Quote Originally Posted by Whitfieldarab View Post
I'd say that both the Aussie lads and the African lads had nothing to do with the managers of our team but down to Fat Tone's connections and if like you say that we tracked Niskanen for years then he also wasn't down to a specific manager.

I'd say that Edwards was an MM signing and maybe Sibbald is a JR signing but the rest are down to Fat Tone - good or bad.
When you say 'down to' though, what are you meaning exactly? He sources them, runs the rule over them and then decides if they're good enough or not? I can't believe that for a second. I don't believe he has the final say on whether the players are good enough or not. If so, we're wasting a hell of a lot of money employing a recruitment team if that's how we operate.