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Changes needed from the top down

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Puel will be sacked after that fiasco, but what I am convinced of is our problems as a football club run a lot deeper.

 

Look at our transfer business. I don't believe for a minute Craig Shakespeare asked us to sign Iborra, Silva, Iheanacho, Jakupovic etc.

 

It's perfectly obvious to me players are being recruited without any real plan in place for how and where they will actually fit in.

 

Iheanacho has been a disaster for the money spent. Silva - for 22 million - doesn't look worth the money spent.

 

Iborra has been in and out, Dragovic has been in and out, Jakupovic what a waste of money rarely makes the bench unless Kasper is injured!

 

Look at Sean Dyche at Burnley...shrewd signings like Cork, Wood and Aaron Lennon. I guarantee you he's asked his board/transfer team to pursue these specific players because he wants them there and guess what, they're in Europe and looking good.

 

We need to bring in a manager that we are going to back completely, to rebuild the football club and instill some discipline.

 

Until we review our structure, I cannot see this happening. We need a maverick manager, and I do stress, like Pearson who can sort this thing out, ship out the dross and rebuild.

 

Questions need to be asked by our owners of who actually wields power at this football club, and for the repeated, expensive transfer failures and the constant managerial sackings.

 

We're not in this situation down to Claude Puel alone. He was a terrible fit for us and a disastrous appointment long term, but should never have been appointed in the first place.

 

We simply must get the next appointment right.

 

 

 

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3 minutes ago, Tuna said:

Puel will be sacked after that fiasco, but what I am convinced of is our problems as a football club run a lot deeper.

 

Look at our transfer business. I don't believe for a minute Craig Shakespeare asked us to sign Iborra, Silva, Iheanacho, Jakupovic etc.

 

It's perfectly obvious to me players are being recruited without any real plan in place for how and where they will actually fit in.

 

Iheanacho has been a disaster for the money spent. Silva - for 22 million - doesn't look worth the money spent.

 

Iborra has been in and out, Dragovic has been in and out, Jakupovic what a waste of money rarely makes the bench unless Kasper is injured!

 

Look at Sean Dyche at Burnley...shrewd signings like Cork, Wood and Aaron Lennon. I guarantee you he's asked his board/transfer team to pursue these specific players because he wants them there and guess what, they're in Europe and looking good.

 

We need to bring in a manager that we are going to back completely, to rebuild the football club and instill some discipline.

 

Until we review our structure, I cannot see this happening. We need a maverick manager, and I do stress, like Pearson who can sort this thing out, ship out the dross and rebuild.

 

Questions need to be asked by our owners of who actually wields power at this football club, and for the repeated, expensive transfer failures and the constant managerial sackings.

 

We're not in this situation down to Claude Puel alone. He was a terrible fit for us and a disastrous appointment long term, but should never have been appointed in the first place.

 

We simply must get the next appointment right.

 

 

 

This, but I'll go further - (it's not going to happen I know) but I wish we could swap the owners for someone who has a bit of feeling for English football and has at least a modicum of roots in the community. Ah well, dream on.

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I thought Iheanacho was our best player in an otherwise abysmal game of football. I'd rather us spend £25m on him, a 21 year old globally renowned prospect, than £30m on Slimani, to just loan him out the following season.

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Rudkin is nuclear, I imagine the birch would be out before him! I really don’t know what the answer is but I fear for next season at this rate. 

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9 minutes ago, jumbo747 said:

This, but I'll go further - (it's not going to happen I know) but I wish we could swap the owners for someone who has a bit of feeling for English football and has at least a modicum of roots in the community. Ah well, dream on.

Well...I can't really agree with that after all our owners have done for us.

 

I just feel they have over rewarded the best season in our history by giving too much power to certain individuals.

 

On paper Our DOF oversaw the great escape, title win and champions league quarter final since he was appointed.

 

I think they need to review structure and go back to a system that works. Put faith in a manager to rebuild, or we'll just have more useless signings and Morgan at centre back next season.

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Rudkin needs to be held accountable for his disastrous role. Okay it looks good being a DoF in a title winning season with a lucky team.

 

Silva 14 seconds late. Get a grip that was a shambles. Potentially ruined his chance for WC spot because we wanted more money from Chelsea. If you want a player. Go and get him. Stop fannying around and blaming it on the Fax machine.

