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Post by chiswickpotter on Jan 30, 2024 18:29:54 GMT
This tricky Ricky bollocks does my head in… such school yard bull shit. What has he actually done wrong? We’ve overseen a change in recruitment approach. Brought in to modern times and view where each team independent and everything isn’t down to the manager. Give them all fucking tine He has overseen 1 The establishment of a culture of failure and apathy 2 The recruitment of a squad of players totally unsuited to this lesgue as evidenced by our league form trajectory and position 3 The destruction of our FFp headroom in the process of that failed recruitment. Usual nonsense. 1. Culture has been here since 2017 at least, impossible to claim he has established it. 2. 18 players were recruited for £10m, the price of a half decent striker. Within that 3 will clearly generate a significant return and the squad is stronger than last season. 3. As we know, you don’t understand FFP. The change in our net annual spend for this season is zero. We used almost none of our FFP headroom, maybe a couple of million but we have a£20 m boost this season due to the Covid years dropping out of the 3 year cycle.
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Post by cdlstoke on Jan 30, 2024 18:57:14 GMT
Should have gone with Neil. Hopefully Coates will see through the marketing overview claptrap speak sooner rather than later. I said the same the other day, how he and his team are still in a job I don’t know? JC needs wake up yet again.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2024 19:19:19 GMT
He has overseen 1 The establishment of a culture of failure and apathy 2 The recruitment of a squad of players totally unsuited to this lesgue as evidenced by our league form trajectory and position 3 The destruction of our FFp headroom in the process of that failed recruitment. Usual nonsense. 1. Culture has been here since 2017 at least, impossible to claim he has established it. 2. 18 players were recruited for £10m, the price of a half decent striker. Within that 3 will clearly generate a significant return and the squad is stronger than last season. 3. As we know, you don’t understand FFP. The change in our net annual spend for this season is zero. We used almost none of our FFP headroom, maybe a couple of million but we have a£20 m boost this season due to the Covid years dropping out of the 3 year cycle. Yeah, I don’t really see how he can be blamed for “establishing” a culture of failure. We’ve been on a downward trend for years. I hope that now that the decks have been cleared recently, we see some stability in terms of the type of head coach that is recruited, as well as a reduction in player turnover. Reducing our dependency on a predatory loan system would be nice.
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Post by nottsover60 on Jan 30, 2024 19:24:16 GMT
He has overseen 1 The establishment of a culture of failure and apathy 2 The recruitment of a squad of players totally unsuited to this lesgue as evidenced by our league form trajectory and position 3 The destruction of our FFp headroom in the process of that failed recruitment. Usual nonsense. 1. Culture has been here since 2017 at least, impossible to claim he has established it. 2. 18 players were recruited for £10m, the price of a half decent striker. Within that 3 will clearly generate a significant return and the squad is stronger than last season. 3. As we know, you don’t understand FFP. The change in our net annual spend for this season is zero. We used almost none of our FFP headroom, maybe a couple of million but we have a£20 m boost this season due to the Covid years dropping out of the 3 year cycle. He doesn't choose the players he negotiates their contracts and transfer fees. He hasn't been here since 2017 either. Haven't got time to look at your third point but if it's as accurate as your first two it's not worth it Edit : sorry should have replied to the first post ,not you
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Post by benjaminbiscuit on Jan 30, 2024 19:27:45 GMT
Usual nonsense. 1. Culture has been here since 2017 at least, impossible to claim he has established it. 2. 18 players were recruited for £10m, the price of a half decent striker. Within that 3 will clearly generate a significant return and the squad is stronger than last season. 3. As we know, you don’t understand FFP. The change in our net annual spend for this season is zero. We used almost none of our FFP headroom, maybe a couple of million but we have a£20 m boost this season due to the Covid years dropping out of the 3 year cycle. He doesn't choose the players he negotiates their contracts and transfer fees. He hasn't been here since 2017 either. Haven't got time to look at your third point but if it's as accurate as your first two it's not worth it Wrong he oversees all recruitment indeed he is responsible for all football related matters , so shit pre season , fitness chaos , recruitment , manager performance , first team performance , commercial football matters wages , contracts , FFP adherence football culture is all his . Part of his job description non negotiable .
