Didcot Stokie
Academy Starlet
I am the one you warned me of...
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Post by Didcot Stokie on Feb 22, 2024 12:18:54 GMT
Hmmmm..  Jon Walters? Glen Whelan? Graham Potter?! |
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Post by GeneralFaye on Feb 22, 2024 12:19:18 GMT
What a shambles we are.
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Post by FullerMagic on Feb 22, 2024 12:19:36 GMT
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Post by Ron on Feb 22, 2024 12:19:59 GMT
great news and shows JC has been decisive.
Now for Dublin too.
As many have said here our prolonged period of success came at a point when real football men were at Pulis side - Rudge, Gerry Francis, Peter Reid etc. Hughes had reputational clout and a seemingly genuinely decent contacts list hat allowed him to bring in some of the best players to have ever worn the shirt and produce the best performances i have ever seen from a Stoke side.
I called for a more Brentford / Brighton like recruitment model- which is what we have sought to achieve- but on the cheap with people who do not know what they are doing!
Dublin- who the fuck is he????? Never played the game- just a bloke with a whyscout account playing real life football manager! I'm sure there is a role for his type- eg to research a player etc - but not as the head of recruitment.
Martin has been an unmitigated clusterfuck. JC and his dad need to get on to some REAL football people and get them in the club.
Give me Barry Fry over these numpties and that's saying something.
I just hope we don't just go and get Schumachers man. It should NOT be up to him. This jobs for the boys shit has GOT TO STOP.
You can't have managers surround themselves with their own yes men- you need someone they have a genuine respect for and fear of to ensure they work properly. A real DOF or equivolent.
The club are making great strides off the pitch- lets get it right on it!!!! Starting with some genuine direction and non rushed appotinemnt of real football men with experience of the game, management.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2024 12:20:07 GMT
Interim. Gareth Owen?
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Post by Staffsoatcake on Feb 22, 2024 12:20:09 GMT
Well done PC,now do the other right thing & step aside & bring in some professional help to run the club properly.
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Post by mano00001 on Feb 22, 2024 12:20:11 GMT
SJW was technical director with Waterford and Fleetwood maybe him. 🤔
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Post by etebojan on Feb 22, 2024 12:20:23 GMT
Which of our ex players are in anyway qualified for Dof Football role, anyone know? Thats why I suggested Clarke as he has experience with football financial at least Wouldn't be my choice tbh I phrased my question like none of our former players could do it, i meant i genuinely don't know, interested to know who might have the qualifications...intriguing |
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Post by rickyfullerbeer on Feb 22, 2024 12:20:56 GMT
Could it be 'former England International' Mike Pejic?
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Post by jimigoodwinsbeard on Feb 22, 2024 12:20:59 GMT
An unnecessary post which was always going to produce a diluted leadership at the club. Hopefully, we have no plans to replace him. Has the recruitment guru gone too? This. We do not need a DOF. We've needed one ever since we got relegated. We cannot still go down the manager route a la TP/Jurgen Klopp/Arsene Wenger......we have to get a good DoF and a proper philosopy of how we want the whole clubs teams to play from u7s through to 1st team. And then we hopefully should be able to recruit as per this philosophy and if a new coach is needed then we recruit one that is used to this system and then finally buy players that suit this system (in theory you would hope that most Pro footballers should be good enough to play in most systems). DoF seem to work at 90% of most modern football clubs.....we just seem to have been duped and recruited woefully in this type of position |
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Post by FullerMagic on Feb 22, 2024 12:21:21 GMT
Sounds like it'll be a crowd-pleasing interim appointment, until we hopefully get a proper process for his replacement?
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Post by lordb on Feb 22, 2024 12:21:41 GMT
If having an interim then that makes some sense |
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Post by Ron on Feb 22, 2024 12:22:04 GMT
The last academy director we gave the job too has been sacked today..... Loves the club- but leave him to what he has genuinely been good at with the kids. |
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Post by bingbang on Feb 22, 2024 12:22:06 GMT
I've said it before love him or loathe him what this club needs is a Simon Jordan. Takes no shit and knows how to run a football club. JC could pay him a decent wage and just sit back and enjoy watching his club with his family.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2024 12:22:20 GMT
Which of our ex players are in anyway qualified for Dof Football role, anyone know? Thats why I suggested Clarke as he has experience with football financial at least Wouldn't be my choice tbh Bojan apparently is. Though, he’s never had a job in it and given the state of the club, the useless nature of the chairman and the inexperience of the manager, I think successful experience in the role of DoF is a must. |
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Post by figo85 on Feb 22, 2024 12:22:36 GMT
Robert Huth? Currently loan manager with Leicester, are their elements of loan manager that go under DoF?
