WFC feature in....the Financial Times?!

Discussion in 'The Hornets' Nest - Watford Chat' started by Burnsy, Nov 1, 2018.

  1. RookeryDad

    RookeryDad Squad Player

    Oops.

    Meant to say 'Gino's son'.
     
  2. RookeryDad

    RookeryDad Squad Player

    As ever, fair points but wasn't the target under Boothroyd 6 wins?

    Damn nearly made it.
     
  3. RookeryDad

    RookeryDad Squad Player

    Texting whilst wazzing is tough.
     
  4. RookeryDad

    RookeryDad Squad Player

    For RC's sake, I hope it was Gabbiadini.
     
  5. RookeryDad

    RookeryDad Squad Player

    Got there first, TUT.

    Seems like we've both learnt this the hard way.
     
  6. The undeniable truth

    The undeniable truth First Team Captain

    My wife dropped hers down a typical Turkish "hole in the ground" loo in Istanbul. After a quick rinse, I brought it back to the UK in a sealed bag and instructed our IT guys to "see if they could get it working again". I have never forgiven myself.
     
  7. Hornet4ever

    Hornet4ever WFC Forums Last Man Standing Winner 2018/2019

    Yes we do know all this, but it's still extremely positive to see they are all working away in the background, hungry for the clubs continual improvement on & off the pitch.

    Loved reading the bit when Quina was waiting in the car park & after a quick phone call put into Gino he authorises a cheeky million pound punt on a say so just before the window shut & the deal is completed. Shows he must have real trust in his senior staff.

    S. Duxberry.
     
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  8. vic-rijrode

    vic-rijrode First Year Pro

    Yes, absolutely and the years 1971 to 1976 were the most thrilling, entertaining and uplifting times that I can remember.....
     
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  9. Burnsy

    Burnsy First Team

    You’d have to believe the Quina anecdote is not quite the whole truth through however great it sounds! I’m certain he didn’t just randomly arrive unannounced in the vague hope we’d buy him in 10 mins! The club and WHU must surely have known about it well in advance of that.
     
  10. Cassetti's Beard

    Cassetti's Beard First Team

    Nothing we didn't know already, good read to educate those outside the Watford bubble though.
     
  11. Cassetti's Beard

    Cassetti's Beard First Team

    I'm the complete opposite, I want European football, silverware and bragging rights immediately!
     
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  12. Lloyd

    Lloyd Squad Player

    “If I’m the club that’s buying a player for £40m because you’ve heard of him on Match of the Day, something’s gone wrong.”
    Read it and weep, Bill Kenwright
     
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  13. Bwood_Horn

    Bwood_Horn Squad Player

    Many try - few all succeed.
     
  14. RookeryDad

    RookeryDad Squad Player

    My mate chose as his PhD subject, the actor & playwright, Steven Berkoff.

    A beginner's mistake to select a living subject.

    The minute my mate set pen to paper, Berkoff entered a creative golden age of writing, films, garlanded stage productions & so forth.

    My mate, never the most diligent, was left trailing in his wake.

    Berkoff started lapping him.

    After several despondent years, the thesis was abandoned.
     
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  15. RookeryDad

    RookeryDad Squad Player

    They ****ed up my adolescence.
     
  16. RookeryDad

    RookeryDad Squad Player

    [​IMG]
     
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  17. RookeryDad

    RookeryDad Squad Player

    Actually, Quina dropped round to our place earlier that day.

    I couldn't quite understand & assumed it was some heroically mistimed Trick or Treat scam.

    When I cottoned on that he was a footballer, I shooed him off to Colney.

    It all worked out.
     
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  18. Hornet4ever

    Hornet4ever WFC Forums Last Man Standing Winner 2018/2019

    It's mostly about the agents nowadays.

    Agree it might have been embellished somewhat, but It's not entirely inconceivable his agent negotiated the 1m prior release with West Ham on behalf of his player & then knowing we showed interest previously, negotiated the meeting with us the same day, packaging the deal up by stating the price they knew WHU would accept & the deal was done 10 mins before closing time.

