Comolli Sacked

[Shaggy]

As has been said it's hard to envisage Dein being interested, he is absolutely Arsenal mad, 68 years old, lived in London all his life - why would he?

[CJ]

From YNWA:
Tomkins has put a new article up on TTT. Says Henry phoned him a couple of weeks ago to get Thomkins view on what is going wrong at the club and they spoke for over an hour.


No one at FSG has a clue how to judge Commolis work or what is going wrong at the club.

Commoli feedback tp FSG has been poor and he and kenny always back each other up and say the same things.

Henry asked his opinion about bringing in someone to head things up and Deins name was mentioned !!

Henry said they are going to do it but hadn't yet because with Commoli in situ it was an extra unnecessary and confusing level.

So either Dein is coming or someone of that calibre to head things up, as quite a few on here have suspected.


Could be coincidence, Shaggy could be right in what he says and Dein's presence means nothing.

If I was fsg I wouldn't want people writing articles about conversations

[Chris]

What I find strange is sacking staff on the back of poor team performance and yet the manager appears Teflon coated.

Doesn't that strike you as strange when it is Kenny that picks the team, picks the players to sign, and approves the tactics. It does me.

It doesn't strike me as strange nope, it's easy to bin a DOF at this stage, a goalie coach or whatever but not so easy to get rid of the manager. They've said they aren't satisfied, I'm not sure what else there is to do. Kenny's position I'm sure will be under review now.

If FSG were unhappy with the way things were being done at the club then by all means make changes but couldn't it have waited until Sunday or Monday?

Nope. Sunday is the memorial and sacking them on Monday would be a bit classless aswell.

And surely the figurehead of the club, the manager, takes ultimate responsibility?

Definitely, just not two days before a cup semi.

[Chazza]

As has been said it's hard to envisage Dein being interested, he is absolutely Arsenal mad, 68 years old, lived in London all his life - why would he?

Peter Kenyon then

[Assassin]

As has been said it's hard to envisage Dein being interested, he is absolutely Arsenal mad, 68 years old, lived in London all his life - why would he?

We could use Arsenal as a feeder club to keep him happy

[Suarez]

And lose a huge proportion of the money through taxation and then not being able to spend the balance without it counting against FFPR

There are many facets to the Carroll transfer imo

and we've now got a player on a large salary who we'd be lucky to get 15m back for.

[Rich]

I wish people would stop banging on about Carroll's transfer fee - there's a lot of very valid reasons why we ended up paying £35m.

It was widely reported we approached other clubs but were knocked back. Newcastle wouldn't budge on a barmy price (why would they?), and we had to spend the money in just a few hours.

Hence, the vastly inflated fee on (at the time) was the best, young, English striker in the league.

Personally I don't blame Comolli for that one.

[Phoenix07]

Didn't Billy Beane recommend him?

Yeah, and was that it? A recommendation? Needs closer scrutiny because even we could tell his record at Tottenham was iffy, and then the top boss at St Etienne rips him a new one.

If I was fsg I wouldn't want people writing articles about conversations

I hope they've consulted people other than the ultimate positive spinner out there. He'd make Hodgson's Liverpool sound like Barcelona with funky stats.

[Lecter]

Without a doubt, but it would indicate that there is pressure on him. I would been stunned if Kenny was removed before the end of the season though if they do intend a change.

There are other pointers though Matt

Werner is talking about working on transfer targets already

Well whose targets are they??

I wouldnt guarantee Kenny is safe but I've a feeling they will give him another season

They got rid of Comolli I think they see that as a solution

As I said Kenny wields huge power and influence, I think hes charmed them frankly and dumped the **** on Comolli's doorstep

[dww]

Great response.

Stick with the polite sirs next time.

What I find strange is sacking staff on the back of poor team performance and yet the manager appears Teflon coated.

Doesn't that strike you as strange when it is Kenny that picks the team, picks the players to sign, and approves the tactics. It does me.

If FSG were unhappy with the way things were being done at the club then by all means make changes but couldn't it have waited until Sunday or Monday? And surely the figurehead of the club, the manager, takes ultimate responsibility?

I'm not suggesting that we should sack Kenny now or in the future but if you're pointing fingers at poor performance, which FSG seemingly are, then the finger should also be pointed at him.

Depends on what Kenny actually does to a degree though surely. The view from and ex-Blackburn player (article on the BBC site) was interesting which indicated he left a lot of day to day work to the coaches. Therefore if he has a bad or just inappropriate staff he might be expected to have problems.

There was also interview with Fergusson in the Blizzard too where he talked about not doing all that much day to day and the importance of his coaches.

Not to say that Kenny escapes blame but there could be a solid logic behind looking elsewhere.

[Rich]

It doesn't strike me as strange nope, it's easy to bin a DOF at this stage, a goalie coach or whatever but not so easy to get rid of the manager. They've said they aren't satisfied, I'm not sure what else there is to do. Kenny's position I'm sure will be under review now.



Nope. Sunday is the memorial and sacking them on Monday would be a bit classless aswell.



Definitely, just not two days before a cup semi.

Me bad the 15th slipped my mind.

Put yourself in Kenny's shoes; do you think you'll perform better or worse after what has happened today if he thinks he is 'under review'?

[Lecter]

and we've now got a player on a large salary who we'd be lucky to get 15m back for.

Either way the money would be lost

Better to gamble it on something than have absolutely nothing

[dww]

I wish people would stop banging on about Carroll's transfer fee - there's a lot of very valid reasons why we ended up paying £35m.

It was widely reported we approached other clubs but were knocked back. Newcastle wouldn't budge on a barmy price (why would they?), and we had to spend the money in just a few hours.

Hence, the vastly inflated fee on (at the time) was the best, young, English striker in the league.

Personally I don't blame Comolli for that one.

If you blame Comolli you have to blame Dalglish too.

[spud_gun]

If I was fsg I wouldn't want people writing articles about conversations

Indeed.

Sounds like something straight of KopTalk 'Well JH called me the other day blah blah blah blah blah blah'

o rly?

[Mattshark]

There are other pointers though Matt

Werner is talking about working on transfer targets already

Well whose targets are they??

I wouldnt guarantee Kenny is safe but I've a feeling they will give him another season

They got rid of Comolli I think they see that as a solution

As I said Kenny wields huge power and influence, I think hes charmed them frankly and dumped the **** on Comolli's doorstep

If that is the case I must admit to being quite worried.