I think when you look at the club’s progress under Bloom and everything he’s done for the club it’s hardly a ‘weird pedestal’. He’s a brilliant businessman. Losing top players and coaches has only happened because of the success.
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Clive Walker
Stand Or Fall
Don’t get me wrong his financial backing is undeniable but barber runs the show.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
60 million richer, and higher up the table. Yes, good business.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Who appointed Barber, and kept him here when Liverpool wanted him?
Who appointed Barber and who does he report to?
Clive Walker
Stand Or Fall
Lol
That's a very strange take on Bloom. Losing players and coaches is somewhat out of his control.
Putting in place a system where we can lose key players/staff and continue performing at a high level is why people admire him so much. Yes, he may not be involved in the day-to-day running of that system, but he developed the vision and employed the right people to make it happen.
Icy Gull
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- Jul 5, 2003
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The art of being a top businessman in a large company is being able to delegate the day to day running to skilled people in their field, and not having to be hands on too often isn’t it? TB has played an absolute blinder at this club
I certainly worship at his altar
Uh_huh_him
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- Sep 28, 2011
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Weird take.
Tony's poker skills are a by-product of his risk evaluation abilities.
Not the other way around.
He may delegate negotiation, but he is definitely involved in the decisions,
mike1901
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I just dropped a player at the training ground, I’m a cab driver by the way, we had a chat about the Leo situation. He said the statement was rubbish. There was no altercation with another player. It was in a team meeting the argument took place with RDZ. These things happen though in life. He will probably leave but let’s hope we get the right price. Onwards and upwards.
Astonishing that less than 24 hours from the press conference and Tweets that involve a coach rightly disciplining a player who can't be arsed and we're on to Paul Barber.
NSC
NSC
Clive Walker
Stand Or Fall
Precisely.
But some people will have you believe that when it comes to transfer sagas bloom sits at a table stoney faced smoking a cigar and leaves with the other club in tears while bloom still has his player and 4 extra players for trying it on with him.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Only in your imagination.
Even got a Paul Brooker in there too . . . Must be a Paul thingAstonishing that less than 24 hours from the press conference and Tweets that involve a coach rightly disciplining a player who can't be arsed and we're on to Paul Barber.
NSC
amazing how this has evolved so quickly from an egotistical player being reprimanded for insubordination.
Seasider78
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- Nov 14, 2004
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So basically
1) agent drums up business for player and gets interest based on low fee with short contract
2) Albion trigger extension driving up fee
3) clubs looking for cheap deal now not interested
4) players sulks and attitude spills out in training
5) manager and senior player calls out behaviour
6) player sulks and works with agent to try to force a move at lower price
1) agent drums up business for player and gets interest based on low fee with short contract
2) Albion trigger extension driving up fee
3) clubs looking for cheap deal now not interested
4) players sulks and attitude spills out in training
5) manager and senior player calls out behaviour
6) player sulks and works with agent to try to force a move at lower price
Great follow up PR from De Zerbi and the club this morning IMHO:
www.theargus.co.uk
De Zerbi says his door is open if Trossard wants to talk
Roberto De Zerbi has told Leandro Trossard the head coach’s door is always open.
www.theargus.co.uk
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in Atletico’s case, I think it will be a case of whether they can come up with the money because they were certainly interested and looking to restructure the squad for next season, partly due to financial pressures - IMO Tross is still worth £28-32m, hopefully more, even with all the recent breakdown in relations and would be a bit gutted if we let him go for less tbh - also depends as always on how much any other interested parties are wanting him enough to make good offers (Atletico won’t be able to compete in a head to head with Spurs, even with off-loading Felix and Cunha) - maybe It might just boil down to where Tross thinks he’s not going to be a bench warmer (and maybe even where it’s a sunnier climate since that seems to affect his game.) -
-whatever happens, I wouldn’t like to be on the wrong business side of Tony Bloom or PB but RDZ strikes me as having enough compassion for everyone to find the best solution for Trossard and the squad.
As an aside, I’m rather bemused to see several people above have started including Atletico Madrid into their conversation now as a possible mix of potential clubs after I was derided yesterday by several posters for saying just that for days - including being called ‘his agent’ such is the fickleness of some NSCers - just saying
Uh_huh_him
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- Sep 28, 2011
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"I can't help him. The person who can change this situation is Leo."Great follow up PR from De Zerbi and the club this morning IMHO:
De Zerbi says his door is open if Trossard wants to talk
Roberto De Zerbi has told Leandro Trossard the head coach’s door is always open.