| Is survival really down to GON? Partly yes. But MA now 09:59 - Jun 20 with 861 views | John_Warks_Willy | has to show us he can do Prem recruitment better as that is the true key here isn’t it? Get that wrong, we could have Pep and result would still be the same. |  |
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| Is survival really down to GON? Partly yes. But MA now on 10:04 - Jun 20 with 833 views | WolfieAtTheBack | It is all down to the recruitment now, GON is a cog in the wheel in many ways a bit of a scapegoat if it all goes tits up. I said on another thread I am not convinced MA is a premier league operator (Championship he is, we know this from the outcomes) so this is his time to cut the corporate nonsense and blue sky thinking speeches and develop a squad that can win football matches in the premier league. [Post edited 20 Jun 10:05]
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| Is survival really down to GON? Partly yes. But MA now on 10:06 - Jun 20 with 802 views | Zx1988 | Reading between the lines of his comments in one of Phil's articles yesterday, I think that MA is painfully aware that failure will be on him as well as GO'N this time around. Either he just knows, or it's been made explicitly clear to him by the owners. |  |
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| Is survival really down to GON? Partly yes. But MA now on 10:10 - Jun 20 with 762 views | WolfieAtTheBack |
| Is survival really down to GON? Partly yes. But MA now on 10:06 - Jun 20 by Zx1988 | Reading between the lines of his comments in one of Phil's articles yesterday, I think that MA is painfully aware that failure will be on him as well as GO'N this time around. Either he just knows, or it's been made explicitly clear to him by the owners. |
I think Gary O will have a lot to prove here. You can however hear him saying the players are not good enough if it all goes wrong, ala Wolves! |  | |  |
| Is survival really down to GON? Partly yes. But MA now on 10:17 - Jun 20 with 747 views | FlittonBlue | Wonder if GON thinks we need another striker? |  |
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| Is survival really down to GON? Partly yes. But MA now on 10:20 - Jun 20 with 730 views | Zx1988 |
| Is survival really down to GON? Partly yes. But MA now on 10:10 - Jun 20 by WolfieAtTheBack | I think Gary O will have a lot to prove here. You can however hear him saying the players are not good enough if it all goes wrong, ala Wolves! |
Was Wolves the sort of setup where he was more of a Head Coach, and that the players were identified and bought for him? If so, that's probably a legitimate criticism and, looking at how things are starting to progress at ITFC, one we may well hear as well should the season not go according to plan. |  |
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| Is survival really down to GON? Partly yes. But MA now on 10:25 - Jun 20 with 706 views | BloomBlue | I'm sure he knew that already, even if KM had stayed, avoiding relegation is the aim this season, and that includes all aspects. To be fair to MA that's why he wants the mgr in asap, at least then the mgr can agree / disagree with the potential purchases. Conversely you could have fantastic recruiting and the mgr fails. Look at Slot last season, PL transfer records for fowards and he completely failed. Do you blame the recruiting team, the owners who employed Slot, or Slot. |  | |  |
| Is survival really down to GON? Partly yes. But MA now on 10:31 - Jun 20 with 675 views | SuperKieranMcKenna | Ashton shouldn’t be picking players at all - he should be getting the data led infrastructure and foreign scouting network in place. That’s where Sunderland are light years ahead of us, they’ve had it in place for a number of years, even in the Championship they were recruiting heavily of young players from the continent. |  | |  |
| Is survival really down to GON? Partly yes. But MA now on 10:35 - Jun 20 with 663 views | Vaughan8 | If we don't get pretty much a brand new team, any manager is going to fail. You need to get the recruitment right. |  | |  | Login to get fewer ads
| Is survival really down to GON? Partly yes. But MA now on 10:38 - Jun 20 with 636 views | FrimleyBlue |
| Is survival really down to GON? Partly yes. But MA now on 10:17 - Jun 20 by FlittonBlue | Wonder if GON thinks we need another striker? |
Based on his useage of two strikers i can see us signing 2 maybe 3 depending if he likes hirst. |  |
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| Is survival really down to GON? Partly yes. But MA now on 10:41 - Jun 20 with 609 views | grow_our_own | Indeed, I'll be more inclined to call for Ashton to go if we go down than GON. He'll be the common factor. |  | |  |
| Is survival really down to GON? Partly yes. But MA now on 11:01 - Jun 20 with 515 views | WolfieAtTheBack |
| Is survival really down to GON? Partly yes. But MA now on 10:20 - Jun 20 by Zx1988 | Was Wolves the sort of setup where he was more of a Head Coach, and that the players were identified and bought for him? If so, that's probably a legitimate criticism and, looking at how things are starting to progress at ITFC, one we may well hear as well should the season not go according to plan. |
Wolves historically had that super agent picking up the players for them so not sure where Gal came into it all recruitment wise. |  | |  |
| Is survival really down to GON? Partly yes. But MA now on 11:03 - Jun 20 with 477 views | WolfieAtTheBack |
| Is survival really down to GON? Partly yes. But MA now on 10:25 - Jun 20 by BloomBlue | I'm sure he knew that already, even if KM had stayed, avoiding relegation is the aim this season, and that includes all aspects. To be fair to MA that's why he wants the mgr in asap, at least then the mgr can agree / disagree with the potential purchases. Conversely you could have fantastic recruiting and the mgr fails. Look at Slot last season, PL transfer records for fowards and he completely failed. Do you blame the recruiting team, the owners who employed Slot, or Slot. |
If he is going to move away from 4-2-3-1 then the recruitment model would need to change anyway to fit a new system and sign more strikers or whatever if he plays 2 up front. |  | |  |
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