Ulrich van Gobbel Posted 12 July, 2015 Share Posted 12 July, 2015 Very, very pleased about this signing if it goes through. Clasie is a seriously talented player who will add tenacity and determination to our midfield. He has fantastic vision, a great range of passing and is a leader. The rumoured £10m fee is a bargain! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supersonic Posted 12 July, 2015 Share Posted 12 July, 2015 https://twitter.com/alex_crook/status/620194705591111680 Talks between Jordy Clasie's representatives and Ronald Koeman have been taking place in Austria today. Deal will happen #saintsfc Hard to get excited over a tweet from Alex Crook.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint031 Posted 12 July, 2015 Share Posted 12 July, 2015 By the way, in our games against PSV he always neutralized Wijnaldum who moves for 20 million euro's to the Mags. Also, I consider Clasie to be better than Blind. Bit of a bargain indeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bewildered Posted 12 July, 2015 Share Posted 12 July, 2015 Hard to get excited over a tweet from Alex Crook.. Jordan Sibley's reply Jordan Sibley @jordansibley 55s55 seconds ago .@alex_crook That must have been his identical twin brother I flew back to England with last night then �� Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 12 July, 2015 Share Posted 12 July, 2015 Alex Goring Crook@alex_crook Talks between Jordy Clasie's representatives and Ronald Koeman have been taking place in Austria today. Deal will happen #saintsfc Jordan Sibley @jordansibley 1m1 minute ago .@alex_crook That must have been his identical twin brother I flew back to England with last night then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulrich van Gobbel Posted 12 July, 2015 Share Posted 12 July, 2015 Jordan Sibley's reply Brilliant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 12 July, 2015 Share Posted 12 July, 2015 Jordan Sibley @jordansibley 1m1 minute ago .@alex_crook That must have been his identical twin brother I flew back to England with last night then [emoji38] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supersonic Posted 12 July, 2015 Share Posted 12 July, 2015 Jordan Sibley's reply My point in case. Crook is certainly an appropriate last name! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 12 July, 2015 Share Posted 12 July, 2015 My point in case. Crook is certainly an appropriate last name! That tweet and reply is quality! Hall of fame worthy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeShmoe Posted 12 July, 2015 Share Posted 12 July, 2015 Think it's pretty clear he wants to come here and confident this one gets done - him and VW will be the CMs next season and if expect Reed to get more game time. JWP is powder puff which is a shame as he no doubt has the passing and vision to play CM but he's not physical or dominant enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Appy Posted 12 July, 2015 Share Posted 12 July, 2015 Jordan Sibley's reply **** me, he gets worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 12 July, 2015 Share Posted 12 July, 2015 There's no way Jordie Claisie would join a tin pot club with no ambition like Southampton. I mean, we're run like a seaside B&B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeShmoe Posted 12 July, 2015 Share Posted 12 July, 2015 Haha Crooks been owned there, what a tool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_Ash Posted 12 July, 2015 Share Posted 12 July, 2015 Would be good if Irwin was Ronald's twin then they both could be right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Diamond Posted 12 July, 2015 Share Posted 12 July, 2015 As funny as it is, that's a bit of a daft move by Mr. Sibley. The club needs the press as much as the press needs the club. Anyone who works in communications will tell you that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewell Posted 12 July, 2015 Share Posted 12 July, 2015 My point in case. Crook is certainly an appropriate last name! He is the most 'full of ****' poster on Twitter. Why people would carry on following him I will never know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_Ash Posted 12 July, 2015 Share Posted 12 July, 2015 As funny as it is, that's a bit of a daft move by Mr. Sibley. The club needs the press as much as the press needs the club. Anyone who works in communications will tell you that. So let the media continue to lie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simo Posted 12 July, 2015 Share Posted 12 July, 2015 As funny as it is, that's a bit of a daft move by Mr. Sibley. The club needs the press as much as the press needs the club. Anyone who works in communications will tell you that. But it's blatant rubbish from Crook!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verbal Posted 12 July, 2015 Share Posted 12 July, 2015 As funny as it is, that's a bit of a daft move by Mr. Sibley. The club needs the press as much as the press needs the club. Anyone who works in communications will tell you that. I work in communications. That's not true. Besides, Crook would do well to laugh along with everyone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 12 July, 2015 Share Posted 12 July, 2015 As funny as it is, that's a bit of a daft move by Mr. Sibley. The club needs the press as much as the press needs the club. Anyone who works in communications will tell you that. Why is it a daft move? