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Devlins hardly been a fucking angel has he.
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« Reply #31 on: Tuesday, October 24, 2006, 18:45:58 » |
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Devlins hardly been a fucking angel has he. Hard to tell if he is saint or sinner, or somewhere in between. |
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« Reply #32 on: Tuesday, October 24, 2006, 18:46:42 » |
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Devlins hardly been a fucking angel has he. ? |
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« Reply #33 on: Tuesday, October 24, 2006, 18:47:41 » |
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Trust NO ONE!!!!
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« Reply #34 on: Tuesday, October 24, 2006, 19:32:37 » |
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NO ONE OUT!
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« Reply #35 on: Tuesday, October 24, 2006, 19:33:22 » |
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NO ONE OUT! ...because we've hardly got anyone left to go anyway! |
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« Reply #36 on: Tuesday, October 24, 2006, 19:35:54 » |
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This is like when Shrewsbury were chanting about Wise being a wanker and me shouting back that I'd chant something about their lot only I'd not heard of any of them.
Problem is in 3 weeks it could be that I've not heard of any of our lot. :|
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« Reply #37 on: Tuesday, October 24, 2006, 19:37:04 » |
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herthab may have been posting a cryptic clue actually...
Trust NO ONE
Trust Number One?
Petr Brezovan for manager!
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« Reply #38 on: Wednesday, October 25, 2006, 09:33:16 » |
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herthab may have been posting a cryptic clue actually...
Trust NO ONE
Trust Number One?
Petr Brezovan for manager! His touchline arm waving skills will be a bit shit for a while, not sure he's the right man. Maybe he meant old fashioned Number One, as in the GK, which could mean Smith, which would make sense. He still has full arm waving capacity and Williams can concentrate on being in Goal without having to worry about coaching, captaining and Managing all at the same time. |
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« Reply #39 on: Wednesday, October 25, 2006, 10:56:38 » |
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Those who are refusing to hold the board accountable for any of this fiasco are bonkers.
It's not their fault that Wise & Poyet had this clause which allowed them to speak to Leeds, so in that regard you can't blame them.
The board, or at least the current incumbents, were quite happy to keep Iffy after relegation last season but Power's influence and the relationship he had with Wise's father helped spawn the deal which eventually saw Wise and Poyet come to the club. Admittedly, Diamandis may have had something to do with the deal but don't believe for a second that he was responsible for it all.
After the plane accident, Wise immediately visited by Power and Devlin in hospital - does this not show just how much he thought of them?
Soon afterwards, murmurs of boardroom unrest began to emerge. Wise's secretary Linda Birrel was unexpectedly sacked with reasons of "cost-cutting" being cited as the cause. Despite Wise's offer of contributing to her wage, the club rejected this and she remained absent.
Power then walks out of the club with no public statements - due to the close relationship between Wise's father and Bill Power, it's fair to assume that they would have discussed recent events in private.
Wise openly criticises the board for Holt's comments and questions the £750,000 overspend - considering the professionalism he'd shown up until this week, that was quite unexpected.
Does anybody honestly believe that none of the above events contributed to Wise's reasons for leaving?
I am utterly convinced that if Power was still at the club that Wise would have been far less likely to entertain the thought of joining Leeds. The carpet was pulled from underneath his feet, the promises made to him when he joined were revoked, he no longer had the control he had hoped for, the control he needed to make this club more professional and drag it from the dark ages.
Devlin's made no public statement but why do you think that is? Considering the club's reaction to the actions of the Trust and the thinly-veiled threats of legal action, Devlin - and Power - are only protecting themselves which is absolutely fair.
The board are not blameless in this. I'm not defending Wise's decision to leave at all, because I think his decision to leave only 5 months into a 3 year contract after making the comments of "starting at the bottom" is absolutely rotten. The bloke's a cunt but I can't blame him for leaving, I'd rather work for my son's Godfather than this nightmare of a board.
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« Reply #40 on: Wednesday, October 25, 2006, 11:01:18 » |
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« Reply #41 on: Wednesday, October 25, 2006, 17:37:52 » |
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I think Wise has been tempted by Leeds for a while.
He knew he would be suverely handicapped by working with this recessive board instead of the positivity we had with Power and Devlin.
I doubt there was even enough money to get a reserve goalkeeper behind Paul Smith. So Wise probably thought fuck this there and then.
A shame, but quite inevitable.
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« Reply #42 on: Wednesday, October 25, 2006, 17:47:16 » |
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I think Wise has been tempted by Leeds for a while.
He knew he would be suverely handicapped by working with this recessive board instead of the positivity we had with Power and Devlin.
I doubt there was even enough money to get a reserve goalkeeper behind Paul Smith. So Wise probably thought fuck this there and then.
A shame, but quite inevitable. I got a different take on it Spencer He privately (which thanks to Mr Holt turned publicaly) commited his future to us on 26 September, and that he would carry on doing the job that he was here to do Now barely 4 weeks later he has gone. Between that time he has stated in the media that he is baffled at the overspend etc. I think he has had his eyes well and truly opened ! |
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« Reply #43 on: Wednesday, October 25, 2006, 18:16:14 » |
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Its about time more fans came to the same conclusions about this board.
Anyone who blames Wise for leaving is deluded. Like you say, I think he really wanted to stay, he could have jumped ship a month ago. Hes changed his mind after a few weeks working with the new board.
This board has ripped away a better future for STFC from under our feet.
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« Reply #44 on: Wednesday, October 25, 2006, 18:27:21 » |
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I think Wise wanted to handle and oversee everything at the club. When that (or the illusion of it) got taken away he decided enough was enough. Maybe.
If that were the case it could have happened at most of the clubs, if not all in our division.
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