I see the knight in shining armour has retained his former loyalty!Quote:
Originally Posted by magpie_mania
I see the knight in shining armour has retained his former loyalty!Quote:
Originally Posted by magpie_mania
I don't think we found that 50k player, he was there all along, we were just the ones who saw the potential (big blip on the radar). A profit on AJ? Why yes of course but let's hope that is a good few seasons away.Quote:
Originally Posted by Boomerangpie
let us not also forget we could have also made money on Rodders & Woots , but the owners chose not to sell in the January window in a calculated gamble on promotion. !Quote:
Originally Posted by SmiffyPie
What team recruit all good signings?Quote:
Originally Posted by legs77
Players are people, not machines. There?s so many variables as to what makes a player a success.
Every signing is a gamble but now, it seems, we make very informed and educated gambles.
Take Martin for example. If Macari hadn?t have been injured in the warm up he wouldn?t have featured against Cheltenham. We probably wouldn?t have seen him again and left wondering what anyone saw in signing him.
Out of nowhere he arguably puts in a MOM performance and we see that he does have the capability to be a very good player and can understand why we signed him.
Our recruitment has generally been excellent under the Bros. That?s part of the reason why we?ve gone from NL to auto promotion places in league 2.
Great post. Martin was fantastic on Sunday. Not only was he skillful, competitive and street smart, he looked like a great fit for the Notts philosophy and system. Surely worth keeping.Quote:
Originally Posted by kill_the_drum
And, if we do keep him and if he does prove to be a valuable player, then kudos to Notts for finding him and giving him a chance to prove himself.
It wasn?t a comment about the alleged former poster though. I am not bothered if it is laddo or not.Quote:
Originally Posted by Elite_Pie
Yes that is a more accurate. He was there all along you can only assume lots of clubs knew about his goalscoring exploits for Gateshead. Yet it was our recruitment team who advised the owners to spend ?100K on him and his strike partner at that time. We pulled the trigger other clubs didn?t when they had a chance to get in earlier or outbid.Quote:
Originally Posted by SmiffyPie
I have always wondered did Gateshead have a sell on percentage clause I always assumed they would
Based on what I have seen I am a fan of the recruitment team and an even bigger fan of the owners. I don?t think I?m alone on this.
The mention of Rodriques and Wootton is a good one. I forgot that we could have potentially cashed in on both and both signed by Montague. Like Langstaff they are both operating at a higher level which says a lot. We have players who I saw on Sunday who could and will play at a higher level than League Two which is again telling.
Of course they have made mistakes, some poor signings have been made, every club makes bad signings, it is impossible not too.
The league table GF and GA column told
us that the balance was all wrong last season in the squad which is the responsibility of the recruitment team. That has been addressed. You could easily argue that squad depth has been insufficient this season which I agree with although I would partly argue that some of the demands from fans on this score are unrealistic in terms of numbers (wanting 4 more first team ready players) and finances involved.
So my question to legs77 is why is he so insistent that the person behind the overall impressive recruitment need to put under pressure and under the spotlight? Does that benefit the team?
Do the coaches believe they have been short changed, hung out to dry by the recruitment team in any way this season? I don?t think so.
As someone said the club has moved from
playoff spot in the National League to a playoff spot in League Two so something has worked
Every club makes bad signings I dont dispute that.Quote:
Originally Posted by magpie_mania
Lets look at players with injury records before they sigbrd Ness Cundy Morias now when you are L2 dont you think that is a huge risk of finances ?
We signed all of them knowing this info.
I am also aware of Jones too he is a one off.
As my original point stated SM gets flak if players signed are not up to it is that all on him ? Also in Europe people in RM communicate with fans/media more in England none of them do so fans ramp pressure on the coach.
There has been some duds but we?ve also signed players that get you off your feet at a game and I love that.
Not sure I understand the negativity around McDonald in other threads, people were waxing lyrical about him on his full debut and tbf Cundys hardly had a run in the team due to up to now hardly any defender injuries.
The next window is critical, there?s not a lot wrong with the squad but 2/3 quality signings and keeping key players we could be cooking on gas.