In the grand scheme of things I doubt it's a great amount, as a year's salary seems to be the legal threshold, so I'm guessing a drop in the bucket compared to our monthly expenses and we get the man we want to shape the future now rather than in 12 months time.
Wasting money is wasting money. Where do you draw the line? I remember when posters were saying "pay whatever it takes" (£100m+) to get Sancho.
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I think it's fine.
Given that Berrada isn’t starting until July, will Wilcox effectively be in charge of the summer transfer window ?
Wilcox and Berrarda yeah.
I mean he's technically not starting but is he really not starting? I presume he had input on all these hires already.
Berrada is likely already working
on his lovely garden
He will play his part along with Matt Hargreaves, Andy O'boyle and one or two more. But it's not a ideal situation for Wilcox to come into on the eve of the transfer window because he isn't a scout and his role is one where people will report into him and those people are not his people as far as Mayorga and Wells are concerned along with the data science and analytics teams. So this coming window imo is one where the Argentine Mayorga and Simon Wells will lead the way when it comes to identifying players and maybe there could be cross communication between our scouts and the INEOS one's at their clubs in France and Switzerland. Which could be helpful as far as picking up young players from South America where Jose Mayorga knows the region very well due to his back ground.
What do you expect out of our next summer window? I am a bit concerned considering the void in terms of personnel
Im not expecting very much other than departures to be honest, if INEOS are as slow at negotiating player signings as they are at negotiating for a Director of Football then its unlikely we will manage to sign anyone before next season.
No they won't be. Joel Glazer was always the one holding things up before.
Ordinarily, I'd agree with you, but when you look at how much money we get fleeced for every transfer window, surely Dan Ashworth's compensation package would 'pay for itself' in just one Summer..?
Not when you are still sending the message to the rest that you are willing to be fleecedOrdinarily, I'd agree with you, but when you look at how much money we get fleeced for every transfer window, surely Dan Ashworth's compensation package would 'pay for itself' in just one Summer..?
Well its hard to have confidence in their ability to negotiate for players when they seemingly cant even agree a deal for Todibo from another club they own.
Where are you getting this from?
Much of the groundwork has been done on a deal for Branthwaite.
So we are going to get fleeced by Everton rather than getting Todibo for a reasonable fee?
It isn't an either or. We can sign more than one centre back.
it's a difficult question but i'm expecting us to come out of the window by signing players at CB and in deeper midfield who raise the physical and athletic level of the team without compromising on technical ability in possession. The team currently is soft in those areas in comparison to the teams at the top who have pace and power in abundance which compliments their more technical players in possession and allows the coaching to become more effective due to having a strong foundation at the base of the team. We don't have a strong foundation at all and that needs to change in the coming window if we're to compete with the top teams. Even under Fergie when we had great teams, at times we had to battle and fight to win games by winning duels. And when you can match the opponent's physicality and athleticism, then your superior technical ability will make the difference.
Not sure it really works that way. I think the idea with someone like Ashworth is that it forms part of a longer-term strategy, so you wouldn't necessarily reap the rewards straight away even if he did come in ahead of this transfer window.Ordinarily, I'd agree with you, but when you look at how much money we get fleeced for every transfer window, surely Dan Ashworth's compensation package would 'pay for itself' in just one Summer..?
I'm expecting us to lose Eriksen, Casemiro and obviously Amrabat. Do you not think we need two midfielders? Casemiro replacment and someone to rotate with Kobbie
I fully agree
I think so mate. Ideally two CBs and two midfielders need to be brought in imo. Not sure how realistic that is, but if we could do that and sign players who fit the criteria I mentioned in my previous post, then that has the potential to improve us significantly.
We should just sack off football and do a series of The Apprentice
I assumed it was your second account.Surely, this has to be parody?!!
Why?Surely, this has to be parody?!!
Really?!! Wow, cheap shot.
Ask yourself why people would consider the post a possible parody.
Because the DoF situation is an entirely different scenario to signing a player, not least because directors don’t have a market value, they aren’t traded readily or regularly and Ashworth specifically has a long term contract with Newcastle. It has also been less than 2 months since he was placed on leave, and multiple reports have said there has been a reluctance on both sides to compromise.
They have been after Dan Ashworth for over 2 months and are still nowhere near appointing him which is ridiculous, if they are dragging out the signing of staff member for this long rather than making an agreement with Newcastle or dropping their interest and moving on to other targets how can anyone be confident it will be any different when it comes to player signings.
He's the technical director not the DOF
Yes I know but he will be heavily be involved this summer as we won’t have a DOF
He will yeah but we'll have Berrards too.
