Quote Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman View Post
Are you serious? Bacuna wasn't some unknown youngster when Warnock signed him on a four-and-a-half year deal for a reported fee of £4 million. He was 27 years of age, had previously played 116 league games for Aston Villa and had made 59 Championship appearances for Reading. So are you suggesting Warnock knew nothing about Bacuna's attitude and abilities and just took a wild, speculative punt?

I'm interested in some of your comments about the former City boss. You suggest Warnock "connected the club to the fans for the first time in years." It follows, therefore, that you believe there had previously been a disconnection between the club and its fans. So who do you reckon was responsible for bringing about that situation?
See you have added another £1m onto Bacunas fee, so you have no idea how much it was either. It was undisclosed but a number of ‘sources’ indicate around £3m. A manager only finds out was a players attitude and motivation is when he sees him on the training ground and when the chips are down in the first team. Perhaps you think that the selling team should point out his defects when the negotiations are going on !! The disconnect between the club and fans was down to Slade and then Trollope's style of management, playing players out of position, lack of direction in the teams tactics etc etc - no passion or charisma mainly. Warnock changed that in the space of about two months, particularly by bringing Bamba in. You can just carry on your vendetta against the club heirarchy on your own by the way - its just bloody boring now.