ant london wrote:Ted; with respect....you have fuck all idea about what I have experience of and the parallels that can be closely drawn to these kind of deals. I know that I know what I'm talking about here and you can think what you like; it's your opinion and you know we are not agreeing on this.
That said, I completely agree that Marwood is obviously subject to Khaldoon's direction it is not the "tough" policy I have any issue with but the bumbling handling of the process. And don't come out with the "you don't know what's happening" shit again, none of us "know" but we can hazard a pretty good guess and he is clearly not very good at the deal side of things.
Don't have any issue with him in the other aspects of his role which he does appear to be doing a good job at but player purchases and sales...in my opinion....he is not cutting it. Mancini has been involved with the player acquisition process at several clubs and he clearly doesn't think Marwood is doing a good job either.
I don't claim to know what's happening, it's my opinion, but I keep getting the impression which seems to suggest you do.
Unless you are involved with buying & selling footballers then imo you are talking about experience in something else, not dealing with footballers & football agents, which is the only thing important here as far as I'm concerned. There is a reason most top clubs use football people in this role, often ex players. If you work in football, then I apologise.
I recon Marwood will have a big team working with him/ under him, who will be experts in various aspects from contract law to interior design & including helpers such as Vieira to add influence. That team has been largely incredibly successful in bringing top players to City. I don't think Mancini gives a shit whether Marwood is doing it correctly or not. He wants the players & he doesn't care about anything else, just getting what he wants. If he had to negotiate under the present restrictions, I doubt he would do it better. So far when Ferguson has come up against Marwood, City have got the player, not Ferguson, & other managers have been similarly unsuccessful against his team . A big name like tricky Burgerstain may be an upgrade due to his reputation but that isn't a criticism of Marwood.
So far, Real Madrid have failed to sign Modric even though the player went on strike. They have loads of players Mourinho can't shift. Barca have failed to sign their targets. They have loads of players they can't shift. RVP still hasn't signed for Utd. They have people like Berbatov, who was top scorer in the Prem 2 seasons ago & they can't shift him. Marwood doesn't work for any of those clubs.
