McCall reveals his master transfer tool!!

[beerbantam]

"When you go public, it opens up everybody else’s eyes and ears. I’ve done it myself, seeing a club linked with a player on Teletext and thinking ‘I didn’t know he was available’.
“Suddenly you have other teams interested who may not have been aware before. "

It may just be a throw-away coment, but come on.
Teletext ffs, i know tv's still have it but i dont think i'v used it since the late 90's!!

Rhodes & Lawn want to chip-in and send him on a crash internet course so he can get up to date news:rolleyes::rolleyes:

[Mallorcabantam]

He could do worse than read "Todays Gossip" on the mighty C&B ;)

[beerbantam]

He could do worse than read "Todays Gossip" on the mighty C&B ;)

Your not wrong Mally!

Its a much faster service than Teletext and topical!!

[Jamaica Love]

What A Tool

[beerbantam]

What A Tool

More of a sauce of information 'at your fingertips' with a push of a button on your remote control - than a tool!

[red book]

i said it last year and il say it again " he shouldent have even been considered for our job,it was a publicity stunt to get fans through the turnstiles,we were dying a slow death fan base wise,he doesnt know wat the **** hes doing,last years recruting and non use of tactics etc now hes signing 32 year old 5ft7 inch midfielders in a league wgere youve giants all over the pitch and a full back whos identicle in every aspect to the one we released:darren williams and throw in a non league keeper and that he gets his info from teletext hahahahah",il give him till xmas.looks like weve been sold down the rver yet again.

[Devil's Advocate]

Blow me, red book, you not taking the tablets today or what? Stop sticking your nose into other people's banter!

Those giants of defenders did well against little tiny arshavin at the Euros didn't they! Judge him when the time is right.

[Blue Monday]

i said it last year and il say it again

sherlock: Red book Join date May 2008

Someone been using the tardis again:rolleyes:

[Tarty]

i said it last year and il say it again "


Jimmy you have logged into the wrong account :rolleyes:

[red book]

hahahahahahahaah you prick,theres a big big differance from quality international players than league2 lol,have you just started watching football mate,are you one of the maccall is our savior brigade lol.

[Blue Monday]

He's got you in one there SFB:D

[Devil's Advocate]

hahahahahahahaah you prick,theres a big big differance from quality international players than league2 lol,have you just started watching football mate,are you one of the maccall is our savior brigade lol.

Aye, proper premiership glory boy me!

There's a big difference from quality international defenders and the likes we are going to come up against as well! Tell you what we'll go clone Baz Conlon so we have a team of 11 bald-headed work-horses albeit they will be tall enough to compete against the giants of our league.

I bow down to your superior footballing knowledge, to hell with it eh, MCCALL OUT!

:chick:

[Jamaica Love]

i said it last year and il say it again " he shouldent have even been considered for our job,it was a publicity stunt to get fans through the turnstiles,we were dying a slow death fan base wise,he doesnt know wat the **** hes doing,last years recruting and non use of tactics etc now hes signing 32 year old 5ft7 inch midfielders in a league wgere youve giants all over the pitch and a full back whos identicle in every aspect to the one we released:darren williams and throw in a non league keeper and that he gets his info from teletext hahahahah",il give him till xmas.looks like weve been sold down the rver yet again.
Why are you a club sponsor if you believe this???
Seems some twats are sold further down the river than others eh....ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

[Sleepless in settle]

I see 'sumwuns' evading the question put to him!

Seems a fundamental flaw (or floor as you would say) in your identity claims has been unearthed, unveil yourself oh master of dislexia and deviant spelling!

Seeing as everyone has theories as to who this guy is/was - is anyone willing to throw some names in the hat?

p.s. your anti McCall vitriol is tiresome. The man showed marked improvement towards the end of the season, history has shown that manager's need time to settle and success and long periods of tenure generally go hand in hand.