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2024 21:19:27 GMT
Stoke fans do love a scapegoat
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Post by nottsover60 on Jan 30, 2024 21:31:26 GMT
He doesn't choose the players he negotiates their contracts and transfer fees. He hasn't been here since 2017 either. Haven't got time to look at your third point but if it's as accurate as your first two it's not worth it Wrong he oversees all recruitment indeed he is responsible for all football related matters , so shit pre season , fitness chaos , recruitment , manager performance , first team performance , commercial football matters wages , contracts , FFP adherence football culture is all his . Part of his job description non negotiable . You might as well say he's responsible for coaching the team and managing them on matchdays. Yes he oversees recruitment, making sure everyone is in agreement but it is the job of Dublin and his team to identify players, Schumacher to decide who he would like and Martin to make sure that we are not overspending or giving players stupid money
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Post by benjaminbiscuit on Jan 30, 2024 22:04:43 GMT
Wrong he oversees all recruitment indeed he is responsible for all football related matters , so shit pre season , fitness chaos , recruitment , manager performance , first team performance , commercial football matters wages , contracts , FFP adherence football culture is all his . Part of his job description non negotiable . You might as well say he's responsible for coaching the team and managing them on matchdays. Yes he oversees recruitment, making sure everyone is in agreement but it is the job of Dublin and his team to identify players, Schumacher to decide who he would like and Martin to make sure that we are not overspending or giving players stupid money .. He's accountable for all football related matters that's his job that's what he's handsomely paid for and he's failing by any measure .
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Post by shrewspotter on Jan 30, 2024 22:12:52 GMT
You might as well say he's responsible for coaching the team and managing them on matchdays. Yes he oversees recruitment, making sure everyone is in agreement but it is the job of Dublin and his team to identify players, Schumacher to decide who he would like and Martin to make sure that we are not overspending or giving players stupid money .. He's accountable for all football related matters that's his job that's what he's handsomely paid for and he's failing by any measure . really, so he's responsible for putting the cones away after training, responsible for ensuring theirs enough persil in the wash ad responsible for the straight lines on the pitch?
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Post by benjaminbiscuit on Jan 30, 2024 22:25:28 GMT
.. He's accountable for all football related matters that's his job that's what he's handsomely paid for and he's failing by any measure . really, so he's responsible for putting the cones away after training, responsible for ensuring theirs enough persil in the wash ad responsible for the straight lines on the pitch? I didn't write the job description 1 Martin- Responsible for all football related matters 2 King Responsible for all commercial matters non football related.. 3 Smith responsible for all stadium infrastructure matters . Pretty clear as they intended
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Post by shrewspotter on Jan 30, 2024 22:37:33 GMT
really, so he's responsible for putting the cones away after training, responsible for ensuring theirs enough persil in the wash ad responsible for the straight lines on the pitch? I didn't write the job description 1 Martin- Responsible for all football related matters 2 King Responsible for all commercial matters non football related.. 3 Smith responsible for all stadium infrastructure matters . Pretty clear as they intended I'm only winding mate 👍
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Post by Ron on Jan 30, 2024 22:50:24 GMT
Yet another fraud that has had the Coates family and their 365 hangers on with their pants down.
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Post by retrostoke on Jan 30, 2024 22:54:03 GMT
Oh I’d sack him tomorrow. We have brought him in, given him a budget of about 5 million pounds and he has totally failed to deliver up 17 absolute gem players and got us to a guaranteed top two end of season finish this year despite dismantling the squad and getting our FFP situation back on track.
Absolute shit from him.
We have paid top dollar for these 17 recruits. These aren’t bargain basement gambles. Every single one of them should be knocking on the Premiership door by now.
Sack him and get Merlin the fuckin Wizard in ASAP.
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Post by stokiedan17 on Jan 30, 2024 22:56:17 GMT
really, so he's responsible for putting the cones away after training, responsible for ensuring theirs enough persil in the wash ad responsible for the straight lines on the pitch? I didn't write the job description 1 Martin- Responsible for all football related matters 2 King Responsible for all commercial matters non football related.. 3 Smith responsible for all stadium infrastructure matters . Pretty clear as they intended You’re fucking daft as usual…. His role since he came in is to make the different teams within the club responsible for themselves without having the manager run everything. This is why Dublin was brought in to make sure we had a proper head of recruitment. Yes they all answer to him that’s his fucking job description. But the main aim was to set up a structure where a manager and even himself could leave and the daily running of the club outside of management doesn’t need to change
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Post by benjaminbiscuit on Jan 30, 2024 23:04:09 GMT
I didn't write the job description 1 Martin- Responsible for all football related matters 2 King Responsible for all commercial matters non football related.. 3 Smith responsible for all stadium infrastructure matters . Pretty clear as they intended You’re fucking daft as usual…. His role since he came in is to make the different teams within the club responsible for themselves without having the manager run everything. This is why Dublin was brought in to make sure we had a proper head of recruitment. Yes they all answer to him that’s his fucking job description. But the main aim was to set up a structure where a manager and even himself could leave and the daily running of the club outside of management doesn’t need to change Buck stops with the top man he's the senior football executive on hsi watch it's getting worse and worse its a indefensible position
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Post by biddulphchav on Jan 31, 2024 14:29:18 GMT
People don’t like this fella because he comes across a bit ‘David Brent’ and is a cockney. So now we have numerous posts about what a shit job he’s doing based on zero facts and solely rooted in a dislike for the man. If these muppets could spend 5 minutes reflecting on the matter instead of angrily pointing fingers and spouting nonsense I’m certain they see the idiocy of their ways. Somehow I doubt they are capable of it though.