    GT did a few crazy calculated purchases like this in his time. I think I recall he once said he bought Michel Ngonge on the basis of a bad quality VHS highlights video his agent sent him!
     
  19. Happy bunny

    Happy bunny Cheered up a bit

    Probably Ronaldo
     
  20. I Blame Pozzo

    I Blame Pozzo First Team

    Thanks Burnsy that was a Heraklean effort!
    Interesting that they saw fit to write about WFC.
     
  21. RookeryDad

    RookeryDad Squad Player

    Fair play to Burnsy, of course, but he didn’t write it.

    He just, immorally, c&p’ed it.

    Was Herakles a noted c&p’er?
     
  22. RookeryDad

    RookeryDad Squad Player

    Could have been Vokes.
     
  23. WillisWasTheWorst

    WillisWasTheWorst Its making less grammar mistake's thats important

    But they did provide an extremely low baseline from which to marvel at the glory years that followed.
     
  24. RookeryDad

    RookeryDad Squad Player

    Exactly but almost too low.

    After the first promotion, it was like a dream state.

    Like a lingering warm bubble bath with Anthea Turner, twisting the tap with her toe.

    When’s the next Partridge series or have I missed it?
     
  25. Relegation Certs

    Relegation Certs Squad Player

    There's still time.

    Sell doucoure, pereyra and deulofeu to fund the purchase. We'd win the ******* league.
     
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  26. The Voice of Reason

    The Voice of Reason First Team Captain

    Nice one Burnsy, great read.
     
  27. The Voice of Reason

    The Voice of Reason First Team Captain

    I beg to differ HB, that the article does not contain anything the fans did not already know!

    In general most of us get the overall Pozzo plan, but it certainly fleshes out many details that I'm pretty sure many of us were not aware of.
     
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  28. kVA

    kVA Reservist

    A standing hands free pee is a very risky manoeuvre but so too is asking the occupant of a neighbouring urinal to hold it for you while you text.
     
  29. RookeryDad

    RookeryDad Squad Player

    It would be cheeky to ask him to hold both.
     
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  30. lowerrous

    lowerrous First Team

    Good article, but I'm not sure why the club are happy to tell all this to the press.
     
  31. Relegation Certs

    Relegation Certs Squad Player

    It's because they're looking to sell up. There is no other reason that I can think of. Anyone else have any ideas?
     
  32. RookeryDad

    RookeryDad Squad Player

    Certainly you could read it as a sales prospectus.

    Mid size Prem club in excellent condition, would suit a billionaire who needs an overseas bolthole. With opportunities to launder money.

    There was some publicity around the US media co's proposal for a minority share in the spring.

    Normally, you would expect omerta on such non deals.
     
  33. miked2006

    miked2006 Premiership Prediction League Proprietor

    I'm sure it boosts brand Watford, especially in a business paper. The article is promoting Watford as having a really clever, long term and unique USP.

    A good brand is good for sponsorship opportunities. There's a reason the club has created a load of corporate boxes in the Vic. We're targeting rich sponsors which buy into our way of doing things.

    They say little we don't already know. And anyway, the difficulty isn't finding out how we do things. The difficulty is setting it up. It would take years to do so.
     
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  34. Bwood_Horn

    Bwood_Horn Squad Player

    I was a co-examiner on a high-flying student's BSc (hons) project (thesis) on the effect of different mosses (or pH?) on Tardigrade birthrates . These bugs are probably "immortal" (in the sense that they can only be "killed" they don't "die") and they seem to be able to survive pretty much anything (high/low temperatures/pressures/humidity/vacuum) and live virtually any/everywhere on the planet. The student managed to kill them within days on any surface she tried to "grow" them on. It was a really shame as she was very much assured of a first but as she had no project thesis she could only be awarded an "unclassified" BSc and couldn't resit the year as "technically" she hadn't failed it and the department was closing at the end of the year.
     
  35. RookeryDad

    RookeryDad Squad Player

    Nightmare.

    Future in action movies, albeit more lab based ones?
     

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