doing not TB.

This I think is where the lizard conflicts with the fan :) You maybe spot on, without knowing TB better it is hard to say but I think a cool poker player, like a good chairman, never lets emotion get in the way. But yes I would be on the phone asking PB what f*** is going on :)

This is where operational and strategic often get confused. The board will set the budgets, the strategy and issued these to the operational managers to manage. I did say that the operational manager would only go back to the board for approval if anything falls outside the budget or the...

Informed yes but the coaching team identify who they want and the Football Operations team do the deal, say the coach wants a midfielder but we have no money to buy one in the budget, we have to loan one, the operations team have all the information on who may be available in every team in the...

I got exactly the opposite impression, he was saying that he is given a budget by the board and he operates that budget and makes decisions based upon that budget. The coaching team identify who they want and he does the deal, only keeping TB informed of what is going on. This is the way I...

It comes from the interview done with David Burke, he was directly asked about transfers and is answer was very much that the players we sign or sell are down to the manager (and team) to identify and for him to negotiate within the budget to sign/sell players. The rest comes from my knowledge...

Has this got anything to do with TB? I thought players and player budgets were the responsibility of the Director of Football Operations and they only inform the chairman as a matter of courtesy. TB is not hands on every day like DK was he has employed experienced professionals in the important...