blue-shifted
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You're stating your opinion on the Tau situation as a fact.
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[Albion] Alexis Mac Allister - *** New Contract Until 2025 ***
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macbeth
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Which, with the magic power of hindsight, was a big mistake and probably cost him his job
Barham's tash
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I know because of what I overheard on a Gatwick Express train post Crystal Palace. I was sat in the front carriage and at Gatwick a party of six got on chaperoned by a club official (he was wearing a club tie and spoke of collecting his car from Camden at the Starlizard offices) with delegates from a Canadian NHL franchise, some other European football bigwigs (they were accented but not clearly definable so could have been Flemish, Belgian, possibly Eastern French (think Alsace etc)) and proceeded to have a very indiscreet conversation about the nature of the differences between both European football transfers v the NHL draft system and cited the transfer of Tau specifically as purely being a business transaction good for all parties....
studio150
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Does this mean that MacAllister will follow the Tau route and be loaned out to Union Saint-Gilloise?
the right footed denilson
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Wow. Well if that is true, wow. Football is great these days.
Nobby
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- Sep 29, 2007
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Yes but in hindsight, that was what he was told to say.
And that’s why we won’t be increasing wage structure or investing heavily in the summer.
And that’s why Graham Potter has been told to bring through some of the youth team.
blockhseagull
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Do you have one single FACT to back any of that up.
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
It's all just wild speculation.
Icy Gull
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Nobby
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- Sep 29, 2007
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None whatsoever. No FACTS. Zilch
Just speculation
But if you’re a manager that has been told that there will be no investment in January - wait til the summer, then you’re hardly likely to come out and say that you think that the squad needs a lot of improvement.
Maybe CH saw the writing on the wall then.
Dan Ashworth being introduced and no transfers in whilst some of our rivals were improving their squads
blockhseagull
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Exactly .... completely rubbish.
Oh and Jan window had NOTHING to do with Ashworth as he wasn’t even working for the club
Stumpy Tim
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We were seen as basically safe at that point. Meanwhile Hughton and Bloom have always said that they hate doing business in January. So in essence, neither saw any need to sign players during a month in which they both hate doing business. They were proved correct, as we stayed up - though it was obviously a little closer than they expected
fosters headband
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It was worse than that if CH agreed to that, as he was handicapping himself, because he was playing with a 24 man squad from January. If that was the strategy, to let the prem side run one short at the same time spend over £7 million + wages on the Argie/Jock, then he deserved to be sacked along with anyone else party to that policy
Whilst I don’t agree with the January theory, do you really believe he didn’t communicate with the club whilst he was serving his notice?
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Nobby
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Exactly. But most employees can’t dictate policy to their superiors. They have to agree with Company policy
fosters headband
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I do agree with you as no manager worth his salt would accept that in such a hard league
blockhseagull
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Whilst I don’t believe he had NO contact with the club, I do believe we would have had ZERO input in any January recruitment.
He said himself when he started in Feb he was going to spend his first few months with a watching brief to understand how the club works. So I don’t believe he would have been advising any transfer strategy before he had set a foot through the door.
I could see if we were interested in a player they would ask for his feedback or thoughts.... but nothing more than that.
Gritt23
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From my dealings with lawyers, they won't be sweating on any such thing. Their initial advice would have come with a heavy dose of caveats, and would certainly not have been a guarantee that he will get a work permit.