Rob182 Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 It's not been confirmed on the OS, but Andrew Stone has confirmed on his Twitter account (@ajstone24) that after 6 years at Southampton, he is the new Head of Performance Analysis & Technical Recruitment at Villa. The end of Paddy Reilly, perhaps? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sexbelowsound Posted July 5, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted July 5, 2016 Hello! Southampton do that recruitment good style. Me likey. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 Never heard of him but Southampton haven't been to shabby over that time. Welcome to the nut house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan-scott Posted July 5, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted July 5, 2016 According to Trent in the Speculation thread he worked with RDM at MK Dons. A hugely positive addition IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted July 5, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted July 5, 2016 Nice. This is one piece of the puzzle, but with Xia's ambition, the other recruitment at the club, a couple of new signings and some dead wood being cut (not happened yet obv) things will start to look a lot better. In the words of John Lennon; it can't get no worse. Welcome Andrew, could you start analysing and recruiting today please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 Is the Technical Director who the Birmingham Mail said was going to be seen as a coup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post withes_shin Posted July 5, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted July 5, 2016 Hopefully this is not the Andrew Stone off Pineapple Dance Studios!! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 cant be worse than that imbecile reilly. welcome aboard! Southampton have a great track record of youngsters so hopefully this will be a shrewd move 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted July 5, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted July 5, 2016 (edited) 4 minutes ago, withes_shin said: Hopefully this is not the Andrew Stone off Pineapple Dance Studios!! Just googled it, this is the Andrew Stone we've got from Southampton, so nothing to worry about: Edited July 5, 2016 by alreadyexists Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 When you google 'Andrew Stone Southampton' there are no search results about Southampton football club. But then again I don't think there was much information on Almstadt either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwj Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 16 minutes ago, withes_shin said: Hopefully this is not the Andrew Stone off Pineapple Dance Studios!! "Nah mate, the missus puts it on" Sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted July 5, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted July 5, 2016 What a great appointment. Saints are going off the boil. We'll have a key figure from their promotion and prem league success and they can have eric black. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPAngel Posted July 5, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted July 5, 2016 Bloody kept this one quiet didn't they? Some very decent signings in here since he started with Southampton 6 years ago: 2015/16 Harry Lewis Shrewsbury Signed 01 Jul, 2015 Cuco Martina FC Twente £1,000,000 07 Jul, 2015 Jordy Clasie Feyenoord £8,000,000 15 Jul, 2015 Oriol Romeu Chelsea £5,000,000 12 Aug, 2015 Virgil van Dijk Celtic £11,500,000 01 Sep, 2015 Charlie Austin QPR £4,000,000 16 Jan, 2016 Nathan Redmond Norwich £10,000,000 25 Jun, 2016 2014/15 Isaac Nehemie Southampton 01 Jul, 2014 Dusan Tadic FC Twente £10,900,000 08 Jul, 2014 Graziano Pelle Feyenoord £8,000,000 12 Jul, 2014 Fraser Forster Celtic £10,000,000 09 Aug, 2014 Shane Long Hull £12,000,000 14 Aug, 2014 Florin Gardos Steaua £4,000,000 14 Aug, 2014 Sadio Mane RB Salzburg £11,800,000 01 Sep, 2014 Ryan Bertrand Chelsea £10,000,000 02 Feb, 2015 Juanmi Malaga £5,000,000 16 Jun, 2015 Cedric Soares Sp. Lisbon £4,700,000 18 Jun, 2015 Harry Lewis Shrewsbury Signed 01 Jul, 2015 2013/14 Dejan Lovren Lyon £8,500,000 14 Jun, 2013 Victor Wanyama Celtic £12,500,000 11 Jul, 2013 Pablo Osvaldo Roma £15,000,000 18 Aug, 2013 2012/13 Steve Davis Rangers Free 06 Jul, 2012 Nathaniel Clyne C Palace Signed 18 Jul, 2012 Paulo Gazzaniga Gillingham Signed 20 Jul, 2012 Emmanuel Mayuka Young Boys Signed 29 Aug, 2012 Maya Yoshida VVV Venlo Signed 30 Aug, 2012 Gaston Ramirez Bologna £12,000,000 31 Aug, 2012 Artur Boruc Fiorentina Free 22 Sep, 2012 Vegard Forren Molde Signed 18 Jan, 2013 2011/12 Jack Cork Chelsea Signed 11 Jul, 2011 Steve De Ridder De Graafschap Signed 22 Jul, 2011 Daniel Fox Burnley Signed 11 Aug, 2011 Jos Hooiveld Celtic Signed 31 Aug, 2011 Tadanari Lee Sanf Hiroshima Free 25 Jan, 2012 Billy Sharp Doncaster £1,800,000 30 Jan, 2012 Jay Rodriguez Burnley £6,000,000 10 Jun, 2012 2010/11 Danny Butterfield C Palace Free 17 Jul, 2010 Jonathan Forte Scunthorpe Signed 31 Jan, 2011 Richard Chaplow Southampton Signed 31 Jan, 2011 Jack Stephens Plymouth £150,000 21 Apr, 2011 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 2 hours ago, Rob182 said: It's not been confirmed on the OS, but Andrew Stone has confirmed on his Twitter account (@ajstone24) that after 6 years at Southampton, he is the new Head of Performance Analysis & Technical Recruitment. You do suprise me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 Goes to show that despite us being in the Championship we still have significant pulling power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BOF Posted July 5, 2016 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted July 5, 2016 If we're bringing in Southampton staff who were in any way responsible for recruiting then that has to be great news. Quite how we pulled it off I don't know. This tells me that our project must genuinely be every bit as ambitious as we hope it is, if we can lure someone like that in our current predicament. Exciting times ahead *fingers crossed* 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted July 5, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted July 5, 2016 3 minutes ago, BOF said: If we're bringing in Southampton staff who were in any way responsible for recruiting then that has to be great news. Quite how we pulled it off I don't know. This tells me that our project must genuinely be every bit as ambitious as we hope it is, if we can lure someone like that in our current predicament. Exciting times ahead *fingers crossed* Large pay packet I would assume, and the promise of sustained budget for recruitment. Would have to be motivation for someone in that line of work surely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted July 5, 2016 Moderator Share Posted July 5, 2016 9 minutes ago, romavillan said: Large pay packet I would assume, and the promise of sustained budget for recruitment. Would have to be motivation for someone in that line of work surely. Yep I'd say the wage thing goes without saying, otherwise you stay put. But I still believe he would have to be in some way excited by the project being proposed too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted July 5, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted July 5, 2016 3 minutes ago, BOF said: Yep I'd say the wage thing goes without saying, otherwise you stay put. But I still believe he would have to be in some way excited by the project being proposed too. Yeah, that's kinda what I meant abotu the sustained budget thing. It's a recruitment man's football manager wet dream.... "Take this shambles, I'll give you all the money you need, and turn them into a winning top flight side..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 It can't be that much of coup can it, he's pretty much ungoogable. Even his twitter has very few followers, surely if he was that instrumental in Southampton's success a lot more of their fans would be following him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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