Bizarre management?

I’m honestly not sure if Warnock is trying to make a point here, regarding recruitment. I’m not convinced he wanted Akpom and his signing is purely down to the recruitment team, which has been known for seasons is p@as poor.

Im probably totally wrong but it seems strange that he’d be left out of Warnock chose to buy this player.
 
Nobby_Barnes said:
Just for the record I don't rate Akpom at all, according to wiki he's scored 5 in 36 for us and when be was at Hull 3 in 36.
I reckon I could score 5 goals in 36 games if I hung around the penalty box, which is effectively what Akpom does. His movement is poor, he's not aggressive enough, no threat in the air and his first touch is just OK. I would sell him if we could...
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I bet you were a 'goal hanger' when you were a kid Nobby. Nonchalantly lurking by the goal waiting for 6" tap ins then going all Ravanelli 🤣🤣
 
It’s feasible that he’s just decided that Akpom’s frame of mind isn’t right and that he didn’t see the point in playing him even from the bench when Coburn needs blooding.

It may be that he’s forcing him out or it may be that he is telling him to have a rest and come back in August a clean slate and a positive attitude and try to force his way back in. No doubt at all that Warnock will try to sign 2-3 strikers this summer though, and no doubt that Akpom would perhaps prefer to leave, but at this point of the season perhaps it just didn’t seem worth persevering.
 
Once again people seem to want to try and absolve Warnock of any involvement in the signing of Akpom. It doesn't seem to matter that he himself said the recruitment had recommended and pushed for a particular defender last summer but Warnock didn't want him so they didn't do it.

"I'm delighted to finally have got him. He's been my number one choice. I've wanted him for a long time. I'd like to give a big thanks to Neil Bausor (chief executive) for getting it done.

I told him what we were doing at the club, and right from day one, he wanted to come, and I'm delighted."

That is what Warnock said when Akpom was presented to the media. If he didn't want him he wouldn't have signed him, just like the defender suggested to him by the recruitment staff. Warnock himself decided to try and absolve himself not so long back before having to correct his statement in the Gazette.

I think the chairman should be asking questions about why players on good contracts, signed at considerable expense during a pandemic in which the club lost an awful lot of money, are being left out of squads. And if he doesn't think Akpom is good enough then would you really trust him to bring in two or three better strikers in the summer? I'm not sure I would,TBH.
 
atypical_boro said:
It’s feasible that he’s just decided that Akpom’s frame of mind isn’t right and that he didn’t see the point in playing him even from the bench when Coburn needs blooding.

It may be that he’s forcing him out or it may be that he is telling him to have a rest and come back in August a clean slate and a positive attitude and try to force his way back in. No doubt at all that Warnock will try to sign 2-3 strikers this summer though, and no doubt that Akpom would perhaps prefer to leave, but at this point of the season perhaps it just didn’t seem worth persevering.
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He has said with Fry and Tav that they will go off and recuperate ahead of pre-season. He could say the same about Akpom if he wanted to but chooses to try and be something else, which just comes across as weird IMO. Especially if the club are going to try and move him on in the summer. It doesn't sit right.
 
I think the fact that he said after the match that Akpom only started against Rotherham because Coulson was ill was very telling in itself.

It was a game he played reasonably well in and scored, and the immediate post match reaction was to indicate he was fortunate to have started in the first place.

I wouldn't be surprised if he was one of the supposed clique that Warnock has taken issue with, the main difference being he's not out of contract so he couldn't just tell him to jog on.

It's not really a stance I'm a fan of, I think we'll struggle to recoup half of the fee because of how poor Akpom has been, publicly putting him down is going to make it even harder.
 
Maybe hes told akpom he doesnt want him and Akpoms happy to see out his contract? I think mendieta was right its a way of forcing him out.

What contract is he on?
 
TheWolfman said:
Maybe hes told akpom he doesnt want him and Akpoms happy to see out his contract? I think mendieta was right its a way of forcing him out.

