I was reading the local rag last night and on the back page was a spread about Coates, Pulis and transfers.
In a nut shell;
TP has full control over every transfer - both in and out.
The significance of staying up and the win against Reading probably took us away from any major threat.
Coates did question the Crouch deal but TP had the final say.
So in conclusion;
TP has no excuses about outside interference in his transfer policy and is 1005 responsible for every success and failure.
The club were getting itchy about the prospects of a dog fight.
The Crouch deal was a debatable one at all levels.
I did question the Crouch deal because 10 million into a player which duplicated the options of KJ and was looking at the end of his career with no real sell on value was not good business. It was very clear that we needed other options and a different type of striker in which we also picked up Jerome - from relegated Brum with a very poor goal to game ratio. Between them we invested approx 15 million and probably 80k a week, whcih reflects the fact that a Chairman would question the business accumen behind the decission.
In a nut shell;
TP has full control over every transfer - both in and out.
The significance of staying up and the win against Reading probably took us away from any major threat.
Coates did question the Crouch deal but TP had the final say.
So in conclusion;
TP has no excuses about outside interference in his transfer policy and is 1005 responsible for every success and failure.
The club were getting itchy about the prospects of a dog fight.
The Crouch deal was a debatable one at all levels.
I did question the Crouch deal because 10 million into a player which duplicated the options of KJ and was looking at the end of his career with no real sell on value was not good business. It was very clear that we needed other options and a different type of striker in which we also picked up Jerome - from relegated Brum with a very poor goal to game ratio. Between them we invested approx 15 million and probably 80k a week, whcih reflects the fact that a Chairman would question the business accumen behind the decission.
