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What if we got a new manager and he could attract players? What if we got a new manager and he succeeded? This is how we needed to be thinking: not playing the percentages and writing off a trip to Leeds because we have half a squad.

Only really recall him at Southampton and he was awful. But that could be because he was at Southampton. Instinct is he can hold his own in a team that is on the front foot, less so elsewhere.

I still think there should have been more overlap between the handover of the old system to the new . Some of the recruitment team are still not officially able to operate yet . It needs to be remembered the situation approaching the end of last...

Nobody is demanding they solve all of our many issues in one window. But let's be honest here. If they can't make a significantly positive impact in their first window, that tells a tale on their competence and vision. So, yeah, right now: they...

Good God , No ! Harper was far superior to this career makeweight.

I agree. In some ways, it's unfair to compare Moyes to Ancelotti. But for all of his advantages, Moyes also comes with downsides. All managers do. Right now, this is not about him - we should still be able to sign good players. This is on the...

Obviously if you have a manager of the calibre of Ancelotti players are more tempted to sign for you regardless of your position . Players want to play under such managers . It just means the recruitment team have to work a bit harder to convince...

Indeed. I said as much in another thread. But that also applied to Carlo, and he had less trouble getting in names - whether we thought they worked or not.

I’m doing the fence thing until the moment is right for us to douse gasoline on the flames on both sides of the fence.

I read as far as "goodison news" as a source and bailed.

Bang average championship level player who happened to start his career at arsenal

Everyone’s being used in football. None of the reports you see from ITKs are the result of them doing incredible investigative work, it’s all being fed from someone who has a skin in the game. Players, clubs and agents are all out for their own...

Quite like the honesty from Moyes in his frustrations on current transfers, but he’s as much a part of the process as the rest of the recruitment team. Not sure him saying desperate 14 times in a press conference is going to help our negotiating...

Because we have had 30 years of this quality of recruitment amidst 30 years of nothingness. One of the more obvious mantras of football is that you aim to buy at the level above to progress. I know we hope a manager can create a team better than...

Wonder if some of the better targets we've been looking at don't fancy playing under Moyes? State of the art fancy new stadium, new owners, seemingly some money to spend, prepared to offer decent wages etc. We'd appear to be on the up. Just a...