The strange case of N. Zätterström

[Espania blade]

What exactly are you telling me?

I was debating that over the past 5/6 seasons our transfer business has been absolutely woeful. He doesn't pick the players, but he certainly has a hand in the financials and as CEO he oversees it all.

He has been an ever present during that time.

So if you are in post for a long time he's the one that should be sacked ?
And yes as I said he handles the financials and the negotiations in order to get the best deal for the club.
If we sell a player it's not his job to say " I don't want said player to leave that's the manages job, if the owners say we need to sell to get some money in then it's his (Bettis) job to pass that on to the manager and then negotiate the best deal for the club

 

[Berkshire Blade]

We have no option but to trust and back Wilder.

His last summer windows was:
McCallum (free)
Shackleton (free)
O’Hare (free)
Campbell (free)
Souttar (loan)
Rak Sakyi (loan)
Gilchrist (loan)
Burrows (£5m)
Cooper (£2m)
Moore (effectively a swap)

That’s not too shabby overall and we need to trust him to repeat something similar.

Players that went out that window include Osula, Bogle, Traore, Archer, Slimane & Trusty for approximately £47m.

Another summer with success like that ( we spent 20 million on crap for selles ) and we would have been fighting for autos or at the very least comfortably play offs. Yet we have people doubting a method with a good track record for some potential golden future. Bizarreo land

 

[Pedro Verde]

What are paying him to act as a CEO for then?

Hes the link between the owners and Wilder

Who is your suggestion for a CEO and what qualifications should he have

 

[KMC-1889]

He is not a football man, he wouldn't know how or bad these players were, that's not his job, everything else you said is correct

He’s been at the club for 10 years, surely he’s learned to read a scouting report in all that time there?

 

[Espania blade]

He’s been at the club for 10 years, surely he’s learned to read a scouting report in all that time there?

Even if he can read a scouting report it is simply not in his remit to make judgement call's, it's the job of the transfer committee of which the manager would (normally) be part of.
He has, (as any CEO) enough on his plate running the business because that's what is - maybe not to us hardened die hard Blades,) but that's what it is
- a business!

 

[Booker4]

Pre season montage theme

Used to love that programme and the theme tune was class! The Italian league has really plummeted since then. I bet their ticket prices are a lot more affordable mind!

 

[jt64]

Used to love that programme and the theme tune was class! The Italian league has really plummeted since then. I bet their ticket prices are a lot more affordable mind!

Only been to the one game there at Milan (the day after the 2-0 win at Reading in the promotion season where both goals were late) and it wasn't really much different to what things are over here

 

[Houston_Blade]

What are paying him to act as a CEO for then?

Without knowing the ins and outs of his relationship with the board, he may have reported his concerns in signing computer game characters and COH plausibly may have told him to shut up and get them signed.

It’s hard to blame the bloke without knowing the full story. Looking at previous windows, he’s paying people to advise him on footballers, he can make changes as and when it goes wrong but he can’t be held solely responsible for the transfer committee (as referred to by CW and Abdullah) picking poor players.