 

Two wasteful summer Windows. The worst being immediately after we won the league. That was terrible. I can't stress how much of a disgrace that was.

 

Hiring yes managers. We know there was friction between him.and Pearson. Pearson is a leader who takes no shit. Puel is a yes man. Shakespeare was a bad appointment. Similar repetitions how we ended last season to this season.

 

Rudkin OUT.

 

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1 minute ago, Tuna said:

Well...I can't really agree with that after all our owners have done for us.

 

I just feel they have over rewarded the best season in our history by giving too much power to certain individuals.

 

On paper Our DOF oversaw the great escape, title win and champions league quarter final since he was appointed.

 

I think they need to review structure and go back to a system that works. Put faith in a manager to rebuild, or we'll just have more useless signings and Morgan at centre back next season.

Fair enough and you have a mostly reasonable argument - but one thing I can't agree with you about is what the owners have done for us. Everything they've done has been with more than one eye on their own business interests and their status in Thailand. As you can probably see, I have a bit of a thing about foreign owners - and it's not racism, it's simply that I'd really like to go back to owners/chairmen who were rooted in the community. It's not going to happen, but I can dream.

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Under the Thais we’ve appointed 6 managers, Sousa, Sven, Pearson, Ranieri, Shakespeare and Puel.

 

Sousa was a terrible fit, widely known for playing a short passing style. The squad we had was built by Pearson who had built a pragmatic squad full of grafters. Obviously didn’t work playing that style of football with Michael Morrison, Jack Hobbs and Robbie Neilson. Terrible appointment. Especially after they essentially forced Pearson out.

 

Sven Goran-Eriksson, signed because he was another “big name”, let him spunk a load of money up the wall, sacked after some horrific performances and an imminent FFP failure, as well as being a QPR like circus.

 

Reappointed the bloke that was already very successful but they didn’t want because he’s not a big name. Unsurprisingly he does very well again, reinvigorates us and creates a fantastic set up behind the scenes in terms of sports science and recruitment. We had foresight and we were well run, sadly this was the last time we were.

 

Ranieri appointed after looking for a manger for a while, he applied for the job ffs. Worked out well with the league but it was luck rather than judgement.

 

Sacked another manager, searched far and wide to replace him with Pearson’s assistant, Shakespeare. Gave Shakey a summer, sacked him after 8 games.

 

Appointed Puel after he’d been sacked by Southampton, we’ll known for playing short passing football. We give him a job with a squad that used to be suited to playing on the counter but struggles now. Go on a terrible run and mostly likely sack him.

 

Whether it’s the Thais or Rudkin they basically know **** all about long term appointments. The only time we had any sort of strategic planning was under Pearson. Without Shakespeare and Walsh I can’t imagine he’d be any good here even if he would come back.

 

Our issues run much deeper than just the manager. If our owners weren’t so quiet they’d be seen as almost the same as Gold and Sullivan. 

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2 minutes ago, ealingfox said:

OHHH-AY-OHHH, John-ny Rudkin,

OHHH-AY-OHHH, the stupid country bumpkin,

OHHH-AY-OHHH, we really wish you'd go awayyyyyyy

 

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add a line about giving Vichai a blumpkin and it's a winner. 

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5 minutes ago, Mr Mister said:

That is why the Director of Football structure should he abandoned. It only serves to undermine the manager. It doesn't work. Never has, never will.

It works fine for basically every club in mainland Europe. It doesn’t work when your director of football is a youth coach without previous experience of the role.

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The owners aren’t “football” people as such... which is why they have he “advice” around them. It’s clear Rudkin is a hugely influential figure however he shouldn’t be.... the league winning season aside he’s a disaster, he frankly hasn’t got a ****ing clue what he is doing! 

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There is a lot to sort out both on and off the pitch but let's be right these owners are the best this football Club has ever had.

 

I really feel for them after all the money that has been spent on some total and utterly useless articles. I agree they may not be "football" people but they are being advised and badly at that.

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When you have incompetence behind the scenes of the club it will eventually seep down to the performances on the pitch.

 

Sadly those behind the scenes will be forever untouchable due to the events in 2016 and record profits this year will help their cause. There will not be any changes behind the scenes until we are on the verge of financial ruin. 

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