New Head Coach

If KS is away and we're keeping with the DOF system, I hope we get someone who's experienced with running the football side of a football club.

There's that word again - "experienced"!

 

It was Speakman doing the interviewing at one stage I'm sure

 

Didnt someone earlier say Poyet had been advising recently. Maybe easy link to make.

 

So he's been dropped from his duties?

 

Yep if he is coming to us then cant be with portugal still

If it was him, id hope he bring a more experienced no2 in to help him

 

Has Poyet had any experience as a DOF though? If he's the one KLD had been talking to then I haven't a problem with that but we need someone who knows the ins and out of a DOF. The one thing that's always bugged me about KS is the only experience he had about running a club was the youths at Birmingham. He's got us a good foundation to build on with the youth players we've got, for me, we need someone to take us up to the next level and add to that foundation

 

I honestly think we should step back and allow KLD to go through this exhaustive process unabated ...

... won't happen of course.

 

Some will be on KLDs back whatever I suspect. Not everyone likes everyone. Both have made mistakes, as we all do. For me Speakman has made too many this season on the football side.

What I will defend both for, until I am blue in the face, is our academy. They worked their bollocks off to make sure we retained Cat1 status. That is the most important thing for us, barring first team performance. Now we see young lads choosing us, staying with, and being promoted at first opportunity. I have no doubt Speakman and Dodds have been instrumental in the link from academy to first team we now have. The appointments there have been brilliant too - Murty has been unreal. I think he has fallen a bit short at first team level, KS, but he has put in some foundations that will reap rewards for years to come.

 

Tuchel needs a job

 

And keeping that would'nt have come cheap

 

Perfectly put. No idea re Poyet mate. I might be dreaming about someone saying Poyet has been involved. Just tied in a bit with Smug saying an ex championship mgr is helping, and with his ties to us, and I suspect Sartori my brain added 2 and 2 and got who knows what.

As an aside I really like Poyet as a football man. I think he has a great knowledge and appreciation of it. Whether that makes him a DoF I have no idea to be honest. If anyone should be able to spot a CM mind it is him, what a player he was.

 

100% mate. If we had lost it then we would have been miles behind where we are now. I doubt we have Rigg, Watson, Young etc here now. Imagine if Rigg signs in the summer. I dare say you have just increased the value of the club by £15m. Mental but true (i think anyway).

 

He scored up here in the 4-1 game so he wasn't too bad I suppose!

 

Canny Job for him for a couple of weeks

 

KLD wants still
players have been told they won't be going unless the want to
rigg is staying

 

Rigg info matches what i was told on the weekend

 

Class and if they want to, make it official with a transfer request.

 

dan neil wants to stay if the right gaffer comes in

 

see how long before the twat Ian Harte puts one in for Clarke

 

If an age criteria has been put in place, maybe it's felt that the working dynamic between the head coach and KLD would work better with someone in that age range.