The relegation Battle... Who goes ..?

Who is going down?

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mao tse tung said:
From what has come out since his departure, I would say that Wolfs account is pretty accurate.

The stories fed to the press at the time have been found to have had very little substance, most probably circulated by Nuno and his agent.

The bust up with Edu never happened, the rejection of the Traore signing never happened, and so on and so on.
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Yes there’s a clear picture emerging. Nuno himself said he likes to work with a small group of players. Clearly if you are going to compete in Europe then that just won’t work. So Nuno was restricted by his limited ambition and so could never fit in with EMs more expansive vision for our future.
 
Peter Baxendale Thomas said:
Do we know Nuno had zero intention of staying? That he played everyone?

Genuine question. I'm not questioning that he behaved terribly, but I had always taken him saying he hoped we could sort it out at face value?
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If he had wanted to sort it he wouldn’t have opened his mouth to the press three times. One of those was after EM had expressed ‘surprise’ at Nuno’s comments.

He did similar at Wolves but their fans would still take him back in a heartbeat…
 
Basha73 said:
I thought Nuno only told EM he didn’t want anyone after his own suggested transfers (Mendes clients, all) were vetoed…
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I do not think that was the case.

Looking through all of our signings that season, there was only Da Silva Moriera who was registered with Gestifute.

The other two Portuguese players - Silva and Carmo - both had other agents
 
West Ham might be going down but all is not lost for them.
They've still got Traore.
That's worth a few seasons in the Championship, surely.
 
mao tse tung said:
I do not think that was the case.

Looking through all of our signings that season, there was only Da Silva Moriera who was registered with Gestifute.

The other two Portuguese players - Silva and Carmo - both had other agents
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I would also imagine some agents are set up as kind of bluffs to who is really behind them

Not saying thats happened here

So much dodgy stuff goes on with agents though as you know Mao - very much including the agents employing family members of key managers with money to spend

And thats just the stuff you can see from the outside
 
mao tse tung said:
I do not think that was the case.

Looking through all of our signings that season, there was only Da Silva Moriera who was registered with Gestifute.

The other two Portuguese players - Silva and Carmo - both had other agents
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That’s what I mean - Nuno’s suggestions were all Mendes clients like Traore. They were turned down and so Nuno said he didn’t want anyone. It was the first real crack…
 
Thewolf/jimmygordon said:
I would also imagine some agents are set up as kind of bluffs to who is really behind them

Not saying thats happened here

So much dodgy stuff goes on with agents though as you know Mao - very much including the agents employing family members of key managers with money to spend

And thats just the stuff you can see from the outside
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Didnt think that was allowed anymore.

Agents on all sides have to be registered and the fees paid are supposed to be totally transparent
 
Apollyon said:
The rumour around the campfire was that Mendes had been sidelined for Joorabchian, who Maranakis was buying race horses with, and who is also very close to VP. Mendes players were being ignored as possible signings and Nuno, who also happened to be his longest standing client, went all kamikaze, and Mendes got him the Wham gig.

What followed was a load of Mendes signings at inflated prices into Wham.

He thought he had Maranakis by his Pepsi and Shirley's.


He was wrong.
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Must have given him some Heartache until he could break the chains.
 
mao tse tung said:
Yes, and he has had his fingers burnt in dealing with Joorbachian.

He spent upwards of 24m with KJ on Racehorses, only one of which has run, a 4.6m purchase called Poker who has run 3 times and been beaten 3 times, by some considerable distance.

None of the others have run yet, but that could be because, as 2 year olds , they are not ready.

If that was not bad enough, look at what he spent on that clown Hutchinson, a player with strong connections to KJ?

Regardless of how he turns out, we have massively overpaid for him.

At least he has a chance of breeding with the thoroughbreds and getting some money back.
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Who? Hutchinson?
Bestial FILTH.
 
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