Quote Originally Posted by Redbull666 View Post
Truth be told, I didn't really want either. If you're going to uncover someone who is something special it can't be anyone with a proven track record, especially a middling to good one. You need to find untapped talent. The Norwegian bloke would have been a great appointment, but I think it's fantasy to suggest he'd have come here after it became obvious he had real talent. We need to find these managers before they are on the radar. How does a chairman/owner do that? Probably more luck than judgement.
Yes, I agree with that as such. We wouldn’t get Knutsen because we will no doubt both have a different vision of how we go about our business and we wouldn’t be ambitious enough for him. We could though try and source an outstanding manager who has started somewhere lowly but is more than making a name for themselves. It would obviously need to be a far search but currently we employed the chairman’s pal and now a bottom 6 team’s manager. That can hardly be described as pushing the boat out looking for a search. It’s a sad thing to say, but we don’t even conduct ourselves as a football club to become successful.