Sorry Mark, you talk about improving the squad (i.e. The Livermore Situation) .... ermmm Who's he replaced him with then??? Where is this wonder signing! What if we fail to agree personal terms with him, whoever he may be? It's all very well saying he bought him and then two players became available so he sold him. Thats only good business if Nicholls recovers and Ronhaldinhio signs ;o)
> Final word on this Jim. > > You still don't seem to understand what I mean by he was good enough AT > THE > TIME he was bought. > > Think about it like a game of cards. Building a good football team is > like > building a game of cards. You get dealt with a hand and you obviously > want > to then gradually improve it as you play on, until you get a winning hand. > > At the start of the game cards become available which will improve your > hand > - not difficult because you have a crap hand to start with. As you move > on > it becomes more and more difficult to improve the hand, you need better > and > better cards to become available that will improve the hand. > > Livermore became available and at the time he was signed he improved the > squad. As luck would have it, almost immediately after 2 other players > became available who were better (for the team) than Livermore was. > Livermore was bought and improved the team as it was, but then 2 better > players became available so to make way for them we had to sell on > Livermore. > > Do you get it now? Its like playing rummy, picking up a card that has > been > discarded because you think it improves your hand, and then the next card > discarded is even better, so you chuck the first card immediately to pick > up > the better one. > > To summarise, KB bought Livermore because he became available to him and > he > thought he would improve the team and give him options. Noone else better > (for the team) was available at that time. As luck would have it two > other > players suddenly and unexpectedly became available in midfield. Instead > of > sticking with what we had, he did the brave thing and got those players in > and got rid of Livermore. > > He improved the squad when he bought Livermore. He improved the squad > further when he got those other two in. He would NOT have bought Livermore > had those other 2 been available originally. > > There we go... > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Moran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 02 August 2006 17:32 > To: 'Mark Humphries'; 'Sean Emmott'; [email protected] > Subject: RE: [LU] Livermore SOLD > > I disagree. If he was (allegedly!) good enough to play 3 weeks ago, then > he's good enough now (unless he's caught shit off Gregan perhaps?). We > haven't even signed another midfielder - what if our "target" fails his > medical? Nicholls is probably out till October or so. I don't think > Livermore should have been bought at all, but if he has to be sold to > finance a deal, at least wait until the deal is done. > > I completely agree that we need to improve our squad, but the way in which > we have gone about it I find very odd. > > Now, I hope I don't need to clarify my position an further, cos I'm fed up > of justifying every bloody detail of my dislike of Blackwell! > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Humphries [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > He was deemed good enough AT THE TIME HE WAS BOUGHT. > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 :-) > _______________________________________________ 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 :-)
