Alderz: that's what you infer he meant, but he didn't actually say it. What he did say was so poorly worded and had so many contradictions that journalists could make what they like of it. And the Mail naturally led the way, interpreting his words as negatively as possible. The only positive was that the club reacted rapidly and decisively.
I don’t think the Mail interpreted his words negatively at all. They printed what he said but more to the point gave the club the transcript of the telephone call.
The headline is certainly steering readers towards an interpretation, before they've even read the article and seen the quotes: 'sparks race row'.
Then the 2nd sentence 'After being confronted by Sportsmail, Henry made the shocking admission ....' More editorialising.
The DM (and others) are very good at this.
On a separate point, in looking at the way the Mail reported it I read the original article (which I hadn't before) . Tony Henry actually also said, 'If you've got too many, they all sit together and it becomes a situation where you can have problems.' ;doh ;angry
Alderz, Thorn: take your point. But he's gone now, and Sully has promised an overhaul of hiring/transfers, so one door closes and another opens (we hope.) ;hug
I took that to be making a distinction between scouting (ie what Henry was in charge of) and drawing up lists of potential signings to be brought to 'the committee' (DS and DM?), and then the process of selecting from that list and subsequent negotiations.
At no point do I think 'the Board' as a body are involved (as distinct from 1 member of it).
Yes, although erm, aren't you tending to believe Sully when he claims about who he has personally scouted? And disregard others (Slaven) who contradict him?
And if he used Silkman to 'scout' for him, as you claim, then he's not really scouting, is he. Which is consistent with the official version that DS doesn't scout, but that others bring recommendations to him and he selects (along with the manager)? So really he's just bigging up that he picked Lanzini from a list that others scouted for him?
Anyway, I am just pointing out where I see no contradiction. And so far, you haven't convinced me that there is one. Especially since we can't be sure what is mean by 'scouted' or 'player recruitment'. From the examples we have, the terms are clearly not being used to mean the same thing by everybody all the time. (Yourself included!)
As for not believing that TH could say those things on his own... well, I have no trouble believing it.
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Then the 2nd sentence 'After being confronted by Sportsmail, Henry made the shocking admission ....' More editorialising.
The DM (and others) are very good at this.
On a separate point, in looking at the way the Mail reported it I read the original article (which I hadn't before) . Tony Henry actually also said, 'If you've got too many, they all sit together and it becomes a situation where you can have problems.' ;doh ;angry
;ok ;clap
At no point do I think 'the Board' as a body are involved (as distinct from 1 member of it).
Maybe the truth already is out. ;ok
And if he used Silkman to 'scout' for him, as you claim, then he's not really scouting, is he. Which is consistent with the official version that DS doesn't scout, but that others bring recommendations to him and he selects (along with the manager)? So really he's just bigging up that he picked Lanzini from a list that others scouted for him?
Anyway, I am just pointing out where I see no contradiction. And so far, you haven't convinced me that there is one. Especially since we can't be sure what is mean by 'scouted' or 'player recruitment'. From the examples we have, the terms are clearly not being used to mean the same thing by everybody all the time. (Yourself included!)
As for not believing that TH could say those things on his own... well, I have no trouble believing it.
Tony Henry banned. Vaguely transfer related.
He has been suspended from all football-related activity [for a year] after admitting an FA misconduct charge.