Trust no one!

In these days of turmoil who should you trust?
The generic answer is - trust no one but listen to all.

As we've discussed before a financial institution that says that it is in trouble is bust. Either because it actually is bust and doesn't want to say so or it will be bust by the end of the day since no one wants to do business with it because it has troubles...
Hence, no one will ever tell you they are in trouble!

In other situations when a reputation is important, truth will be equally hard to find. Either it is cleverly disguised or plainly left out of statements and comments.
Statements and comments are produced to give impressions. To try to get people to think something is going on or not going on within an organization.

Let's take some examples:

"We are using our connections to find talent all over the world" may translate to "everybody is on our backs for not doing what Wenger is doing so we turned on the tellie."

"To sign for this great club is a big step for me as a footballer" is possibly "This was the best my agent could get at the moment, but I'm off as soon as possible"

”we can confirm we have accepted Alan Curbishley’s resignation as we felt it is in the best interest of both parties” is more likely ”we gave him an offer he couldn't refuse”

“we have invested in players this summer identified by the manager who add to the quality of the squad…” actually meant “we bought one player for approx ¼ of the money we made by selling others”

"A major interest for me is to nurture new talent and see them make it to the first team" is usually "I'm aware that I will not get any money to buy success"

So one needs to be a bit careful when listening to these statements.


There are two major stories published about West Ham so far (12.05 pm) today.

One is that the financial situation of BG is of no relevance for the Club - and that is such an obvious load of c..p that it is hardly worth commenting.
The other is that there will be no funds for Zola to sign anyone in January (contradicting the first one if somebody didn't catch that) .
If you, like I do, believe that West Ham will be sold before the end of January that last piece of "news" is of no relevance either.

"Between the Lines" is not only a brilliant ManUre blog but also the place to read!
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