CONFIRMED Mitchell gone

[BalticBlade]

Provided we get the replacement in by the end of next month this makes sense.

I'd say the chances of that are extremely low. When it comes to the end of another terrible summer transfer window it will be: "Well, we had to restructure the whole recruitment team and that was a long process which we had to prioritise and get right."

 

[Hillsboro Blade]

One down, 24 others to go.

 

[paidsy]

I'd say the chances of that are extremely low. When it comes to the end of another terrible summer transfer window it will be: "Well, we had to restructure the whole recruitment team and that was a long process which we had to prioritise and get right."

I have given up any hope of anything positive happening for a long while.

 

[Klaatu Barada Nikto]

No need for a head of recruitment if every first team member next season is either in the first team already or moving up from the youth teams

 

[FredZeppelin]

I’m now Top ITK Boy!

Fuck you all!

Admin tomorrow…….

I've been saying for two or three years now that I think you're Alan Biggs.
"You're anagrams are starting to show, Doctor".
utb

 

[Houston_Blade]

Which player was the straw that broke the camel’s back then?!

Lots of contenders this season:

Thomas, Larouci, Traore, Slimane, Grbic

or it could be that the latest Brewster injury is just one kick in the bollocks too far!

 

[Carlton Blade]

2019 - Our first season in the Premier League
My twopenneth was
Conor Gallagher - on loan at Charlton at the time
Ivan Toney - Peterborough
Ollie Watkins - Brentford in the Championship
Tom Cairney - Fulham in the Championship
Harvey Elliott - Fulham in the Championship
Tom Lawrence - Derby
Josh Brownhill - Bristol City
Eberechi Eze - QPR
Said Benrahma - Brentford
Jarod Bowen - Hull City
Dean Henderson - Pre mega deal at Man Utd

Awwww, but, but, most of them went for millions.........Not in 2019 they didn't.
And even so, the money spent on McBurnie, Berge, Robinson, Freeman, Jagielka, Fat Kentucky Fried Chicken faced twat, then later Brewster and numerous others who couldn't even get a game for us would have gone some way to getting a few of them.

I should be our chief scout, the most difficult part of the job would be convincing our boardroom not to tip it's entire fortune down the shitter and that it actually pays in the end to sign quality.

Amazing. Not a single player you've listed has had a bad career. You are obviously the greatest scout in the history of the planet or you've just used hindsight to convince yourself of it

 

[Carlton Blade]

Which player was the straw that broke the camel’s back then?!

Lots of contenders this season:

Thomas, Larouci, Traore, Slimane, Grbic

or it could be that the latest Brewster injury is just one kick in the bollocks too far!

I would bet the only one of those he had anything to do with was Thomas

 

[Houston_Blade]

I would bet the only one of those he had anything to do with was Thomas

He’s been doing a French for beginners course at Sheffield College, I just don’t think he’s got to learning “find me a decent footballer yet” though.

 

[Carlton Blade]

He’s been doing a French for beginners course at Sheffield College, I just don’t think he’s got to learning “find me a decent footballer yet” though.

Voulez vous coucher avec moi left back

 

[Flatulent_Bob]

2019 - Our first season in the Premier League
My twopenneth was
Conor Gallagher - on loan at Charlton at the time
Ivan Toney - Peterborough
Ollie Watkins - Brentford in the Championship
Tom Cairney - Fulham in the Championship
Harvey Elliott - Fulham in the Championship
Tom Lawrence - Derby
Josh Brownhill - Bristol City
Eberechi Eze - QPR
Said Benrahma - Brentford
Jarod Bowen - Hull City
Dean Henderson - Pre mega deal at Man Utd

Awwww, but, but, most of them went for millions.........Not in 2019 they didn't.
And even so, the money spent on McBurnie, Berge, Robinson, Freeman, Jagielka, Fat Kentucky Fried Chicken faced twat, then later Brewster and numerous others who couldn't even get a game for us would have gone some way to getting a few of them.

I should be our chief scout, the most difficult part of the job would be convincing our boardroom not to tip it's entire fortune down the shitter and that it actually pays in the end to sign quality.

