Chronicle - Cryne hints Chopra is a target

Don't know if this was only on the front page of the Wombwell edition and it's not verbatum of what I read, but PC on holiday in Portugal has indicated he is willing to help the club to invest in 'quality' not quantity signings in a bid to develop the 'business' of the club in terms of crowd pulling, but also to strengthen a very young, capable squad. He said he knew Chopra was both proven and a 'fans favourite signing' and he was probably the kind of player the club would look at - but apparrently approaches to such players could not be made at this time because of their contractual situations. He made it clear he had no intention of being involved in the business of selecting players and contracts and signings; because he was just another fan on the terraces with no idea about such things.

 

Makes me wonder ...........at this critical time

You say in Cronicle

He (Pat Cryne) made it clear he had no intention of being involved in the business of selecting players and contracts and signings; because he was just another fan on the terraces with no idea about such things.

If Pat Cryne hasn't any idea about footballers and contracts, then who has at the club ???
Shep seems like a good guy but has he any idea ??? Seeing that Shep was a developer in his past occupation
So this leaves Andy Ritchie who hasn't been around the managerial scene for very long
We all have doublts about Ridsdale but it is his knowledge that we need know
Or could The Big JD play a role here ? Because I for one would like to see him back on the board

 

I agree...

...a business man and a developer can't know anything about football.

But a greengrocer.

Oh ar.

 

RE: I agree...

The man who sanctioned the purchase of Peter Sand and Kevin Donovan !!! nuff said

 

JD back on the board? Are you stark raving bonkers?

Sold us down the river to PD and f*cked all the shareholders at the same time ..... which then took us to the brink of extinction and it's taken us the best part of 4 years to recover .... wake up and smell the coffee you idiot

 

RE: I don't agree...

A developer with no football knowledge
Or
A grocer who has built a 4th division club into what we see today
And
We are not talking about picking the players to come in, we are talking about the structure of contracts........please concentrate and read the post properly (NOOO)

 

why do you have to have a football back ground to know anything about football?

end of the day the manager chooses the players, the board run the club becasue at the end of the day it is a business and they are after all business men!

 

devaney

paul hayes , brian howard.

all good players
all signed by shepherd and ritchie

whats all this bolox about needing experience anyway - why?? i could understand it for getting contacts but not for signing someone who is obviously available , i.e. chopra.

chopra will make his decision most likely on a. his career prospects and b. where he's going to enjoy playing his football . its obvious players enjoy working under andy ritchie so thats his side sorted and it would be for the board to sort out a good contratc , which i am sure they all have vast experience in doing.

 

RE: I don't agree...

Contracts ?????</p>



Like Donovans, Lumsdons and Sherons which took years to pay off ?</p>

Which as Albatross says helped us into admin and nearly closed the club.</p>

Dennis is a supporter, leave him in the stand, keep him away from the director's box.</p>



Why have you got a problem with the current board ? They seemed to negotiate contracts etc pretty well last season.</p>

 

He built us to where we are?

No he built us into a team at the bottom of the 3rd division with no money, in fact shitting money left right and centre, refused help from Mr. Cryne when it was offered and then thought "ooh, best call in the administrators".

Ta very much John.

Bet you buy his oranges don't you? Are they nice?

 

john dennis did some very good things

but also some very bad things

lets not let out judgement get clouded, eh.

 

RE: JD back on the board? Are you stark raving bonkers?

Are you saying that a guy that picked up on nothing more than a pub team club and turned into a Premeir League club has no value to that club ???
OK, he made mistakes at the end trying to save the club,
But then again he hasn't got much money himself to put into the club.
He has had to work with money that came into the club from supporters.
He took risks in the end that failed, but just think back a few years if you are old enough to remeber the Brewery Stand and what has happened since (chinny)

 

JD!

This bloke went from Zero, to hero and back to zero.

I thought the club when in administration didn't have a choice who it went to. That was down to the administrators wasn;t it.

The fact that JD "pushed the boat out" was becasue of the fan pressure of wanting to get back in the prem. The ITV saga put the budget into overdrive, nothing more, nothing less.

JD let the manager have money when requested, including the record signing fee.

He knows a lot about football as well as veg, wether the current board will want him for advice is another thing.

As for P Riddy, ****** to him. He spent more money on himself than anything else. P Riddy was good for one thing only, raising to profile of the club. And llok what happened then.

We are in the best hands for years.

Already people have started to forget the euphoria of cardiff and start to moan about who we should and shouldn't sign/keep etc.

The current management got us here on their judgement when to be realistic at the beginning of the season, no one really thought (be honest) that we could go up.

Let the current board and management decide, after all, they put us here, and have put us in the best shape for years.

Granted, a few more players are required, one in each discipline in my opinion, ie Def/Mid/Att at least if we keep the best of the current crop.

I will be supportive of whoever we sign, and will be disappointed if McP leaves and we don't sign chopra, richtea has done wonders with what we have,

just give a little break and have faith..... please.

 

RE: I don't agree...

he did do some good things for the club, ground etc and i am sure he had the clubs best interests at heart but the fact is he over spent on contracts and eventually got over excited at trying to reach something that had taken us our lifetime to get to - The Premiership

 

RE: JD back on the board? Are you stark raving bonkers?

Barnsley had to develop their ground due to the Taylor report.</p>



BFC (1887 ltd) shareholders would not share your reverance of John Dennis I suspect.</p>



He oversaw a growth in BFC, but did not manage success well at all. Kept the small club mentality off the field which aided our decline. The club nearly shut.</p>

 

Ok then YN

Do you think Leeds would want P diddy back? After all look what he did for the club, champions league etc new training facilities but am sure he has learned from his mistakes

don't get me wrong i like the guy and will always be greatful to him for what he did in the past but ultimately he wil have played a part of the decisions which cost the club! and just when it is getting better moving in the right direction he can come back to bask in the glory when others have had to put all the ahrd work in to give us what we have today (including what JD did), a club!!!

 

I would like to see JD shot at dawn

or at least put in stocks for a week in peel square and have rotten fish guts &amp; vegetables slung at him.</p>

Proper,proper FFS x 10^99999999</p>

 

Money to be made available for "Box-office players."

IE. Crowd pleasers, bums on seats, exciting football, big gates, growth.

Sounds great to me. Hats off to PC.

 

Crikey!!! how the hell did my thread develop into this lot, i though it was just good news for the immediate future misself, not an excuse to start dwelling on an arguing about who did what in the past!(RIP)

 

Not getting involved...

but it was the administrators who sold the club to PD, NOT JD