Jon Rudkin - FA considering him for role

[peach0000]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-6337453/Les-Ferdinand-names-considered-FA-seek-new-technical-director.html

 

The FA are considering him and 7 others as candidates for their new technical director apparently. 

[urban.spaceman]

Poor timing. 

[AjcW]

I think this role is 100% nailed on for a BAME candidate, pretty sure Les Ferdinand has already got it by all accounts. 

[abdul_fox]

I think he's improved massively and learnt from his mistakes in earlier seasons.I hope we keep him tbh.

[urban.spaceman]

And also very unlikely IMO. Whether we like him or not he was respected and valued by Vichai as well as very trusted. I doubt that is going to change in the aftermath; Aiyawatt, Apichet, Rudkin, Susan Whelan and Andrew Neville need to pull together and be an even stronger team than before. 

[Guest MattP]

4 minutes ago, AjcW said:

I think this role is 100% nailed on for a BAME candidate, pretty sure Les Ferdinand has already got it by all accounts. 

I think so as well given all the noises coming out of the FA regarding a commitment to more BAME staff.

[sly1]

Poor timing not now 

[The Doctor]

Fair play to him being considered, maybe he's not as bad as some on here think, but given his relationship with the family I'd imagine now isn't the time for him

[fuchsntf]

8 minutes ago, sly1 said:

Poor timing not now 

Or because of recent events  just being mentioned in dispatches...(the cynic in me)!!

[treer]

what is BAME?

[The Doctor]

2 minutes ago, treer said:

what is BAME?

Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic

Edited 31 October 2018 by The Doctor

[Lesta Legend]

I think it's a time where we should get behind everyone at the club. Jon has received some harsh criticism, although perhaps warrantied at times it appears he has gradually grown into the role and learned from mistakes. 

 

He after all had support of Vichai and I'm sure Jon has had a role in the quite amazing things that our great chairman did for the club. 

 

I would hope Jon carries on with city and helps Top carry on what Vichai started.

[Bert]

8 minutes ago, treer said:

what is BAME?

Black, Asian, Minority ethnic. 

[The whole world smiles]

But I thought Jon Rudkin was a useless tosser solely responsible for Adrian's Silva's late registration, ulloa and James new contract, spending 50 million on Musa and slimani, hiring Peter Taylor, selling mark draper to villa and every other bad decisions the club has ever made.

[Stadt]

I'd hope not, for England's sake. Our academy hasn't produced well coached or particularly technical players under him. For years we've played industrial football with Rudkin's mate Beaglehole as the Under 23's coach. Ashworth's "DNA" has been effective and it's hard to imagine Rudkin being so effective at overhauling English football's coaching attitudes.

[urban.spaceman]

51 minutes ago, treer said:

what is BAME?

 

[coolhandfox]

5 minutes ago, Stadt said:

I'd hope not, for England's sake. Our academy hasn't produced well coached or particularly technical players under him. For years we've played industrial football with Rudkin's mate Beaglehole as the Under 23's coach. Ashworth's "DNA" has been effective and it's hard to imagine Rudkin being so effective at overhauling English football's coaching attitudes.

Don't you think that going in to administration, and being relegated to league one and being a struggling championship side for most of the 00's had a massive affect on the talent we could attract? I pretty sure we wouldn't have been first choice for the hottest younger in the midlands.

 

It take year to development  players from the age of 7,8,9, to become first team players 

 

I actually think we are starting to see the fruit of are academy with Barnes and Chilwell.

[SemperEadem]

59 minutes ago, coolhandfox said:

Don't you think that going in to administration, and being relegated to league one and being a struggling championship side for most of the 00's had a massive affect on the talent we could attract? I pretty sure we wouldn't have been first choice for the hottest younger in the midlands.

 

It take year to development  players from the age of 7,8,9, to become first team players 

 

I actually think we are starting to see the fruit of are academy with Barnes and Chilwell.

You could say that about Southampton but look at their academy.