Loyal72 13,808 Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 To me it looks like the board are trying to do everything but address the issue of the manager. Bad Robot and Paisley Blue Loyal 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Nosed Babe 21,459 Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 Too fucking late BLUEDIGNITY, Loyal-Bear, KeyserSoze and 1 other 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Somemightsay7 3,104 Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 7 minutes ago, Loyal72 said: To me it looks like the board are trying to do everything but address the issue of the manager. Completely different things. Our scouting department was desperately needing an overhaul. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bluenoz 32,524 Posted September 8, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 8, 2023 Between this and Chris Jack's article, I can't help but think Bisgrove and Co are trying to calm things by deflecting. The fans are not that silly to these boardroom tactics Cooperson, BLUEDIGNITY, HG5 and 4 others 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loyal72 13,808 Posted September 8, 2023 Author Share Posted September 8, 2023 1 minute ago, Somemightsay7 said: Completely different things. Our scouting department was desperately needing an overhaul. While true, should've been done before letting a relatively inexperienced manager have a crack at spending £15m. Just opens them up for the shots now as well as Beale. rossco87, HG5, BLUEDIGNITY and 1 other 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Somemightsay7 3,104 Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 1 minute ago, Loyal72 said: While true, should've been done before letting a relatively inexperienced manager have a crack at spending £15m. Agreed, but at least it's finally being done. Loyal72 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimfanciesthedude 25,634 Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 Overhauling the scouting department doesn't fix the fact they allowed a 6month manager to pick his own players to spunk 15mill on And if our scouting dept said that dessers and lammers would be good high cost purchases rhenywe should burn them at the fucking stake BLUEDIGNITY, Swagger, BlueKnight87 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris182 6,534 Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 This worries me tbh Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loyal72 13,808 Posted September 8, 2023 Author Share Posted September 8, 2023 1 minute ago, chris182 said: This worries me tbh Depends what sort of route we go down. Data driven analytics can be a double edged sword. HG5 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Somemightsay7 3,104 Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 24 minutes ago, Loyal72 said: Depends what sort of route we go down. Data driven analytics can be a double edged sword. Our current scouting department is prehistoric. Just having a handful of guys scouring the world for players explains why we end up with what we do. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PromDeAnglais 6,800 Posted September 8, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 8, 2023 1 week after the window shuts. wully, WilliamMunny, bluenoz and 4 others 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loyal72 13,808 Posted September 8, 2023 Author Share Posted September 8, 2023 3 minutes ago, PromDeAnglais said: 1 week after the window shuts. Amazing eh? We like tying our arms behind our back. PromDeAnglais, HG5 and Negri's lovechild 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the goal machine 7,994 Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 This type of article usually came out about 10 years ago about a club. We seem to have been very old school. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossco87 796 Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 Got to assume this means the board have decided to move forward without appointing a Sporting Director / Director of Football. Would be madness to undertake an “overhaul” of a department we are planning on bringing someone in to oversee. HG5 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeparateEntityMyArse 55,426 Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 Stevie from IT in charge of scouting. Sound. HG5 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
6superbarry6 14,618 Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 Who’s making these decisions when we have no DOF, no football men on the board and an absolute buffoon in the dug out? HG5 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
6superbarry6 14,618 Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 3 minutes ago, rossco87 said: Got to assume this means the board have decided to move forward without appointing a Sporting Director / Director of Football. Would be madness to undertake an “overhaul” of a department we are planning on bringing someone in to oversee. Or hopefully we have somebody lined up Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossco87 796 Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 46 minutes ago, 6superbarry6 said: Or hopefully we have somebody lined up There is a scenario where the inaction on Beale (either publicly backing him or sacking him) and now this reshuffle is because there is an appointment imminent of someone whose remit will be to oversee all of it (call that job title whatever you want); and their first direction from the board is to sack Beale and appoint a new manager with the process of speaking to candidates already underway. From bitter experience of recent years I just don’t think that is happening and we are going to start this overhaul of scouting, not have someone who has the knowledge or skills to oversee our entire footballing operation, let Beale struggle on for another couple of months until the league is effectively out of reach, sack Beale and bring someone new in who will be the easy / most talked about candidate within the fan base and then find ourselves in exactly the same position in 12 months time… Hopefully that is just me being overly pessimistic and I am going to be pleasantly surprised when we actually start operating like the major football club we are. theredhandofNewcastle, HG5 and 6superbarry6 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
esquire8 45,322 Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 48 minutes ago, 6superbarry6 said: Who’s making these decisions when we have no DOF, no football men on the board and an absolute buffoon in the dug out? I fully expect a new SD to be in place soon to oversee these changes. 6superbarry6 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kents_Hook 1,702 Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 i'll file that under bullshit along with youth setup HG5 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
siamthedanger 2,913 Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 Did we actually have a scouting dept to overhaul? Kents_Hook, Loyal-Bear and HG5 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laudrupsleftfoot 12,285 Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 Oh look, what can I complain and hand wring about today. beararse 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingKirk 26,501 Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 Are they trying to piss the manager off just sack the fuckin idiot and be done with it ffs. HG5 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA1972 10,323 Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 I mean that to me looks like an admission that they think the guy they handed all the recruitment power to has absolutely fucked it HG5 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gman36 3,477 Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 What the fuck does this even mean? How in the fuck have we been scouting players up till now? The big data and video stuffs been around for years now, are we seriously behind the times in not using all that? I thought we'd been talking about overhauls in all this even back in Warburtons time, so what 7 or 8 years ago? Warburton era I thought this was sorted, Pedro was something of a laptop/ PowerPoint manager, Gerrard was supposed to have introduced stuff from the very top of the game... What in the fuck is going on? We are a complete and utter joke at times, and have been for sadly a long time now. And they're admitting they just gave beale money to spend.... FUCKING HELL... A committee on here would've worked out a better way of spending cracking on £15m.... JESUS FUCKING WEPT. HG5 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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