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Post by dalesterrier on Feb 3, 2019 23:36:09 GMT 1
Alan Nixon says we'll be getting a new one. Didn't say when though!
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Post by Detective Boyle on Feb 3, 2019 23:37:18 GMT 1
I could've told you that
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Post by Syran on Feb 3, 2019 23:37:30 GMT 1
Fucking hell, he has his finger firmly on the pulse!
What a prediction
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Post by mids on Feb 4, 2019 0:14:40 GMT 1
It'll either rain or get/stay dark before tomorrow
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Post by aideybabes on Feb 4, 2019 7:14:38 GMT 1
It'll either rain or get/stay dark before tomorrow It’s done both. Your luck is in go put the lottery on. |
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Post by Killer on Feb 4, 2019 7:24:50 GMT 1
That fella is as accurate as horoscopes. Speaks cryptically and never commits. Waste of time.
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Post by ritchie on Mar 1, 2019 13:24:03 GMT 1
Worryingly quiet on this.. considering what happened last summer, and what needs to happen this summer
considering how many times now we've lost one now, you would think we would have targets like we did with the managerial position and would have acted swiftly.
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Post by VLP Fan Club on Mar 1, 2019 13:34:40 GMT 1
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Post by themanfromatlantis on Mar 1, 2019 13:46:13 GMT 1
Worryingly quiet on this.. considering what happened last summer, and what needs to happen this summer considering how many times now we've lost one now, you would think we would have targets like we did with the managerial position and would have acted swiftly. Hiring people in crucial strategic roles isn't easy. Not saying we've not dropped the ball on this, but I don't think it's as easy an appointment as it sounds. Many people on here berating the club for the recent failures in this regard, but they'll also be the first to moan if we rush the appointment and end up with the wrong person... Give 'em time... |
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Post by impact on Mar 1, 2019 13:59:19 GMT 1
Worryingly quiet on this.. considering what happened last summer, and what needs to happen this summer considering how many times now we've lost one now, you would think we would have targets like we did with the managerial position and would have acted swiftly. Hiring people in crucial strategic roles isn't easy. Not saying we've not dropped the ball on this, but I don't think it's as easy an appointment as it sounds. Many people on here berating the club for the recent failures in this regard, but they'll also be the first to moan if we rush the appointment and end up with the wrong person... Give 'em time... How about last year when it took us 7 months to appoint the wrong person? |
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Post by Bubbles on Mar 1, 2019 14:08:45 GMT 1
Ah Clinton Baptiste... I was supposed to see him live but it was cancelled due to "unforseen circumstances.." "I'm getting the word...." |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2019 14:10:03 GMT 1
Is he the guy who will be training our players how to direct the football into the opposition's net? Or even in the general direction of the opposition's net?
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Post by explorer on Mar 1, 2019 14:10:50 GMT 1
Hiring people in crucial strategic roles isn't easy. Not saying we've not dropped the ball on this, but I don't think it's as easy an appointment as it sounds. Many people on here berating the club for the recent failures in this regard, but they'll also be the first to moan if we rush the appointment and end up with the wrong person... Give 'em time... How about last year when it took us 7 months to appoint the wrong person? Like the man said, hiring people for that role isn’t as easy as putting an ad in the back of Shoot! magazine. It’s an odd role anyway, sometimes I wonder how we ever signed anybody at all before the position was “invented”. We did OK with Webber, we messed up with Rebbe. It happens. |
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Post by galpharm2400 on Mar 1, 2019 14:12:11 GMT 1
I am prepared to give it a go...look at players, haggle a bit and bring in players that dont want to come here, we cant afford or the manager either does not want or changes his mind about, whilst in the full knowledge of our finances and taking a right load of old shite from supporters who think we have more money than sense??? sounds great?  |
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Post by impact on Mar 1, 2019 14:17:42 GMT 1
How about last year when it took us 7 months to appoint the wrong person? Like the man said, hiring people for that role isn’t as easy as putting an ad in the back of Shoot! magazine. It’s an odd role anyway, sometimes I wonder how we ever signed anybody at all before the position was “invented”. We did OK with Webber, we messed up with Rebbe. It happens. Also messed up with Moss who was around for a couple of months. We spent 7 months looking for someone and got the wrong person. That's very poor. But even so, why have we let someone go when we seemingly have no one to replace him? Even bad work is better than no work. |
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Post by royrace on Mar 1, 2019 14:20:13 GMT 1
Worryingly quiet on this.. considering what happened last summer, and what needs to happen this summer considering how many times now we've lost one now, you would think we would have targets like we did with the managerial position and would have acted swiftly. Hiring people in crucial strategic roles isn't easy. Not saying we've not dropped the ball on this, but I don't think it's as easy an appointment as it sounds. Many people on here berating the club for the recent failures in this regard, but they'll also be the first to moan if we rush the appointment and end up with the wrong person... Give 'em time... Exactly, they need to take their time and get it right, no matter how long it takes. In the meantime the other footballing staff should be more than capable of putting together some sort of transfer strategy. Maybe when looking at CVs next time they could pick someone with a good track record and avoid appointing someone with a recent massive failure under their belt. Just a suggestion. |
