Foogle 2,078 Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 37 minutes ago, Maccarone said: Just on a side note, going back to the appointment of Woodgate, all the talk about the 'interview' process, the ex Fulham Manager etc., if we are as 'skint' as we seem to be was this actual fact or fiction? Why would we even go down that route in the knowledge we couldn't deliver the transfer budget necessary? was it simply a PR exercise to appease the fans? I think it was 95% JW but we were just putting our feelers on the off chance someone put their name forward with reasonable demands. I don't believe we did it for absolutely no reason because it would've been better for the fans to swallow if it had just come out straight away rather than have Jokanovic dangled in front of us. Link to post Share on other sites
AsheAshe 55 Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 16 minutes ago, Foogle said: I think it was 95% JW but we were just putting our feelers on the off chance someone put their name forward with reasonable demands. I don't believe we did it for absolutely no reason because it would've been better for the fans to swallow if it had just come out straight away rather than have Jokanovic dangled in front of us. I think its a little bit of this, but also a little bit of "Season tickets were open for renewal and coming out and saying its JW right up front would have dented those figures". Making it look like we are in the hunt will have had people sound more interested. I feel like if he said right away JW and we are broke, then we'd have had less people signing up, not a huge amount less but still less. Likewise with the exciting loan signings everyone was expecting Link to post Share on other sites
LinoJo3 3,098 Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 As I said in a different thread I have a feeling we got played by a bit of PR spin this summer. Gibson said himself Woodgate was the only one in the press conference. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
wilsoncgp 9,230 Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 7 hours ago, LinoJo3 said: As I said in a different thread I have a feeling we got played by a bit of PR spin this summer. Gibson said himself Woodgate was the only one in the press conference. I mean, just to further that, I'm pretty sure Gibson/Bausor alluded to a managerial search and said that essentially Woody was the only candidate worth hiring out of the lot, not that he was the only candidate we interviewed or anything. Link to post Share on other sites
northern boro 446 Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 Link to post Share on other sites
thatoldchestnut 583 Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 I wonder what happened to Calum Roberts who was on trial after being released by Newcastle. He played at least one U23 game and was supposed to play last Friday but didn't? Link to post Share on other sites
Borodane 6,246 Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 On 8/24/2019 at 2:54 PM, thatoldchestnut said: I wonder what happened to Calum Roberts who was on trial after being released by Newcastle. He played at least one U23 game and was supposed to play last Friday but didn't? I thought he had signed Link to post Share on other sites
Smoggydownsouth 1,621 Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Talking with Matty Jarvis Link to post Share on other sites
wilsoncgp 9,230 Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 6 minutes ago, Smoggydownsouth said: Talking with Matty Jarvis Just looked up and turns out his family is from Boro, had no idea but guess you wouldn't given they moved to Guildford the year he was born. Could be worse on a short term deal, I guess. Link to post Share on other sites
LBP 3,012 Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 22 minutes ago, Smoggydownsouth said: Talking with Matty Jarvis ? what have we become Link to post Share on other sites
Neverbefore 10,695 Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 It's been a long long time since Jarvis was any good. We may as well have kept downing Link to post Share on other sites
nunthorpered 1,920 Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 33 year old winger who barely played for Walsall last season. Pointless 1 Link to post Share on other sites
LBP 3,012 Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 League one level recruitment, I personally think we should tie him down to a 6 year 30k a week contract if he was born in Middlesbrough 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites
wilsoncgp 9,230 Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 4 hours ago, nunthorpered said: 33 year old winger who barely played for Walsall last season. Pointless Nice, didn't see that. ? Link to post Share on other sites
Borodane 6,246 Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 I just knew we would go for him when I saw he was free. Sure we are low on numbers but this is the definition of meh. Link to post Share on other sites
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