Sentences with phrase «about backroom»

An administration that has stumbled over concerns about backroom deals and that it has used stimulus funds for political ends might be well - advised to mount more than a «trust us» defense.

This isn't a sports movie so much as a procedural about backroom dealings, double - crosses and high - stakes trades.

Members of the New York County Democratic Committee, upset about a backroom deal their chair, Keith Wright, cut to choose a candidate for a vacant state Senate seat, will push a resolution at a meeting tomorrow night that would prohibit county party officials from also working for firms that lobby.

Truss, a minister in a department that has become notorious for its aggressive advisers - Michael Gove's former aide Dominic Cummings was once accused of bullying, and the vitriolic @Toryeducation Twitter account is thought to have come from DfE insiders - spoke specifically about backroom boys:

The trial, expected to last four to six weeks, will have plenty of seamy detail about backroom dealings, court filings suggest — from jokes about wanting more «zitti» in alleged coded references to bribes taken from «The Sopranos,» to using clout to influence state agencies and routing more than $ 300,000 in alleged payoffs to Percoco through his wife.

Expected to last four to six weeks, the trial will have plenty of details about backroom dealings in Albany right under Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's nose, court filings suggest.

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Some of her remarks give fresh fuel to liberals» worst fears about Clinton, namely that she is a political moderate, happy to cut backroom deals with corporate interests and curry favor with Wall Street for campaign dollars.

I think some people need to look at the new backroom staff and read about what they will most likely be doing, we have hired a Fahmy and from reports it is to help push transfers over the line after Ivan Gazidis and Dick Law has opened communications.

Rumours about Jose Mourinho's potential backroom staff at Manchester United continue to swirl.

Toronto have admitted they have spoken to their attacker about his future after it emerged he was not happy in North America following the sacking of manager Ryan Nelsen and his backroom staff.

The very next season is the year we went for Suarez and failed due to an inexperienced backroom staff making offers and not fighting for them, If Liverpool lied about the release clause then we could have sued them for bullshitting about a legal document.

and all I care about is my darling club getting back on track and start winning beautifully.the new arsenal «backroom engine» is thrilling me and I just need them to get ozil and wilshere to sign and in the summer get one more winger preferably draxler or moura, and a proper defensive midfielder plus one more quality centre back.

Heard about this new fitness guy the other day but also heard all the existing backroom staff had been re-signed on improved contracts.

Great to get this win on the back of the NLD and despite the negatives (Kroenke, Wenger, Sachnez & Ozil's contract situations)-- I remain excited about this club, especially some of the changes going on in the backroom staff.

Everyone knows about the huge amount of signings to the backroom staff done by Arsenal in the last 2 years and that unlike our player signings, these were signing of the best people around.

This is more true about Wenger, prior to the new backroom imports this season, than possibly any manager in the history of British football.

Are you really naive enough to believe that Wenger would bring anyone into this current locker room that is going to be given a strong voice... have you not been watching, listening or reading about our club for years... Lehman is a blind Wenger follower, which is the only reason he was even considered... just for a second think of all the strong personalities that have played for this club that have never been seriously considered even though they have expressed legitimate interest in participating in the coaching process... even worse, think of all the former greats who aren't even allowed on the same pitch as Wenger because they have offered their advice and / or criticism to the infallible one... I dare you to find a manager that has distanced himself from his former players as much as this man... it's the very reason why only one player I can think of has ever returned to play for Wenger and that was Flamini, which was hilarious considering we were desperately looking for a top quality defensive midfielder but Wenger could somehow find no one better than Flamini in the whole wide world... let's face it this club was simply trying to appease it's disgruntled fans by declaring that Wenger would no longer be given Ca rte Blanche when it came to the backroom staff so they probably asked him to give them a list of those who he would allow in the locker room... on that list he wrote Lehman, Pires and Bergkamp, likely because the first two are the only former players who haven't publicly questioned his horrible decision - making and the last one because he won't get in an airplane

(3) this team is rotting from the inside out and it's going to take some unprecedented moves on the part of this board and the fans to facilitate the necessary changes... this club must rid itself of it's absentee billionaire landlord before we become just another sporting wasteland in this man's collection of flailing clubs... when this is done it will expose just what exactly has been going on behind the scenes and I'm afraid of what will be uncovered because if Wenger's business model is as antiquated as his football philosophy it could look an awful lot like and old Monty Python sketch in the backroom... we need to replace the owner with someone who actually cares about this club and isn't afraid to wear their emotions on his or her sleeves or spend their own money to achieve greatness... this new owner needs to find someone who represents the same sort of cutting edge that Wenger represented in his early years then pair that individual with someone who knows how to conduct transfers in the modern era... then and only then will we find a way to escape the malaise that has permeated our once storied club for way too many years

I don't suppose it would stop Arsene Wenger and his backroom staff at Arsenal from working towards getting the rest of the summer transfer action sorted out or at least in place, but I am starting to get a little concerned about the fact that there is little sign so far of the Gunners clearing out the dead wood from the current squad.

