kenzzo Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 will the board give McClaren the money and support ??????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaffsRam Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 Backed themselves into a corner to a certain degree by claiming that Nigel had money available but wouldn't spend it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyram Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 Only time will tell. Until then I'm not going to wet myself.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 Backed themselves into a corner to a certain degree by claiming that Nigel had money available but wouldn't spend it. What money? Money for a loan player is one thing. £3m to get us up there with an enhanced wage budget? Half of what Forest and Leicester have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archram Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 Only time will tell. Until then I'm not going to wet myself.. I'm getting old enough to not always have the choice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyram Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 I'm getting old enough to not always have the choice! Aww bless, lol. It'll happen to us all Arch ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanish Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 What money? Money for a loan player is one thing. £3m to get us up there with an enhanced wage budget? Half of what Forest and Leicester have? no point appointing mac without money I hope this weeks actions show they have realised that things were going nowhere and a change of direction was needed if they were ever to see a return on the investment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smiffy Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 McClaren proved one thing at the dogs, lie, and don`t keep your promises and he walks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
froggg Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 Aww bless, lol. It'll happen to us all Arch ;-) Twas tongue in cheek LR....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holdontightuk Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 This is where the Board are screwed either way. Clough was trusted for over 4 years and if he had money to spend but didn't, there was a reason for it.....most likely him treating their money as his. So, Clough at worst had respect for someone else's money yet was still moving the Club forward, albeit slowly. The Board now have no option but to spend as Rush hasn't brought in a Management Team that will work for lower wages (Maclaren and Steele could both earn good money elsewhere as they have higher profiles than Nigel). So why didn't they give NC either more time or insist he speculate more......we already know that he would have preferred to keep Brayford for example. I actually think Rush has picked a good team to replace Clough but right now it's all fanfare. I still maintain Rush has done to Clough and therefore DCFC something that MUFC could easily have done to SAF but were strong enough not to......he needed more time with his own team. Time will, of course, tell but if I were Forest, I would be wanting Clough more than Davies. And if he goes there, I for one will be hoping he succeeds. Football needs more integrity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
froggg Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 Time will, of course, tell but if I were Forest, I would be wanting Clough more than Davies. And if he goes there, I for one will be hoping he succeeds. Hope your wrong about the last bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabber Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 will the board give McClaren the money and support ??????? No they've spent it all on paying off Cloughie and co and hiring McLaren and co. Isn't that the ultimate irony, if they had spent what they have spent on firing and hiring the last few days on a few more decent players in the summer, then we would likely not be in this position today and with the owners with more money still in their pockets! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 No they've spent it all on paying off Cloughie and co and hiring McLaren and co. Isn't that the ultimate irony, if they had spent what they have spent on firing and hiring the last few days on a few more decent players in the summer, then we would likely not be in this position today and with the owners with more money still in their pockets! The 'we would likely not be in this position today' bit does not necessarily hold true. Many teams have thrown money at a problem in order to fix it, only to find that the problem got worse or manifested itself somewhere else. There is no guarantee that spending a wad in August would have seen any different sort of outcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheeponacid Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 The way I see it panning out is that they will cash in on Hughes & possibly ward/Hendrick & then give say 75% of the money to the new guys for a major over haul of the squad....This may happen in January but I feel it is more than likely going to happen after the early bird season ticket renewal has taken place... They will indicate bigger signings than before, but wont mention that this will be funded by selling of our key assets...This may of been one of the reasons Nigel was gotten rid off, get the feeling that he wanted to keep his young guns at the club for as long as possible. even if it meant reducing his buying capability.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TobyWanKenobi Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 will the board give McClaren the money and support ??????? They have to. We are backed into a corner now. In this move, they have pretty much announced to the world that mid table, which is the minimum we could have expected with Nigel Clough, is not good enough. We now expect top 6 and they have shown that they do too. It's worth remembering that McClaren RESIGNED from Notts Forest, because they would not fork out the money for players he wanted. That's a good sign in that I doubt he would come unless he thought the would be financially backed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uptherams Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 The way I see it panning out is that they will cash in on Hughes & possibly ward/Hendrick & then give say 75% of the money to the new guys for a major over haul of the squad....This may happen in January but I feel it is more than likely going to happen after the early bird season ticket renewal has taken place... They will indicate bigger signings than before, but wont mention that this will be funded by selling of our key assets...This may of been one of the reasons Nigel was gotten rid off, get the feeling that he wanted to keep his young guns at the club for as long as possible. even if it meant reducing his buying capability.. More like 25%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uptherams Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 will the board give McClaren the money and support ??????? Yes but as we all know this will not occur until January, when we were likely to sell certain players anyway. This is the perfect veil for the owners and board. PL clubs tend to announce how much they sell and buy players for straight away. I imagine the club would knock off a couple hundred thousand in agreement for neither club to announce the transfer fee or actual fee. Then the club can look real good when they announce they have £2m to sign new players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subman Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 will the board give McClaren the money and support ??????? Indeed they will, after they've sold Hughes for 15m in the New Year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Scarlet Pimpernel Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 In his interview on Rams player, which was very good I thought by the way, he has already talked up the expectation and has already mentioned the expectation that Sam Rush's and the ownership groups ambition must match his and the fans expectation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
networker1884 Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 Hughes could be the answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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