by Ian Royal » 06 Dec 2007 18:15
by Southbank Old Boy » 06 Dec 2007 18:35
Ian Royal I'd just like to add that this thread seems to be mostly filled with the biggest bunch of over reacting mindless morons I've ever come across. I mean even by HNA's lowest standards this is something special.
If Coppell resigns before the summer I'll be truly shocked. If we stay up I expect he'd stay out his contract and then leave.
Himalayas out of a single molehill.
by Uke » 06 Dec 2007 19:00
Ian Royal newspapers never misquote.
by Uke » 06 Dec 2007 19:00
Southbank Old Boy Most of the other posts seem to just be highlighting the destabalising effect his comments might have.
by handbags_harris » 06 Dec 2007 19:33
Hoop Blahhandbags_harris Reserving judgement until this moment, I've followed this thread with interest since it first started and I was always confident the comments were taken out of context. Some people really do seem to believe exactly what they read in the papers, and these people really need to be more prudent and less trigger happy with their comments. As highlighted by Spacey, Winchester, Gus & West Stand Flash, take a bow boys.
Thats all well and good but at a time when the club needs to be projecting a positive and united front it is naive to say you're looking to leave very shortly. It hardly matters how you mean it to be taken, it's how it will be perceived that is of real importance.
by Tinrib » 06 Dec 2007 20:25
handbags_harrisHoop Blahhandbags_harris Reserving judgement until this moment, I've followed this thread with interest since it first started and I was always confident the comments were taken out of context. Some people really do seem to believe exactly what they read in the papers, and these people really need to be more prudent and less trigger happy with their comments. As highlighted by Spacey, Winchester, Gus & West Stand Flash, take a bow boys.
Thats all well and good but at a time when the club needs to be projecting a positive and united front it is naive to say you're looking to leave very shortly. It hardly matters how you mean it to be taken, it's how it will be perceived that is of real importance.
I see your point, and a valid point it is. In my opinion though Coppell said his words in perfectly good faith and Henry Winter has himself quoted individual excerpts from Coppell's comments to make people see the words in the exact light that they've been interpreted on here. Some people (myself included) take direct quotes in the media with a pinch of salt for this very reason. Journalists report things to create a story when there isn't one, just like this case. Coppell was asked "what next" and he replied "I'll probably take a break". He didn't give a timeline, but different tabloids have snatched at the "story" and reported it in their own manner. Likewise, various people have snatched at the story by Henry Winter and interpreted it in their own way. I do not believe Coppell meant these words in a destructive way, I do not believe he was naive in the slightest. What I do believe is he was asked a supposedly genuine question, and he gave the usual Coppell answer: straightforward and honest. One thing you can say about Coppell is you can take his words at face value, but only when given the whole scenario and not individual bits and bobs such as Winter has done here, because all Winter has done is deliberately set out to make people look in this direction with the same thoughts.
by Oxon_Royal » 06 Dec 2007 22:29
Tinribhandbags_harrisHoop Blahhandbags_harris Reserving judgement until this moment, I've followed this thread with interest since it first started and I was always confident the comments were taken out of context. Some people really do seem to believe exactly what they read in the papers, and these people really need to be more prudent and less trigger happy with their comments. As highlighted by Spacey, Winchester, Gus & West Stand Flash, take a bow boys.
Thats all well and good but at a time when the club needs to be projecting a positive and united front it is naive to say you're looking to leave very shortly. It hardly matters how you mean it to be taken, it's how it will be perceived that is of real importance.
I see your point, and a valid point it is. In my opinion though Coppell said his words in perfectly good faith and Henry Winter has himself quoted individual excerpts from Coppell's comments to make people see the words in the exact light that they've been interpreted on here. Some people (myself included) take direct quotes in the media with a pinch of salt for this very reason. Journalists report things to create a story when there isn't one, just like this case. Coppell was asked "what next" and he replied "I'll probably take a break". He didn't give a timeline, but different tabloids have snatched at the "story" and reported it in their own manner. Likewise, various people have snatched at the story by Henry Winter and interpreted it in their own way. I do not believe Coppell meant these words in a destructive way, I do not believe he was naive in the slightest. What I do believe is he was asked a supposedly genuine question, and he gave the usual Coppell answer: straightforward and honest. One thing you can say about Coppell is you can take his words at face value, but only when given the whole scenario and not individual bits and bobs such as Winter has done here, because all Winter has done is deliberately set out to make people look in this direction with the same thoughts.
Welcome to the Premier League Gents, with all the back page 'sunsationalism' you could throw a stick at.
Anyone whose read and learnt anything about Coppell over the past few years should know he's not going to give any titbits to the gutter press.
The real shame is the amount of '***kers' we have on HNA.
by purleyroyal » 06 Dec 2007 23:15
by Hoop Blah » 07 Dec 2007 09:01
UkeSouthbank Old Boy Most of the other posts seem to just be highlighting the destabalising effect his comments might have.
except they weren't his comments
by 3 veesinarow » 07 Dec 2007 10:55
Southbank Old Boy I think most of the over reaction has come from those defending the reported comments.
Most of the other posts seem to just be highlighting the destabalising effect his comments might have.
by TFF » 07 Dec 2007 11:22
by Stranded » 07 Dec 2007 11:26
That Friday Feeling Poor show on the part of the club IMHO. A quicker retraction would have been good.
If media shy Steve didn't fancy setting the record straight Squeaky should have been come out to quell the rumours.
by Ian Royal » 07 Dec 2007 13:03
That Friday Feeling Poor show on the part of the club IMHO. A quicker retraction would have been good.
If media shy Steve didn't fancy setting the record straight Squeaky should have been come out to quell the rumours.
by Gus the teenage cow » 07 Dec 2007 13:07
Ian RoyalThat Friday Feeling Poor show on the part of the club IMHO. A quicker retraction would have been good.
If media shy Steve didn't fancy setting the record straight Squeaky should have been come out to quell the rumours.
Maybe people at the club don't read sensationalist HNA? and no one realised people would be so stupid as to take one slightly amibiguous quote buried in the middle of an article so ridiculouly out of proportion.
Will a professional footballer a) believe what a club, dof and manager tell him or
b) what the Sun/HNA interpreted form one small paragraph in an article.
So will have no effect
by Gus the teenage cow » 07 Dec 2007 13:16
by Stranded » 07 Dec 2007 13:19
by Gus the teenage cow » 07 Dec 2007 13:36
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