I certainly can't see any evidence that he is inferior to any of the manager's who have stewarded the club since Jewell left the club. He has turned around gate revenue in spite of modest on pitch performance and should at least be afforded another season before his job security is called into question.

p.p.s see how much more convincing my argument sounds because of correct grammar and conventional spelling.

[peter beagrie is mint]

McCalls speeches, sound exactly the same as last years

[briggus]

McCalls speeches, sound exactly the same as last years

What we have to realise is this a pretty dire part of the football year where news is in short supply for newspapers. Reporters will hounding clubs, players and managers - just to fill paper space - hence you see almost identical soundbites year - year at this time.

Stuart needs time and patience from us - and will get my support - as you can see he has the best interest of the club at heart and is moving us further away from the abyss we were looking down for some time before his arrival. I admit I have concern over the age of some of the players signed and we are linked with so far - which seem to be looking at a short term fix and we have had enough of them as a club. However if the results mean home performances improve and we shoot us up to the top end of the league - I am more than happy to eat my words of doubt.

[Mallorcabantam]

McCalls speeches, sound exactly the same as last years

As do many of the posts on here --

Ask Beer -- he is always pulling then up ;)

[Jamaica Love]

I admit I have concern over the age of some of the players signed and we are linked with so far - which seem to be looking at a short term fix and we have had enough of them as a club.
A fair few people seem to be saying this, however anyone remeber the last time we cobbled together a load of old codgers that the media labelled "dads army"????

[peter beagrie is mint]

Yeah, we got relegated and have been spiralling ever since

[Jamaica Love]

Yeah, we got relegated and have been spiralling ever since
incorrect that only happened when we got rid of the oldies and brought in the "eyebrow raising signings":-

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[neversaydie]

i said it last year and il say it again " he shouldent have even been considered for our job,it was a publicity stunt to get fans through the turnstiles,we were dying a slow death fan base wise,he doesnt know wat the **** hes doing,last years recruting and non use of tactics etc now hes signing 32 year old 5ft7 inch midfielders in a league wgere youve giants all over the pitch and a full back whos identicle in every aspect to the one we released:darren williams and throw in a non league keeper and that he gets his info from teletext hahahahah",il give him till xmas.looks like weve been sold down the rver yet again.
McCall's recruiting of players at the start of last season was indeed disappointing - probably because he had little knowledge of lower-league players (or reserve/youth players in the Championship and Prem) and was therefore relying on recommendations.
Look at the players brought in later on in the season - Nicky Law, Ben Starosta, Lee Bullock, Scott Loach and TJ Moncur are a cut above the early-season loanees in my view and I think McCall was bringing in better players because he'd seen more lower league games and reserve games and was better able to judge players. Do you agree or do you think the players signed later in the season like Bullock and Loach were useless?
As for non-use of tactics... I saw us play games during last season with a diamond midfield, as well as straightforward 4-5-1 and 4-4-2 line-ups. What did you think about the tactics against Rotherham at home red book? Any comments?

[Jantje]

McCall's recruiting of players at the start of last season was indeed disappointing - probably because he had little knowledge of lower-league players (or reserve/youth players in the Championship and Prem) and was therefore relying on recommendations.
Look at the players brought in later on in the season - Nicky Law, Ben Starosta, Lee Bullock, Scott Loach and TJ Moncur are a cut above the early-season loanees in my view and I think McCall was bringing in better players because he'd seen more lower league games and reserve games and was better able to judge players. Do you agree or do you think the players signed later in the season like Bullock and Loach were useless?
As for non-use of tactics... I saw us play games during last season with a diamond midfield, as well as straightforward 4-5-1 and 4-4-2 line-ups. What did you think about the tactics against Rotherham at home red book? Any comments?

Well said, several very valid points there, he did show signs of improvement as the season went on and the calibre of players coming in did improve

[beerbantam]

McCall's recruiting of players at the start of last season was indeed disappointing - probably because he had little knowledge of lower-league players (or reserve/youth players in the Championship and Prem) and was therefore relying on recommendations.
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Spot on!

