Paul Barber interview on Seagulls World

[Joe Gatting's Dad]

Suggest all who can listen to this on FFP and Player Recruitment.

We do not need to sell anyone.

No one is signed without input from the manager.

Doubters watch it!

 

[dadams2k11]

Just finished watching this.

Good in site to what really happens behind the scenes.

 

[Beach Hut]

The majority of us do understand FFP and the fact that the manager does have a significant say on signings, trouble is a few shit stirrers peddle a different agenda.

 

[Ernest]

Reminded me of COMICAL Ali sat in Baghdad saying there were no Yank soldiers there, just PROPAGANDA for the LICKERS to lap up

Get signing some DECENT players and then we will KNOW

 

[Dan Aitch]

He continues to appear to be a top bloke that I will continue to put my trust in but, sometimes just sometimes, I wish the interviewer had a more incisive mind/script. The questions that need to be asked are rarely asked, particularly when one of Mr. Barber's responses demands that such a question be asked.

Still, I remain committed, trusting and faithful... and that's it. If you don't, then that's fine too. I trust my own judgment in retaining my trust.

 

[somerset]

No one is signed without input from the manager.

!

Of course, but there are plenty on this site who swear blind that Oscar had no say at all.

 

[British Bulldog]

Very good interview and makes a lot more sense of how the club is run than a lot of the nonsense that's posted on here from people supposedly in the know.

 

[8ace]

 

[Diego Napier]

Of course, but there are plenty on this site who swear blind that Oscar had no say at all.

And of course, they were all expressing irrefutable fact rather than worthless opinion.....

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Reminded me of COMICAL Ali sat in Baghdad saying there were no Yank soldiers there, just PROPAGANDA for the LICKERS to lap up

Get signing some DECENT players and then we will KNOW

They could have made it a bit more realistic by having Guy Butters and Paul Clark on the pitch as Paul Barber says he hasn't seen any tanks at The Amex.

 

[Weststander]

The majority of us do understand FFP and the fact that the manager does have a significant say on signings, trouble is a few shit stirrers peddle a different agenda.

I agree. Shit stirrers - do mean from within the Club or simply (unrealistic) posters on NSC / Argus?

 

[Machiavelli]

I'm with Bill Hicks on people that work in marketing and advertising (search the Internet if you're not familiar), which makes what I'm about to say all the more strange:
Paul Barber is hugely impressive, and is a real asset to the club. He works so hard, despite so many idiotic -- and that is the correct word -- fans that broadly waste his time. To embellish this point, whenever a fan contacts him, he responds, often pretty much immediately; now this initial response is just a personal (note personal, not automated) response to recognise that he's received this message and doesn't have an immediate reply to it, which is followed by a fuller account, directly dealing with the proposed matter.
Beyond all that, as the interview indicates, the selection process for Hyypia was hugely admirable, as were those doing the selecting.

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

The majority of us do understand FFP and the fact that the manager does have a significant say on signings, trouble is a few shit stirrers peddle a different agenda.

I hear what you are saying, but I don't think it is deliberate trouble-making, as I really believe we all want the best for our club.

I just genuinely believe people are ill informed......

 

[8ace]

Why is Barber wearing a woolly jumper in June

 

[Triggaaar]

I like the way he had a dig at the bed-wetters on NSC.

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Why is Barber wearing a woolly jumper in June

New away strip

 

[looney]

Why is Barber wearing a woolly jumper in June

Its to hide his body langauge.

Barber OUT.

 

[Bozza]

Does anyone have a single example of any other club talking about FFP at all?

 

[Machiavelli]

I like the way he had a dig at the bed-wetters on NSC.

I failed to pick up on that bit: do elaborate.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

He continues to appear to be a top bloke that I will continue to put my trust in but, sometimes just sometimes, I wish the interviewer had a more incisive mind/script. The questions that need to be asked are rarely asked, particularly when one of Mr. Barber's responses demands that such a question be asked.

Still, I remain committed, trusting and faithful... and that's it. If you don't, then that's fine too. I trust my own judgment in retaining my trust.

It was well stage managed and professional. Let's see how it pans out.