State of Play............1st January 2007

We were never going to get owt from Wolves
So its no surprise or major disappointment we lost today
BUT
The recent news that concerns me more is that Blackwell has turned the job down and Shep has given the job to a rookie

We now hear there is money to spend on players
Its been reported that there is £2 Mil to spend
If the board do bring players in like Williamson while retaining our better players such as Howard and Hassel then the situation we have found ourselves in can be put firmly at the door of Ritchie
We should have had players lined up before we went to Cardiff

But at this time of the season - is it now too late to spend on players ???
For example - panic buying and trying to get players to gell while under pressure - plus not knowing what league we will be in next season
Should we prepare for the 1st division and accept it ???
Hull and Leeds have bigger better squads than us and I'm sure one or both will pull clear of relegation
With the appointment of Davey and not Blackwell it seems the directors are preparing for the worse

Gordon Shephard needs to make a statement on what has been said or the rumour of what has been said to the Yorkshire Post by Blackwell
If he dosen't make that statement - fans may start calling for him to resign during matches

 

"the situation we have found ourselfs in can be put firmly at the door of Ritchie" - how do you work that out? Was Ritchie told after Cardiff that he had 2mil to spend? No.
I think the opposite - if Davey is given 2mil then in my opinion the blame for this situation falls on Shepherd.
Without wanting to call you naive, do you believe that money will be made available without selling someone first. After everything that's happened lately, I can only assume any new signings will be replacements for likes of Howard.

 

We have'nt got 2,000,000 pound to spend

if we did we would have signed Chopra & kept Mcphail and been witness to the cow jumping over the moon.

 

This month we will see.............what Blackwell has said (alledgedly) backs up Ritchies comments n

 

Have I missed something?

What has Blackwell "allegedly" said? I've been away for a few days & tried to trawl through the posts that were made after my last logon but, given that there were 15 pages of posts, I could have overlooked a post of interest!

 

RE: Have I missed something?

It's been alledged that he was offered the job but turned it down due to players already being lined up to bring in that he didn't want and that the deals were done.

 

Here

http://www.barnsleyfc.org.uk/bbs/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=57768&posts=41#M362344

 

Thanks for that

Looks like that was one that I managed to skim over!

 

RE: Have I missed something?........Yes mate, you have missed the most frightening post ever on here

Without trawling through the lot of the posts
This is what National Red posted yesterday after speaking with the Yorkshire Post

Blackwell has spoken to the Yorkshire Post
In a nutshell this is what he said.................
Blackwell was offered the job and refused it because he wasn't going to be allowed to strengthen the squad
There are 3 players to leave - Hassel and Howard names have been mentioned
There are 3 players to come in - all have already agreed to join the club
Blackwell has watched Barnsley for 4 times recently and has identified 6 players that needed replaceing

According to Blackwell, Barnsley have little ambition to stay in the Championship
Shep then appoints the rookie Davey

 

Nudger, why do you believe what gordon shepherd says

over what andy ritchie says?

 

RE: Nudger, why do you believe what Gordon Shepherd says.........simple

Because Shep and PC told us during a public meeting that they were having problems with Ritchie
Ritchie would not talk to the board of directors - there was little or no communication from Ritchie
They went on to say that they were offering him money for players and asking him to pursue certain players but he refused
Money has been there all the time for players

THIS MEETING TOOK PLACE IN THE MIDDLE OF LAST SEASON

But unfortunatly (says with tongue in cheek) for Shep, Ritchie gets us promoted
If we hadn't won in Cardiff - I think Ritchie would have gone
We continued into this season with basically the same squad - Ritchies buddy buddy tactics
Even though an handfull of us knew this was going to blow up in our face especially if we got any injuries or suspensions
And still it was reported that Shep was trying to get Ritchie to bring players in
Finally - Ritchie gets sack
Followed by panic loans to kick start the season
Followed by other deals that have been secured leaving no space for a future manager (Blackwell) to manouver
Followed by appointing a rookie manager