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Post by royrace on Mar 1, 2019 14:22:36 GMT 1
Like the man said, hiring people for that role isn’t as easy as putting an ad in the back of Shoot! magazine. It’s an odd role anyway, sometimes I wonder how we ever signed anybody at all before the position was “invented”. We did OK with Webber, we messed up with Rebbe. It happens. Also messed up with Moss who was around for a couple of months. We spent 7 months looking for someone and got the wrong person. That's very poor. But even so, why have we let someone go when we seemingly have no one to replace him? Even bad work is better than no work. I think Moss would have been ok but obviously had some sort of disagreement with Wagner, impossible to say if that was avoidable or not, if it was just a personality clash then unavoidable, if he came in thinking his job was something it wasn't then that's really poor recruitment. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2019 14:23:37 GMT 1
How about last year when it took us 7 months to appoint the wrong person? Like the man said, hiring people for that role isn’t as easy as putting an ad in the back of Shoot! magazine. It’s an odd role anyway, sometimes I wonder how we ever signed anybody at all before the position was “invented”. We did OK with Webber, we messed up with Rebbe. It happens.
Moss never seems to get mentioned too much,, The man who brought in Lolo and had contacts in France and the Low Countries, Yet Rebbe who was here no time is blamed for the signings of Mbenza, Diakhaby and Bacuna, Who do we blame for the signing of Puncheon ? Rebbe too I presume.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2019 14:24:45 GMT 1
In the time I took to put Moss never mentioned much, He has been mentioned a few times.
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Post by royrace on Mar 1, 2019 14:33:30 GMT 1
Like the man said, hiring people for that role isn’t as easy as putting an ad in the back of Shoot! magazine. It’s an odd role anyway, sometimes I wonder how we ever signed anybody at all before the position was “invented”. We did OK with Webber, we messed up with Rebbe. It happens.
Moss never seems to get mentioned too much,, The man who brought in Lolo and had contacts in France and the Low Countries, Yet Rebbe who was here no time is blamed for the signings of Mbenza, Diakhaby and Bacuna, Who do we blame for the signing of Puncheon ? Rebbe too I presume.
Depoitre did well last season. I dont think Moss was able to sign players almost a year in advance so obviously nothing to do with Mbenza and Diahkaby. Bacuna was one for the future, he didnt need to necessarily hit the ground running like the other two and may prove to be a good signing. Andy Hughes recommended Puncheon, who I think was probably fine as a Mooy stand in and is a short term loan anyway. I thought all Moss's signings were OK and he did well at Celtic. |
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Post by explorer on Mar 1, 2019 14:36:18 GMT 1
Like the man said, hiring people for that role isn’t as easy as putting an ad in the back of Shoot! magazine. It’s an odd role anyway, sometimes I wonder how we ever signed anybody at all before the position was “invented”. We did OK with Webber, we messed up with Rebbe. It happens. Also messed up with Moss who was around for a couple of months. We spent 7 months looking for someone and got the wrong person. That's very poor. But even so, why have we let someone go when we seemingly have no one to replace him? Even bad work is better than no work. Not sure you really believe that...If we had done no work on our summer transfers instead of the bad work we (apparantly) did then we would still have loads of wingers and you would have nothing to moan about😉 |
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Post by themanfromatlantis on Mar 1, 2019 14:36:24 GMT 1
Hiring people in crucial strategic roles isn't easy. Not saying we've not dropped the ball on this, but I don't think it's as easy an appointment as it sounds. Many people on here berating the club for the recent failures in this regard, but they'll also be the first to moan if we rush the appointment and end up with the wrong person... Give 'em time... How about last year when it took us 7 months to appoint the wrong person? You're just playing devils advocate now...  Were/are you a copper, that's the sort of thing they say when you try to bluff your way out of whey you were speeding... What you don't about that 7 month period, is that the club were secretly employing Oti on the QT...  |
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Post by ritchie on Mar 1, 2019 14:54:42 GMT 1
Worryingly quiet on this.. considering what happened last summer, and what needs to happen this summer considering how many times now we've lost one now, you would think we would have targets like we did with the managerial position and would have acted swiftly. Hiring people in crucial strategic roles isn't easy. Not saying we've not dropped the ball on this, but I don't think it's as easy an appointment as it sounds. Many people on here berating the club for the recent failures in this regard, but they'll also be the first to moan if we rush the appointment and end up with the wrong person... Give 'em time... As I said in my post, I imagined we would already have one eye on this before he left. But even still, he's been gone 2.5 months. Very rare you would wait so long to appoint a manager I understand it can take time but I also think it's crucial we get someone in with time to assess the club and what siewert wants. We took 7 months to appoint rebbe and he was a failure, we took days to appoint wagner and he was hugely successful. Simply saying it takes time to get it right isnt a rule - it doesnt take a long time if you have someone identified - which was my main point. I'm surprised we didnt. |
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Post by themanfromatlantis on Mar 1, 2019 15:00:44 GMT 1
We might have had someone identified, they may have declined our offer?
