Lee Turnbull shown the door?

Yes, I think one or two more will be leaving in the coming weeks. Adams knows what he wants and Sparks is firmly nailing his colours to Derek's mast. There'll be no excuses if it fails.

 

Whatever Adams wants, he should get, including full control over transfers. Clearly not happy about Lavery and Robinson. Saved a wage now. In Dezza we trust.

 

Well ending up with Port Vales scraps I’m not surprised he’s gone. Tbh I thought he went ages ago as there was radio silence from the club about him.

 

Synonymous with our club... That lack of continuity still at the forefront

 

Thats all well and good until he leaves. And then we're back to square one.

 

Can't believe this post went unrewarded.

Totally unappreciated...

 

The writing was on the wall when Adams said that Robinson was no Lee Angol

 

I only hope the backroom stuff doesn’t cause Adams to lose focus. Whoever comes in won’t be able to affect recruitment until the next window. We don’t want to be in a position where the season is written off in January and we’re sold a tale about being ready for 22/23.

 

Recruitment for whatever reason was poor in many cases, so this is no surprise and saves a wage, It is rumored Sparky even rang DMcA at Peterborough on transfer deadline night to ask if he had a spare striker he could lend us,

 

Sparks needs to appoint someone for the club not just to suit a manager who has made a mediocre start and who has gone on record saying he's a short term manager three years at best

 

I like the way Adams gets a free ride on the transfers and the new fall guy, Turnbull, gets the stick.

I'm sure Adams has had no say or input into the squad that collectively has been assembled over the last few months.

Too many riding the coat tails of Adams.

 

That’s not a rumour McAnthony confirmed this on his podcast.

 

Good signed some right dog shit as per usual and now were stuck with them!

We finally have a proper manager in Adams give the man the keys to the city and let him go about his business how he wants to!

 

Are you kidding that's what we've been doing for the past 25 years and we're in League 2 lol

 

Surely Adams had the final say?

 

tinpot

 

No rumour it was from MacAnthony himself.

 

I understand why the director of football role is employed at elite clubs. Working with premium talent. It works across Europe.

it is not needed in League 2. It didnt work under Archie Christie, nor has it worked under Turnbull.

We’re shopping in the bargain bin and signing free transfers. The players are very limited and I think success is more about finding players who click with your manager at this level. Player ability is narrow across the league.

having a DoF is an unnecessary step, confusing matters.

 

I disagree. How many windows over the last 5 years or so have we had to rip everything up and start again? Every single one is the answer. Add in a few January windows in there too. And thats because we're going through managers like there's no tomorrow and there's no consistency in the type of player they sign. It doesn't matter whether you're signing £100m players, free agents or loans, you need a level of consistency within the football department, independent of the manager, otherwise you get chaos every window.

At this level more than anything, where money is tight, you need to buy the very best you can with the monies available. That requires extensive work in the backroom to identify players and negotiate with agents/clubs. A manager can't do that as well as focus on first team matters, there's just not enough hours in the day.

What I will say though, is you have to do it properly, no shortcuts and appointing the wrong people.

But I think a recruitment director/DOF/ whatever you want to call it is absolutely essential in the modern game.