sandman RoyalBlue melonhead from what I heard it basically amounted to the board/JM/Squeaky not giving the manager the players/money he wanted every time he asked.
specifically: that caskey was 4th choice , after a neil lennon request was refused, and then two others.
hardly earth shattering or particularly surprising.
if anyone thinks Brian had the pick of the worlds footballers, but said - nah, its ok im happy with this akpan bloke, then you are a mentalist
So basically you did not hear what Gooding said!
So to answer your question Vision, according to Gooding, the assistance/interference the Mad Man provided was:
Gooding and Quinn asked for four different players, all ahead of Caskey on their wish list. All were declined because, according to Gooding, the Mad Mad wanted to do a deal with the Spurs Chairman - one plain (at that time) Mr Alan Sugar.
So any chance the great man's halo might start to slip a bit, what with massive recent blunders and now these sort of revelations?
And you are clearly a blind/ignorant ****
Only an absolute dumbarse could try to claim that Madejski didn't completely balls up the sale of the club. Only someone who is blind can deny that he sat there on his honorary throne as some crazy business decisions were made post sale - decisions he either agreed with or wasn't bold enough to publically speak out against.
And now, even when people who definitely know how he can behave finally start to reveal some of the things that have gone on in the past, his disciples cover their eyes, stick their fingers in their ears and repeat their mantra 'it's not true, he didn't do it, he's not like that'.
I'm pretty sure there will be more interesting info to come in the future.
floyd__streete Here we go again, RB on his barking mad hate campaign against the most influential, important and successful figure in the club's history. Its like the appointments of McGhee, Pardew, Coppell and McDermott never happened.
I would agree that he has made some horrendous mistakes too, but the balance sheet - did you enjoy our two promotions to the top flight, a league we hadn't come even remotely close to challenging for before Madejski came along - is overwhelmingly in the positive. I challenge you RB to come out and say that overall Madejski has been a hugely positive influence over the club for the majority of 25 generally successful years, go on it won't hurt.
I decline your invitation thank you because I am more principled than that.
I believe McGhee was lost because he was not happy with some of the ridiculously tight spending restrictions imposed on him by a man who believed, and still appears to believe, that he can consistently buck the economic model of top level professional football in this country.
Yes, I enjoyed the promotions but what a shame that the good work of those guys was subsequently undone because the guy at the top again felt he could buck the economic model of top level professional football in this country.
And now, having marched us to the top of the hill, the grand old duke is in danger of marching us back to whence we started. This, I believe is due to an initial reluctance to share his toy with other investors and then, when money started to become a real issue, his eagerness to offload as soon as he could.
'nuff said. The two opposing views will never agree. Time and history will be the judge.
