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Post by bertiestan on Feb 10, 2024 16:57:16 GMT
Am I missing something here? He’s head of recruitment yet no one is even mentioning him, some of the blame has to be aimed at him.
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Post by Paul Spencer on Feb 10, 2024 16:58:23 GMT
Am I missing something here? He’s head of recruitment yet no one is even mentioning him, some of the blame has to be aimed at him. I mentioned it on the match day thread mate. The recruitment has been an utter disaster.
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Post by bertiestan on Feb 10, 2024 16:59:36 GMT
Am I missing something here? He’s head of recruitment yet no one is even mentioning him, some of the blame has to be aimed at him. I mentioned it on the match day thread mate. The recruitment has been an utter disaster. Everything seems to be aimed at Ricky Martin and Schumacher…he’s the biggest culprit imo
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Post by scfcno1fan on Feb 10, 2024 17:00:07 GMT
Sack him.
Tonight.
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Post by Caerwrangonpotter on Feb 10, 2024 17:00:11 GMT
Dublin & Martin.....if our owners cannot see what a poor job they have done then they never will
Sack them both NOW!!!!!
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Post by RonnieStokie on Feb 10, 2024 17:00:53 GMT
He's shit, obviously.
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Post by thepottypotter on Feb 10, 2024 17:01:15 GMT
Tricky and slick are the chuckle brothers.
Both need to be fucked off, by text. TONIGHT.
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Post by iglugluk on Feb 10, 2024 17:03:25 GMT
Did he leave Reading or was he pushed?
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Post by Clayton Wood on Feb 10, 2024 17:07:24 GMT
Tricky Ricky and Yankee Google Dandy are the root of our problems. Shove your KPI's and Cultural Architects and fuck off.
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Post by nonameface on Feb 10, 2024 17:15:26 GMT
Signed some decent players, we just dont have ageoup of players who want to play for each other and lack balance in the squad.
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Post by benjaminbiscuit on Feb 10, 2024 17:54:18 GMT
Am I missing something here? He’s head of recruitment yet no one is even mentioning him, some of the blame has to be aimed at him. I mentioned it on the match day thread mate. The recruitment has been an utter disaster. Been saying it for months Martin and Jared are toxic and abjectly incompetent
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Post by smallthorner on Feb 10, 2024 17:59:57 GMT
I mentioned it on the match day thread mate. The recruitment has been an utter disaster. Been saying it for months Martin and Jared are toxic and abjectly incompetent You have.
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Post by Olgrligm on Feb 10, 2024 18:01:23 GMT
Is he not just a chief scout? Who actually signs these things off?
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Post by iglugluk on Feb 10, 2024 18:03:55 GMT
If Neil was intrinsic to the appointment of Dublin and Martin then I'm wondering if we can somehow sack him again?
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Post by Biblical on Feb 10, 2024 18:07:00 GMT
Has to go along with Martin ASAP.
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Post by questionable on Feb 10, 2024 18:08:05 GMT
A guy around the corner mentioned him to me prior to the massive influx of players, it wasn’t in any way or form anything positive.
In saying that again JC has overseen it and allowed it, all three have to go.
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Post by jzime on Feb 10, 2024 18:19:58 GMT
This may be an unpopular post this evening. But, personally, I think it's hard to judge Dublin when I don't know exactly what his role is.
Is it: A) To work directly with the Technical Director to help shape the squad and the overall recruitment policy? B) To go out and scout players in key positions that the manager and technical director have identified as areas they want to strengthen. I.e. did Alex Neil and Ricky Martin tell him "we want a player to fill X position or Y role in the team" and he just went out to identify three or four key targets per position that they then selected from.
If his role is A) and he has personally helped to construct such an unbalanced and messy squad, he has clearly failed and needs to be held accountable alongside Martin. If his role is B) then his record is perhaps... a little bit more mixed?
For a very small outlay, he has scouted, and plucked from nowhere, Junior Tchamadeu, Bae Junho and Burger who are (in isolation of what we think about overall squad balance) decent individual acquisitions of high potential young players and who we will probably make money on. Vidigal was £500k and has, bluntly, lived up to his price tag as a 'modern winger who is tricky but lacks physicality'. Clearly not worked out with Mmaee but not every signing is going to be a success, especially when working on a budget.