The retained list was ****ed up no-end imo, and releasing certain players 'on recommendation' set the team back. Though critisised for different reasons neither BMW or to a lesser extent Schuey should have been released, both were more than equiped to do the job our midfield failed to do last season.

[Jamaica Love]

Spot on!

The retained list was ****ed up no-end imo, and releasing certain players 'on recommendation' set the team back. Though critisised for different reasons neither BMW or to a lesser extent Schuey should have been released, both were more than equiped to do the job our midfield failed to do last season.
Could not agree more re SChumacher, but i think it was abudget decision thats why we eneded up giving all the kids contract extensions!!!

[red book]

valid points,yes nicky law was a decent loan signing has was loach,moncur was not a league 2 stopper ,but what im trying to say is we need to move further along than just short term fixes,we need players on contracts that belong to bradford city not some one else,im scared that chesterfield,lincon and brentford are recruiting "league2 type players that you need to be competative,its not rocket science,we need height and pace at the back,midfield and centre forward,last year that wasnt addressed this season it still hasent been,granted its early,but moores not coming,graem lee is a clone of weatherhall:slow,brandons a clone of nix,beckets a clone of conlon,boulding isnt the player people are making out,9 of his goals were scored from the spot plus hes 32?

[Devil's Advocate]

OK, we sign league 2 players, sign not loan, that means probably more than a year's contract, which doesn't quite work with our ambition of promotion to league 1 cos surely league 2 players won't be good enough for league 1.

I think you are just having a pre-season panic. Relax, it will all be alright!

[Jantje]

Brandon might be a Nix clone but hes been performing in a higher League so therefore the quality has risen, same with Arnison

[red book]

Brandon might be a Nix clone but hes been performing in a higher League so therefore the quality has risen, same with Arnisonwe signed players last year from higher divisions ie heckonbottom,phelen,thorne,plus various loan players but we still finnished 16points off the play offs???? i understand your point but answer this " how did stockport,peterboro,mk dons and hereford gain promtion?? answer by asembling a team equipped to the rigours of 46 games of league 2 football.tall and pacey at the back,tall and athletic in midfield and they all had youth and plenty of legs up front,thats our blue print we should be coppying,maaca has had 1 full season ok,but he said last xmas his recruitng had started then for this year,he knows wat he needs etc for this league,well how come wat he thinks he needs is so so differant to the teams i mentioned above?

[beerbantam]

graem lee is a clone of weatherhall:slow,brandons a clone of nix,beckets a clone of conlon,boulding isnt the player people are making out,9 of his goals were scored from the spot plus hes 32?

You can have Lee as a Wethers clone. Nix is a left midfielder/attacking central player - Brandons a right sided midfielder who can play upfront(on the left if he has to). Becketts a goal scorer - Conlons a builder.
Boulding scored 25 goals last season of which 4 were penalties, granted a freak achievement by his previous low scoring tallies, but thats not to say he wont do it again/get more in a team challenging for promotion as we will be. And though i'd (like you) rather see younger players coming in, 32 is hardly ancient!!

[Jantje]

I'll give you Thorne (first 2 months injured) & Hecky but come on, Phelan was out of Evertons juniors and was always either one for the future or a fringe player.
Nix came from nowhere and proved himself more than adequate.
I agree we started very slowly but after Xmas there was a distinct improvement and we didn't finish too far away the last play off spot which in october looked a million miles away.

I do agree that i would rather have contracted players rather than a raft of loanees and so far we have signed players on contracts

[jimmy]

Whose Graham Lee?

