Now Probert gone WTF 14:26 - Jul 11 with 4835 views | portmanking | Surely we didn't anticipate losing 3/4s of our first team backroom staff this summer?! |  | | |  |
Now Probert gone WTF on 14:28 - Jul 11 with 3573 views | FrimleyBlue | Does feel like quite a turnover of staff this summer Have we actually brought anyone in or is this more of departments running themselves. |  |
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Now Probert gone WTF on 14:30 - Jul 11 with 3542 views | SheffordBlue | With his role in particularly I think there's likely to have been a decent notice period so there's a good chance Ashton et all have known this one has been coming for a while |  |
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Now Probert gone WTF on 14:30 - Jul 11 with 3501 views | chicoazul | What’s Lee ONeill up to these days |  |
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Now Probert gone WTF on 14:32 - Jul 11 with 3459 views | BasingstokeBlue |
Now Probert gone WTF on 14:30 - Jul 11 by chicoazul | What’s Lee ONeill up to these days |
We need Clegg, surely? |  |
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Now Probert gone WTF on 14:33 - Jul 11 with 3420 views | SheffordBlue |
Now Probert gone WTF on 14:28 - Jul 11 by FrimleyBlue | Does feel like quite a turnover of staff this summer Have we actually brought anyone in or is this more of departments running themselves. |
The Head of Strength and Conditioning was an internal promotion with someone brought in from outside to fill the lower role. |  |
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Now Probert gone WTF on 14:40 - Jul 11 with 3257 views | Chris_ITFC | Much like players: It’s a compliment to us. The price of success. Big clubs come calling. But we’re attractive to their replacements too. Annoying, but a positive sign, and a much better position than the ‘old days’. At least we have people worth poaching! |  |
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Now Probert gone WTF on 14:40 - Jul 11 with 3243 views | SomethingBlue | Guess it's what happens when a club and its staff perform as well as we have over the past three years. Presumably most have been known about for some time and replacements lined up. Not ideal tho as whatever they were doing clearly worked! |  |
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Now Probert gone WTF on 14:44 - Jul 11 with 3191 views | le2blue |
Now Probert gone WTF on 14:30 - Jul 11 by SheffordBlue | With his role in particularly I think there's likely to have been a decent notice period so there's a good chance Ashton et all have known this one has been coming for a while |
If you recall in Ashton's end-of-season interview, he flagged that a number of people in the team will be leaving....he's known for a while about this one as Probert is a pal of his having worked with him for some time. |  | |  | Login to get fewer ads
Now Probert gone WTF on 14:47 - Jul 11 with 3131 views | Kieran_Knows | Who's in a similar role at Bristol City? |  |
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Now Probert gone WTF on 14:48 - Jul 11 with 3119 views | le2blue |
Now Probert gone WTF on 14:47 - Jul 11 by Kieran_Knows | Who's in a similar role at Bristol City? |
or rather WBA :) |  | |  |
Now Probert gone WTF on 14:49 - Jul 11 with 3091 views | Westcountryblue |
Now Probert gone WTF on 14:30 - Jul 11 by chicoazul | What’s Lee ONeill up to these days |
Decent guy, good at his job, working under impossible circumstances. |  | |  |
Now Probert gone WTF on 14:49 - Jul 11 with 3090 views | MattinLondon |
Now Probert gone WTF on 14:44 - Jul 11 by le2blue | If you recall in Ashton's end-of-season interview, he flagged that a number of people in the team will be leaving....he's known for a while about this one as Probert is a pal of his having worked with him for some time. |
I would have thought (like in most places of work) it would be an open secret if someone was applying for a job or being interviewed. As you said, I doubt that many departures are a complete surprise with the club either headhunting or advertising for replacements. |  | |  |
Now Probert gone WTF on 14:49 - Jul 11 with 3080 views | portmanking |
Now Probert gone WTF on 14:48 - Jul 11 by le2blue | or rather WBA :) |
Interesting... a Bury boy coming back to his roots?! |  | |  |
Now Probert gone WTF on 14:49 - Jul 11 with 3072 views | Metal_Hacker |
Now Probert gone WTF on 14:48 - Jul 11 by le2blue | or rather WBA :) |
Or Burnley |  |
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Now Probert gone WTF on 14:54 - Jul 11 with 2988 views | SimonBatfordITFC | Funny isn’t it. I said months ago that I’d expect us to lose a lot of people back to the PL given the success we’ve had in recent season and many on the board accused me of scaremongering. It was inevitable but also a testament to what the new owners are building. I have no doubt that those moving on will be replaced with the next generation of talent but it’ll be a funny few weeks getting to learn all of the new faces. |  | |  |
Now Probert gone WTF on 15:00 - Jul 11 with 2880 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
Now Probert gone WTF on 14:54 - Jul 11 by SimonBatfordITFC | Funny isn’t it. I said months ago that I’d expect us to lose a lot of people back to the PL given the success we’ve had in recent season and many on the board accused me of scaremongering. It was inevitable but also a testament to what the new owners are building. I have no doubt that those moving on will be replaced with the next generation of talent but it’ll be a funny few weeks getting to learn all of the new faces. |
What you said was we would lose a lot of players for below market value as that has happened to relegated clubs in the past. You were challenged to give some examples to back up your assertion. You didn't give any such example. |  |
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Now Probert gone WTF on 15:01 - Jul 11 with 2870 views | BiGDonnie | It's bound to happen when you sign quality people but get relegated. We'll replace with people just as good, if not better. |  |
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Now Probert gone WTF on 15:04 - Jul 11 with 2784 views | SimonBatfordITFC |
Now Probert gone WTF on 15:00 - Jul 11 by Nthsuffolkblue | What you said was we would lose a lot of players for below market value as that has happened to relegated clubs in the past. You were challenged to give some examples to back up your assertion. You didn't give any such example. |
I didn’t mention anything about transfer fees, just simply that I expected we’d see a bit of an exodus. Baggott to return? by SimonBatfordITFC 9 Apr 9:35I think you’re right. Many of our fans seem to have the impression that we will keep our squad of PL players in the Championship but I just can’t see it.