Yeah you'd just need a time machine or the almanac from Back to the Future. Wonderful hindsight management there, ignoring lots of the realities.
Why isn't Bellingham on there, he was just a kid at Brum?

 

[Sean Thornton]

Voulez vous coucher avec moi left back

My back four is full of eels.

 

[DeanLearner'sCat]

I said we should have signed Messi in 2003, me.

 

[Ndiayewillalwaysloveyou]

Goodbye grunter

 

[MojoMuffin]

 

[metalblade]

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Which summer though Bettis 2026?

 

[georgebernardshaw]

GLTTL

 

[Bladezz]

GLTTL

 

[Ron_Justice]

Does this open the door to a restructure that results in us having a DoF? If so, what are people's feelings about the role? Necessary in the modern game? No need? Necessary evil? A great addition that should have been implemented 12 months ago?

Assuming we are going down this route, who / what characteristics make for a good DoF?

 

[EddieColquhoun]

Yeah you'd just need a time machine or the almanac from Back to the Future. Wonderful hindsight management there, ignoring lots of the realities.
Why isn't Bellingham on there, he was just a kid at Brum?

Bellingham was on my imaginary list from 5 years ago, along with Saka, Rice, Ndiaye, Mbappé and Bannan.

 

[Fjortoft's Aeroplane]

Which player was the straw that broke the camel’s back then?!

Lots of contenders this season:

Thomas, Larouci, Traore, Slimane, Grbic

or it could be that the latest Brewster injury is just one kick in the bollocks too far!

You'd have to think Grbic was the final straw. We've clearly wanted an upgrade on Wes and everything we've seen from Grbic so far tells us he's no better and possibly worse. I hope we're still in for Johansson at Rotherham.

 

[BalticBlade]

This is only good news if we put in place a better recruitment team and invest more into that team. Time will tell.

 

[Torrix1889]

What exactly did Mitchell, (or any other Head of Recruitment for that matter) do?

Does he and his team of scouts actively go out and look for players or, as i suspect is the case 99% of the time, do they have a network of contacts, (read agents) who alert them to players that might be available?

 

[Flatulent_Bob]

Bellingham was on my imaginary list from 5 years ago, along with Saka, Rice, Ndiaye, Mbappé and Bannan.

We really missed out there not signing you up.

Biff for Head of Recruitment.



Always had his eye out for talent.

 

[The Crab]

“Mutual consent “ hahaha. Last time I heard he was on a plane to Moscow booked by crab airlines.

My Moscow Specials have been a bit quiet as of late. Can’t imagine why. My shipment of imported Lada’s have been held up too. Built like a tank they are……

 

[Davalon]

Bellingham was on my imaginary list from 5 years ago, along with Saka, Rice, Ndiaye, Mbappé and Bannan.

No way we could have tempted Bazza Bald Bonce

 

[s20Blade]

What exactly did Mitchell, (or any other Head of Recruitment for that matter) do?

Does he and his team of scouts actively go out and look for players or, as i suspect is the case 99% of the time, do they have a network of contacts, (read agents) who alert them to players that might be available?

I thought it was through the "united world" scouting network

 

[The Crab]

He’s been doing a French for beginners course at Sheffield College, I just don’t think he’s got to learning “find me a decent footballer yet” though.

That explains it, we’ve signed plenty of merde…….

 

[Le Cynique]

Does this open the door to a restructure that results in us having a DoF? If so, what are people's feelings about the role? Necessary in the modern game? No need? Necessary evil? A great addition that should have been implemented 12 months ago?

Assuming we are going down this route, who / what characteristics make for a good DoF?

Depends for me on who it is. If it’s someone like Warnock it’ll solve nothing. If it’s someone with a modern footballing mind and ethos it might prove invaluable.

 

[Rufus Smalls]

Which player was the straw that broke the camel’s back then?!

Lots of contenders this season:

Thomas, Larouci, Traore, Slimane, Grbic

or it could be that the latest Brewster injury is just one kick in the bollocks too far!

Don’t think anyone could have foreseen the Brewster injuries, but Thomas …….. would struggle to get in a decent vets team.