[Blue Monday]

Full list of the deals for last season, A right mix bag:eek:

02.07.2007 Peter Thorne Norwich Free Transfer
02.07.2007 Barry Conlon Mansfield Free Transfer
16.07.2007 Paul Heckingbottom Barnsley Loan (6 months)
24.07.2007 Scott Phelan Everton Free Transfer
25.07.2007 Thomas Harban Barnsley Loan (6 months)
27.07.2007 Nathan Joynes Barnsley Loan (6 months)
27.07.2007 Kyle Nix Sheffield United Free Transfer
27.07.2007 Darren Williams Hartlepool Free Transfer
01.08.2007 Paul Evans Swindon Free Transfer
09.08.2007 Alex Rhodes Brentford Free Transfer
09.08.2007 Guylain Ndumbu Nsungu Gillingham Loan (6 months)
05.10.2007 Rhys Evans Blackpool Loan (1 month)
05.10.2007 Nicky Law Sheffield United Loan (1 month)
14.11.2007 Fausto Lucio Benfica Free
23.11.2007 Jamie Waite Unattached Free
11.12.2007 Willy Topp Universidad Catolica (Chile) £35,000
1.1.2008 Lee Bullock Hartlepool Loan (1 month)
8.1.2008 Paul Heckingbottom Barnsley Free Transfer
22.1.2008 Ben Starosta Sheffield Utd Loan (end of season)
28.1.2008 Scott Loach Watford Loan (end of season)
30.1.2008 TJ Moncur Fulham Loan (1 month)
30.1.2008 David Brown Notts Forest Free Transfer
31.1.2008 Lee Bullock Hartlepool Free Transfer

[red book]

I'll give you Thorne (first 2 months injured) & Hecky but come on, Phelan was out of Evertons juniors and was always either one for the future or a fringe player.
Nix came from nowhere and proved himself more than adequate.
I agree we started very slowly but after Xmas there was a distinct improvement and we didn't finish too far away the last play off spot which in october looked a million miles away.

I do agree that i would rather have contracted players rather than a raft of loanees and so far we have signed players on contractswe finnished 16points off the last play off place in the bottom league,you can dress it up all you want,yes points wise it improved after xmas but i wouldent say performance wise,and hes let a good majority of his squaud leave{i agree with him there} but so far in my oppinion our squad is far far worse that when he first came 12 months ago? 3 players added,a non league keeper, arinison and brandon??? were still 7 or 8 good league 2 players away from been a competive team,but the vibes are we may get another 4 or so in 1 a keeper,im sorry for been negative but macca hasent filled me with any confidence what so ever last year and so far this.

[jimmy]

we finnished 16points off the last play off place in the bottom league,you can dress it up all you want,yes points wise it improved after xmas but i wouldent say performance wise,and hes let a good majority of his squaud leave{i agree with him there} but so far in my oppinion our squad is far far worse that when he first came 12 months ago? 3 players added,a non league keeper, arinison and brandon??? were still 7 or 8 good league 2 players away from been a competive team,but the vibes are we may get another 4 or so in 1 a keeper,im sorry for been negative but macca hasent filled me with any confidence what so ever last year and so far this.

We had a crap start to the season, but Macca turned it around and after christmas, had we started the season the same, we would have finished in the top 6 beerbantam :wet:

[beerbantam]

This thread could end up like the restaurant scene from Mrs Doubtfire!!:rolleyes:


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Young L33dscum was a troubled boy.

[Jantje]

Fair enough but at least wait till hes signed all his players before condemning the season totally. Theres still 6 weeks till the first game.

Remember Jagger only signed Lee Mills just before the season started, he had an average record and i don't remember anybody whooping and hollering with joy at his signing but what a signing it was that season.

[briggus]

"were still 7 or 8 good league 2 players away from been a competive team,but the vibes are we may get another 4 or so in 1 a keeper,im sorry for been negative but macca hasent filled me with any confidence what so ever last year and so far this".

What postions are the vibes saying we are looking to fill?

Which positions do you think these 7/8 should be for the Red Book?

[red book]

What postions are the vibes saying we are looking to fill?

