Richard Montague

[Mud Pie]

It all feels a bit unsettling. Crowley going, the assistant coaches going, now RM. But all going to bigger roles, at least as far as they see it and a sign that we have people others want.

With the January window completed I wonder how much RM would be doing for the rest of this season as I can't believe he would be influencing SM's modus operandi. And as NCFCOG recently said, data analysis is now no longer the ground breaking approach that it was a few years back so RM's not likely to be taking any big secrets away with him.

Or perhaps RM sees the timescale to get us into higher divisions a little too long for his ambitions now he has made a bit of a name for himself. He has been at Radar a long time.

The Bros have form in having contingency plans in place. This may be a stepping stone for someone already in their organisation.

it all feels a bit unsettling because we're looking unsettled! Did we ever hear the full story behind half of our coaching team just upping sticks? Successful seasons aren't usually characterized by inner turmoil.

Appreciate the balanced perspective. The Bros do have good form so I'll come in off the ledge - but I'm leaving the window open!

[1955pie]

it all feels a bit unsettling because we're looking unsettled! Did we ever hear the full story behind half of our coaching team just upping sticks? Successful seasons aren't usually characterized by inner turmoil.

Appreciate the balanced perspective. The Bros do have good form so I'll come in off the ledge - but I'm leaving the window open!

We are looking very thin on the ground at the top now.
A lot will fall very heavily on Joe Palmer. If he were to go now or even in the next 6 months we will be rudderless.
The Bros don't appear to be too much hands on but hopefully I may be mistaken there.
The most immediate need for the team is a new Assistant Head Coach to help SM through till the end of the season. And as Anticlough has suggested maybe Alves taking over recruitment, at least in the short term.
When / if we go up we will need quite a lot of recruits in order to be strong enough to stay up. This is the time of year to be doing that research so that we can continue our policy of getting most of it done early.