What contract is he on?
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3 year contract.
He's still got 2 years left here, we need to sell him if we're trying to get him out and saying that he's not even good enough for the bench isn't going to help with that.
 
For goodness sake.
Hes a bluddy useless "forward" and adds very little if anything to games.
Scored the other week for the first time since Mike Carr was President of Teesside Poly Students Union [for those who go back that far ;)].
Stop bleating and move on.
Neil knows what hes doing.
I trust him.(y)
 
He could be part of this clique? He may have been told he will he moved on in the summer or banged in a transfer request / agent looking at other clubs.

I think its pretty clear the fact he didn't travel suggests any of the above are on the table. To he honest I'm not sure it's 'bizzare' if both parties have agreed he won't be here next season.

That said I'm not sure who's going to buy him? You'd think at 2.6mil we'd get the majority back. It's not like being stuck with Rudy / Britt or Fletcher who know one can buy.

Warnock himself said he 'upset' Akpom with some recent comments in public. I guess it was if we had Kiefer Moore or Toney 'we'd win these games' 😂
 
r00fie1 said:
For goodness sake.
Hes a bluddy useless "forward" and adds very little if anything to games.
Scored the other week for the first time since Mike Carr was President of Teesside Poly Students Union [for those who go back that far ;)].
Stop bleating and move on.
Neil knows what hes doing.
I trust him.(y)
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This "bluddy useless" forward was Warnocks top transfer target and he spent the vast majority of the transfer budget bringing him in. It hardly suggests he knows what hes doing does it?
 
viv_andersons_nana said:
Once again people seem to want to try and absolve Warnock of any involvement in the signing of Akpom. It doesn't seem to matter that he himself said the recruitment had recommended and pushed for a particular defender last summer but Warnock didn't want him so they didn't do it.

"I'm delighted to finally have got him. He's been my number one choice. I've wanted him for a long time. I'd like to give a big thanks to Neil Bausor (chief executive) for getting it done.

I told him what we were doing at the club, and right from day one, he wanted to come, and I'm delighted."

That is what Warnock said when Akpom was presented to the media. If he didn't want him he wouldn't have signed him, just like the defender suggested to him by the recruitment staff. Warnock himself decided to try and absolve himself not so long back before having to correct his statement in the Gazette.

I think the chairman should be asking questions about why players on good contracts, signed at considerable expense during a pandemic in which the club lost an awful lot of money, are being left out of squads. And if he doesn't think Akpom is good enough then would you really trust him to bring in two or three better strikers in the summer? I'm not sure I would,TBH.
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I dont like some of his public bashing of players but saying at a press conference when you've just signed a player that he was basically the only striker available and we had to take a punt would not have gone down well with the new player or fans. Maybe a introductory confidence boost for akpom?

Warnock tries to comes across as an upfront manager but it's not really possible is it. He has to say things to keep players, fans, staff and a chairman happy.
 
JM14 said:
This "bluddy useless" forward was Warnocks top transfer target and he spent the vast majority of the transfer budget bringing him in. It hardly suggests he knows what hes doing does it?
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And we do?
Not every player is a success....
Ask Alex Fergusson.
 
Wasn't Akpom the player he was referring to when he said 'we won't be signing players without seeing them again?'

To be honest as gash as he's been and whatever you think of his treatment. Why buy him? It's not only not seeing him in the flesh but the guy has never scored goals. I know stats ain't everything but Wikipedia will tell you he's a 5-8 goal a season man.
 
Players with 2 years left on their contracts don't get 'forced out' of clubs these days unless they're guaranteed a better contract elsewhere.

Akpom signed for 3 years plus 1 optional but we don't know who has the option. It may not necessarily be the club's say.
 
It’s probably a comment based on a conversation He’s had with akpom , we don’t know everything that goes on behind the scenes .
One thing for sure it’s a waste of both parties time fielding a player that doesn’t fulfil the role of a striker
 
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