As I've said before, I was sat with them at Portsmouth. They're nice people. Genuinely passionate about the club and the ones I spoke to were very enthusiastic about the future. They didn't need to put an act on. I was sat with an agent from Australia, they had no idea I was a City fan when I spoke to them and probably only realised that during the game when I cheered. There is a lot of tosh going around at the moment, stuff I read and heard through the time I spent at the London Broncos, as well as at the then Wimbledon CEO Joe Palmer who i got close to. The rubbish on the forums was a million miles from the truth within both clubs. People need to remember they're supporters of a club, not consultants. Their opinion means jack to the owners and no matter how many times they piss their pants over something the club won't change their direction. Acun will be sleeping soundly whilst people on here are heading for a heart attack.
This has all come about by someone leaking the fact that Emre was even a consideration. He used to have Kessler to stop him putting his foot 'right' in it, his brains trust have a lot to answer for. Had it not been leaked the conversation would have taken a totally different route.
And actually, if there is racism in Turkey, other than the fact that a Turk owns Hull City whats that got to do with us.
I dont think he actually said that... what he did say was 'getting us to stay up was never the plan'.... we dont know how Selles sold himself at interview. He may have said I can do this and I expect us to do that and that might have concurred with Acuns plans. Of course we'll never know. He said he wouldn't elaborate on the sacking but made it clear it was not one he made himself. and ultimately he did hold himself accountable.
Understood Ooz. But ultimately the furore has come about because the guys name was mentioned in connection with a managers job. Thats all. As a result this whole racism bollocks has blown up.
Of course there's racism in Turkey , same as everywhere else I'll give Acun some benefit of the doubt though , English isn't his first language
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Looks like the Joseph signing was a Selles signing. He probably recommended him after seeing him in League 1. To be fair to Acun with every manager there's a player or 2 that are clearly their signings.. Walter had 1 or 2, same for Rosenior. They've all been crap too, Mehlem, Allsop, Joseph..
As a recognised person, he's hardly going to come out and say That Turkey is, is he... that would land him in deeper water than this whole waste of time today. He's obviously a patriotic and passionate man.
He probably had more input than any manger under Acun. I've heard he was fully aware of the expectations too. He was lucky to still be there before the last few games apparently.
If the expectations were generally top half then that’s silly. However when we went 5 points clear we should have built on that. Had we finished 15th ish. That would have been more realistic
I'm not aware of them being top half, maybe I just read Acun said it in his interview. If he has just said that it's mental. I do know he wasn't expected to come in and fall over the line because of other teams failings. It's pretty clear Acun needs a better team around him in terms of the day to day running. Joe Clutterbrook has a very good reputation and the new recruitment guy the same. If we break down his time here he has made 2 key mistakes for me. One was sacking Grant, the other was sacking Rosenior and replacing him with a manager who needed a very specific set of signings and then trusting Kesler to get them. I was all for the Rosenior change but he didn't have the right people in place to execute it properly and we know what happened next. But he backs his managers. He is spending money. Selles failed to impress so he needs to make sure this manager is competent. If he gets it right with the choice of manager, coupled with his success of filling the stadium and raising our profile we can all calm down again and he will be able to pop into Botanic for a Rum and Coke in peace.
