[Albion] Paul Barber - “By 2031 I won’t be here.” Official BHAFC Podcast

[Mellotron]

My take is different to those expressed so far: I read it as saying "I have a fixed term contract that expires by 2030. It would be presumptuous of me to assume that Tony will necessarily want to give me another contract at that point"; ie a touch of expressed humility. Note the word 'expressed'

See this is why I was questioning it - but he does seem to say it with a fair bit of certainty.

 

[Sarisbury Seagull]

Will we still need him?
Will we still read him?

Dunno but he doesn’t strike me as the sort of man who’d be happy just renting a cottage on the Isle of Wight.

Particarly not with the cost of the car ferry over there these days, he’s too prudent for that!

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Calling @Zeberdi

At least @Zeberdi is occasionally controversial, as well as always being right. Now that, my friends, is a real gift

 

[wellquickwoody]

Can't blame him. He could take retirement now, couldn't he? If I'd earned the sort of wedge he had (and he has most definitely earned it), I'd spend my retirement doing sports tours following various English/British teams around the world, drinking champagne (in pints) and doing lines off of strippers' arses.

Lines of coke off strippers arses In your sixties? Not wanting a long retirement then?

 

[lasvegan]

At least @Zeberdi is occasionally controversial, as well as always being right. Now that, my friends, is a real gift

Zeberdi has always been right? Now that really is controversial…

 

[The Fits]

If he's still here in 2031 he deserves a decent send off and retirement.

 

[Justice]

If he's still here in 2031 he deserves a decent send off and retirement.

Maybe Jim White will pop
along to the office party

 

[Rookie]

Quite funny that for some this is the main takeaway from what was an interesting podcast (second part on Thursday )

 

[dazzer6666]

Fair play to him for sticking at it 9 years longer than I did, he must love his job/boss

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Quite funny that for some this is the main takeaway from what was an interesting podcast (second part on Thursday )

To be fair, I listened to it last night and it's also one of the comments that stuck out - to the point where I was also going to post about it on here.

Given he is a journalist, I was a bit disappointed Paul Hayward didn't ask a follow-up question, because it's potentially a scoop. But I know that's not really how the pod rolls.

Although, in fairness, anything could happen in football - which means he could be gone in a year or extend it again in 2030...

 

[Exilegull]

Start of Covid 10 of 12 in middle management at work were bald we did speculate if they had a cave with escape shuttle maybe Barber is in on it

 

[pigmanovich]

PBOBE’s career plans aside, wasn’t impressed by what he had to say about the IFR in part two of the interview. Not sure how much leeway he has as a PL club CEO to deviate from the league’s line, but he was too supportive of Masters’ position for my liking. Also suggested that the EFL is doing just fine financially and receiving enough from the PL as it is, even though I believe the club voted for the ‘new deal’ which would increase assistance to the EFL.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Start of Covid 10 of 12 in middle management at work were bald we did speculate if they had a cave with escape shuttle maybe Barber is in on it

And again in English please.

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Something else I was interested in from the first part was what Muzza actually said about players who came to the club to use it as a stepping stone, after promotion to the PL. He was pretty firm about it happening and I was trying to figure out who he was talking about - and what actually happened to those players.

 

[Mellotron]

Quite funny that for some this is the main takeaway from what was an interesting podcast (second part on Thursday )

I agree - it was a very interesting podcast, but I’d say finding out when the man who runs our club is leaving is pretty major news?!

 

[Exilegull]

And again in English please.

No it can stay devious like that but good reminder to get Grammarly installed on this comp. I once heard when FBI are looking for good programmers they look for poor punctuation ol no idea if any truth in it. Also some variation of dysgraphia can read well spell ok but some things don´t connect. Better with Grammarly tho use it for work communication.

 

[Frankie]

My boat is also full of Eels

 

[Seagull27]

Something else I was interested in from the first part was what Muzza actually said about players who came to the club to use it as a stepping stone, after promotion to the PL. He was pretty firm about it happening and I was trying to figure out who he was talking about - and what actually happened to those players.

I was trying to work this out - around the time Murray was here, I guess it could have been:
- Bissouma
- Locadia
- Bernardo
- Jahanbakhsh

Unless he means some of the younger players we brought in who never made it into the first team like Baluta?

 

[Mellotron]

I was trying to work this out - around the time Murray was here, I guess it could have been:
- Bissouma
- Locadia
- Bernardo
- Jahanbakhsh

Unless he means some of the younger players we brought in who never made it into the first team like Baluta?

Connolly perhaps?

 

[Exilegull]

Something else I was interested in from the first part was what Muzza actually said about players who came to the club to use it as a stepping stone, after promotion to the PL. He was pretty firm about it happening and I was trying to figure out who he was talking about - and what actually happened to those players.

We signed 12 non British players post promotion how many do you think came with the idea of seeing out their careers with us? Anyone below 25 joining us are always going to see us as a stepping stone