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Post by stokiejoe89 on Feb 22, 2024 12:23:09 GMT
Hopefully puts to bed those ridiculous rumours of him calling the shots. I reckon there's a good chance he was calling alot of the shots up until his sacking in terms of team selection etc and wanting to get rid of certain players for no reason. Got to be something that caused him to be sacked and of all those rumours that were going around the only ones that seemed possible were him making decisions he shouldn't have authority to make |
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Post by lordb on Feb 22, 2024 12:23:11 GMT
Michael O'Neill please
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Post by SuperRickyFuller on Feb 22, 2024 12:23:56 GMT
Sounds like it'll be a crowd-pleasing interim appointment, until we hopefully get a proper process for his replacement? Only names I can think of who cover "crowd-pleasing interim" are Bojan, Walters and Shawcross. |
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Post by chigstoke on Feb 22, 2024 12:23:56 GMT
On an interim basis, I fully expect it to be someone like Whelan, Walters or Shawcross just to have a 'knows the club' name in to get a bit of goodwill back, even if for a tiny bit.
The full time appointment has to be spot on though, we can't fuck this up again.
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Post by lennythegoose on Feb 22, 2024 12:24:39 GMT
Go the full hog and make Dewsnip an offer he can’t refuse.
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Post by pavel on Feb 22, 2024 12:24:51 GMT
Now that's what I call backing the manager! Let's hope the appoint a proper and competent DOF now.
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Post by Clem Fandango on Feb 22, 2024 12:25:00 GMT
Thats why I suggested Clarke as he has experience with football financial at least Wouldn't be my choice tbh Bojan apparently is. Though, he’s never had a job in it and given the state of the club, the useless nature of the chairman and the inexperience of the manager, I think successful experience in the role of DoF is a must. I was about to say he's the only one I'd heard of who'd gone off and got some qualifications in that area. I doubt it would be him though. |
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Post by etebojan on Feb 22, 2024 12:25:29 GMT
Thats why I suggested Clarke as he has experience with football financial at least Wouldn't be my choice tbh Bojan apparently is. Though, he’s never had a job in it and given the state of the club, the useless nature of the chairman and the inexperience of the manager, I think successful experience in the role of DoF is a must. I wouldn't want to put this current situation on Bojan's shoulders, even with the inherent feel good factor he'd bring, he'd also be given a relatively free hit... but still |
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Post by shakermaker on Feb 22, 2024 12:25:55 GMT
Ex Stoke player? Clive Clarke? I genuinely have no idea and it could be bollocks. The emoji used on the tweet would suggest someone well liked (presuming the guy tweeting is a Stokie). I have a feeling it'd be in the Walters, Shawcross etc mold, if it is anywhere near likely. However, not a clue if that's a brave or stupid choice going down the ex-player route. Could it be an ex-manager as potentially mooted? How would ex-Spurs utility player Jamie O’Hara have any inside knowledge (or suitability) of his replacement though? |
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Post by etebojan on Feb 22, 2024 12:26:52 GMT
On an interim basis, I fully expect it to be someone like Whelan, Walters or Shawcross just to have a 'knows the club' name in to get a bit of goodwill back, even if for a tiny bit.
The full time appointment has to be spot on though, we can't fuck this up again.
Shawcross is already part of the set up isn't he, could see it being Walters potentially |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2024 12:27:38 GMT
Bojan apparently is. Though, he’s never had a job in it and given the state of the club, the useless nature of the chairman and the inexperience of the manager, I think successful experience in the role of DoF is a must. I was about to say he's the only one I'd heard of who'd gone off and got some qualifications in that area. I doubt it would be him though. I think it would be a car crash. He has such a good reputation with the club. Anyone that comes in needs to have had experience putting out these kinds of fires. Bringing in a former player/manager with no experience and no qualifications would be even worse. |
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Post by lordb on Feb 22, 2024 12:27:50 GMT
Now that's what I call backing the manager! Let's hope the appoint a proper and competent DOF now. Probably have to wait till the summer for that as any prising a decent DoF out of another club would normally be easier then Interim appointment of an old favourite could be helpful for a short term boost in the atmosphere |
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Post by etebojan on Feb 22, 2024 12:28:41 GMT
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Post by lordb on Feb 22, 2024 12:29:32 GMT
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