Scouting & Recruitment Appointments

It’s the sort of thing I would have expected Turnbull to have put in place.

 

Good to see we have experienced scouts now cover the whole of Britain and Ireland.

I am glad Adams has been allowed to bring in his own men, that's how it should be in my opinion.

Onwards and upwards

 

It is until we rip it up and start again

 

Do they know of any mediocre out of contract players that can elevate us to the next level?

 

Loving the sarcasm mate.

 

Do you really think that will happen?

 

Probably not.

 

I don't think Rupp has a plan other than to show a return at the end of the financial year, albeit a very small one. Adams seems to the one with the plan and Sparks now goes along with it. Great if he's here for the long haul. But it does show the club up that for the last 10/12 months the apparent plan has been ripped up and started again. Turnbulls appointment has been nothing but a complete waste of time and as an organisation we really need to stick to a plan for longer thaqn a few months.

 

Good news, at least for Adams!
One of the key sentences in the announcement is "finding the correct players for City according to budget and profiling"
I wonder if that means the player budget reduction will continue despite the large take up of S/T's.
Not expecting rupp to fund us.

Adams has already said the current budget has gone so i dont know what he can achieve in January but there are plenty of players whose contracts finish next summer.

The club are doing well with pay on the gate at the moment, approx 2,000 is good news.
Where will this money go?

 

Ryan Sparks, the club’s chief executive officer, added: “Over the years, our football club has unearthed some fantastic talent”

huh?!

 

That’s coz he’s full of the brown stuff and lives on a different planet.
Useless sound biter.

 

Amazing news.

Just shows what a shit show we have become when we are rejoicing that we have employed a scout.

Something that fundamentally every bloody team in the country should have anyway

 

On reading this, it kind of makes me facepalm a bit. "We've now got scouts covering England, Ireland and Scotland". Shouldn't we have had this in place for years? Forget about the interview that DA had with Sparks (and presumably Turnbull), what exactly did Turnbull say in his interview to sell himself as the "Recruitment Manager"? Somehow, seemingly just saying he's going to have a look at YouTube and his former clubs, seems to have got him the job. And we wonder why we're dropping like a stone due to lack of squad depth and the ability to win games? No wonder DA is angry and wants things done his way.

Also underlines my feelings that Ryan loves a fanfare and an opportunity for an announcement, over the actual workings and dirty hands running of a football club.

As pointed out, this is all well and good, but comes months late. We've now put something in place, that cannot be used until January. When most of the available players have already joined new clubs. When we're languishing in mid table or worse. AND....we've heard it all before. Ryan would have been all over that Mark Ellis USA scouting network. He'd have loved it. Look what happened to that. And that fella Archie. Again, trumpets and klaxxons and we're going up as Champions.

And yeah I get it - setting this system up now, means we can identify players and hit the ground running for the next transfer window. But how many times have we heard that before?

 

I’ve no problem with backing a plan and then if it doesn’t work change it. Nothing worse then blindly following a shit idea because you’re too thick or stubborn to change. However in 10 months the plans have included Stuart’s new contract, T&S and Turnbull. I like what Ryan is trying to do off the field, but it feels like a lack of thought has lead to some decisions, like the promotion talk which whilst great for ST sales has set high expectations that aren’t being met.

 

It's like what my old Grandma used to say: "Don't buy the Rizla until you've got the gear". Wise words from an old head. Sparks should have been behind the scenes putting all the pieces together for promotion, before announcing that this is the season we're going up. Not the other way around.

 

Gangsta Granny

 

Have not been on for a bit but follow the site when I can, nuff to say the usual suspects continue to post the usual comments - lets just say its consistent and in some ways nicely reassuring! Had a half knee replacement operation and removal of some loose bone - recovering but it's slow progress for those who are interested

Was at Woking v Chesterfield last night, grubby wet night. Chesterfield were extremely physical and moody, Rowe only came on for last 15mins and very quiet and Tishimanga was kept under wraps but you could see his talents in his movement Woking played them off the park for the last hour and I would recommend our new scouts keep a watch on young Tahvon Campbell - he is 24 so not a kid and plays across the front line

Apart from the usual issues we have at City hope you are all keeping well

 

I don’t think Sparks would’ve done this had it not been instigated or demanded by Adams. Without Sparks agreement then nothing would have changed. It shows to me that he’s determined to find the right pieces to bring success. It would be more worrying if he went down the same path of of failure that we’ve seen owner the last 4 or 5 years.