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Look at the PL, struggling to fill Scudamores role.
Maybe it's the bit on the job description with that one though...
Must haves;
toad-like qualities.
Sucking up & massaging the egos of TV execs.
The Premier League is an equal opportunities employer. As long as all of our applicants lack morals & ethics, then we're showing no bias...
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Post by The Sheriff Strikes Back on Mar 1, 2019 15:07:51 GMT 1
Worryingly quiet on this.. considering what happened last summer, and what needs to happen this summer considering how many times now we've lost one now, you would think we would have targets like we did with the managerial position and would have acted swiftly. IF the club is close to being sold then this may be the reason why no-one has been appointed yet |
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Post by ritchie on Mar 1, 2019 15:18:40 GMT 1
How about last year when it took us 7 months to appoint the wrong person? Like the man said, hiring people for that role isn’t as easy as putting an ad in the back of Shoot! magazine. It’s an odd role anyway, sometimes I wonder how we ever signed anybody at all before the position was “invented”. We did OK with Webber, we messed up with Rebbe. It happens. Not really. It's odd not to have that role in football, its only engish clubs that have taken so long to do something the rest of football has been doing for ages. And lets be honest generally speaking european clubs are far better run than english ones - whos approach is generally to throw money at stuff and fire managers. |
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Post by Galpharmer on Mar 1, 2019 15:26:26 GMT 1
I can see the word 'nonce'....
Jesus, Nixon is a complete arse, a broken clock is right twice a day.
Interestingly though apparently our remaining head scout bloke is very much interweb only in his approach. Since Rebbe left I think he's been playing footy manager on the PC and looking at clips on youtube. Last summers recruitment might look positively brilliant in comparison to this one.
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Post by ritchie on Mar 1, 2019 15:27:06 GMT 1
We might have had someone identified, they may have declined our offer?M Look at the PL, struggling to fill Scudamores role. Maybe it's the bit on the job description with that one though... Must haves; toad-like qualities. Sucking up & massaging the egos of TV execs. The Premier League is an equal opportunities employer. As long as all of our applicants lack morals & ethics, then we're showing no bias... true. stuff like this that shows how much a miss hoyle has been recently, as it's the kind of thing that we might have been reassured as to our plans (are we interviewing/or targetting) at a Q&A. hopefully he can be back fit soon |
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Post by Million Dollar Babies on Mar 1, 2019 15:39:00 GMT 1
I can see the word 'nonce'.... Jesus, Nixon is a complete arse, a broken clock is right twice a day. Interestingly though apparently our remaining head scout bloke is very much interweb only in his approach. Since Rebbe left I think he's been playing footy manager on the PC and looking at clips on youtube. Last summers recruitment might look positively brilliant in comparison to this one. Hopefully his pc is powerful enough to run all the leagues in the world and not just England and Scandanavia like I used to do back in the day |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2019 16:01:30 GMT 1
Worryingly quiet on this.. considering what happened last summer, and what needs to happen this summer considering how many times now we've lost one now, you would think we would have targets like we did with the managerial position and would have acted swiftly. IF the club is close to being sold then this may be the reason why no-one has been appointed yet really? |
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Were/are you a copper, that's the sort of thing they say when you try to bluff your way out of whey you were speeding...
