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cumbrianmackem said:
Said this yesterday, he was in Stoke last Saturday and is now being touted as their new manager less than a week later, took them two days to get shot of O'Neill and our man has his feet under the table 3 days later, stinks to high heaven but if this is the true AN then duck him, our club is bigger than any manager.
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It has a feel of AN trying to bluff the club and get a bigger contract. Speakmann has called his bluff and now AN has a massive contract at a club he doesn't want to be at
 
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What a bizarre statement from the club

Surely he's either gone or he hasn't?
 
Here?
 

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TopCat_ said:
What a bizarre statement from the club

Surely he's either gone or he hasn't?
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From the club's perspective, ignoring all the noise, their last statement was that Neil was talking to Stoke and that we are working to keep him. Until he's officially announced at Stoke, short of announcing we've fired him, I don't know what else they can do.
 
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Draig said:
What the **** is it about our club that seems to make running it so difficult?

Is there some uranium or something buried under the academy or in Wearmouth pit that frys the brains of anyone that spends more than a few hours around the club?

Arguably, (only because I can't, for lack of reliable info about things like today, Lee Johnson's leaving and his replacement comment yet about the current set), we haven't had good business management since we moved to the new ground.

Manager gets you promoted, get him secured with a longer contract. Simple. If he refuses one then start looking around for replacements. With regard to contracts then insert a clause that they can't leave between season start and end of September or during January.

In the present circumstances, would it have been beyond our powers to give AN approval to speak to Stoke but only once tomorrow's game was over? We hadn't denied him permission, but protected our team's interests - Stoke couldn't have done anything more to our detriment just before a big game than target our manager. Even if he didn't walk then it has upset player confidence in him and the club.

I'm, like a lot of us, shocked, bemused and downright fuming that we are going through this the day before a big game.
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Bob the Mackem said:
Kyril was not contactable for 6 days, what a shambles
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So AN did this at a time to inflict maximum damage on Speakman? Also causing disruption to the team would be to Stoke advantage.
 
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I think the club statements are quite clever. Designed to make Alex Neil the in the spotlight. They are clearly saying it his his choice, we are working to keep him but he isnt interested in talking. The word absence this morning is very telling. In other words, he is absent from his duties. They are manouvering well here in my opinion to ensure he comes out of this with no credit whatsoever.
 
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FellTop said:
I think the club statements are quite clever. Designed to make Alex Neil the in the spotlight. They are clearly saying it his his choice, we are working to keep him but he isnt interested in talking. The word absence this morning is very telling. In other words, he is absent from his duties. They are manouvering well here in my opinion to ensure he comes out of this with no credit whatsoever.
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Good point, well made
 
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