berkshiresaint Posted 29 July, 2014 Posted 29 July, 2014 Let the U turns begin. All those who either wanted to return season tickets, make a stand against the board, slag of Reed,Kruger et'al. The club does know what it's doing. Looking forward to this season even more now.
Greenridge Posted 29 July, 2014 Posted 29 July, 2014 Based on some PR words. Surely you're not that naive. Let's hope there's a good chunk of truth in what he says. Only time will tell. COYR.
S-Clarke Posted 29 July, 2014 Posted 29 July, 2014 Why is anyone going to say sorry based on a bit of PR? Actions, and lots of actions, and then we may be seeing some u-turns. Until then, they've achieved nothing but failure.
hypochondriac Posted 29 July, 2014 Posted 29 July, 2014 What has actually changed other than a few words of PR on the radio?
Goatboy Posted 29 July, 2014 Posted 29 July, 2014 What has actually changed other than a few words of PR on the radio? Can't you feel it? It's the vibe of it man!
saintalan Posted 29 July, 2014 Posted 29 July, 2014 Nice try fellow berkshire saint, 3 responses totally disregarding your post
JxgrSaint Posted 29 July, 2014 Posted 29 July, 2014 Might be worth waiting until September before anyone apologises for anything...
Mr Saints Posted 29 July, 2014 Posted 29 July, 2014 I'll say sorry if the transfer window shuts with no more departures and significant arrivals.
Smirking_Saint Posted 29 July, 2014 Posted 29 July, 2014 Let the U turns begin. All those who either wanted to return season tickets, make a stand against the board, slag of Reed,Kruger et'al. The club does know what it's doing. Looking forward to this season even more now. Ive said Ill ultimately make my decision come september 1st, dont see any reason not to wait
Minty Posted 29 July, 2014 Posted 29 July, 2014 I think this is a bit inflammatory and unhelpful to be honest. What would be better would be to do as Ralph asks and judge them once the season begins, rather than all this flip-flapping that some fans seem to do. Nigel was always absolutely spot on when he said we shouldn't get too low after the defeat and shouldn't get too high after a win and it's the same with all this. A bit of emotional maturity is needed.
Professor Posted 29 July, 2014 Posted 29 July, 2014 If someone was hitting berkshiresaint on the head with a hammer and only stopped when passers-by protested, he would thank his assailant and apologise for having misjudged him. This warrants a prize for the most foolish thread yet.
pap Posted 29 July, 2014 Posted 29 July, 2014 (edited) As many will know, I'm a bit of a happy clapper during good times and a fence-sitter when shít is up in the air, so I haven't really said anything I need to apologise to the board for. P'raps a couple of sarcastic tweets Anyway, I'm providing for multiple outcomes here, Wayne's World style. Good outcome Scenario: Morgs and Jay Rod stay, RK pulls together team capable of achieving mid-table Prem League status, along with platform for further success. Message to board: Sorry for sending a sarcastic tweet to club in reply to Les Reed's quote about keeping hold of best quality youngsters. Stay around, as apart from the occasional bit of drama, the Liebherr ownership has been positive. Bad outcome Scenario: Ralph is lying through his teeth. Morgs and Jay are off to Spurs this week. Anything not nailed down sold to nearest Premier League reclamation yard. Message to board: May you forever have unwipeable bottoms. May you always be plagued with ever-present winnets that only take a break from biting your ringpiece to bits when the Haemorrhoid family come to visit. Scooby Doo outcome Scenario: Kat isn't really Kat, and is unmasked as NC - who has been holding the real Kat under house arrest and posing as her since January, scaring players away so he can buy the club on the cheap. Message to board: He'd have gotten away with it, if only for those pesky kids. Edited 29 July, 2014 by pap
berkshiresaint Posted 29 July, 2014 Author Posted 29 July, 2014 If someone was hitting berkshiresaint on the head with a hammer and only stopped when passers-by protested, he would thank his assailant and apologise for having misjudged him. This warrants a prize for the most foolish thread yet. The words of a man who goes through life pulling doors that say push.
Viking Warrior Posted 29 July, 2014 Posted 29 July, 2014 Well said Berkshire . But I doubt their will be many apologies I look forward to Guans next post
The9 Posted 29 July, 2014 Posted 29 July, 2014 Let the U turns begin. All those who either wanted to return season tickets, make a stand against the board, slag of Reed,Kruger et'al. The club does know what it's doing. Looking forward to this season even more now. Hmm, was nice to hear some positivity and an unequivocal statement on Schneiderlin and Rodriguez, but I'm as committed to "waiting and seeing" before August 17th and September 1st as I was before. Obviously three signings is a start, but that's not covering £90m of transfer fees and wages as claimed, so there would need to be plenty of others too. The time for the "ok I was wrong"s is Sept 1st with 6-8 quality new players, and even then it'll be "wait and see" on results.