The players themselves have ambitions to play in PL and can now class themselves as having that experience on their CV. Most of them are young and will be good mid-table PL players in time. Their agents will already be looking for the move back to the PL.
Add to that the 3 teams coming up will all need to add squad players, ideally with some PL experience, but without breaking the bank for PSR. I’m afraid that means the 3 going down are likely to be the source of these transfers.
You only have to look at last year and the players Ipswich, Leicester and Southampton picked up from the relegated trio to see that this is the case.
To top it all off, many of the prospects we signed were highly coveted by Leeds, Burnley and Sheffield United. I really wouldn’t be surprised to see us lose 9 or 10 regulars in the summer.
But dare to say it and you’ll be downvoted into the abyss. [Post edited 11 Jul 15:11]
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Now Probert gone WTF on 15:04 - Jul 11 with 2790 views | PhilTWTD |
Now Probert gone WTF on 14:40 - Jul 11 by Chris_ITFC | Much like players: It’s a compliment to us. The price of success. Big clubs come calling. But we’re attractive to their replacements too. Annoying, but a positive sign, and a much better position than the ‘old days’. At least we have people worth poaching! |
True, although I think a number of these moves may be down to geography, believe Probert is along those lines, nearer to family, Rich Carpenter looked similar having come from the Midlands initially and previously worked in Birmingham. |  | |  |
Now Probert gone WTF on 15:06 - Jul 11 with 2754 views | FromReuserWithLove | KM did allude to a big staff turnover this summer if you look back at his interviews at the end of the season. Maybe we're also looking for a more 'powerful profile' in this department too. |  | |  |
Now Probert gone WTF on 15:07 - Jul 11 with 2719 views | TresBonne |
Now Probert gone WTF on 14:49 - Jul 11 by Westcountryblue | Decent guy, good at his job, working under impossible circumstances. |
Behave...he was a complete tool that, it felt like, laughed in the face of the fans most of the time. Remember he was literally a PE teacher. [Post edited 11 Jul 15:08]
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Now Probert gone WTF on 15:09 - Jul 11 with 2653 views | chantryblueboy | I am sure Ashton will just take on all of the roles himself |  | |  |
Now Probert gone WTF on 15:11 - Jul 11 with 2632 views | Wallingford_Boy | Like anyone had heard of him! Calm down dear. |  |
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Now Probert gone WTF on 15:14 - Jul 11 with 2562 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
Now Probert gone WTF on 15:04 - Jul 11 by SimonBatfordITFC | I didn’t mention anything about transfer fees, just simply that I expected we’d see a bit of an exodus. Baggott to return? by SimonBatfordITFC 9 Apr 9:35I think you’re right. Many of our fans seem to have the impression that we will keep our squad of PL players in the Championship but I just can’t see it.
The players themselves have ambitions to play in PL and can now class themselves as having that experience on their CV. Most of them are young and will be good mid-table PL players in time. Their agents will already be looking for the move back to the PL.
Add to that the 3 teams coming up will all need to add squad players, ideally with some PL experience, but without breaking the bank for PSR. I’m afraid that means the 3 going down are likely to be the source of these transfers.
You only have to look at last year and the players Ipswich, Leicester and Southampton picked up from the relegated trio to see that this is the case.
To top it all off, many of the prospects we signed were highly coveted by Leeds, Burnley and Sheffield United. I really wouldn’t be surprised to see us lose 9 or 10 regulars in the summer.
But dare to say it and you’ll be downvoted into the abyss. [Post edited 11 Jul 15:11]
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Now Probert gone WTF on 15:27 - Jul 11 with 2368 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
Now Probert gone WTF on 15:04 - Jul 11 by SimonBatfordITFC | I didn’t mention anything about transfer fees, just simply that I expected we’d see a bit of an exodus. Baggott to return? by SimonBatfordITFC 9 Apr 9:35I think you’re right. Many of our fans seem to have the impression that we will keep our squad of PL players in the Championship but I just can’t see it.
The players themselves have ambitions to play in PL and can now class themselves as having that experience on their CV. Most of them are young and will be good mid-table PL players in time. Their agents will already be looking for the move back to the PL.
Add to that the 3 teams coming up will all need to add squad players, ideally with some PL experience, but without breaking the bank for PSR. I’m afraid that means the 3 going down are likely to be the source of these transfers.
You only have to look at last year and the players Ipswich, Leicester and Southampton picked up from the relegated trio to see that this is the case.
To top it all off, many of the prospects we signed were highly coveted by Leeds, Burnley and Sheffield United. I really wouldn’t be surprised to see us lose 9 or 10 regulars in the summer.
But dare to say it and you’ll be downvoted into the abyss. [Post edited 11 Jul 15:11]
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So, even with your edited post it was players you were specifically referencing and not non-playing staff. Have we seen the exodus of 9-10 regular players you stated? I suppose there is still time for another 4-5 to go (if you include the loanees in your numbers). |  |
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