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As I posted I very much doubt Bowyer would have been happy with the situation if he didn't think Drury could offer something to the club as part of his backroom staff.
I don't get this assistant/coach comments some are using, Parkinson had Parkin I'm sure he bounced stuff of of him but at the end of the day Parkinson made the calls, just as I believe McCall did with Black, Bowyer will dictate what system he wants to play and Drury will assist, Bowyer has brought several players in during this transfer window I'm sure there will be more to come but it will be Bowyer who dictates what formation we play he will have brought players into the club who can play his way.
We can read what we want into the T&A comments IMO Bowyer has spent money on players rather than enhanced his backroom team, which I believe is the correct way forward.

 

Bowyer will understand if there are any constraints for this season, lets face he's worked with far worse.

 

Amazing what a little patience can do...

 

Back room sorted. Players signed up early. I think there’s an understated professionalism to how we’re gping about things this summer. All good so far.

 

Where are all the folk who were adamant our club facilities weren't fit for purpose??

 

Shock, horror.....you mean we do after all have excellent training facilities! Wow somebody better get Grayson and Warnock in for an inspection......not.

Our back room staff are looking impressive. Hope the players looks as fit as Rome by the time we kick off

 

I know, but the blog story behind this - which was the target of my ire, was disingenuous to the club and the school.

 

Eh I'm the official Bantam Talk photographer .

 

How can you ever be ‘top heavy’ with staff?

 

I'll be different to the general consensus and say I'm quite happy about this. Never been a fan of specialist coaches for the sake of it. We're not playing at a standard where small technical adjustments are likely to make much of a difference. The players will have to take greater responsibility for themselves which is good imo. Most importantly apart from the money saving there will be clarity. The trouble with assistant and specialist coaches is that they all have an opinion. Remember Collins Drury Abbott and Rahic et al all wanting their say/input and the resulting mess they made of it. You can tell Bowyers comfortable working this way and it's reassuring that he has the self confidence to do it. As someone that was fairly critical of Bowyer at the back-end of last season I've been quietly impressed so far this summer.

 

With the way Bowyer is being backed - good signings, in early - I struggle to believe the idea that he won't be supported in a similar way with what he believes is genuinely important in terms of backroom staff.

I absolutely believe we'll have a capable fitness coach. We're probably constrained in terms of Drury being his number 2, but if it were a material problem then I think it'd be dealt with.

Its league 2. A number 2 who's capable is important - and that's almost entirely about what Bowyer wants. We've no idea to what extent Drury is a fit for that role. A fitness coach is important. And ideally we'd have a keeper coach.

Bowyer has good scouting contacts too.

I don't see the problem.

 

How hard can being a fitness coach be in pre-season?

'Run over to that tree and back, you fat b*stards'.
'Good, now do it again. But quicker'.

 

Oh come on it's moved on a bit. Now its; 'Before we get down to some High-impact interval training I want you to do some aerobic work by running to that tree and back you BMI challenged individuals.

 

I was worried from day one last season, on AND off the pitch.

The set up now is night and day, and I'm simply not worried about it.

 

Not necessarily I can see your point, but imo we’ve already got the numbers if you replace Drury for a Bowyer picked assistant nobody would be batting an eyelid. So it would require paying Drury off as well, as you can’t have someone well paid sat there twiddling their thumbs. Before you say he can do youth teams or whatever, his wage maybe too high for that sort of role, remember Rahic employed him god knows what he’s on. Regarding the players they’re all young lads and probably cheap, we need a squad of between 22-25 players they can’t all be too the standard I mentioned in my last post, we’ll need squad fillers. It’s a long old season.

Just too finish off so I don’t start going in circles, I have no doubt if Drury left tomorrow Bowyer would bring his own assistant in.

 

You know I respect you and your views Dave, but I can’t agree with you on this. Both Parkin and Black had been successful assistants or managers prior to joining City. Drury was fast-tracked into the role by Mr ‘I know football’ and there is no evidence that he will be competent in the role.

Let’s face it, our set-pieces were awful last season under a plethora of managers. We looked disorganised in defence and our midfield often went missing. This happened all season.

The only consistent part of last season was the coach and that was Drury. So why do we give him a pardon? You say Bowyer won’t be happy if he didn’t accept the position. Simple question is, how do you know he is happy? Read the comments he came out with when Todd left. Read between the lines in the recent T&A article. He’s far from happy, even if he knows he has to suck it up and get on with it

 

I have full confidence Gary has control of the budget, if he’s decided on an extra player or two rather than his own assistant that’s good enough for me.