Aleksz

1000% This is the kind of appointment they’ll make if they’re moving Rudkin out of his role, that being the key phrase because he’s never leaving the business. He’ll be moved into a broader director role or something like “Head of King Power Sports” that will encompass LCFC, Leuven and anything else they add to the portfolio. Nothing against Friend, I’m sure we don’t know enough about him to judge him but this would strike as a yes man appointment who won’t have enough standing in the role due to his inexperience to really challenge anything. Similar to what the FA do with the England teams. Also, side note, Wes Morgan completed his sporting director qualifications and we let him go to Forest. Bloke should have had a job for life here and he’d of been ideal for this kind of appointment. I’d imagine Wes sees right through the shit show though.

They probably do have a plan to be fair, whether it’s a good one or not, but not communicating it is killing any trust there was left completely.

Sky saying not happening so we can all save our energy on this for now.

You seriously think the bloke/his team that’s brought Bilal, Hermansen and Fatawu to the table has gone to Rudkin saying he’s found Craig Dawson? This stinks of Rudkin gobbling up some agent spiel or discussions with another DOF, yet again.

Another Edouard-esque deal on a silly loan fee and even more silly wage no doubt

Who are we actually going to get better than him though

If Buonanotte goes back due to Ruud’s mismanagement then pitchforks need to be out.

Quickest finish to a transfer thread ever

How in earth we weren’t in for Marcus Edwards on a foreign club loan with an 8m obligation is absolutely beyond me. Especially considering Ruud supposedly wanted a winger.

The crazy thing is at this point we’d of been better off recalling him and actually using him.

1000%. OPA and Tanner have definitely had Anthony Herlihy on the blower this morning.

My highlight of January was the swathes of people in the Cannon thread saying “sell him to finance new January deals” like the powers that be were ever to be trusted to do anything of the sort.

Yeah, fantastic, fair play But anyone with a brain can see right through the timing of that announcement. Propaganda at its finest.

I doubt anyone signed pre-last season would have a promotion clause in their contract.

In principle you’re right, but we’ve all watched this movie before and know how it ends

Will be a premier league keeper and will be one of the best keepers in the championship next year. We miss Mads, but Jakub has done nothing wrong.

Ultimately no one’s saving this shit show this season. Giving it to Dyche would be short sighted, he’s not the man to rip this up and build something brand new long term.

Mid table. Wouldn’t have dropped over 40m on Skipp, Ayew and Okoli. Would have probably took 4 points from this week.

If it was Rudkin’s appointment I’d say that his position would be untenable even by Tops standards, but it was top that allegedly picked Ruud. The whole lot is rotten.

Don’t think they’ll sack him. I’d imagine sacking two managers in 3 months won’t look good in the old financial books.

Same goes for Souttar tbf. Not sure those examples from @honeybradger were the best. Tete was a loan. Like I said, business done on a shoe string, had to get 3 players for 30m, in January too, to keep us up.

At the end of the day Glover has had to mop up Rodgers/Congertons/Rudkins mess on an absolute shoestring. Hasn’t been excellent but the blokes hands are tied really, even more so with Cooper coming in and demanding premier league experience be signed.

Absolutely spot on mate. When you compare last seasons summer window wit this seasons it’s easy to see the difference in direction and influence.

Doyle defo. I feel like I read somewhere that Hermansen might have been a lot down to Enzo too as he’d been on Man City’s lists for keepers for a long time too? Might have imagined that, god knows.

Personally don’t think Enzo would have touched Okoli with a barge pole. Imagining Enzo football with Okoli on the ball is hilarious. I do think Coulibaly could be one they’ve had a look at for a while with the possibility of him coming in under Enzo yeah. Point still stands regarding agents though, Rudkin is so clearly in the pockets of some of them (Wasserman too) and adds another chef to the equation. I’d say it’s relatively easy to work out which ones are glovers (or just any member of recruitment staff worth their salt), which are managers and which have agent relationships involved once you do a bit of digging.