Quote Originally Posted by upthemaggies View Post
100%. I'd never heard of him, hadn't noticed a buzz around the mention of his name on here before he signed (which is not to say there wasn't a thread about him before he signed if somebody wants to try and make me look stupid with a link, I'm saying I hadn't noticed one) and I would have brushed it off without comment as Chesterfield signing a striker from a part time league had anybody bothered to bring it up had they got him instead.

All well and good if the owners have unearthed a gem but I don't see how him being a decent signing or not changes the fact that Shaun Derry wasn't happy with having to defer to a transfer panel in 2014/15. Perhaps he's changed his mind since he last spoke on MC and now loves the idea.
I don’t think the recruitment process is that rigid. Didn’t IB get Patterson from Sunderland because he knew the coach from there and there have been others. Ellis came in at the end of last season and was offered a new contract and he didn’t fit the find an undervalued talent and develop. I honestly believe if the coach really wants someone then the owners will approve.