I'm surprised it hasn't been questioned as a possibility - it certainly explains the Spurs line up.
Quote from: Lucky Eddie on November 10, 2015, 05:26:54 PMI'm surprised it hasn't been questioned as a possibility - it certainly explains the Spurs line up. McDonald lost a fair bit of the fans goodwill that night sad to say
Quote from: john e on November 10, 2015, 05:29:29 PMQuote from: Lucky Eddie on November 10, 2015, 05:26:54 PMI'm surprised it hasn't been questioned as a possibility - it certainly explains the Spurs line up. McDonald lost a fair bit of the fans goodwill that night sad to say Quote from: john e on November 10, 2015, 05:29:29 PMQuote from: Lucky Eddie on November 10, 2015, 05:26:54 PMI'm surprised it hasn't been questioned as a possibility - it certainly explains the Spurs line up. McDonald lost a fair bit of the fans goodwill that night sad to say In hindsight it looks like a protest from him. If it wasn't Remi - who exactly steered us towards a completely new market and reinvented our spending policy?
Quote from: Lucky Eddie on November 10, 2015, 05:26:54 PMI'm surprised it hasn't been questioned as a possibility - it certainly explains the Spurs line up.Not really. Garde was appointed just before the Spurs game. He could have influenced the line up yes, but as it wasn't that different to the cup game and the ones that cost Sherwood the job. So I would say he left the team to it so he can see the issues ( and any good points) before he took the first training session. Sherwood did the same as he was appointed to late before a match as well. And to expand on my earlier answer to the original point, the original transfer policy in the summer was probably an attempt to emulate Newcastle's original success with cheap (in comparison) transfers on unknown young French players. I don't see why they would have asked Remi who he wanted and then waited three months plus an additional 9 days before they got him in.
Carew, Sylla and Makoun were all signed from French clubs. It's hardly some alien country we've never signed anyone from before.