A ‘Head Coach’

Quoted from ska face

Jolley got caught moaning about the budget on the secret recording. Hurst left previously because he was denied basic back room staff - don’t think we even had a fitness coach during his last spell. There are countless stories from ex-players, everyone from John McDermott to Rob Jones & Martin Gritton has mentioned how the previous owners needled them & chipped away either just to save a few measly quid or took advantage of individuals’ circumstances. The stories of Fenty’s penny pinching are well documented by Cod Almighty - everything from him trying to reuse ice from a local cold store in the players’ ice baths to driving around Cheapside in a digger to save a few quid.  

This will be the first appointment not made by Fenty in going on two decades. Thank Christ.

We lost our top goalscorer from the NL because we wouldn't offer him 50 extra quid...  

Quoted from WOZOFGRIMSBY

Mate of mine Is an Ipswich fan and the rumours over there are that we’ve had a conversation club to club about the availability of Brian klug

As I say, just rumours. No knowledgeable source or anything just am guessing, the fishy equivalent in east anglia

Or mor likely about Mark Kennedy who was Klugs assistant.

Quoted from GibMariner

Evidence for that. Although that fits the narrative again.

Has any manager ever complained about the budget.

Has any manager been denied brining players in the Jan window.

Just saying.

It was literally the reason Hurst left for Shrewsbury the first time.

Quoted from GibMariner

Evidence for that. Although that fits the narrative again.

Has any manager ever complained about the budget.

Has any manager been denied brining players in the Jan window.

Just saying.

You been living under a rock?..
Jolley worked for 6 months for free, he then got caught absolutely slating the state of his playing budget, in a foul moth rant.
We lost Amond due Fenty changing the terms of his contract, one player turned round his csr on the way to sign after Fenty called him and reneged on a deal.

Quoted from LocalLadGTFC

We lost our top goalscorer from the NL because we wouldn't offer him 50 extra quid...  

Lost Arnold for same reason, only it was £15 a week he wanted, to cover his extra fuel costs,

Quoted from pen penfras

Is he? Consulting roles at Wales, New Zealand and now UAE hardly shout foremost expert in world football, but he wouldn't be here if he was.

He's been academy director at some good clubs, but not sure what that role really does.

If he's not getting paid for being here, then it's a steal. But if we're paying for consultancy then I highly doubt it's cheap or value for money.

I get that we're trying to be forward thinking and different to other teams at this level, but I feel like this is going to be a very expensive experiment that could go very wrong if it doesn't reap rewards quickly.

Oh dear Pen.if you're going to quote me, then at least have the decency to quote me properly. You somehow missed out the words ' world authority ON THAT ROLE'. And I think, having been for over 2 years, FIFAs head of technical leadership , that it's not an unjustifiable claim. I suspect it would be difficult to find anyone with more all round knowledge of what the role entails, how it works well, why it doesnt work  plus how a structure is established and what sort of people make good technical directors
As someone else said hes a part time unpaid director, so hes hardly a drag on resources. Perhaps you think wed be better off without him, n maybe 1878 should consult JSF ,with his extensive knowledge  and success in appointing managers?

Quoted from GibMariner

Get the luck then any system, managment combination can work.

Don’t get the luck (rub) then all is rubbished, players and managment alike.

Big test for the N/O’s. I do not envy them as they have set themselves up to potentially fail with all the blurb. Profesional investors/values/data etc.

Nothing to reinvent in this lottery of club ownership.

All fine lines at the end of the day.

We are a keeper off have being in the mix in all fairness!! IMHO

Hurst needed the window to put it right, and I suspect true to form, if given time, then he would have got it right.

So are you saying he spent one of our biggest player budgets on players that aren't good enough so he would have had the January window to spend more cash on replacing the players he brought in in the summer?

Plus I think we need more than just another goalkeeper.

Quoted from jamesgtfc

Disappointed that nobody from the club was willing to go on Radio Humberside and explain the reasoning behind this new change in direction.

Fans are quite rightly concerned because we get relegated to non-league for the third time in our history if this goes wrong.

I know what you're saying but I'm kinda glad they didn't rock up to give their say.

It'll be an unpopular opinion but I'm a little tired of hearing Stockwood give his thoughts on every little matter at the club, Debbie Cook too to a lesser degree.  Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the transparency and I think he's an incredibly articulate and generally just a decent bloke within that a good listen for the majority of it.  But there's often not a lot extra he can say and it feels like as a fanbase we're just desperate to hear from him in the hope he drops something in that we're not aware of.

I think the interviews with him are less now and I imagine that's intentional.  The poor bloke must be tired of coming out with the same lines to the same questions every few months.

I get that this is a big issue and in some ways a monumental moment for the club.  But I prefer them keeping everything quiet, trusting what they're doing and then having a say on it once it's done and dusted.  I've downloaded the show and will listen to it later, but I imagine most of it will just be noise like we've got on here. Opinions, hopes and fears etc.  Not sure what else Stockwood (or anyone else from the club) could add to what they've already said.

With regards the decision and worry that if we get it wrong we could be relegated, well that's the risk regardless.  What I would say is that in the last decade and a bit we've become a boom and bust side, yo-yo-ing between tiers 4 and 5.  Perhaps stability that comes from a different approach might go some way to addressing that.

Quoted from GibMariner

Evidence for that. Although that fits the narrative again.

Has any manager ever complained about the budget.

Has any manager been denied brining players in the Jan window.

Just saying.

Scott, we aint got no f money

Quoted from arryarryarry

So are you saying he spent one of our biggest player budgets on players that aren't good enough so he would have had the January window to spend more cash on replacing the players he brought in in the summer?

Plus I think we need more than just another goalkeeper.

Having a fresh set of eyes on the squad, and the new manager bringing in his own favoured signings could work in our favour..