Rollo Tomassi
Player Valuation: £15m
Sad that Orville never got a look in.
I wish Big Sam would fly away
Sad that Orville never got a look in.
But he can’tI wish Big Sam would fly away
Kinda surprised. Thought this seemed like a Kenwright appointment.
Yes, of course staying in the Premiership is all important...we can all agree on that.My uninformed view is that Moshiri and the board are only interested in two things: ensuring staying in the Premier League in order to be able to generate loans, and building the new ground. After that, they can sell up if they want to.
I wonder which manager Bill Kenwright wanted and I can only imagine it was Dyche.
Can't say I thought about it that much in fairness.As I have already said anyone who put any thought in would see its as polar opposite of a Kenwright appointment as you can get.
With the legitimate concerns that people have about Allardyce spending money in the transfer market, it would be interesting to see if Walsh gets an enhanced role, and what additional responsibilities Ryazantsev has.
We know that the summer recruitment process was an unmitigated disaster, with justifiable questions and criticism for Walsh as a result.
Perhaps Moshiri might further reduce his role in that sphere - but I think that's unlikely with his own appointee. It's more credible to think he will be given even more influence perhaps with Ryazantsev to be called in to monitor and control the financial aspect of player recruitment and keep to a budget - which would be significant as there seemed to be no co-ordination or oversight at all last summer.
Ryazantsev might also act as a buffer to the seemingly matey relationship between Walsh and Allardyce - as going unchecked that has potentially serious ramifications in terms of losing control of spending. We have already, relatively speaking seen no results for a huge outlay.
It can also only mean a diminished role for Elstone, hopefully significantly so.
As I have already said anyone who put any thought in would see its as polar opposite of a Kenwright appointment as you can get.
Kenwright never had to sack someone part way through the season when we were in the relegation zone and playing like we were the worst team in the league, so it's hard to second guess what he would have done in this situation.
I agree with you fully he would have wanted Unsworth to have the job full time, at least for the first 4 weeks anyhow.
Walter Smith?
Is Unsworth still in charge for Saturday? Sam deal hasn't gone through yet and I wonder who will take training tomorrow and do pre match presser?
He canBut he can’t