For all we know the newly shaped backroom is already talking about potential managers but keeping their cards close to their chest, if we openly admitted that we wanted X manager then do you think Chavski will not also look at that manager?

The site was created to inform viewers of latest news about Everton, ranging from managers, backroom staff, the players and possible transfers.

In this latest edition of the Daily Cannon podcast, Matthew and Stephen talk about Wenger's contract, boardroom wranglings, Mbappé and the need for marquee signings, the future of the Ox, Big Tone's quotes and the danger of too many legends in the backroom.

Another new feature included this season is the «Know Your Role» Q&A as The Terrier speaks to the backroom staff at Huddersfield Town to find out a little bit more about them.

With that in mind, I am hugely excited about starting my next chapter as part of Phil Neville's Lionesses backroom team,» she said.

Buet, who has played under Hope Powell at international level for England, also spoke glowingly about the side's manager — insisting that the backroom staff have had a positive impact on the team.

Backroom conversations have been going on for about 12 months, now.

May sought to present a tone of continuity and calm, arguing there should be «no coronation brought about by backroom deals».

The L.M.D.C. statement about Menin's being removed from the grant advisory panel saying that the Mayor and the Governor have appointed new members to us smacks of obfuscatory backroom maneuvering and simply adds up to the L.M.D.C. trying to pass the onus for a non-transparent decision onto their political patrons.

The 30 - second spot, heavy with smoke and ominous music, paints Quinn as a backroom dealer who has misled the public about her motives and will do anything to get ahead.

The first highlights — filled with backroom political gossiping — were played during testimony by state Sen. Tony Avella (D - Whitestone), who described Skelos» power and explained how his own legislative behavior on issues such as rent control and fracking might have been different if he knew about the behind - the - scenes interests of Skelos.

Backroom negotiations are currently underway with the broadcasters about the next general election's TV debates.

There is plenty of backroom discussion going on inside the Capitol about whether Cuomo might ultimately have to try to take control of the Legislature by starting a coup to depose Silver.

We have to set out our stall on what we believe in, why we think we've got the best policies for the country and I honestly think the minute you start looking like you're either conceding defeat or you're interested in backroom deals in smoke - filled room over things you've got no control over, you lose the essence of what the election is about.»

City Hall insiders were scratching their heads about the need for a transition team since her predecessor, Christine Quinn, didn't have one.Members of the volunteer transition team included three former borough presidents and union leaders who helped her win the post, including the former law partner of the Brooklyn Democratic boss who brokered a backroom deal to seal her victory.

... It's not just about MPs; I think we can become overly obsessed with the frontline politicians at the expense of those who work in the backroom.»

Espaillat spokesman Ibrahim Khan defended the mailer, arguing that it is «reflective of the community's sentiments about a politician who made a backroom deal.»

Transparency, backroom dealings, they talk about this in Albany all the time.

It became famous, sometimes infamous, for its frankness about sleazy backroom politics and reckless, sensationalistic newspapers, and for its suggestive patter and profanity.

The troubled Deb (Robin Tunney) spontaneously shaves her head in the backroom while deflecting questions about her freshly - bandaged wrist.

The class became so excited about playing Crisis that backroom deals were being made at recess and lunch.

This connection is frequently overlooked, most likely because of the tendency to ignore the relationship between early videogames and the tabletop games that lead to them — Francis Spufford offers a detailed account of the Elite design process in his book Backroom Boys, yet never mentions tabletop role - playing games at all and, writing for the Telegraph, Adam Lusher dubs Elite «the game that changed the world» but once again fails to understand how this came about as the conservation of player practices from tabletop role - playing games.

There was a lot of interesting backroom drama and I hope that someday, it'll be safe to talk about it.

They might have gone on to say that no laws were broken, or to make a case about why it was entirely appropriate for Mann to facilitate the destruction of this portion of the IPCC review / writing record — after all whose f**king business is it if IPCC Lead Authors toss the rules and engage in unrecorded, backroom re-writing of key sections of disputed text with the help of partisan authors whose involvement as contributors or reviewers is not revealed in the report.

And silence them it will — protracted scientific controversy about global systems models is tedious, and the authoritarian backroom boys at the Royal Society understandably intend to end it.

About 10,000 delegates, activists, journalists and backroom staff have been accredited for the conference, with some 40,000 police providing security.

I am perplexed as to why the media, Zoocasa et al and two of the largest franchise houses know all about this before we do and am utterly vexed at CREA's directors for what I consider to be backroom bargaining in the name of the membership.