JigsawGoesToPieces

Looked a bit flakey without Targett

Miggy left a while back though

He's gonna be the new Chris Woods 35m on a 5 year contract = £7m per season for PSR After 3 years his book value would have dropped to £14m? Sell him to Saudi for £25m and make £11m profit.

Yeah, the CEO will report directly to Yasir as Chairman so there needs to be an open line of communication between them

This is a problem though, Eddie shouldn't really have any say in his boss. PIF need to decide the overall strategy and appoint into the CEO and SD roles and let them get on with it, otherwise we are going to end up in a merry go round of SD who leave because they cant actually do their job because the manager has too much influence.

Can we stop the poor Mandy was forced out She is an intemittery who brought PIF to the table (which is great for us as got rid of Ashley) but shes a pretty reckless businesswoman who was is responsible for our PSR issues in the last year or two. - She had an ongoing legal dispute with a greek shipping bloke which she lost. - She then put one of her companies Apollo Belvedere into liquidation after losing the case to the greek shipping bloke https://www.ft.com/content/5f2b79cc-6ca0-4f2d-9ab8-ebb456972f01 - She then would have failed the Premier Leagues owners and directors test under F1.6 if she ends uo being subject to a disqualification order under the Company Directors Disqualification Act - She did't have enough capital to keep going anyway.

Our best signing this summer is some stocks to lock Isak in. Start off with some wet sponges before unleashing Bruno and Big Joe with some overinflated casers.

Knock the fucker down

Fair market value is what we value him at, not what Liverpool think he's worth If they cant afford him then tell them to fuck off. If your buying a house and its up for £250,000, you dont put in an offer of £150,000 as you will rightfully be told to do one.

76.5 million euros plus 8.5 million euros fee agreed with Man Utd Jim counting the pennies down the back of the sofa as we speak

On the brink of going to Sevilla on loan (Mark Douglas)

Go back a few months before anyone knew Eales was on sick leave and Mitchell has handed in his notice. The recruitment team have probably spent the last 12 months + identifying and scouting targets for the same 3 or 4 names to be regurgitated Agreed Nickson and Howe are probably doing more than their job now but what the hell they been doing for the last year?

Should be a club ambassador or something but should be nowhere near selling the vision for new signings I bet anyone under 21 particularly from abroad would have no idea who he was.

Do they not do attendance register before they leave.

If our summer transfer window is Elanga, Ramsdale, McGinn and DCL Andy Howe should end up like this

If we sell Isak can we throw in Adam P for nowt? He's a waste of bandwidth

John McGinn man Proper scraping the barrell now Recruitment team been a joke this summer, they must have just bought the Premier League panini sticker book and just flicked to a random page

I wonder if they left Isak a burnt sausage from the BBQ

There was definetly a rabbit off somewhere with how quick Mitchell left (and he might have and probably most likely did work more than a months notice but we will never know) and i think the Howes has quite a bit to do with it, along with the annoucement of Eales health issues as he was appointed by Eales and knows him well etc. Mitchell was appointed to be recruitment focused to overhaul our scouting rather than Ashworth being the middle of the wheel, being more of a manager / administrator / coordinator of departments. I think Mitchells demise probably started last summer when Mitchell said our recrtuitment wasnt fit for purpose and Howe came out and took offence and thats when the power play from Eddie happened in Germany My uneducated guess is that the summer transfer window meeting took place sometime in April or May and Howe didn't like the list Mitchell brought to him, Eddie wanted x,y & z. Mitchell said this wont work if my suggestions are getting knocked back and as both Eddie and Mitchell are stubborn as mules, Mitchell handed in his notice.

Can we bin Steve Nickson & Andy Howe at the end of this window and refresh the recruitment team. Both massively underperforming in the role and tbf are probably only still in a job because theres nobody else, any ther industry they would be out on their arses. I dont think having your nephew in such a senior recruitment position is not healthy, you need to have someone who can think outside of the box, challenge the manager and also be challenged. Would Andy challenge his Uncle or does he tow the party line that Eddie wants him to tow? We need to cast the net as wide as we can and stop being obsessed with premier league ready players (that includes Eddie) more data driven, to the point where we xan pull from a list of 10 players for each position accross the world and work on more than seal concurrently. Hopefully Suds can grow that in his new role. We were hoping for a transformational summer, Elanga and Ramsdale are not that IMO, now Isak has had a paddy this could end up being a nightmare if Sesko picks Man Utd as we will be down to DCL and Wissa soon 🤣 Im not convinced the Forest guy is going to be a transformational SD either if thats who we want, can see us getting stuck in the 6th-8th cycle each season with signings that improve us a little but unless we have a massive shift in the last 3 weeks can see us being miles off the pace for the CL places (bearing in mind Spurs and Man Utd cant get any worse than last season) and Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea and Man City all have better squads than us. I do wonder if PIF have lost a little interest in us, we were always going to be 2nd fiddle to any PIF owned Saudi clubs but they seem to br willingly assisting our rivals currently.

Shirt numbers are how many times Trips had a go.

Chloe Kelly's nips not on show this time?

Probably worth considering cashing in on him at this point Makes Stephen Glasss look like Mr Motivator

Yup, Mitchell was right about our recruitment not being fit for purpose, need to start by binning off Andy Howe and the scouting team and start from scratch. Mitchell was very much a data led coach so I wouldn't be surprised if the new technical director was his appointment, i do think Mitchell would have come good in the next year or so as we would start to see the fruits of his labour. We are shopping in the over inflated "PL proven players" market as our first, second and third choices for position knowing there is a Saudi tax as nobody wants to sell to us and PL chairmen are happy to mess us around and leave us hanging on (see Guehi last summer & Trafford this summer) as an example We need to scout smarter and get our business done earlier, we also need to be looking at 2,3 & 4 transfer windows ahead buying those gems that can end up being starts before the breakaway 6 get them If Isak goes and we don't get suitable replacements there will be questions than need answering from PIF, Eales, Eddie, Steve Nickson & Andy Howe as the last two months haven't been good enough we have been too passive and too focused on "PL proven players", and I reckon this is the direction that Eddie has decided on. Eddie is the best thing to happen to us since Keegan but there needs to be a better collaboration between PIF, the new CEO, the new Sporting Director, Suds & Eddie when it comes to transfers without all the drama, politics and power plays.

Player linked with transfer away Player told they are going nowhere Player has an "injury" to miss games Clubs positions weakens Player gets move Oldest trick in the book, players been doing it for years