Official Summer Rumour & Transfer Thread

[Young_Nudger]

Unless some supporter are not taking much interest in how things are done at Barnsley - I don’t know why the recruitment process has to be continually explained.

The head coach eg Duff does NOT target potential players.
That role is carried out by James Cryne and his recruitment team.

The process works on the lines of this:
The head coach says for example we need another right wing back.
The recruitment team then present the head coach with several options.
The head coach then places the players into a list of who he would prefer eg try for player A first, then if that player is unattainable then go for player B, then C.
It’s then the role of the CEO with the support of the head coach to try and persuade one of those players to join the club.

The players that are targeted are generally younger players that have potential which can be developed and are able to play in the Barnsley high press style.
So no wonder no one will have heard of them.

What’s happened in the recent past is that Paul Conway has interfered with the process and knocked it off track - which has caused all types of problems.
What we will see IMO in the coming few years is the recruitment process in its purest form, being carried out as it should have always been done.
This for me is very exciting.

The Barnsley recruitment strategy is far removed from most other clubs who still go down the traditional route of throwing as much money as they can at recruiting players.

Im not saying this because of recent events but a prime example of this is Sheffield Wednesday - who again in this close season will try to fish for players in ponds where they just cannot compete.
Consequently they end up throw £££ millions at older players that have been around the block a few times - but even those players demand a transfer fee and high wages.
Last I heard Wednesday were £60 million in debt and counting.
The older players in their squad will not be able to compete in the Championship - so Darren Moore has now been left with the unenviable task of trying to find a nearly new squad.

As I’ve said before - us Barnsley fans need to be very very graceful for the directors and recruitment strategy we have at Barnsley.