Cristiano Giaretta - Director Of Football

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  1. The undeniable truth

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    Looking forward to the pending Bayat vs Edwards face-off.
     
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    Isnt this exactly what the last one got up to also? If I remember correctly that was under the orders of Gino.
     
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    I wonder if Duxbury and co have the same belief we have an “excellent squad “?

    And so there was some dispute over should Edwards keep his job after the slow start.

    CG probably expected better but Dux et al wanted to stick by their man .
     
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    I explained my reason. I thought it was a good one which is why I posted. You are free to disagree, of course.
     
    Jon G, Sep 22, 2022
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    Fair enough. You are content to label a journalist a liar. I just wanted to be clear on that.
     
    Jon G, Sep 22, 2022
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    I see where you’re coming from because of course journalists never lie, so you’re right to weirdly stick up for them.
     
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    Stick up for all journalists? Nah. A lot of them are utter scumbags, as I’ve seen first hand. Query whether one specific football journalist is deliberately lying, despite knowing the truth? Sure.
    But Burnsy has assured me that AL is lying, although he hasn’t explained what AL intends to gain from this deliberate falsehood.
     
    Jon G, Sep 22, 2022
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    It really is odd when you phrase your posts the way you do, how it also seems to confuse you when people call you condescending etc.

    You can’t help yourself.

    And moreover, without knowing Adam Leventhal personally, I have no idea what he stands to gain from it personally. Clicks for his article and paymasters maybe? Knowing Watford rarely comment on things.

    All I know, as I have stated clearly, is that I know from 3 people who were in the press room at the time, that Adam Leventhal made barbed comments to both Edwards and the clubs press officer when they stonewalled him - then he took exception to the person who did get the story and refused to acknowledge that person.

    Then came his story which isn’t correct and he knows it - but he’s written a piece that has just enough fluff around the edges. But I assure you, Adam Leventhal knows that Giaretta is no longer working for Watford Football Club. Which is what Andrew French said. If Giaretta is repurposed somewhere else within the Pozzo empire…so be it. Leventhal can have that as a victory should he wish.

    But I repeat - I have heard from multiple people who were in the room at the time. And that’s why I’m content with saying Adam Leventhal has lied.
     
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    Yeah, I am.
     
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    It's only natural that Jon would stick up for AL, they're probably good mates after the podcast business.
     
    RS2, Sep 23, 2022
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    Strange that you acknowledge plenty of journalists are scumbags, yet choose to believe one over someone who has regularly provided accurate and reliable information about the club. One can only conclude AL is a personal friend of of yours?
     
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    And I acknowledged that you said as much. Neither of us seem to know why he is lying - I will ask him on Twitter for you and let you know what he says.
     
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    No, but I don’t know Burnsy either. The only difference is that AL uses his real name. But as I’ve said, I’ve accepted that AL is a liar, so I’m not doubting, merely clarifying.
     
    Jon G, Sep 23, 2022
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    I didn’t really suggest that I care what he says. But you crack on and do you pal.
     
    Burnsy, Sep 23, 2022
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    I asked him. He replied “Nope, that’s not true. All the best”. I’m now confused - who to believe?
     
    Jon G, Sep 23, 2022
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    Interesting that he replies to you.
     
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    Why? He seems pretty affable.
     
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    Jon, I really don’t care as much as you seem to.

    I’m 100% confident in what I’ve said, and have heard it from 3 separate sources. I’d be very happy to tell that to AL if I ever wanted to or stumbled across him.

    I frankly don’t care if you believe me, him, or anyone else. That’s your prerogative. But no amount of your replies are going to convince me I’m wrong or shouldn’t have called him a liar.
     
    Burnsy, Sep 23, 2022
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    C5060435-D555-4DB9-B3F6-AE572506C59D.png

    It doesn’t sound like you’re ‘confused’. It sounds like you couldn’t possibly believe that a journalist might be lying and you are attempting to brown nose.

    (This forum also isn’t ‘The Hornets Nest’. Just a heads up)
     
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    The section here is though tbf ..

    Has there been anything from the club saying Giaretta has gone ?

    Or just the usual silence leaving us all to presume he doesn’t.
     
    wfc4ever, Sep 23, 2022
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    Looks like how I imagine it would look if AL was speaking to himself...
     
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    Strange behaviour from Jon G.
     
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    State of this thread.
     
    Keighley, Sep 23, 2022
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    What a strange thing to do.
     
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    Deeply odd.
     
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    One to watch.
     
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    Blimey, this place is a ******* mental asylum now. If you are Levanthal then...actually I have no words.
     
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    Wait, what? You have taken from all that - that I’m Leventhal?
     
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    That's pretty weird
     
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    Nah not you, the other inmate. I thought they posted the link.
     
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    Wait, is @Jon G actually Adam Leventhal? That's almost as crazy as the Mario Gaspar signing.
     
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    Tough day for Leventhal yesterday on Twitter…

    From using quotes from another journalist (who he was very openly rude towards at a club press conference) in his Athletic article - to being accused by a number of fans of hiding their replies to him on Twitter because they weren’t positive. He denies it but it looks incredibly like he got found out doing it and is backtracking.
     
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    Its worse than when Ellingtons wife/gf came on here.
     
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    Only the true Messiah denies his divinity.
     
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    This is gobsmackingly crawling, Randall-esque behaviour. Just breathtaking.

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    It's not entirely clear which option is worse - that Jon G is Adam in ever thinner veiled disguise, or that he's not and just did that in actual earnest.
     
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