[dim view]

MDCCCLXVI, on 05 June 2016 - 05:00 PM, said:

Genuine question: do the official academy sign PPP players because those they have aren't good enough, it's easier and/or cheaper than scouting talent or to fund and/or legitimise Turner and Sutcliffe's enterprise?

I'd celebrate any reassurance their 'system' was set up for reasons other than what's in it for them.

It's difficult to tell because owt on the website might be propaganda. It all depends whether it is sourced from CT or Smithy. It does appear that the quality of Academy youngsters is improving. I think the model is excellent and the direct connections with CFC are very seductive for kids and parents. Anybody still arguing that the connections are not direct has not been following the drift.

It takes incompetence of great proportions to cock up the management of the enterprise, given the connections.

[Ernie Ernie Ernie]

Mr Mercury, on 05 June 2016 - 07:40 AM, said:

"Providing" a service if you will!

I like a crossword, I must be getting old

[Mr Mercury]

Ernie Ernie Ernie, on 05 June 2016 - 05:52 PM, said:

I like a crossword, I must be getting old

I'm a five* sudoku man myself Ernie.

[clarevoyant.]

Ernie Ernie Ernie, on 05 June 2016 - 05:52 PM, said:

I like a crossword, I must be getting old

This one caused a few headaches some years ago.
clue:- shiny trousers. 15 letters one word 3rd 6th and 9 th letters being T

[Ernie Ernie Ernie]

clarevoyant., on 05 June 2016 - 06:00 PM, said:

This one caused a few headaches some years ago.
clue:- shiny trousers. 15 letters one word 3rd 6th and 9 th letters being T

You've done me with that one

[dalekpete]

My favourite crossword clue is: Incompetent Postman

[Johnnyspireite7]

clarevoyant., on 05 June 2016 - 06:00 PM, said:

This one caused a few headaches some years ago.
clue:- shiny trousers. 15 letters one word 3rd 6th and 9 th letters being T

Notwithstanding?

[Tylerdurdencfc]

dalekpete, on 05 June 2016 - 06:27 PM, said:

My favourite crossword clue is: Incompetent Postman

Was the answer Chris Turner as he can't deliver?

[clarevoyant.]

dalekpete, on 05 June 2016 - 06:27 PM, said:

My favourite crossword clue is: Incompetent Postman

Should I ask? How many letters

Johnnyspireite7, on 05 June 2016 - 06:34 PM, said:

Notwithstanding?

Well done

[dalekpete]

clarevoyant., on 05 June 2016 - 06:47 PM, said:

Should I ask? How many letters

Thousands of them...

I'll get my coat!

[Mr Mercury]

Johnnyspireite7, on 05 June 2016 - 06:34 PM, said:

Notwithstanding?

Those crossword solving apps are al over the net nowadays lol.

[clarevoyant.]

dalekpete, on 05 June 2016 - 06:49 PM, said:

Thousands of them...

I'll get my coat!

If "I'll get my coat" is a clue best I can do is "MillY cottage"

[RGS]

Part one of a feature on Blatherwick

https://t.co/7rpXiRp3W8

[RGS]

Novak tops Cook's shopping list but wage demand is sticking point

http://www.derbyshir...point-1-7948701

[Toddhopper.]

RGS, on 06 June 2016 - 08:37 AM, said:

Novak tops Cook's shopping list but wage demand is sticking point

http://www.derbyshir...point-1-7948701

I'm beginning to get extremely sick of Paul Cook! Does he only know the players from one team?!

[DIFH]

Toddhopper., on 06 June 2016 - 09:32 AM, said:

I'm beginning to get extremely sick of Paul Cook! Does he only know the players from one team?!

Just shows his limitations to a degree - going to south coast puts him out of touch with the local availability.................

[Sammy Spireite]

Toddhopper., on 06 June 2016 - 09:32 AM, said:

I'm beginning to get extremely sick of Paul Cook! Does he only know the players from one team?!

Nothing new or unusual about a manager signing players he knows, look at the players he brought here that he knew from previous.

And yes, I know Novak wasn't here when Cook was but his time here will have alerted most clubs about him, and Portsmouth have one of the biggest budgets in L1+2 so are probably being linked to most available (and some unavailable) players anyway.

Novak will go to where he thinks is the best offer for him and his family, if that's us, then great, if its not then we move on.

[Phil V 72]

Sammy Spireite, on 06 June 2016 - 10:19 AM, said:

Nothing new or unusual about a manager signing players he knows, look at the players he brought here that he knew from previous.

And yes, I know Novak wasn't here when Cook was but his time here will have alerted most clubs about him, and Portsmouth have one of the biggest budgets in L1+2 so are probably being linked to most available (and some unavailable) players anyway.

Novak will go to where he thinks is the best offer for him and his family, if that's us, then great, if its not then we move on.

Wonder if Novak was a player on Cook's radar when he was here, maybe Intel provided by Mitchell?

[lindo-spireite]

Phil V 72, on 06 June 2016 - 12:23 PM, said:

Wonder if Novak was a player on Cook's radar when he was here, maybe Intel provided by Mitchell?

I doubt it

You don't need a scout to be aware of Lee Novak

[RGS]

Column: Thirty years of hurt coming to an end

http://www.derbyshir...eland-1-7949885