Exodus

[Royalee]

We'll see.

[Alan Partridge]

We'll see.

He'll be 4th or 5th choice next season once they find clubs for Bennett and Sodje.

[Royalee]

We'll see.

He'll be 4th or 5th choice next season once they find clubs for Bennett and Sodje.

I agree with most of the things you say at the moment, but this isn't one of them.

[Alan Partridge]

He'll be behind Ivar, Bikey, Duberry, that's an absolute given. I think Coppell would favour Cisse to him as well. Which makes him 4th or 5th choice.

[Royalee]

It wouldn't surprise me if Coppell made all the wrong decisions again given that he has a talent for getting things completely wong - not playing Pearce would be another mistake for the king of mistakes.

[FiNeRaIn]

It wouldn't surprise me if Coppell made all the wrong decisions again given that he has a talent for getting things completely wong - not playing Pearce would be another mistake for the king of mistakes.

Suggesting coppell gets a lot of decisions wrong is laughable............





and CORRECT

[brendywendy]

oh cmon

suyrely the king of mistakes is someone a bit higher profile

coppell is just the grand vizier, or arch duke of mistakes

[Royalee]

oh cmon

suyrely the king of mistakes is someone a bit higher profile

coppell is just the grand vizier, or arch duke of mistakes

The guy is a walking mistake. The worst thing is that he doesn't appear to have learnt from any of them either given his lack of tact regarding Little and the fact that he evidently did no forward-planning whatsoever come the end of the season! Why the hell come out in the press and say you'll have to accept losing your best players? Does he get his negotiation skills from Peter Risdale?!

[brendywendy]

do you think there were a big list of clubs thinking i would make a bid for X Y or Z, but there are no noises coming out of the madejski(no change there then!) so i wont?


we will lose these players, it was inevitable
& maybe coppell wants to rebuild, its probably time anyway

[earleyroyal]

oh cmon

suyrely the king of mistakes is someone a bit higher profile

coppell is just the grand vizier, or arch duke of mistakes

The guy is a walking mistake. The worst thing is that he doesn't appear to have learnt from any of them either given his lack of tact regarding Little and the fact that he evidently did no forward-planning whatsoever come the end of the season! Why the hell come out in the press and say you'll have to accept losing your best players? Does he get his negotiation skills from Peter Risdale?!

Human being in 'makes mistakes shocker'

He has made mistakes, made quite a few last season but I suspect he is still more in credit than most. Would 'Bournemouth Uni' count as a mistake by the way?

[Royalee]

oh cmon

suyrely the king of mistakes is someone a bit higher profile

coppell is just the grand vizier, or arch duke of mistakes

The guy is a walking mistake. The worst thing is that he doesn't appear to have learnt from any of them either given his lack of tact regarding Little and the fact that he evidently did no forward-planning whatsoever come the end of the season! Why the hell come out in the press and say you'll have to accept losing your best players? Does he get his negotiation skills from Peter Risdale?!

Human being in 'makes mistakes shocker'

He has made mistakes, made quite a few last season but I suspect he is still more in credit than most. Would 'Bournemouth Uni' count as a mistake by the way?

Not at all, I lead a great lifestyle thanks.

[Rev Algenon Stickleback H]

oh cmon

suyrely the king of mistakes is someone a bit higher profile

coppell is just the grand vizier, or arch duke of mistakes

The guy is a walking mistake. The worst thing is that he doesn't appear to have learnt from any of them either given his lack of tact regarding Little

what "lack of tact" ?

and the fact that he evidently did no forward-planning whatsoever come the end of the season!

how do you know? Just because we don't leak transfer targets to the press doesn't mean we aren't looking.

Why the hell come out in the press and say you'll have to accept losing your best players?

because saying they are going nowhere is pointless when it's not true. Despite all the noises about Ronaldo staying put at Man Utd, for example, who doesn't believe he'll be a Real Madrid player next season?

Does he get his negotiation skills from Peter Risdale?!

No, that would make him want to sign overrated players on high salaries, breaking the bank going for success. What kind of idiot would suggest that sort of policy?

[brendywendy]

you cannot reason with the deranged rev.

[Rev Algenon Stickleback H]

you cannot reason with the deranged rev.

