Popular Post Sulberto21 Posted July 27, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 27, 2020 3 minutes ago, theboyangel said: I think January was the final nail in the coffin for Suso, having lost Wesley, Heaton and McGinn prior to the window reopening, we took far too long to source inadequate replacements in Samatta and Drinkwater. Reina to be fair turned out good but we played most of Jan without a recognised striker which cost us points. To be fair, most of the signings are showing signs of being decent enough and will hopefully kick on for our second season back in the Prem. Whoever gets the DOF role needs to be ready for action. Hopefully he/she has a team of Analysts ready to be recruited too. We need to build a strong recruitment team with scouts and analysts. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob182 Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 33 minutes ago, Villan_of_oz said: I don't know enough to have an opinion on whether he should keep his job or not, and I won't pretend to. What I do like though is the swiftness of the decision. We have 6 weeks to the new season, no time for dilly-dallying. I back this board to already have the next plan in place, and if this leads to Smith having more responsibility in transfers then I would welcome that. This. I feel sorry for him because we were all told that all transfers were agreed by Suso, Smith and Purslow. But maybe they internally knew that all the ones that have taken time to adapt were more Suso (Wesley, Trez..... Luiz?....) I’d say Engels buy that seems like a Smith signing because of Brentford tracking him when he was there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Djemba_Villan said: Strange timing wise. Why not do this 3 months ago? It's only 6 weeks to go until the new season. This is a case of us having no idea at all of the reality behind the scenes. For all we know Suso vetoed a number of players that have gone on to do very well. Or that we would only have kept him had we been relegated? Or a better candidate became available? Serious Businessmen prioritise good moves over sentiment mate. For us the only real sentiment lays with the likes of Jack and Dean on the playing side for obvious reasons. Edit: Autocorrect is massacring my posts! Edited July 27, 2020 by JAMAICAN-VILLAN 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post VillaHatesMe Posted July 27, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 27, 2020 Maybe instead of signing Brentford's best players we can sign the person who signs all their best players. 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 I think Suso's comments about scrapping relegation were the final straw. The transfers didn't help. I think it shows the ownership want the club run a particular way and Suso butted heads too often and not just on transfers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StewieGriffin Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 Ashworth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan-scott Posted July 27, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted July 27, 2020 Just now, StewieGriffin said: Ashworth? He seems happy and settled at Brighton. Can’t see him moving again so soon. He was available when we got at Suso I believe and ended up at Brighton then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djemba_Villan Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 4 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: Or that we would only have kept him had we been relegated? Or a better candidate became available? Serious Businessmen prioritise good moves over sentiment mate. For us the only real sentiment lays with the likes of Jack and Dean on the playing side for obvious reasons. Edit: Autocorrect is massacring my posts! I was just pointing out the circumstances are unknown to us...as you also point out. It's a mystery. I only questioned the timing as there would ideally have been someone else lined up a while back to lead a recruitment effort this transfer window. Someone coming in cold now would have quite a ramp up. Others have pointed out that was likely the case which is good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam2003 Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 33 minutes ago, GENTLEMAN said: Michael Emenalo? This would be staggeringly good. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StewieGriffin Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 8 minutes ago, villan-scott said: He seems happy and settled at Brighton. Can’t see him moving again so soon. He was available when we got at Suso I believe and ended up at Brighton then. In different divisions when we were appointing though... Im sure Ashworth would move if it, er, suit£d him... Used to live/work in the Midlands too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted July 27, 2020 Author VT Supporter Share Posted July 27, 2020 I don’t know anything about any directors of football. I don’t even fully know what Suso did/didn’t do. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Demitri_C Posted July 27, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 27, 2020 42 minutes ago, DCJonah said: Looking official then. Hope this doesn't disrupt our plans. I'm confident it won't. Someone tell evans we are not rebuidling just adding to the build. For the first time in ages we dont need to rebuild 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 Michael Emanalo would be a real coup, he transformed Chelsea’s strategy and developed their youth academy. He’s appeared in a few articles recently discussing discrimination in football. I’m sure I recall Purslow talking about the lack of BAME representation at board level in the sport, or have I imagined that? Wonder if Emanalo was already on his mind at that point? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenjiOgiwara Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 He can get replaced. I won't let my happiness of survival make me pretend he has impressed with Wesley, Engels, Nakamba, Samatta or Trezeguet. There's potential there, but when we're talking of close £ 50 million in purchases, I think someone good at his job could've done far better. Next please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 It's a long shot - but DS said yesterday he will sit down with the sporting director .... usually he says " Susso" is the new sporting director known to DS? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 Good Luck to him. I personally couldn’t care less who our DOF is. I don’t even know what they do. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston_Villan4 Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 2 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: Good Luck to him. I personally couldn’t care less who our DOF is. I don’t even know what they do. https://www.bundesliga.com/en/news/Bundesliga/what-is-a-sporting-director-bayern-munich-borussia-dortmund-rb-leipzig-schalke-506859.jsp 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted July 27, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted July 27, 2020 5 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: Good Luck to him. I personally couldn’t care less who our DOF is. I don’t even know what they do. Me neither. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 3 minutes ago, Aston_Villan4 said: https://www.bundesliga.com/en/news/Bundesliga/what-is-a-sporting-director-bayern-munich-borussia-dortmund-rb-leipzig-schalke-506859.jsp Thanks. Sounds like it’s imperative the head coach and DOF shared the same vision and philosophy. If they don’t then one of them has to go. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post cheltenham_villa Posted July 27, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 27, 2020 8 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: Good Luck to him. I personally couldn’t care less who our DOF is. I don’t even know what they do. This plus I only just realised that Jesus and Suso are the same person 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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