Tony Meolas Loan Spell
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As CEO the buck stops with him. Has to. End of.
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Albion Roar - 18/04/15 with guest Paul Barber
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As CEO the buck stops with him. Has to. End of.
Icy Gull
Back on the rollercoaster
- Jul 5, 2003
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No argument with any of that but where have I said Barber buys and sells players? I have actually asked who does these days and suggested I would be happier if the club had spent money on keeping Barnes, rather than getting excited about any additional money we might get, as he proves himself good enough to help keep Burnley up.
As TB's right hand man I'm pretty certain he will have an input into just about everything that goes on, except he is obviously totally blameless for any of this season's cock ups. He obviously really is that good as it seems he negotiates player deals that bring in money but none that involve spending it poorly.
hart's shirt
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Will there be a contract offer with the Albion for any of the REMF team who manage to score?
Hotchilidog
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- Jan 24, 2009
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As regards to players he has to trust the judgement of those employed to make those decisions and judge them accordingly, which he has done.
As for Sami, well I agree, he should have been fired. However maybe the club did have an idea that he would resign. If they did I vey much doubt they would say publicly. The most important thing for me is that Sami is gone. A lot of public statements by football clubs are politics and may not necessarily reflect conversations behind the scenes.
I am much more concerned with whether we have learnt any lessons from last summer. Any repeat of the mistakes will mean another missed opportunity at going for the playoffs. I don't give a crap about how much we spend. I am however very much concerned that whatever is spent is spent on our OWN players who can be expected to make a good contribution to the side.
Hotchilidog
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- Jan 24, 2009
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No argument with any of that but where have I said Barber buys and sells players? I have actually asked who does these days and suggested I would be happier if the club had spent money on keeping Barnes, rather than getting excited about any additional money we might get, as he proves himself good enough to help keep Burnley up.
As TB's right hand man I'm pretty certain he will have an input into just about everything that goes on, except he is obviously totally blameless for any of this season's cock ups. He obviously really is that good as it seems he negotiates player deals that bring in money but none that involve spending it poorly.
No argument form me re Barnes we dropped the ball there and should have done more to keep him, within reason at least. We have revamped the scouting network and hired a new head of recruitment, whose name momentarily eludes me, so there are now people in place that have to prove themselves in the transfer market. it will be the recruitment staff who spend who are responsible for the wise (or unwise) spending of our playing budget.
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
Would he do the ice bucket challenge again but this time with boiling water ?
What is love?
Why him and not the Chairman?
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According to Belinda Carlisle, it's a big scary animal
Tony Meolas Loan Spell
Slut Faced Whores
Fair point but I feel the words £200zillion pound stadium, training complex, underwriting losses etc etc coming into play.
Therefore it has to be the man that is basically paid to run BHA on the day to day by Bloom (esp as Bloom has other business interests internationally and is not always in the UK) . That man is Paul Barber. He is paid (estimated and according to some) good value at over £600k a year.
I suspect that's because it's Tony Bloom's rather than your, money that's being spent though.
Take a look at some of the biggest signings of players in this division
McCormack £10.5 million, Fulham are below us
Brian Ruiz £10.6 million (see above)
Jordan Rhodes £8 million, Blackburn are mid table
Assombalongs £5 miillion, Forest mid table
Gary Hooper £5.5 million for Norwich, he has scored 11 this season
Ricky Van Wolfswickle £8.5 million for Norwich, scored once for them and farmed out to France
Wasting money is easy (we've done it pretty well ourselves over the years too, Liam Dickenson, Ryan Harley, James Tunnicliffe etc.), what's lacking is good decision making.
He negotiated the sale of Ulloa for £8.5 million, for a player who cost us £2 million only 18 months earlier. He's done well on that score and on the remit that Tony Bloom has set him.
TB appointed the manager
TB appointed David Burke
I think it is oversimplistic to blame PB for things outside of his control area, such as Gary Dicker breaking Will Hoskins' leg, and scuppering the deal to re-sign Murray.
Does he think we've lost our identity over the last two years?
I think they know we have - club realised a bit too late they had over commercialised much of the Albion experience and lost the fine balance between understanding the lifeblood of the club (the loyal fans, who are there, day in day out, irrespective of league or ground) and selling your soul to the modern football world.
The move from the anodyne "one club..." slogan to "together" seems tacit acknowledgement the fans haven't been on the bus recently. Any concerns from fans seem to be dismissed with disdain, and it very much feels like the message is we're the experts, we know what we're doing, you've never had it so good - stop moaning and buy more. Well, if we hadn't have turned the noise levels up against Sammi at the Millwall game (for which club and press criticised fans) chances are it would be League 1 next season.
It feels we can't identify with those running the club and we can't identify with the team (half loans, most unlikely to be around much longer).
I think they know we have - club realised a bit too late they had over commercialised much of the Albion experience and lost the fine balance between understanding the lifeblood of the club (the loyal fans, who are there, day in day out, irrespective of league or ground) and selling your soul to the modern football world.
The move from the anodyne "one club..." slogan to "together" seems tacit acknowledgement the fans haven't been on the bus recently. Any concerns from fans seem to be dismissed with disdain, and it very much feels like the message is we're the experts, we know what we're doing, you've never had it so good - stop moaning and buy more. Well, if we hadn't have turned the noise levels up against Sammi at the Millwall game (for which club and press criticised fans) chances are it would be League 1 next season.
It feels we can't identify with those running the club and we can't identify with the team (half loans, most unlikely to be around much longer).
Dick Knights Mumm
Take me Home Falmer Road
This. Get it all out in the open. Lance the boil.
Hotchilidog
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- Jan 24, 2009
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Indeed I do not give a crap whether we spend or a lot (which is no guarantee of success) or a little. I too think people are fixated on the wrong thing.
Are you saying SIZE DOESN'T MATTER?
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
That bit in the north-east corner is looking a bit threadbare of late.
I would like know what is Paul Barber's favourite film ? You can judge a lot about someone by asking this
It does in the films you watch EP !
I think you will find the opposite is true US.
The phrase "Twelve inches long but I don't use it as a ruler" comes to mind