I'd have appreciated a comma after deranged!

[Ian Royal]

oh cmon

suyrely the king of mistakes is someone a bit higher profile

coppell is just the grand vizier, or arch duke of mistakes

The guy is a walking mistake. The worst thing is that he doesn't appear to have learnt from any of them either given his lack of tact regarding Little and the fact that he evidently did no forward-planning whatsoever come the end of the season! Why the hell come out in the press and say you'll have to accept losing your best players? Does he get his negotiation skills from Peter Risdale?!

Human being in 'makes mistakes shocker'

He has made mistakes, made quite a few last season but I suspect he is still more in credit than most. Would 'Bournemouth Uni' count as a mistake by the way?

It isn't Bournemouth Uni thats the mistake. It's Royalee

[Royalee]

It isn't Bournemouth Uni thats the mistake. It's Royalee

I hope your workplace was uplifting and vibrant today Ian, but without too much cacophany.

[Royalee]

oh cmon

suyrely the king of mistakes is someone a bit higher profile

coppell is just the grand vizier, or arch duke of mistakes

The guy is a walking mistake. The worst thing is that he doesn't appear to have learnt from any of them either given his lack of tact regarding Little

what "lack of tact" ?

and the fact that he evidently did no forward-planning whatsoever come the end of the season!

how do you know? Just because we don't leak transfer targets to the press doesn't mean we aren't looking.

Why the hell come out in the press and say you'll have to accept losing your best players?

because saying they are going nowhere is pointless when it's not true. Despite all the noises about Ronaldo staying put at Man Utd, for example, who doesn't believe he'll be a Real Madrid player next season?

Does he get his negotiation skills from Peter Risdale?!

No, that would make him want to sign overrated players on high salaries, breaking the bank going for success. What kind of idiot would suggest that sort of policy?

Any successful businessman talks up their chances of retaining important staff and does their utmost to keep them - more often than not it pushes up the price they are paid to let them go, which is exactly what United are doing with Ronaldo. They know Ronaldo's off, doesn't mean they have to admit it in the press so that Madrid can pounce and get him without a fight. You'd know this of course if you knew how to negotiate.

I know there was no forward planning by us not having offered Little something sooner, Coppell's comments that someone will now have to claim the right sided position (which indicates he wasn't looking at any previously) and the fact that we have not made any rumblings about bringing anyone in yet.

[Royal Rother]

You really are priceless Royalee, with this almost retarded "King of Mistakes" routine.

How many managers can you name who have won the Manager of the Year award 2 years running, one when in the CCC, the other in the PL?

[Arch]

Pearce didn't start the majority of games during his loan spell at Norwich, Bournemouth sent him and Henry back according to SC at the fans forum. I quite like Pearce but to put him in front of Ivar and Duberry is LOLaughabLOLe.

A bit misleading on his time at Norwich. He was not in the squad for his first game and an unused sub for the next three, but after that he played in 11 of the remaining 13 games, starting eight times and appearing as a sub three times. Norwich loaned him originally because of injury problems that had abated by April, so they were always likely to prefer their own seasoned players at that time.

[Roger the Rabbit]

Let's play a game.

First to name a manager who hasn't made a mistake wins !

I'll start.

Alex Ferguson, hmm, well there was Jaap Stam, and then there was Veron, and Djemba Djemba...

Anyone else want a go ?

And just to comment on
''Any successful businessman talks up their chances of retaining important staff and does their utmost to keep them - more often than not it pushes up the price they are paid to let them go, which is exactly what United are doing with Ronaldo. They know Ronaldo's off, doesn't mean they have to admit it in the press so that Madrid can pounce and get him without a fight. You'd know this of course if you knew how to negotiate.''
That really sounds like a student talking ! No successful businessman talks up losing anyone ! They deal with staff issues where they should be dealt with - in private. In business you don't pay transfer fees either, so not sure where the bit about upping the price comes in.
And there is no one way to negotiate, sometimes you play your cards close to your chest, sometimes you don;t. Negotiation is about lots of things and it could quite easily be in United's interest to make the whole thing out in the open to encourage Milan, Barca and anyone else to get involved, at the moment Real hold a lot of the aces because Ronaldo wants to go, they want him, they have the money