Minty Posted 29 July, 2014 Posted 29 July, 2014 Hmm, was nice to hear some positivity and an unequivocal statement on Schneiderlin and Rodriguez, but I'm as committed to "waiting and seeing" before August 17th and September 1st as I was before. Obviously three signings is a start, but that's not covering £90m of transfer fees and wages as claimed, so there would need to be plenty of others too. The time for the "ok I was wrong"s is Sept 1st with 6-8 quality new players, and even then it'll be "wait and see" on results. Which is just common sense IMO, and it's the same every season and every transfer window.
COMEONYOUREDS Posted 29 July, 2014 Posted 29 July, 2014 Seriously? There's been a lot of knee jerk posting on here, but that is surely justified. I'll be reserving judgement until September 1st. After all the crap we've obviously been fed recently I don't think I will ever be able to take any of what they say at face value anymore
Bearsy Posted 29 July, 2014 Posted 29 July, 2014 Pretty sure that we're only keeping Morgan & Jay because Kat & Les were shamed by my twitter abuses and satirical articles. I apologise for nothing!
pap Posted 29 July, 2014 Posted 29 July, 2014 Well, it looks like we're veering toward perpetually unwipeable bottoms, people. FFS.
cellone Posted 29 July, 2014 Posted 29 July, 2014 Sorry? Has the club been true to the statements it makes?
Greenridge Posted 29 July, 2014 Posted 29 July, 2014 After Morgans tweet maybe Berkshire might want to start another thread?
hypochondriac Posted 29 July, 2014 Posted 29 July, 2014 What has actually changed other than a few words of PR on the radio? Told ya.
Unbelievable Jeff Posted 29 July, 2014 Posted 29 July, 2014 Leave the gloating until September, it could come to bite you doing it this early...
Baird of the land Posted 29 July, 2014 Posted 29 July, 2014 Their incompetence and weakness has put us in this situation. I certainly won't be apologising to them. I will happily applaud them though for finally waking and smelling the coffee and showing some gumption. Long may it last.
The9 Posted 29 July, 2014 Posted 29 July, 2014 Which is just common sense IMO, and it's the same every season and every transfer window. Well, yeah, but it's not just you that gets to post boring, sensible, obvious, logical stuff.
Minty Posted 29 July, 2014 Posted 29 July, 2014 Well, yeah, but it's not just you that gets to post boring, sensible, obvious, logical stuff. I should hope not, can be a lonely place sometimes!
LVSaint Posted 29 July, 2014 Posted 29 July, 2014 Got to be a candidate for golden posts!!! I'm thinking it was originally tongue in cheek, surely.
Dr Octopus Posted 29 July, 2014 Posted 29 July, 2014 Not many takers in here then, the only thing I'm sorry about is our boards incompetence. I think they have a new 5 years plan to get back to where the last one began.
SaintRobbie Posted 29 July, 2014 Posted 29 July, 2014 Let the U turns begin. All those who either wanted to return season tickets, make a stand against the board, slag of Reed,Kruger et'al. The club does know what it's doing. Looking forward to this season even more now. Even if Krueger does buy 10 quality players the ineptitude of how we have found ourselves in this position means they are all now on borrowed time. Our board isn't trusted, lacks integrity and has made us a laughing stock. They are incompetent. Les Reed and Krueger will be leaving soon.
Miltonaggro Posted 29 July, 2014 Posted 29 July, 2014 Even if Krueger does buy 10 quality players the ineptitude of how we have found ourselves in this position means they are all now on borrowed time. Our board isn't trusted, lacks integrity and has made us a laughing stock. They are incompetent. Les Reed and Krueger will be leaving soon. This. And hopefully they will both apologise...
OldNick Posted 29 July, 2014 Posted 29 July, 2014 Life and football forums are all about timing, it's just not your day Berkshire
St Neel Posted 29 July, 2014 Posted 29 July, 2014 Bedwetter? Happy clapper? Yet more pointless crap from SW members while inept morons continue to get away with mismanaging our club.
berkshiresaint Posted 2 September, 2014 Author Posted 2 September, 2014 All in all improvements all round a stronger squad than last year. 2 players coming in who have played in CL finals & a better manager. So then did the board do good & are all those who wet their beds & slagged the board off going to admit they were wrong? Shame to see Jos go. in my opinion every player brought in has either been on par or better than who they replaced. It is quite ironic that the players who left for exorbinate amounts of money wanted to play CL football (most of them won't) but we bought in 2 players who have one the bloody thing..
andoru Posted 2 September, 2014 Posted 2 September, 2014 I don't think I was ever condemning the board, although I certainly admit to panicking and questioning what was going on. Am I going to apologise? No. Why? Because I went on the information available to me at the time. That information was basically that we'd sold five of our best players with none in. I'm not going to second guess myself now. I had an opinion at that time, formed from what I knew and what the board told us, and I'm not going to take it back. The board have come good, but it doesn't mean things were handled well two months ago.
