I can't believe people are defending this startlingly bad piece of business and management.
We had 2 and a half months to make our signings for next season from a list Blackwell always said he was compiling from about xmas last season and which must have included Livermore (we were linked with him nearly all last season). This is utterly appalling management and makes us look like an absolute joke as a club. Anyone who defends this has clearly lost the ability to be objective and has dropped into a bunker "defend Blackwell at all costs" mentality. We are becoming a bad joke, our squad is a mess (anyone fancy a game in net on Saturday?) and the only bright side is I am going to cash in only the very generous 3/1 odds available on betfair for a Norwich win on Saturday. Roll on the sacking, but who will want to come and work for Bates? DW -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jeremy Adams Sent: 01 August 2006 21:15 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LU] Livermore! You need to add some grit to your midfield, you're a Championship side who can't pick and choose who comes to them and who can't pay top wages anymore. During the summer you identify two players who you'd really like to sign but after a few weeks of talks things don't look as if they're going to pan out. So, you look at option B as it's better than not adding ANY grit to your midfield and you sign a bloke called Livermore as back up. Solid player could do an okay job but not who you ideally wanted but at least you've covered an area that needed addressing. Then, one of your initial targets is available and you sign him. Then, the other initial target is available and the signing looks distinctly possible. But, you can't afford to pay the wages of all three of them and besides, the one called Livermore doesn't want to be a bit part player. What would you do? Would you a) Forget about signing the player you initially wanted because there was no room on payroll b) Try to make room on the payroll by offloading a player who would not be happy in the stiffs in order to sign somebody who you believe (rightly or wrongly, time will be the judge) could make a difference to your season. With b) you're undoubtedly taking an initial loss but sometimes you have to speculate to accumulate, and you can't accuse Blackwell for not sticking his neck out. Besides, it's hard to imagine Bates doing bad business unless he could see the long term benefit. What is odd is that Nicholls looks to be out for part/most of the season, but I guess Bakke is seen as the other midfielder who'll be competing for a place with Derry and A.N. New Chap. Jeremy ******* This message and any attachment are confidential and may be privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, please telephone or email the sender and delete this message and any attachment from your system. If you are not the intended recipient you must not copy this message or attachment or disclose the contents to any other person. For further information about Clifford Chance please see our website at http://www.cliffordchance.com or refer to any Clifford Chance office. _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist oh alright then :-)
