Walsh probably available in the Summer. Takers?

[STUHILL]

6 minutes ago, Miquel The Work Geordie said:

 

Moving closer to his family and a promotion after years of loyal service and unearthing gems for us.

 

The bloke is worse than ISIS.

Exactly this! Surprised people are even mentioning the fact that he left us as some kind of backstab! 

 

I am starting to agree that perhaps the time is not right for him to return to us though. He has just failed as DOF at Everton, and Macia does deserve this summer with Puel to try and get his targets in. 

 

A part of our scouting team is probably all we could/should offer right now, and that may seem a step down/backwards for him. 

 

Would like to see him return eventually though, as he really does seem to have the talent to unearth some very good players. Everton were 100% right to offer him that role at the time and for whatever reason, it just didn't work out. It hasn't tarnished my view of him though and I'd take him back when the time is right for us and him. 

[fuchsntf]

10 minutes ago, Babylon said:

I think you can argue with it. He took time to build the teams up here with Pearson, he didn't wave a magic wand. He rebuilt us 3 or 4 times into a successful unit, usually over the space of several seasons. One summer window at Everton shouldn't mean that's forgotten (he arrived too late to impact their first summer window really).

I agree,on your Stance over this topic..

One other thought,building up a group and ethos of Team,moving players on recruiting then

Discarding,by its nature, is I suppose somewhat easier and forgiving,

when doing it from league 1 to Premiership safety,then suprise title, than trying to up your game

with a traditional PL standing Club,with it must to be said ,higher expectations,and probably funds,

also the covetted manager, Losing his footing, and being sacked.They for their expectations imploded.

 

Like all  our Legends ,I am Grateful and thankfull  he forged with Shakespeare,Pearson then Ranieri,our

greatest ERA in our history. There are some immature sourpusses on this forum,he left

hoping to take his career in coaching and football,up another notch,from his own area of birth

it didnt pan out,but he earned that right.

If he could Comeback in some compasity,without splitting what Puel is trying to build,

I would be the last,to say no.I can only see a benifit.

That said,for various reasons Outside this forums competence,and opinions,

I believe that ship has sailed. but. ... "Niemals nie sagen"

 

I enjoy reading your posts,even when I might not agree,you always Serve up ,

relevant and fair debate. with the odd knee-jerk..

 

 

[fuchsntf]

50 minutes ago, Larry_LCFC said:

And dropped us like a steaming pile of shit at the first opportunity. The grass isn't always greener clearly.

And you,who has stayed at home,to help pay off the Debts,and stayed in your one and only job

Out of loyalty,and only drink in one pub,and leave a nice tip, at your favourite and only restaurant.

And never looked at another women across at that far table or park bench....Hero!! 

[Mark_w]

Please get him back.

[StriderHiryu]

The man who found Kante, Mahrez and Vardy? Of course he would be welcomed back.

 

That said I think our recent record of signings has been OK since Macia came in. Ndidi, Magure and Iborra have been good additions to the first team. Ihenacho and Silva have been expensive and so far not got into the first team, but they are good players and not the Mendy / Musa type of signings. Dragovic I think has been a good pick up too. Diabate was one of Puel's own and he looks like a bargain and someone who I think will be a valuable player for us with Puel in charge. Did we sign the right players we needed? Maybe not, but we did sign good players. And Puel wasn't here in the summer and his style means we need players with different types of attributes.

 

Some of the players we've been linked with such as the Portuguese right back and the Norweigan / Egyptian winger for Basel make me feel confident in the future. I think we are looking at the right type of players, whereas Everton have been all over the shop. I think we've spent less money but signed better players. Walsh strikes me as great at unearthing hidden gems, but maybe not so good at finding proven players for reasonable prices.

 

That said he was a faithful servant to us for years and liked by those at the club. 

[Matt]

Yes.

[UPinCarolina]

1 hour ago, Arriba Los Zorros said:

Walsh + Shakey + Pearson back here, please!

For what possible purpose? To win a relegation battle, or get into one?

[sm1]

If he is sacked, i can see the owners offering him a role at Leuven. He's not done a bad job at Everton, there got some good youngsters and the turkish guy looks good. Siggy will improve. The problem is Everton and their fans are impatient. The likes of Mahrez & Vardy didn't light the place up when they came, but Pearson kept faith because he saw the bigger picture. At Everton all he got from Koeman was negativity & public criticism.