S-Clarke Posted 2 September, 2014 Posted 2 September, 2014 It was all about actions, which they produced at the end of the day, pretty emphatically it has to be said. Their stance on Jay and especially Morgan was commendable. They'll probably go eventually, but it re-asserted ourselves in the market when it seemed as if we were easy pickings.
St Neel Posted 2 September, 2014 Posted 2 September, 2014 it has been speculated (by Adam Blackmore no less, amongst others) that the anger directed at the board following the sale of Chambers led to the Board to harden their stance with regards Morgan and J-Rod. As any 5 year old will tell you, bed-wetting gets attention!
Colinjb Posted 2 September, 2014 Posted 2 September, 2014 it has been speculated (by Adam Blackmore no less, amongst others) that the anger directed at the board following the sale of Chambers led to the Board to harden their stance with regards Morgan and J-Rod. As Alpine_Saint will tell you, bed-wetting gets attention! It wouldn't be a surprise, that transfer was a shocker. Glad they finally showed some spine and halted the exodus, it provided a foundation for new players to come on, no-one ever heard of rats boarding a sinking ship.
jjsaint Posted 2 September, 2014 Posted 2 September, 2014 It wouldn't be a surprise, that transfer was a shocker. Glad they finally showed some spine and halted the exodus, it provided a foundation for new players to come on, no-one ever heard of rats boarding a sinking ship. http://www1.skysports.com/transfer/news/12691/9428096/brezovan-joins-portsmouth
Dig Dig Posted 2 September, 2014 Posted 2 September, 2014 It was all about actions, which they produced at the end of the day, pretty emphatically it has to be said. Their stance on Jay and especially Morgan was commendable. They'll probably go eventually, but it re-asserted ourselves in the market when it seemed as if we were easy pickings. My main point all summer was that we appeared to be doing nothing to try and keep the core of the squad together and the reports coming out where that players were becoming very frustrated very quickly about the lack of communication from the board. We were told that when the big clubs come calling with pockets full of cash, we simply have to let players go regardless of length of contract. I'm glad the board used the "no means no" policy to good effect with Morgan and Jay.
Colinjb Posted 2 September, 2014 Posted 2 September, 2014 http://www1.skysports.com/transfer/news/12691/9428096/brezovan-joins-portsmouth Touché sir!
Unbelievable Jeff Posted 2 September, 2014 Posted 2 September, 2014 My main point all summer was that we appeared to be doing nothing to try and keep the core of the squad together and the reports coming out where that players were becoming very frustrated very quickly about the lack of communication from the board. We were told that when the big clubs come calling with pockets full of cash, we simply have to let players go regardless of length of contract. I'm glad the board used the "no means no" policy to good effect with Morgan and Jay. Funny how the players that were saying all this tended to be the ones who wanted to move or were agitating for new contracts. As I said back then and have maintained throughout the Summer, the players stuffed the board over with lies and hyperbole so the fans would blame the board, not them.
Unbelievable Jeff Posted 2 September, 2014 Posted 2 September, 2014 it has been speculated (by Adam Blackmore no less, amongst others) that the anger directed at the board following the sale of Chambers led to the Board to harden their stance with regards Morgan and J-Rod. As any 5 year old will tell you, bed-wetting gets attention! Adam was also the dissenting players mouthpiece throughout the Summer so find it hard to believe him.
berkshiresaint Posted 2 September, 2014 Author Posted 2 September, 2014 Funny how the players that were saying all this tended to be the ones who wanted to move or were agitating for new contracts. As I said back then and have maintained throughout the Summer, the players stuffed the board over with lies and hyperbole so the fans would blame the board, not them. This!
alpine_saint Posted 2 September, 2014 Posted 2 September, 2014 it has been speculated (by Adam Blackmore no less, amongst others) that the anger directed at the board following the sale of Chambers led to the Board to harden their stance with regards Morgan and J-Rod. As any 5 year old will tell you, bed-wetting gets attention! So, the question bodes : if the fan base hadnt reacted so negatively to Chambers leaving, where would be now ? I'll give them the benefit of the doubt. But I'll be f**ked if I am going to apologise until there is some sort of recognition from them that they screwed up in their judgement of Pochettino and the communication thereafter..
Colinjb Posted 2 September, 2014 Posted 2 September, 2014 I So, the possibility that we have reduced our wage bill, made 30m profit and ensured that our squad is of sufficient strength to at least be competitive. That looks very shrewd.
red&white56 Posted 2 September, 2014 Posted 2 September, 2014 All in all improvements all round a stronger squad than last year. .. You called it right back in July, well done!! Even now, at the end of the transfer widiow, after the start of the season there are many posters still justifying their bed wetting and not willing to apologise. Shame on them.
hutch Posted 2 September, 2014 Posted 2 September, 2014 Touché sir! Didn't stay long though, did he? He signed for Tranmere yesterday
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