Quote Originally Posted by Shadrack the Red View Post
Should have no input for me , what is the point of appointing a director of football & then let an amateur pick the tools to do the job , the Dof should liaise with the HC to decide what positions of incoming players they require to cover & then form a list to which the HC comes with his selection of players with a first choice , second choice & third choice for each spot bearing in mind it is not easy to get deals over the line so the HC has to have options should his first choices prove to be impossible to get over the line . Mr Cryne should use his business expertise to help the club & leave the football side of things to professionals .
I was a regular at the old Central League reserve games in the 80's and 90's and during those days with the crowds nearly always sparse unless we were playing Manchester United or Liverpool reserves you'd see the West Stand full of scouts from all over the place .

You knew they were scouting or looking at somebody because a lot of them were out of work manager's keeping themselves in the game and earning a few quid scouting .

You'd see ex Huddersfield Town boss Mick Buxton at nearly every game , George Kerr , John McGovern , Wilf McGuiness , Colin Addison and once Tommy Docherty .

They'd probably not be looking at our second string but it was a good league back then with clubs like Aston Villa , Coventry , City , United , Everton , Liverpool , Newcastle , Sunderland , Leeds , Wednesday as well as ourselves and Rotherham etc etc .

They'd be some good second string talent to look at , a young John Hendrie at Coventry , Gary Bannister also at Coventry , Paul Warhurst , Earl Barrett at City , there was this young skinny black kid one night playing Villa who was the best and most skilful player I'd ever seen called Mark Walters who was just incredible .

The point I'm making and I've never had an answer to this but why did that system ever need to be changed or condemned to the dustbin of history ?

I've never understood why .