The Brown Envelope Thread

[DapperDan]

Who will we see exposed next? So far we have:

'Big' Sam Allardyce
Tommy Wright

I hope Pardew is one, he has always irritated me.

 

[Alan Akbah]

There's got to be a suspicion that Pearson is on the list, if only for the timing of his suspension.

 

[I'm Red Till Dead]

BBC 5 Live said that allegations had been made about Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Leeds owner Cellino

Cellino is covered by this Telegraph story http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/28/leeds-united-owner-massimo-cellino-suggested-ways-of-getting-round-player-purchase-rules/

EDIT: Jimmy Floyd denies any wrong doing whilst QPR are standing by him but are investigating.

 

[Otis Redding]

Unsurprisingly, the usual suspects on Vital (Jimmy Gordon et al) are getting all giddy in hopeful anticipation that Fawaz will in some way be implicated in the DT revelations.

 

[I'm Red Till Dead]

I would have thought that there should be fines for the individuals and possibly the clubs + points deductions if the owners are involved to make others think better of it in the future (if actual bungs have taken place).

I wouldn't want that for Forest regardless of whether I liked or didn't like a manager or owner.

 

[Raymondo Ponte']

Tip of the iceberg.

It's strongly suspected to be happening in Rugby now that sport is being run by agents and awash with money.

 

[Timothy Pope]

Someone on Twitter (Might have been Stan) suggested that as next week is an international break & a slow news week - they're saving the big revelations for then.

 

[Huxley]

Unsurprisingly, the usual suspects on Vital (Jimmy Gordon et al) are getting all giddy in hopeful anticipation that Fawaz will in some way be implicated in the DT revelations.

As if Fawaz is clever enough to circumnavigate the rules.

 

[donny]

Someone on Twitter (Might have been Stan) suggested that as next week is an international break & a slow news week - they're saving the big revelations for then.

Yeah,

Theres talk that Jorge Mendes (the agent) is involved massively, and that one of the former managers may be Sir Alex Ferguson.

 

[tropix]

The Tommy Wright conversation is a bit of a shocker. 'Give him 100k to sweeten him up, then use him to make loads of cash'. How is football agency even a thing? At least the footballers have talent - these guys offer nothing

 

[Alan Akbah]

Yeah,

Theres talk that Jorge Mendes (the agent) is involved massively, and that one of the former managers may be Sir Alex Ferguson.

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[Barry]

Yeah,

Theres talk that Jorge Mendes (the agent) is involved massively, and that one of the former managers may be Sir Alex Ferguson.

Wont happen, its not worth the press ban from united

 

[Carlos]

Ferguson wouldn't have got where he did without fiddling

 

[Francis Benali (on loan)]

Same goes for Nigel Kennedy.

 

[donny]

Wont happen, its not worth the press ban from united

Imagine the explosion of vitriol that would come from some parts if they did though...

 

[Francis Benali (on loan)]

You'd probably going to assume the people name so far weren't involved in these kind of discussions for the first time. All three named so far have worked in the East Midlands too.

 

[Francis Benali (on loan)]

If it looks endemic, selecting the next England manager to replaced a disgraced outgoing coach who lost his job for this becomes a bit of problem. Southgate is about as safe as they can realistically get.

 

[Roonaldo]

Ferguson wouldn't have got where he did without fiddling

What's Dave Jones up to these days?

 

[Senior Flange Technician]

About the second knuckle

 

[Ravi]

As if Fawaz is clever enough to circumnavigate the rules.

This was my first thought.

 

[Itsy-bitsy Bonatini Yellow Polkadot Bikini]

First Allardyce, now Cellino...why's it always the ones you least expect?

 

[account deleted]

Despicable behaviour.

They should all be bung, drawn and quartered

 

[Alf-engelos Mindminackers]

Billy was as corrupt as they come apparently, so I fully expect to see him involved.

 

[Erik]

That was in the days when a decent bung could get you in the playoffs year in year out though.

 

[Account Deleted]

First Allardyce, now Cellino...why's it always the ones you least expect?

What exactly did Allardyce do wrong, apart from saying he could travel to wherever and do a talk for a highly inflated fee?

When asked certain questions he clearly said he would need to run it by his FA employers and did mention that getting around third party ownership was do-able by actually buying the player wholly.

While I thought that he was the wrong choice for England manager I think he has been totally set up by the Torygraph and could have been well seduced by alcohol at the time of the questions.

His real crime was taking the piss out of Woy and Neville, two individuals who merit everything that comes their way.

Our own Daniel Taylor gives his thoughts on the matter.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2016/sep/27/sam-allardyce-arrogant-clot-england-manager

The real buffoon of the matter isn't Allardyce, but the pure as the driven snow administrators invested in running the beautiful game. Head of the FA is the ex United Biscuits Chairman!. I wonder how much he really knows about football?