Quote Originally Posted by Chick A Saw View Post
See if someone like Nielson/Mellon had come out and said at some point through their time here, "you know what fans, we have this guy going through his managerial apprenticeship just now, and he is something special!", then i dont think there would be as much negativity as we are seeing just now. Add in a message from Tony last week to say, "we have this lad Courts, hes good, but no quite ready", then we might even have seen a "Give the boy a chance from the fans".

But there has been nothing but rumours, and ive heard all the same things again that GB was telling us about last week, and adding more meat to the rumours about who is making the signings.
I don't think that Neilson/Mellon have had no say on signings, it will be a collaborative effort just as it is at any club, especially one that has a Sporting Director/Director of Finance.

Go watch that Man City documentary (I think its on Amazon Prime) and you see how it works. Pep is needing a centre half, he tells Tixi to go find him one. Tixi identifies Laporte, and does all the signing talks etc. Pep concentrates on the training field, he isn't flying all across Europe watching dozen of matches trying to find the right guy.