[STUHILL]

Just now, sm1 said:

If he is sacked, i can see the owners offering him a role at Leuven. He's not done a bad job at Everton, there got some good youngsters and the turkish guy looks good. Siggy will improve. The problem is Everton and their fans are impatient. The likes of Mahrez & Vardy didn't light the place up when they came, but Pearson kept faith because he saw the bigger picture. At Everton all he got from Koeman was negativity & public criticism.

I'd imagine that would be one hell of a pay-cut moving there! Whether Everton will still have to pay him once he has left, may be a factor, but I can't imagine he will take a job there. Owners are rich, but doubt they would pay vastly over what other employees are getting there just to get him.

 

I imagine he will be unattached for a while and do some scouting work for various clubs and wait for another DOF to come up or Head Scout at a Prem Club perhaps. He surely still has a lot of admirers, even after this Everton debacle. 

[Guest Col city fan]

1 hour ago, Babylon said:

He'll join up with Walsh and Shakey somewhere, or even a decent club could take a punt on him as a scout finding young players, or rough diamonds. He's far better when forced to work on smaller budgets to find bargains. Not sure I'd put him in charge of spending money on £30 / £40m players.

i read that first as £30/40 players..

[Wymsey]

He'll probably retire.

Doubt he'll move elsewhere for another job as he said he wanted the Everton job due to closer proximity with his family.

[Kopic]

He is quite often at the stadium, seen him about 6 times this season (not match days). Maybe he wants to come back.

[lgfualol]

19 minutes ago, sm1 said:

If he is sacked, i can see the owners offering him a role at Leuven. He's not done a bad job at Everton, there got some good youngsters and the turkish guy looks good. Siggy will improve. The problem is Everton and their fans are impatient. The likes of Mahrez & Vardy didn't light the place up when they came, but Pearson kept faith because he saw the bigger picture. At Everton all he got from Koeman was negativity & public criticism.

Surely he wouldn't go to Belgian league 2. He'd go from having hundreds of millions to spend, to a pub league with 20 euros  

 

From what I have read, Walsh is buddies with the top chaps so I wouldn't be surprised if he keeps his job. 

[Lovejoy]

West Brom would do well to try and reunite Pearson, Shakespeare and Walsh. Not necessarily likely to happen, but not impossible I'd have thought.

[Fox92]

Yes, no doubt about it.

[Stevosevic]

40 minutes ago, Wymeswold fox said:

He'll probably retire.

Doubt he'll move elsewhere for another job as he said he wanted the Everton job due to closer proximity with his family.

Difference is he was here as assistant manager as well as scout so that involved being at the training ground daily.

 

A purely scout role wouldn't require that.

[hackenbacker]

take him on as the work experience kid ... give him 3 months and see what he can do 

[Gazza M]

The trio might be back together at WBA!  

[5waller5]

2 hours ago, Arriba Los Zorros said:

Walsh + Shakey + Pearson back here, please!

A Shilling a pint, a wall with tiled trough for peeing on, Alan Smith upfront, Rattles, flat caps, The Double Decker, back here please!

[Suzie the Fox]

4 minutes ago, 5waller5 said:

A Shilling a pint, a wall with tiled trough for peeing on, Alan Smith upfront, Rattles, flat caps, The Double Decker, back here please!

And that was just for the ladies

[Fox 4 Life]

If Macia goes to West Ham as DOF then yes I would have him back but otherwise Macia hasn't done anything wrong to warrant the sack.

[Chico1958]

Wouldn't want him back at all ............ I still remember the interview asked why they didn't have someone lined up to replace Kante ?

 

He said with a smile ( I'm led to believe ) .......... I did, Idrissa Gueye............£7 million

 

 

And yes I know he's no Kante, but we then had to wait half a season to get Wilf.

 

And No I wouldn't swap him with Wilf. So best of luck at WB Mr Walsh

[Samilktray]

Weird that we've been crying out for a number 10 for years, even back when he was still here. He fvcks off to Everton and signs about 11 of them for a combined total of 3.7 billion in 1 summer 

[yorkie1999]

I think it was the wrong type of club for him to go to in the first place, teams like Everton need instant results and consequently end up buying expensive players that don't really need any scouting. When they re-signed Rooney, first thing i thought was prodigal son returns to sell shirts. That's not a footballing decision, that's a marketing decision.

[Foxxed]

As a head scout, or whatever his title was, of course. He found Vardy, Mahrez and Kante. As director of football, I'm not so sure.