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Thread: New Director of Football/ Sporting Director ?

  1. #11
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    This is an entirely different proposition to the roles he's held in the past .

    Basically he's expected to find players for nothing who can show enough improvement so they can be sold on for profit .

    His role should actually be to build us a squad capable of getting out of this league and holding our own in the championship .

    This is an entirely different challenge to the roles he's had before .

    Good Luck to the lad , he'll need it .

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    Quote Originally Posted by Young_Nudger View Post
    He has a background as a student in universities around Yorkshire.
    Leeds, Sheffield and York.
    So he’s no stranger to this part of the world.

    Can only guess what he’s going to bring to the table.

    So now we have a maths genius looking at stats for recruiting players.

    A whizz kid chairperson with qualifications from the school of economics.

    And now Sormaz who has an analytics background for a sizeable sports company.

    Would love to be a fly on the wall listening to the conversations when these 3 get together.

    Whooooosh - straight ovver mi heeead !!!
    Most things go straight ova thi 'eeard

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    On a positive note thank god Hassell didn't get the job .

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    No it wasn't a wind up.

    The club have been rushed into putting out an Official Website Statement at 7-00pm last night.

    He doesn't start for a few weeks.

    The 36 year old is a good friend of James Cryne.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SBRed48 View Post
    No it wasn't a wind up.

    The club have been rushed into putting out an Official Website Statement at 7-00pm last night.

    He doesn't start for a few weeks.

    The 36 year old is a good friend of James Cryne.
    I trust any rumour that comes out of the SBRed office 😁

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    Quote Originally Posted by EthelRed View Post
    Which club would employ a player analyst the day after the transfer window closes when the club in question had a serious opportunity to achieve an automatic promotion spot. All they needed was to identify obtainable targets to give them the final impetus.

    Answers on a postcard please.

    Defunct Lebanese flatbread to the winner.
    Maybe they wanted to give Bobby January to audition for the job rather than shove someone in at the deep end when they first arrive at the club?

    Hopefully now this new person can start off by discussing contracts with our existing players and then move on to targets for the summer transfer window.

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    …… ‘Additionally, the former Leicester man will work with our coaches to create and implement a GAME MODEL and coaching methodology to be used across the club.’

    According to some supporters there is no model.
    So - nar that statement from the club can’t be reyt.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Young_Nudger View Post
    …… ‘Additionally, the former Leicester man will work with our coaches to create and implement a GAME MODEL and coaching methodology to be used across the club.’

    According to some supporters there is no model.
    So - nar that statement from the club can’t be reyt.
    Well there isn't a Game Model , how can they be ? , if you have to hire someone to create one .

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    Quote Originally Posted by animallittle3 View Post
    Well there isn't a Game Model , how can they be ? , if you have to hire someone to create one .
    There is one.
    Recruitment is based around it.
    (that’s what the club says by the way - not me saying it)

    Tippy tappy football - to me to you - to me to you - isn’t part of the model.
    The club has repeatedly told us that.

    Williams sideways to Mael.
    Mael to Connell in midfield.
    Connell back to McCart
    McCart sideways to Kane
    Kane back to Williams
    Williams sideways to Mael
    Mael back to Williams

    Williams hoofs it up the field straight to the opposition fullback.

    That type of football is going to get us murdered against quality teams with quality players.

    The board have appointed someone now to ensure the game model is followed - and followed properly.
    Ismael followed it.
    Duff followed it.
    Can anyone see Collins accepting that ???
    Cos I can’t.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Young_Nudger View Post
    There is one.
    Recruitment is based around it.
    (that’s what the club says by the way - not me saying it)

    Tippy tappy football - to me to you - to me to you - isn’t part of the model.
    The club has repeatedly told us that.

    Williams sideways to Mael.
    Mael to Connell in midfield.
    Connell back to McCart
    McCart sideways to Kane
    Kane back to Williams
    Williams sideways to Mael
    Mael back to Williams

    Williams hoofs it up the field straight to the opposition fullback.

    That type of football is going to get us murdered against quality teams with quality players.

    The board have appointed someone now to ensure the game model is followed - and followed properly.
    Ismael followed it.
    Duff followed it.
    Can anyone see Collins accepting that ???
    Cos I can’t.
    They've hired him to install and implement a Game Model which means we haven't one .


    What part of the club's statement is so difficult for you to understand ? .

    For all you know the Game Model may well be a more passing based style , the truth is neither you or I know what that will look like .

    This guy for all we know may well be hired to play the way Collins wants to with the recruitment based on that .

    Until we see over a period of time we don't know and neither do you .

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