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Post by Pugsley on Jan 31, 2024 16:10:35 GMT
People don’t like this fella because he comes across a bit ‘David Brent’ and is a cockney. So now we have numerous posts about what a shit job he’s doing based on zero facts and solely rooted in a dislike for the man. If these muppets could spend 5 minutes reflecting on the matter instead of angrily pointing fingers and spouting nonsense I’m certain they see the idiocy of their ways. Somehow I doubt they are capable of it though. We've signed a load of shite, kept a manager too long and are in a relegation battle. Under his watch. Are these the facts you are looking for?
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Post by mamathestriker on Jan 31, 2024 20:02:36 GMT
People don’t like this fella because he comes across a bit ‘David Brent’ and is a cockney. So now we have numerous posts about what a shit job he’s doing based on zero facts and solely rooted in a dislike for the man. If these muppets could spend 5 minutes reflecting on the matter instead of angrily pointing fingers and spouting nonsense I’m certain they see the idiocy of their ways. Somehow I doubt they are capable of it though. We've signed a load of shite, kept a manager too long and are in a relegation battle. Under his watch. Are these the facts you are looking for? I've got involved with the Tricky Ricky stuff, probably wrongly. Ultimately he was brought in to improve the football side and so far it looks like we'll struggle get as many points as last season, which was also desperately poor. I understand the need to give things time, but as of now it's hard be positive about him and the "things against him" column gets longer every month. We need some in the positive column!
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Post by march4 on Jan 31, 2024 20:05:57 GMT
It is as important that this guy and our new transfer guru find clubs for our unwanted players as it is they find new players for SCFC.
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Post by cheekymatt71 on Jan 31, 2024 20:15:29 GMT
The change of approach has been good if a bit later than was required. Recruitment should be specialised and removed from being solely the manager who scouts and choose.
Also we have clearly gone a bit left field and bought players based upon data and stats from random leagues.
So the new approach we have all been asking for ages has taken place.
However clearly the players we have signed have not ALWAYS been good enough for our level with a few notable exceptions. Junho, Burger, Tchamadeu being well worth the value we paid for them.
Mmae is a classy looking player and I can see why we bought him. Hes just not up to the rough and tumble of english football.
Vidigal was a cheap bet that hasnt come off.
Leris is a defensive attacker. His stats are mentally wrong if we thought that we were getting a Jacob Brown replacement. Serious questions about this signature if it wasnt just a panic buy. Surely he wasnt scouted as a real solution.
Haksanabovich. He looks good on the ball but is a complete waste of a space in the team for me. I think again it was a late recruitment for what was available.
I think the real scouted and targetted players were Burger, Tchamadeu, Junho, Mmae, Vidigal and McNally on the basis of when they were signed last summer. I think the rest were late panic buy squad fillers who have all turned out to be completely useless.
Thats a 50% success rate which given the amount paid isnt too bad.
The problem was the rest were signed too late because we didnt have a squad.
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Post by biddulphchav on Jan 31, 2024 23:05:52 GMT
People don’t like this fella because he comes across a bit ‘David Brent’ and is a cockney. So now we have numerous posts about what a shit job he’s doing based on zero facts and solely rooted in a dislike for the man. If these muppets could spend 5 minutes reflecting on the matter instead of angrily pointing fingers and spouting nonsense I’m certain they see the idiocy of their ways. Somehow I doubt they are capable of it though. We've signed a load of shite, kept a manager too long and are in a relegation battle. Under his watch. Are these the facts you are looking for? If those are your ideas of facts you clearly don’t understand the meaning of the word. Not sure you understand the remit of a technical director either
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Post by TheMmaeestro on Feb 10, 2024 17:29:54 GMT
Time for this charlatan to review the KPIs and go. What an arrogant tosser he comes across as.
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Post by thepottypotter on Feb 10, 2024 17:31:16 GMT
Oversaw the worst window in history in the summer, and January was even worse by not bringing in a LB or CB.
Fire him TONIGHT, by text.
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Post by silsdenstokie on Feb 10, 2024 17:31:22 GMT
On the basis he didnt sign a half decent CH in the transfer window he can go for me
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Post by Caerwrangonpotter on Feb 10, 2024 17:31:58 GMT
Pillars of success my arse!
Fraudster
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Post by wakefieldstokie on Feb 10, 2024 17:32:05 GMT
Time to go.
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Post by chopperscfc on Feb 10, 2024 17:33:46 GMT
He’s literally had a free for all, a billionaire owner not a clue about football just putting his trust in people like him to just play football manager, quite literally.
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Post by franklin on Feb 10, 2024 17:34:34 GMT
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Post by Clayton Wood on Feb 10, 2024 17:34:47 GMT
He said at the Fans' Forum that the summer window won't see 18 signings like last summer. Where we stand now with a handful of capable players 18 seems about the right number to me.
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Feb 10, 2024 17:35:41 GMT
Is it right Schumacher looked up to him after one of the their goals today?
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