Holmes_and_Watson

If they're going to apply HR practices that exist elsewhere to football squads, coaching and back room, there's going to be a lot of vacancies coming up.

Unbeaten in ages (ta @Turkish) Most in form team in the league Strong squad. Lots of minutes spread around, depth and a structure to the shape. Continuing to clear out surplus players. One our most successful win rate managers in charge. A committed owner, who has invested despite some setbacks. Raring to go for 26/27!

It's an awkward topic. It can only be a good thing to have a fully inclusive hiring system. But with that, we have to face some unfortunate truths. The colourful clothing, with bright embroidery and feathered cap of your average dandy, is just not well suited for spying missions.

Without looking too closely, they've spent a fortune on not improving their side. I remember it being a vocal, or media friendly lot who were baying for Moyes to go, as he couldn't take them to "the next level." With the dodgy owners and dodgy stadium deal, I've only sympathy for club staff and suppliers whose jobs will be impacted. That applies to any club.

Would you put his execution before or after the Take That concert? 🙂

The crowd were shouting towards Sullivan, who Sky showed to have gone from his seat on 88 mins. Didn't see any shots of him coming back. His partner was still there though.

The moment when he got his own side to start shooting towards Pickford was a bit of a giveaway. 🙂

Spygate is nothing compared to Brunchgate.

A new FAB?! Surely, this means continuing their statement of a percentage of the FAB moving within agreed timescales? If the club get to just change the entire FAB because it doesn't like what it's hearing, then we could just end up being represented by um...wooden puppets.

That explains the club silence. Everyone is having The Catcher in the Rye read to them in the auditorium, with activated Manchurian Candidates then carted off.

Sladden: Yeah, I reckon this'll cut through pretty well anything that exists. I did steel armor plate with it six inches thick, just like that! Oh, it was legal. Bloke shut in a strong room, I got him out. Secret job, like this one. Col. Breen: Then I'm glad you don't talk about it. - Quatermass and the Pit

Yup. If you breach our strict data communications processes you will be disciplined. Basically, you will be fired. Depending on what it is you've been stupid enough to communicate opens up a number of other painful avenues on both personal and corporate levels. So much money, so little competence.

I like this. I'm also looking forward to reading John Le Carre's Intern, Analyst, Manager, Spy

It does. Hard to think of THB using anything other than this, the most straightforward, reasoning.

Agreed. There's quite a few on this board, who work in industries where the above requirements from legal/compliance would be standard, and well ingrained, processes. There's an incident and the wheels immediately begin turning. If persons have hidden, misled or outright lied during that process there will be hell to pay. That's sending people out there to lie to police, courts and regulators, and we may see some of that in the FA in estivation results. @ChristopheVAFC makes the good point, that silence may be part of the club conducting a full internal investigation, not just into the spying itself, but into the information that was known and shared throughout the club. If you can't rely on the veracity of the information, then there won't be a press release with any detail.