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Post by Markqpr on Apr 12, 2009 10:03:51 GMT
The irony being that in Sousa he had a yes man. I'm still trying to get my head around him phoning in substitutions from another country! At least be at the game. I'm amazed Sousa did it but it showed he was willing to do it! To have your yes man in place and have the fans mainly behind him for the next season at least, only to turn on him on a sixpence leads me to believe that whilst Flabio might make the decisions he is also vunerable to manipulation* from within, especially due to his other interests not affording him full time hands on control he needs to turn us round. The next manager will have to satiate Flabio and Palladini and the only man from the list of prospectees that looks like he can do that is Wise. d**n.
*I do not believe that manipulation comes from any messageboard.
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Post by QPR Report on Apr 12, 2009 10:06:59 GMT
I just find it hard to believe that Briatore is the kind of a man to be misled or tricked or manipulated. If anything he's seems the kind of guy to have three people checking each other because he doesn't trust them. And he must see the results of Paladini's buys. And I'm sure if Paladini's at his most flattering best, again Briatore (and our other billionaires) must be used to sycophants by now, and see through them
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Post by Markqpr on Apr 12, 2009 10:46:17 GMT
I just find it hard to believe that Briatore is the kind of a man to be misled or tricked or manipulated. If anything he's seems the kind of guy to have three people checking each other because he doesn't trust them. And he must see the results of Paladini's buys. And I'm sure if Paladini's at his most flattering best, again Briatore (and our other billionaires) must be used to sycophants by now, and see through them If he's not there he doesn't see anything and has to rely on those three guys not being manipulated by others. Others who might have an insight to how a typical Italian meglomaniacal wannabe billionaire works and how to manipulate him and also how the club works as well. Trouble with being so single minded in your application and ethics that the only people that can stomach you are sycophants, so they surround you. Yes, you get used to them and can see through them, but when you are surrounded by them that's all you see. By now, like we said, you get used to them and end up having to rely on them, as they continually stoke your ego until you believe you are infallible and everyone else can sod off. Well at least the ones paying 'only' £20 a ticket and any employees that do the job out of love for the club and will answer back (how is Sheila, by the way Scott?). Flabio is not some all knowing, all seeing wonder boss and is as human as the rest of us (though he hides it well!). Don't think for a second he can't be played. We all can. After all isn't he playing all of us?
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Post by Lonegunmen on Apr 13, 2009 7:46:17 GMT
Is he really Demi Moore in disguise?? Or visa versa??
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Post by QPR Report on Apr 13, 2009 8:08:36 GMT
Briatore wants promotion. The fans want promotion. He surely can look around and see what makes successful clubs successful - in England; in Italy. A coach being permitted to coach. A manager being allowed to manage. Yes, sometimes there's more Chairman involvement; sometimes less. But nowhere (I could of course be wrong!) is there this micromanagement that's been alleged in some of the press.
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