Re: Carter makes statement about season and players leaving : Sun Aug 28, 2022 8:26 pm  

PopTart wrote:

I'm not defending him. It just seems obvious to me.
And of course he wasn't talking about them directly but they are the ones saying we should invest more when he's saying we are facing massively reduced revenues.

I personally wouldn't have put that comment in, as it was bound to be taken personally by some. But that's him.

It's a needless, passive aggressive dig. It's not a smart way of doing PR. I'm very much respectful of what we have achieved off the field under Michael's tenure but he really could do with being a bit smarter. He's got nothing to gain fan wise in that post but he might just have potentially lost a couple who will just think "love it"

I'd go regardless but I just don't see how little sly comments are helpful. You can be transparent and matter-of-fact without that.

Just disappointing because everything he said otherwise is helpful and it's nice to have the transparency but just resist the nonsense.

Re: Carter makes statement about season and players leaving : Sun Aug 28, 2022 8:28 pm  

chissitt wrote:

Doesn't seem to me that he's had a dig at anybody, just a fair assessment of the situation as it is and some regret about players leaving, maybe it's just in your head squire.

Aye alright.

Re: Carter makes statement about season and players leaving : Sun Aug 28, 2022 8:29 pm  

Is this where you tell us for the one hundredth time where you buy a season ticket although you don't go to the games

Re: Carter makes statement about season and players leaving : Sun Aug 28, 2022 8:30 pm  

Kettykat wrote:

Nothing in that statement that I could see was having a dig at anyone , just Honest and open I’d say ,just how everyone wanted it , whether it was what you wanted to hear or not .

the only one that he seemed to be having a go at (a little bit anyway) was the Big Bopper

Re: Carter makes statement about season and players leaving : Sun Aug 28, 2022 8:54 pm  

A very clear and concise statement regarding our current situation at the club. Carters candid approach is always likely to cause debate amongst fans regarding if it’s the right approach to have. What I personally take from it is that this is going to be the most difficult off season since Carter has been at the club. Reduced income and late to the transfer market is not a great place to be. I can only hope that with it being a WC year that we uncover some targets there or potentially from Toulouse ie Alvaro.

What worries me is Leigh are coming up and they are really strong. I know they have to shed a number of players to meet quota, but they are a lot stronger than Toulouse. I just hope for our sake we get the recruitment right to the best of our budget or simply it’s going to be another tough year

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Re: Carter makes statement about season and players leaving : Sun Aug 28, 2022 9:17 pm  

Scarlet Pimpernell wrote:

and I realise his magic money tree died a long time ago.

Oh Scarlett.
I'll write it slower this time.

There...is...no.....money.....tree..........ever.

[PopTart]

Re: Carter makes statement about season and players leaving : Sun Aug 28, 2022 9:21 pm  

Pat Bateman wrote:

A very clear and concise statement regarding our current situation at the club. Carters candid approach is always likely to cause debate amongst fans regarding if it’s the right approach to have. What I personally take from it is that this is going to be the most difficult off season since Carter has been at the club. Reduced income and late to the transfer market is not a great place to be. I can only hope that with it being a WC year that we uncover some targets there or potentially from Toulouse ie Alvaro.

What worries me is Leigh are coming up and they are really strong. I know they have to shed a number of players to meet quota, but they are a lot stronger than Toulouse. I just hope for our sake we get the recruitment right to the best of our budget or simply it’s going to be another tough year

We'll have to see about Leigh but as you say, they are going to have to lose a lot of their better players.

Re: Carter makes statement about season and players leaving : Sun Aug 28, 2022 9:24 pm  

A hard fact ‘honest’ appraisal

Unfortunately people prefer to be fed the ‘sunlit uplands’ fantasy… the statement left me feeling a bit flat .. but the world isn’t filled with flowers and puppies at the moment!

Re: Carter makes statement about season and players leaving : Sun Aug 28, 2022 9:29 pm  

Well which ever way you look at fans are the life blood of the club. Once lost they rarely return. There is no getting away from it that the late chester years did the club damage. The back end of this year has been good but Cas at home and Salford away were bad PR. We need a competitive team to deliver good performances ,we also need better facilities to attract new fans. We are getting the facilities so we need a team to match. Its up to the BoD to provide both. Apart from moan and groan there is very little the ordinary fan can do ,other than keep turning up till you get fed up.

Re: Carter makes statement about season and players leaving : Sun Aug 28, 2022 9:33 pm  

PopTart wrote:

Oh Scarlett.
I'll write it slower this time.

There...is...no.....money.....tree..........ever.

When trying to be sarcastic try using the corrected wording you forgot

MAGIC.

Have they looked for one or is it too overgrown at the bottom of the garden because they’ve had several years to do so.

The last one I heard use this expression was Theresa May and she found 1 billion pounds to buy off the DUP.