1. How do you know its bad business? How do you know we haven't been paid the same or more by Hull than we bought him for?
2. It takes 3 people to do a transfer, the buying club, the selling club and the player themselves. Livermore was clearly not #1 on the transfer list. KB clearly wanted and tried for his #1, then #2 target on the list. When those looked like they wouldn't happen for whatever reason, he went to #3. Then all of a sudden #1 becomes available. Basically the amount of time involved is irrelevant here - would you lot have been whingeing like a bunch of old women if Livermore had been sold in January because KB bought a better player? No. So why are you whingeing now? You should be glad he was able to shift Livermore to make way for a better player - at the end of the day that's what its all about. KB improved the squad when he bought Livermore, and he has further improved it a couple of weeks later. This is what happens when you have to wheel & deal on the transfer market. Get used to it or get over it. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 01 August 2006 20:33 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LU] Livermore! 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 _______________________________________________ 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 :-)
