Just more spin?

[Crafty Canary 556]

I may be an old cynic but when the club start announcing the players they are going for (green light for Blackpool pair) I immediately write those players off as likely signings. Why tell all and sundry who you are after? As a sop to the fans to keep them happy, that''s who. The real business is done with the agents and clubs behind closed doors. Why would Hoolihan come here? Certainly not for making progress in his career.

 

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I may be an old cynic but when the club start announcing the players they are going for (green light for Blackpool pair) I immediately write those players off as likely signings. Why tell all and sundry who you are after? As a sop to the fans to keep them happy, that''s who. The real business is done with the agents and clubs behind closed doors. Why would Hoolihan come here? Certainly not for making progress in his career.

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Are there any direct quotes from anyone at the club regarding Hoolahan or Gorkss ?

If there are no direct quotes, then I suggest that the club are not spinning.

[Jonny 5 0]

I would say all the stories about transfers, especially ones mentioning specific players, have origniated either from other clubs i.e. Bell or just from the imagination of jurnos. A bunch of the stories involve quotes from Glenn Roeder which are several months old at least i.e. Sibierski (sp) and Hoolahan or are just rehashes of our January transfers targets i.e Patterson, Taylor etc. and it''s pretty easy for lazy jurnos to pick up on these stories, especially as Norwich need players in just about every position.In the words of Public Enemy "Don''t believe the hype!!"

[Tangible Fixed Assets anyone? 0]

Who has more spin, NCFC or the government ?

[William Darby 0]

The BNP

[Tangible Fixed Assets anyone? 0]

The BNP can''t compete for spin.

[Ivana_rubyatitz 6]

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I think someone is going to be in Arthur Whittle''s bad books [;)]

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I may be an old cynic but when the club start announcing the players they are going for (green light for Blackpool pair) I immediately write those players off as likely signings. Why tell all and sundry who you are after? As a sop to the fans to keep them happy, that''s who. The real business is done with the agents and clubs behind closed doors. Why would Hoolihan come here? Certainly not for making progress in his career.

 

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bloody hell man people arent happy when we are kept in the dark and now your moaning when we know about some transfer news. are you people ever happy?

[O.T.B.C 1]

I don''t think either GR or the club will tell you or I what players they want. We did not know about the loanees we got. Although slightly frustrating not knowing what is going on, it then makes that signing a bit more special. Still like they days when we sign players, regardless of who they are.

[Branston Pickle 4,169]

It does certainly seem rather quiet over at FCR (presumably there is plenty going on behind the scenes, if only people packing their desks!), and some of these stories do seem to be rehashing quotes/links from ages ago (eg Sibierski: quoting Roeder''s EEN column from last season; the link with Beckford because we looked at him in Jan).   One thing it doesn''t smack of imo is spin from the club. 

Of course there could well be something in some or all of these rumours, but the pinkun home page has barely mustered a story each day this week so far, so you would imagine the journos are scraping around for things to write about. I''m sure they are as desperate as we all are to be properly linked with - or even better to actually sign - someone!!

[Crafty Canary 556]

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I may be an old cynic but when the club start announcing the players they are going for (green light for Blackpool pair) I immediately write those players off as likely signings. Why tell all and sundry who you are after? As a sop to the fans to keep them happy, that''s who. The real business is done with the agents and clubs behind closed doors. Why would Hoolihan come here? Certainly not for making progress in his career.

 

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bloody hell man people arent happy when we are kept in the dark and now your moaning when we know about some transfer news. are you people ever happy?

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I haven''t moaned about the club not letting us know what''s going on so your barb''s mis-aimed matey. I''m just pointing out that when players are named before they are signed they don''t usually actually sign for us. Better to wait for definite news and form a judgement then.

BTW, OK for me to express an opinion or are you New labour too?

 

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I may be an old cynic but when the club start announcing the players they are going for (green light for Blackpool pair) I immediately write those players off as likely signings. Why tell all and sundry who you are after? As a sop to the fans to keep them happy, that''s who. The real business is done with the agents and clubs behind closed doors. Why would Hoolihan come here? Certainly not for making progress in his career.

 

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bloody hell man people arent happy when we are kept in the dark and now your moaning when we know about some transfer news. are you people ever happy?

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I haven''t moaned about the club not letting us know what''s going on so your barb''s mis-aimed matey. I''m just pointing out that when players are named before they are signed they don''t usually actually sign for us. Better to wait for definite news and form a judgement then.

BTW, OK for me to express an opinion or are you New labour too?

 

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absolutly fine for you too make an opinion mate. i wasnt aiming it just at you, it was just your post linked well with my comment. perhaps not you but a lot of fans dont seem to like being kept in the dark (me included)  but like your comments suggest, sometimes thats the best way because that way other teams dont find out and cant nick the player off you.  

[Mister Chops 11]

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I may be an old cynic but when the club start announcing the players they are going for (green light for Blackpool pair) I immediately write those players off as likely signings. Why tell all and sundry who you are after? As a sop to the fans to keep them happy, that''s who. The real business is done with the agents and clubs behind closed doors. Why would Hoolihan come here? Certainly not for making progress in his career.

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Yes - who actually believes that we bid £2m for two players in the transfer window?  It''s just to keep us happy, we may as well be told we bid £10m for Ronaldo but Man U rejected it.  "Oh look, some ambition" we say and are a bit happier despite the fact nothing has changed.