If his remit was specifically to go shopping on a budget and just find a couple of midfielders, a right-back, a winger and a forward, it is hard to say he has comprehensively failed. Although he has not been an unmitigated success either.
Pearson and Johnson were quite clearly Alex Neil signings as former players of his (one of whom was on loan before this summer anyway). Same with Cundle and Schumacher. So none of those three can be blamed on Dublin.
I'm not necessarily going to come out and bat for Jared Dublin. I'm certainly not going to defend our summer transfer window. But if he is just a glorified chief scout who does as he is told by the people above, his record is a pretty respectable one with a few good hits and a few less impressive misses.
If he has actually helped to shape the recruitment strategy and has been part of the discussions about the overall strategy, such as 'do we need a left-back this January', then he's fucked it as much of the rest of them.
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Post by Trouserdog on Feb 10, 2024 18:21:16 GMT
He and Martin need to go.
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Post by bertiestan on Feb 10, 2024 18:22:54 GMT
It's hard to judge Dublin when I don't know exactly what his role is. Is it: A) To work directly with the Technical Director to help shape the squad and the overall recruitment policy? B) To go out and scout players in key positions that the manager and technical director have identified as areas they want to strength. I.e. did Alex Neil and Ricky Martin tell him "we want a player to fill X position or Y role in the team" and he identified three or four key targets that they then selected from. If his role is A) and he has personally helped to construct such an unbalanced and messy squad, he has clearly failed and needs to be held accountable alongside Martin. If it is B) then his record is perhaps... a little bit more mixed? For a very small outlay, he has scouted, and plucked from nowhere, Junior Tchamadeu, Bae Junho and Burger who are (in isolation some what we think about 'squad balance') decent individual acquisitions of high potential young players and who we will probably make money on. Vidigal was £500k and has, bluntly, lived up to his price tag as a 'modern winger who is tricky but lacks physicality'. Clearly not worked out as well with Mmaee, but not every signing is going to be a success, especially with our budget. Pearson and Johnson were quite clearly Alex Neil signings as former players of his (one of whom was on loan before this summer anyway). Same with Cundle and Schumacher. I'm not necessarily going to come out and bat for Jared Dublin. I'm certainly not going to defend our summer transfer window. But if he is just a glorified chief scout who does as he is told by the people above, his record is a pretty respectable one with a few good hits and a few less impressive misses. If he has actually helped to shape the recruitment strategy and has been part of the discussions about the overall strategy, such as 'do we need a left-back this January', then he's fucked it as much of the rest of them. Well reading between the lines after watching the videos in the summer when our influx of players started to arrive he was at the forefront of everything, he was identifying the players and looked to be a massive cog in the wheel…he’s head of recruitment is he not?
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Post by Gary Hackett on Feb 10, 2024 18:25:39 GMT
He and Martin need to go. Absolutely. They need to go next week.
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Post by jzime on Feb 10, 2024 18:25:43 GMT
It's hard to judge Dublin when I don't know exactly what his role is. Is it: A) To work directly with the Technical Director to help shape the squad and the overall recruitment policy? B) To go out and scout players in key positions that the manager and technical director have identified as areas they want to strength. I.e. did Alex Neil and Ricky Martin tell him "we want a player to fill X position or Y role in the team" and he identified three or four key targets that they then selected from. If his role is A) and he has personally helped to construct such an unbalanced and messy squad, he has clearly failed and needs to be held accountable alongside Martin. If it is B) then his record is perhaps... a little bit more mixed? For a very small outlay, he has scouted, and plucked from nowhere, Junior Tchamadeu, Bae Junho and Burger who are (in isolation some what we think about 'squad balance') decent individual acquisitions of high potential young players and who we will probably make money on. Vidigal was £500k and has, bluntly, lived up to his price tag as a 'modern winger who is tricky but lacks physicality'. Clearly not worked out as well with Mmaee, but not every signing is going to be a success, especially with our budget. Pearson and Johnson were quite clearly Alex Neil signings as former players of his (one of whom was on loan before this summer anyway). Same with Cundle and Schumacher. I'm not necessarily going to come out and bat for Jared Dublin. I'm certainly not going to defend our summer transfer window. But if he is just a glorified chief scout who does as he is told by the people above, his record is a pretty respectable one with a few good hits and a few less impressive misses. If he has actually helped to shape the recruitment strategy and has been part of the discussions about the overall strategy, such as 'do we need a left-back this January', then he's fucked it as much of the rest of them. Well reading between the lines after watching the videos in the summer when our influx of players started to arrive he was at the forefront of everything, he was identifying the players and looked to be a massive cog in the wheel…he’s head of recruitment is he not? Fair enough. If that's the case he wants fucking off as I said.
