Transfer Embargo

Always been a bloody good Journalist has Martin Samuel.

 

Calm down hun

 

There’s no mention of Citeh because like Everton these are clubs ‘not allowed’ to fail as it wouldn’t be good for the game - but f*** everyone else . These reporters haven’t got the bottle to tackle the hierarchy , people like Durham and Brazil are also the same - feeding off them .

 

Good Journalist IMO. Sadly in fact annoyingly nearly everything revolves around the Prem which has not made football better but killing it. The golden egg of the prem and the temptation for owners to chase it is one on the reasons clubs get into financial difficulties. As Amin posted earlier, the sooner the big 6 **** off to the European elite league( or whatever they will eventually call it as they will get their way the better). Never would I thought I would say that.

 

I do suspect that he might be open to a defamation suit....

 

Nothing he wrote was defamatory.

 

Good advice. Does me no good.
But ... that's our club he's trashing. What he's saying and insinuating is outrageous.
Maybe now comment on the actual topic?

 

Nope. He’s criticising the owner. If anything, he was sympathetic to City and Sheffield Wednesday supporters.

 

I can’t get my head round the fact Madrid etc are still playing now!!! wtf

 

No different to a euros or world cup year is it? The same players would still be playing.

 

Remember the time when the elite used to complain about fixture congestion and player burn out. So reduced top league, no replays in FA Cup etc. Now look at them.

 

Yes, he was sympathetic to us supporters, but Acun is our owner and currently represents our club as such. He's implying we are a basket case of a club, comparable with Wednesday and where Reading were. You don't think that has any influence on how anyone outside of our club will now be thinking of us? He's trashing our club, simple as. What he's written is nothing short of outrageous.

 

Jesus, I knew you were fond of yourself but that still took me by surprise. I know you've posted plenty of times about how important you are and how many important people you know, but I've never had the slightest interest in who you are in real life, any more than I care about who any of the posters on here are. We all have usernames because that's what the forum asks for when you register. It's not a 'hidden name' you wombat. People on here are allowed to have differing views, and they're allowed to make fun of you when you post one of your frequent 'nothing to see here, stop worrying your pretty little heads, listen to a man who knows important people' posts. If any of this doesn't make sense call up another of your CEO mates to explain it.

 

We are. He criticised our owner’s disastrous running of the club and said we deserve much better.

You’re more angry at the journalist who repeated the established facts surrounding the club’s three-window fee restriction than the actual man responsible for it. There’s no reasoning with you.

 

Do you think we are a well run club?

 

Talksport could be good tomorrow I suspect Simon Jordan will be heavily involved in discussing our and other clubs problems . I would not be surprised if they get an interview with Acun they often do .

 

In naming Acun in person directly and following it with "Once an owner cannot pay the staff, or another club its money owed, the league should have the power to seize the asset and call in administrators." and the inference of the article general, what has to be remembered is the Times is an institutional newspaper viewed globally and the comments 'could' affect other aspects of his business or business relationships and reputation. As it stands, much of what has happened the last few days may be appealed, explained, reversed or reduced and even if that happens, the dye has been cast. Now I'm no lawyer, maybe some here are, but if your name had been sullied through what might be a legitimate mistake and I know no more than you or any of us, other than what has been written, if you are a public figure would you not take action.

 

"Disastrous running". Drama queen. Not that I'm happy with the prospect of a fee restriction, even for just one window. Suggesting it's 'disastrous', that we are a basket case along the lines of Wednesday or Reading (previously) is ridiculous.
He hasn't repeated the established facts, he's been ridiculously selective in the facts he's used, completely omitting to offer any background, context, etc (as per my earlier post). He's taken jumping the gun to a whole new level and badly misrepresented the reality.
Hopefully come next week he looks pretty stupid, if not even in legal bother himself.
There's no wonder you can't reason with me. It's almost like you want us to fail and to be a basket case. I don't get you at all. Yes I'm 'angry', I care about my club. It seems you and a few others revel in thoughts of our demise and take joy in steering the narrative that way; so odd.

 

Saw an article by rummenigge Bayern chairman or whatever he is
He said players can’t complain about playing loads of games as it’s their continued demand for bigger and bigger wage packets that’s driving it

 

The only thing in the article, I can see, that might be able to be challenged is the ‘supporters wondering whether they will have a team next season’ as there isn’t much suggestion yet that will be the case (although some supporters may feel it!)

I do think it’s a bit of a dramatic article, however the problem for Acun is that two of the things Samuels has mentioned that suggests ‘we have run out of money’ has happened.

Acun might be able to explain it but if we had the money to pay the wages on time, why didn’t we? If we had the money to cover the transfer fee on time, why didn’t we? The article may not tell the full story but I think they’d have a hard time suing for defamation on those two points.