I would say that is what generally happens at clubs, but can be complicated if a team is having a poor season, as we were and a player wont sign an extension whilst relegation is a possibility. Or if a team is in with a chance of promotion and the club would not want to extend a players contract if that were the case, as they dont rate hm for the prem and need to offload players to bring others in.
Then of course there is the added complication of swapping managers every season, its highly likely that a new manager won't fancy some or indeed many of the players that had contracts extended under the previous manager!
Add in FFP, can't increase wages on an extended contract until another player leaves at the end of a season and its not quite as simple as you make it out to be.
I mean have Derby actually had a plan thats lasted for more than 6 months in the past 3 years?
Welcome Ramshank.
As you’ve described yourself as having been ‘lurking’ for a while you’ll know that I’ve been a long term supporter of Mel Morris.
That support will end if it emerges that he’s been ‘overseeing’ financial wrongdoing that sees DCFC heavily penalised...but as regards managers and long term plans I’m not sure he can be blamed for becoming ‘bored’.
We’ll never know the whole truth but of the (nine?) managers we’ve had during Morris’ tenure I can think of only Rowett who Mel may have become bored with.
Of the others...McClaren made himself unemployable at Derby. Clement and Pearson appear to be very flawed human beings (as their subsequent records elsewhere would suggest), there was nothing Morris could have done to keep Lampard, and Cocu was sabotaged from the off by the consequences of ‘Joinersgate’ and perhaps his failure to understand the requirements of the Championship.
Thank you RamAnag.
Yes good point.
I never understood why he got rid of Maclaren the second time though. From Maclaren's comments quoted in the Pride book (excellent read btw), he seemed perplexed himself.