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I would hope that something is in place for this window, and its not starting from scratch (doubt it will be).
Overseas recruitment has been a lot more miss than hit - Mikosso has turned out to be excellent, Fanne OK. The less said about Nordas and Hashi the better (watch nordas go and knock in 20 now)
The better signings have been from the league below (well not anymore) - Alli and Thelo. New recruitment set up cant be judged until next summer. Can`t have much influence this summer as can`t scout anyone. January is always an iffy window trying to plig gaps
I reckon Nordas will come good. He was the wrong signing for the time, as we needed someone to come in and hit the ground running rather than a young player who will need time to adapt and develop. But given a full preseason, and playing a division lower? I think he'll play a good part this season, and maybe Walters as well."Never too high, never too low"
Well change was needed. Cant moan that the board have acted, after the last 18months of transfer chaos. Lets hope the data based decisions this team make is using good data. I wonder what data they used last summer?
We’ll have to wait and see, Chapplle out and Tracy is the big change, Mick out to pasture probably needed.
I wouldn’t say it’s sweeping changes personally and apparently no Director of Football so we know someone will be interchanging his Hard Hat for his bench coat
Apart from Tracy it's the same, isn't it? Doesn't feel like a crack team, or any major changes, but everyone is judged by results at the end of the day and they seem to be hinting at an exciting transfer window...so we'll know soon enough.
I 'think' the point is (reading behind what GS is quoted as saying on off site) is a change of approach has been achieved through these changes. Lets hope its going back to not being johnny big bolls anymore and we remember to sign players who will scrap for every point.
Eh? This is probably the longest thread on here in weeks. I'm not sure any Blue Peter badges should be given out just yet given most of us have absolutely no idea how this 'revamp' is going to work or what jobs these people are actually doing.
It's good the club are doing something but I'd like to know if they're working with their hands tied behind their backs as that would certainly seem to be the case the last 3 or 4 transfer windows.
Zero point in scouting players if Sweet etc refuse to spend the money.
Ps. Over 20 deletions in the last 3 weeks. But its great that there's no power trip going on here.....
Well it appears the club and the fans share concerns over recent recruitment. The club have obviously tried to address the issues by these new appointments. Only time will tell if the new appointments prove to be better than the previous regime. Signing players without a long injury record would be a good starting point. Players who can play 38 games a season.
The top heavy referred to the three 'heads' what does Sajjad actually do if Tracy is cheif scout and socik does analasys? Is he negotiating contracts or signing off on signings or what?
I think 'revamp' is the key word. Not sure judging by posts people understand what the word means:
'Give new and improved form, structure, or appearance to.'
That's what has been done. It's a new and defined structure - so the form has been improved in that roles are clear.
As for the people, Yousuf is newish and was key to our best recent transfer window, in January.
Getting rid of Chapple recognised the need for change, but that change didn't need to be complete surely? Jay has a great reputation.
They're hardly going to say Mick has been chucked out, so I see it as a gentle redefinement of his role.
Tracy comes in with an excellent track record from Lincoln.
But the proof of the pudding is in the eating (thank you jimmyp!) so let's see.
I'm hoping we bring in some leadership, strength and experience personally. Plus of course a 30 goal striker we pluck out of thin air! I'm not averse to good loan signings either.
I imagine we have to move bods out to get new ones in given the 22 man squad requirement.
And I am not one to want to mortgage our future, either.
Tbh, as I say above, it's basically what we knew including the same team so I was a bit confused by the release as well. I was reading expecting something new because press releases normally give new info and apart from job titles, there's not a lot in this one. But as I also say, for this department the bottom line is the result they get in the transfer window, and they hint at exciting stuff to come.
It's my completely uneducated opinion that we try to be too nice to staff we've formed a close relationship with and either keep them too long(Edwards) or create and offer them roles to keep them about (Dearden). As I said to MG above, what's Sajid doing? We've got a chief scout and a head of analasys, is he managing both of them?
Dearden is Teams Operations Manager. No one has ever actually managed to say what he does or why he's on the bench every game.
Having looked at a few other clubs none of them have one.
Looking at scouting structures of other clubs it's all quite clear... There's a head of recruitment and then it flows down from there, is that what Sajjad is?
Brentford and Brighton, two clubs who have done what we try to do, but better, have very simlld coaching structures, and from what I can see their organisational structure for scouting is simple too - no random job titles and three-pronged management teams etc
Good to see Jay Socik progress, only ever heard good things about him. Delighted to see big Mick still involved (and hopefully carry a little less burden). Marc Tracy has a good reputation from his prior clubs and is a Luton fan. I’m less familiar with You suf but sounds good re his involvement in Jan. All feels like a good refresh of a dept which has generally done very well for us.
Fair comment, last Summer was pretty bad but I think recruitment is getting far more stick than it deserves. I suspect they were given a certain brief and budget and that was as much to blame.
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