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_Ash Posted 12 July, 2015 Share Posted 12 July, 2015 Clasie was 5/6 favourite to join us yesterday, betting suspended today. Wonder if it'll come back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint IQ Posted 12 July, 2015 Share Posted 12 July, 2015 What a vile, arrogant club Feyehampton are. Why do they think they can just pick off our players as and when it suits them? They should develop their own. I don't mind Claise leaving but to anyone but them. They got our manager and our centre forward now they're taking the p*ss. Feyehampton clearly lack the imagination to develop their own strategy and system so they are stealing ours. Horrible arrogant club with deluded fans. I know you're trying to be funny, but because we are in different leagues in different countrys its not really the same as Spuds n Pool. Besides I have more of a problem with Rodgers than the club itself, always disliked spurs. Suppose they were bareable when they had Modric, Van Der Vaart and Bale on fire as they were good watch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 12 July, 2015 Share Posted 12 July, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Charlie Posted 12 July, 2015 Share Posted 12 July, 2015 Crook is a complete shyster, they should just ban him from the press conferences. I can't recall any info that he has found which wasn't either already known, a quite from a press conference, or made up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 12 July, 2015 Share Posted 12 July, 2015 Why is it a daft move? Doesn't media coverage matter on FM? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 12 July, 2015 Share Posted 12 July, 2015 Crook is a complete shyster, they should just ban him from the press conferences. I can't recall any info that he has found which wasn't either already known, a quite from a press conference, or made up. Yet you read other club messageboards and many think he's as close to the action as any journo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shance Posted 12 July, 2015 Share Posted 12 July, 2015 Why do people keep commenting on his height FFS? He's the same height as Paul Scholes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 12 July, 2015 Share Posted 12 July, 2015 As funny as it is, that's a bit of a daft move by Mr. Sibley. The club needs the press as much as the press needs the club. Anyone who works in communications will tell you that. Why is it a daft move? Doesn't media coverage matter on FM? If they are making things up regardless for clickbait, why does it matter negatively on the club if you expose it on your personal twitter account? If anything it will help as more of the public will be aware of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Diamond Posted 12 July, 2015 Share Posted 12 July, 2015 I work in communications. That's not true. Besides, Crook would do well to laugh along with everyone else. I work in comms too, hence how I know. If you make a journalist look like a fool, it could come back to haunt you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 12 July, 2015 Share Posted 12 July, 2015 I work in comms too, hence how I know. If you make a journalist look like a fool, it could come back to haunt you. I don't think you can really class Crook as a journalist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 12 July, 2015 Share Posted 12 July, 2015 I work in comms too, hence how I know. If you make a journalist look like a fool, it could come back to haunt you. They are making things up regardless of what the club do or their staff say on personal accounts. In what manner could this "haunt" them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 12 July, 2015 Share Posted 12 July, 2015 I work in comms too, hence how I know. If you make a journalist look like a fool, it could come back to haunt you. Fortunately it was only Alex Crook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Diamond Posted 12 July, 2015 Share Posted 12 July, 2015 They are making things up regardless of what the club do or their staff say on personal accounts. In what manner could this "haunt" them? I realise they don't teach this in spreadsheet school so don't worry about not understanding. Let's say an issue crops up a few months from now and the club have a PR problem. They've given a journalist an excuse to capitalise on their bad relationship and write something potentially damaging - unrelated to this particular matter. I don't think there was any particular need to show him up on Twitter. If it's wrong like you think he is then he'll be found out anyway won't he? Personally, I would have just sent him a quick message, out of the public eye, to say no, it's not true. I've said this plenty of times, there is a lot more truth to football 'rumours' than people believe. The automatic response these days is 'lazy journalists lol omfg' unfortunately. Fortunately it was only Alex Crook Indeed, it is amusing because it's him and the whole 'meltdown' thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pastor Patrón Posted 12 July, 2015 Share Posted 12 July, 2015 Quality signing, as much as everyone likes to jerk off over Morgan, Clasie seems a similar class of player. If we sign Clasie for £10mill and get £25mill for Morgan that's crazy business, money left over to buy Austin, yeah sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 12 July, 2015 Share Posted 12 July, 2015 Yet you read other club messageboards and many think he's as close to the action as any journo. I can't work out if that's a compliment or not.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Diamond Posted 12 July, 2015 Share Posted 12 July, 2015 I don't think you can really class Crook as a journalist. You can't class many of them as journalists anymore, but I can actually say that he's better than most. I sound like I'm defending him but I'm really not. If you can do CTRL + C followed by CTRL + V then you've got guaranteed entry to somewhere like the Metro or Daily Mail Online. I have seen press releases copied straight into publications, they haven't even taken the 'notes to editors' section out, or my contact details! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluto Posted 12 July, 2015 Share Posted 12 July, 2015 Alex Crook born in bournemouth and is a Man United fans, which says it all ! Anyone licking his arse needs a doctor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluto Posted 12 July, 2015 Share Posted 12 July, 2015 As funny as it is, that's a bit of a daft move by Mr. Sibley. The club needs the press as much as the press needs the club. Anyone who works in communications will tell you that. nah hes a complete wombat and the club shouldnt allow him anywhere near SFC media. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 12 July, 2015 Share Posted 12 July, 2015 I realise they don't teach this in spreadsheet school so don't worry about not understanding. Let's say an issue crops up a few months from now and the club have a PR problem. They've given a journalist an excuse to capitalise on their bad relationship and write something potentially damaging - unrelated to this particular matter. I don't think there was any particular need to show him up on Twitter. If it's wrong like you think he is then he'll be found out anyway won't he? Personally, I would have just sent him a quick message, out of the public eye, to say no, it's not true. I've said this plenty of times, there is a lot more truth to football 'rumours' than people believe. The automatic response these days is 'lazy journalists lol omfg' unfortunately. He doesn't appear to have any football contacts, his stories come from attending press conferences at Staplewood/St Mary's and rehashing articles that were in local or foreign press days earlier. He also has a habit of making things up as click bait to sell to newspapers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Diamond Posted 12 July, 2015 Share Posted 12 July, 2015 Alex Crook born in bournemouth and is a Man United fans, which says it all ! Anyone licking his arse needs a doctor. But they should brush their teeth before seeing said doctor, obviously. He doesn't appear to have any football contacts, his stories come from attending press conferences at Staplewood/St Mary's and rehashing articles that were in local or foreign press days earlier. He also has a habit of making things up as click bait to sell to newspapers. Bit unwise to say he doesn't have football contacts. Looks to me as if he does. Unfortunately, I can't think of a publication or news network that doesn't do click bait. This last week I've noticed it's been particularly bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 12 July, 2015 Share Posted 12 July, 2015 (edited) Bit unwise to say he doesn't have football contacts. Looks to me as if he does. What makes you think that? Pretty much every article or tweet I've seen him make about Saints is something from a press conference he's attended, a rehash of either someone else on twitter or a rehash of a local/foreign article from days earlier. Whenever that hasn't been the case its turned out to not be true, so probably made up. I can't find any examples of articles from him that look to have been from a good football contact and aren't a rehash of someone else's work. Compare that to Simon Peach... the clubs' media department actually tell him things in advance. He clearly uses them for information and they are happy to give it. Edited 12 July, 2015 by Matthew Le God Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sotonist Posted 12 July, 2015 Share Posted 12 July, 2015 Jordan Sibley @jordansibley 1m1 minute ago .@alex_crook That must have been his identical twin brother I flew back to England with last night then is clasie's identical twin brother any good at football? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mulletsaint Posted 12 July, 2015 Share Posted 12 July, 2015 (edited) This is awesome, love Clasie and after yesterday's midfield performance only Vic could be said to have a good game and clasie's drive to win is just what we need, he is a gun. This photo makes me laugh Really? I thought Reed was pretty decent tbh. Still, would be happy with Clasie. Edited 12 July, 2015 by mulletsaint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Diamond Posted 12 July, 2015 Share Posted 12 July, 2015 What makes you think that? Pretty much every article or tweet I've seen him make about Saints is something from a press conference he's attended, a rehash of either someone else on twitter or a rehash of a local/foreign article from days earlier. Whenever that hasn't been the case its turned out to not be true, so probably made up. I can't find any examples of articles from him that look to have been from a good football contact and aren't a rehash of someone else's work. Compare that to Simon Peach... the clubs' media department actually tell him things in advance. He clearly uses them for information and they are happy to give it. Yep. Peach is a good'un. But I still don't think you can say Crook (unfortunate surname and all) doesn't have contacts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint IQ Posted 12 July, 2015 Share Posted 12 July, 2015 Shock horror "football journalist makes something up", unfollowed him on twitter years ago. Only follow a very small number of footy journalists now who all seem reliable and don't just post for the attention, like most of them do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 12 July, 2015 Share Posted 12 July, 2015 Yep. Peach is a good'un. But I still don't think you can say Crook (unfortunate surname and all) doesn't have contacts. Can you link to an article from Crook that provides evidence that he has good football contacts and isn't a rehash of something someone else has put on the internet for him to source and not credit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aziz Yebda Posted 12 July, 2015 Share Posted 12 July, 2015 Deal done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Diamond Posted 12 July, 2015 Share Posted 12 July, 2015 Can you link to an article from Crook that provides evidence that he has good football contacts and isn't a rehash of something someone else has put on the internet for him to source and not credit? Could you write a book or run a news agency if you didn't have contacts? You wouldn't get very far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hutch Posted 12 July, 2015 Share Posted 12 July, 2015 I work in comms too, hence how I know. If you make a journalist look like a fool, it could come back to haunt you. Why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty Posted 12 July, 2015 Share Posted 12 July, 2015 He is 1cm shorter than Claude Makélélé. If we signed Makélélé in his prime, would you be worried about his height? How does his height compare to the average height of our current squad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now