Emmanuel Adebowale

[Barney]

In England we say 'full stop'.

Tampons are on offer - Tesco.

 

[zablade]

Whatever happend to that kid who won Vietnamese soccer Pricnces?

"Vietnamese soccer princes" LOL I'd forgotten all about that, wasn't that the TV show that was going to establish us as THE club to follow in S.E. Asia?

 

[finlaytheblade]

Tampons are on offer - Tesco.

Excuse me barnyblade but is the reason you chose that name because you like a barnie because you seem to be falling out with
Every poster I suppose I will be next ,but I am just commenting on something that seems to be apparent in all your posts.
Chill out!!!!!

 

[Harry's Game]

"Vietnamese soccer princes" LOL I'd forgotten all about that, wasn't that the TV show that was going to establish us as THE club to follow in S.E. Asia?

Yep.. The number of places McCabe has attempted to "establish" us reads like a Michael Palin trip,

China
Hungary
Brazil
Vietnam
Nigeria
Saudi Arabia
Now back to China again..

Thinking about it more Karl Pilkington than Micahel Palin.

 

[Leonardo Green]

I hope this isn't another one where the fancy name gets him further than his talent does.

See diego di girolamo for example.

 

[BushBlade]

I hope this isn't another one where the fancy name gets him further than his talent does.

See diego di girolamo for example.

Diego was highly talented until his injury.

 

[1danewhitehouse]

Yep.. The number of places McCabe has attempted to "establish" us reads like a Michael Palin trip,

China
Hungary
Brazil
Vietnam
Nigeria
Saudi Arabia
Now back to China again..

Thinking about it more Karl Pilkington than Micahel Palin.

You forgot Australia. To be fair to McCabe, it doesn’t seem a bad plan in terms of a marketing strategy. Unfortunately, he got the balance between the 4 Ps wrong. Plenty of emphasis on promoting SUFC overseas. Very little on the product he was marketing. You can get the name out there as much as you want but if the club drops to league 1 nobody’s going to give a shit about them except us idiots.

 

[BushBlade]

You forgot Australia. To be fair to McCabe, it doesn’t seem a bad plan in terms of a marketing strategy. Unfortunately, he got the balance between the 4 Ps wrong. Plenty of emphasis on promoting SUFC overseas. Very little on the product he was marketing. You can get the name out there as much as you want but if the club drops to league 1 nobody’s going to give a shit about them except us idiots.

It would have only worked if we'd have stayed in the PL and Fradi got into the CL.
Corporations might have been interested in package deals if they had that to hang their hat on.

I'll say it before someone else does, it opened a few doors for KM's other businesses.

 

[Rodders]

I'm just surprised he's out so soon after killing Lee Rigby.

 

[1danewhitehouse]

It would have only worked if we'd have stayed in the PL and Fradi got into the CL.
Corporations might have been interested in package deals if they had that to hang their hat on.

I'll say it before someone else does, it opened a few doors for KM's other businesses.

I think the China connection could have been good if we'd become established in the PL. It's a big market to try to take a slice of and we tried to break in with signings like Haidong and Lie Tie. Just wasn't to be.

 

[BushBlade]

I think the China connection could have been good if we'd become established in the PL. It's a big market to try to take a slice of and we tried to break in with signings like Haidong and Lie Tie. Just wasn't to be.

Which PL clubs are making money out of China? I was told it was pointless because all most supporters spend their money on are snide replica shirts that the club's don't have any connection with.
Worked out well for Kev though, only cost us a couple of million.

 

[1danewhitehouse]

I think Liverpool and Man U have big Chinese followings but I acknowledge we couldn't compete with them. I don't know exactly how it works to be honest but I would imagine, a fan base in such a heavily populated country would be a good thing for us be it in terms of merchandise, TV revenue etc.

 

[BushBlade]

I think Liverpool and Man U have big Chinese followings but I acknowledge we couldn't compete with them. I don't know exactly how it works to be honest but I would imagine, a fan base in such a heavily populated country would be a good thing for us be it in terms of merchandise, TV revenue etc.

As I've said, the only merchandise being bought at the time were fakes knocked up in sweat shops.
We don't own our TV rights, we wouldn't get any more money directly. Or we wouldn't if we were in the PL.

 

[1danewhitehouse]

As I've said, the only merchandise being bought at the time were fakes knocked up in sweat shops.
We don't own our TV rights, we wouldn't get any more money directly. Or we wouldn't if we were in the PL.

You may be right Bush. I don’t know enough about the commercial side to say with any certainty. I just thought tapping into a potentially large market with China being so heavily populated and just developing a football interest in the time seemed like it had the potential to be lucrative. I don’t know how much we’d make from pre-season tours over there. A lot of clubs seem to be doing that these days.

 

[BushBlade]

You may be right Bush. I don’t know enough about the commercial side to say with any certainty. I just thought tapping into a potentially large market with China being so heavily populated and just developing a football interest in the time seemed like it had the potential to be lucrative. I don’t know how much we’d make from pre-season tours over there. A lot of clubs seem to be doing that these days.

My take on it is that it wasn't so much trying to run before you can walk but trying to sing Nessun Dorma before you can talk.

 

[Bergen Blade]

I wouldn't say it's surprising. He's not a main starter for the U21s.

Who's the best centre half talent at the club in your opinion, Evans, Cummings, Semple, Adebowale?

 

[DazBlade88]

Who's the best centre half talent at the club in your opinion, Evans, Cummings, Semple, Adebowale?

It's tough to call with them all being at different stages of development but I personally like the look of Cummings.

But not in the way Foxy liked the look of Maxime...

 

[Bergen Blade]

It's tough to call with them all being at different stages of development but I personally like the look of Cummings.

But not in the way Foxy liked the look of Maxime...

Just had a brief look at the U18 game vs Bradford, but it did look like he had the rare combination of height, athleticism and looking ok on the ball.