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Post by Gabrielzakuaniandjuliet on Feb 10, 2024 18:26:13 GMT
I think he's okay. Finds the players, doesn't make the decisions. Most of the ones we paid for will get a decent return. I'm sure he must have presented left backs which we decided we didn't need somehow. Could have just kept tymon
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Post by bertiestan on Feb 10, 2024 18:27:24 GMT
I think he's okay. Finds the players, doesn't make the decisions. Most of the ones we paid for will get a decent return. I'm sure he must have presented left backs which we decided we didn't need somehow. Could have just kept tymon Seriously😂😂😂
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Post by Gary Hackett on Feb 10, 2024 18:28:23 GMT
I think he's okay. Finds the players, doesn't make the decisions. Most of the ones we paid for will get a decent return. I'm sure he must have presented left backs which we decided we didn't need somehow. Could have just kept tymon He's OK? He's the idiot who's recommended most of these wasters
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Post by willieeetmiout on Feb 10, 2024 19:23:29 GMT
I said he was a disaster from the start.
An American without the first fucking clue about football.....but good at data....who gives a fuck.
Some abysmal signings at Sheffield Utd.
Binned off early doors at Reading.
Hes as shit as I anticipated.
As is Schumacher
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Post by Pugsley on Feb 10, 2024 19:26:25 GMT
He and Martin need to go. Absolutely. They need to go next week. They do. Then Little John will ask StS who he wants as replacements.
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Post by stokief on Feb 10, 2024 19:35:46 GMT
I believe you should build a team from the back. Why oh why were they not bothering to source an experiencxed, no-nonsense couple of defenders? If the team in front feel confident in the keeper and defence they feel confident pushing forward to attack. If you can't stop the opposition from scoring you're always on the back foot. Simples really. What the Eff is wrong? highly paid chancers could spring to mind if I was a cynic!
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Post by mamathestriker on Feb 10, 2024 19:40:27 GMT
Am I missing something here? He’s head of recruitment yet no one is even mentioning him, some of the blame has to be aimed at him. Completely agree. The fawning over Saint Jared after beating a terribly poor Rotherham on the opening day followed by an out of sorts Watford was laughable by certain fans, especially on Twitter. Like his mate Ricky, they've both been disastrous appointments who need to go now.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2024 19:43:05 GMT
The problem with this is a recruitment guy will only recruit to the policies that are in place and/or the protocols set down by the manager.
In the red corner he had Ricky Martin and his five pillars of bullshit and in the blue corner he had average Alex from Preston.
It's hard to argue for him when the chaos is laid out infront of us but given the scenario I've painted above it's hard to argue against him also.
I mean, how on earth do you grab data on a potential signing against a requirement of "cultural architect" when it's clear the bloke spouting said psycho babble hasn't got a clue what he's on about in the first place?
That's before you factor in he'll produce 5 players for every 'requirement' which the manager chooses from. I'd take a fair punt on average Alex picking the wrong man every time...
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Post by shakermaker on Feb 11, 2024 9:38:08 GMT
I said he was a disaster from the start. An American without the first fucking clue about football.....but good at data....who gives a fuck. Some abysmal signings at Sheffield Utd. Binned off early doors at Reading. Hes as shit as I anticipated. As is Schumacher Abysmal signings? On his watch, Sheffield United got promoted twice from League One to Premier League. Makes it harder to explain how recruitment has gone so wrong for us.
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