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refusing to handle the retained list could cover a multitude of scenarios a) he refused out right to do anything b) he sorted a list out but refused to communicate it with the players c) he refused to handle the list until he had spoken to the board about budgets etc i think its probably a mix...

yes that is plausible, and yes i'm sure the club could have found someone and i'm glad they didn't just throw money at a potential mercenary but there are 2 sides to every story and the club may have played hardball with a player trying to get the best deal and pi**ed the otherside off and they...

without resorting to insults, there was obviously a fair chance that he would leave but that is the same with 99.9% of managers. Gus being in the top 10 of longest serving managers tells you that and only been with us a short time. I didn't class most of what he said as a lack of respect, I'm...

did the club refuse or did we not find anyone suitable?

based on what exactly? a couple of comments? behave

but you don't know what Gus has allegedly done.

to be fair to Coppell he was in a pretty dire position when he took over and very nearly saved us but i understand what you're trying to say

yes i agree. I still think some of the comments he made were him trying to use mind games a la Wenger, Mourinho etc and that he didn't necessarily mean what he said but hey its fairly irrelevant now.

You use the finance stick to beat Gus with yet how many fans were demanding we sign players in January, and then again demanding a loan signing before march and then turn round and say he spent too much money. You can't have it both ways

Yeah because Real wanted to keep mourinho