Which positions do you think these 7/8 should be for the Red Book?keeper obviously,centre back obviously,centre forward obviously and ive been told left wing??? now what do i think we need well gk,2 cb,cos clarke is way to injury prone,cm,lb,lm,2 cf,cos conlons shite full stop,topps unproven.then it all depends on mr macalls recruiting,which is where this debate started,ive no confidence in the guy.

[jimmy]

Jante Simoen, can you inform beerbantam, that i am not Redbook ffs.... The tw/t is hounding me out of claret and banter just like he did with Eddie Johnson at City:rolleyes:

[Jamaica Love]

we finnished 16points off the last play off place in the bottom league,you can dress it up all you want,yes points wise it improved after xmas but i wouldent say performance wise,and hes let a good majority of his squaud leave{i agree with him there} but so far in my oppinion our squad is far far worse that when he first came 12 months ago? 3 players added,a non league keeper, arinison and brandon??? were still 7 or 8 good league 2 players away from been a competive team,but the vibes are we may get another 4 or so in 1 a keeper,im sorry for been negative but macca hasent filled me with any confidence what so ever last year and so far this.
so why do you sponsor the club then , if you are sold down the river and have no confidence in the manager or the playing squad????
Or do you just wish to ignore the question as it contradicts your current viewpoint???? 2 weeks ago you were stiff with expectation over the moore deal, adn your inside contacts??? Come on red book ahem....jimmy....ahem own up that its just all a wind up and you forgot your story!!!

[red book]

so why do you sponsor the club then , if you are sold down the river and have no confidence in the manager or the playing squad????
Or do you just wish to ignore the question as it contradicts your current viewpoint???? 2 weeks ago you were stiff with expectation over the moore deal, adn your inside contacts??? Come on red book ahem....jimmy....ahem own up that its just all a wind up and you forgot your story!!!2 weeks ago i was told it was 90% certain,every day went by it went down hence why im sick of the crap that comes out of certain individuals at city,my contact told me about graem lee ages ago,there having him wait just like they did beckett,thats unfair in my eyes,you want a player you go for him give him a deadline to sign then call it off if he not decided and move on to the next one,i wouldent like to be offered a job,get told to sit tight for 3 weeks dont accept any thing else till we get back in touch then when they do they say thanks but no thanks?thats why ive no confidence in what macca and co are trying to do,has for sponsor etc calm down,its a small outfit and i gave wat i could ,but its not worh it after xmas when it ends.there hope you can now sleep better babe.

[Jamaica Love]

2 weeks ago i was told it was 90% certain,every day went by it went down hence why im sick of the crap that comes out of certain individuals at city,my contact told me about graem lee ages ago,there having him wait just like they did beckett,thats unfair in my eyes,you want a player you go for him give him a deadline to sign then call it off if he not decided and move on to the next one,i wouldent like to be offered a job,get told to sit tight for 3 weeks dont accept any thing else till we get back in touch then when they do they say thanks but no thanks?thats why ive no confidence in what macca and co are trying to do,has for sponsor etc calm down,its a small outfit and i gave wat i could ,but its not worh it after xmas when it ends.there hope you can now sleep better babe.
thanks jimmy

[Parrot]

Redbook finally reveals themself to Macca......:rolleyes:

"Don't you remember me Stu???"

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"I said Laces Out God dam It!!!"

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"Is that you Trendy???.:rolleyes:......oh no Its Redbook, whatever happened to the restraining order?" :eek:
:D

[sweetcakes]

i said it last year and il say it again " he shouldent have even been considered for our job,it was a publicity stunt to get fans through the turnstiles,we were dying a slow death fan base wise,he doesnt know wat the **** hes doing,last years recruting and non use of tactics etc now hes signing 32 year old 5ft7 inch midfielders in a league wgere youve giants all over the pitch and a full back whos identicle in every aspect to the one we released:darren williams and throw in a non league keeper and that he gets his info from teletext hahahahah",il give him till xmas.looks like weve been sold down the rver yet again.



PMSL **** ME YOU CHANGED YOUR TUNE