Paul Mitchell to leave club by mutual consent at end of June (Official)

[macphisto]

4 minutes ago, midds said:

Certainly knows how to get cash in the till quickly

Dream team with Tom Moore's daughter who could help with building the new stadium and training ground. 

[huss9]

 

 

for people of a certain age.

 

 

 

Edited Tuesday at 13:17 by huss9

[Abacus]

Hard to know what to make of it to be honest. We can speculate about power struggles with Howe, but when Ashworth left there was similar talk. And he then went straight on to recommend Howe to Man U by all accounts.

 

Possibly for those at the top there's frustration with how things get done as much as anything else. But who knows -  Darren Eales seemed happy enough until having to step down, so probably not. Not sure I'm fussed if things do start happening in June anyway.

 

I'm choosing to believe the positive take on here that maybe Darren Eales' successor is on the way and has his own ideas as to who does the role.

 

And also that Eddie's recent comments about acting fast in June are no more than not wanting to be held up in the meantime. We know he loves a decent pre-season and prep time with any new players, like any good manager would.

[Weezertron]

5 minutes ago, Menace said:

Our transfers before Mitchell/Ashworth were all absolutely fine - so why are people worried? Nickson and Howe are more than capable. In fact I'm sure Nickson will unearth someone quality.

Other than the PSR fuck up. Sure. 

[r0cafella]

7 minutes ago, midds said:

Announcing it less than 48 hours after the final ball has been kicked suggests it's been in the pipeline for a while. Sure it'll all come out in the wash though and they've done well to keep a lid on it all tbh. Hoping the replacement is at least announced in the next week or so (assuming they started the process once the decision had actually been made)

It's taken us how long to replace eales? Boardroom competency isn't our strong suit. 

[Joelinton7]

We need some Howe quotes here, speculation will run wild otherwise and it’s not healthy. 

[Zero]

My take is it kinda proves that Eales and Mitchell have had a plan to kick Howe out - and failed.

[midds]

2 minutes ago, r0cafella said:

It's taken us how long to replace eales? Boardroom competency isn't our strong suit. 

Granted

 

It's a hope rather than an expectation tbh

[PauloGeordio]

1 minute ago, Joelinton7 said:

We need some Howe quotes here, speculation will run wild otherwise and it’s not healthy. 

It’s fecking great, especially with no footy! Something had to plug the gap. May as well be this 

 

 

 

[PauloGeordio]

2 minutes ago, Zero said:

My take is it kinda proves that Eales and Mitchell have had a plan to kick Howe out - and failed.

Our most successful manager in some folks lifetime! Glad that back fired 

 

 

Edited Tuesday at 13:25 by PauloGeordio

[54]

3 minutes ago, Weezertron said:

Other than the PSR fuck up. Sure. 

It saved us from relegation having been winless after 14 games, won us our first domestic trophy in 70 years, and got us Champions League football for 2 out of 3 seasons, and in exchange we sold a player who was very likely a PSR flip purchase anyway, and a young talent, who may or may not have been able to take the step up a level (Even if I really liked Anderson as a player). I think it did more than a fine job personally  

[Nucasol]

20 minutes ago, Doctor Zaius said:

 

Time for him to step up imo

Rowdy Roddy Peeper.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

I don't think the Howe v Mitchell thing has any value TBH. Even if we all love Howe, we still needed to establish a more well-developed and professional recruitment system within the club.

 

I don't think it was ever about "only sign obscure young French players because Eddie wasted all the money". It's more about the fact we were running on a skeleton infrastructure. 

[Optimistic Nut]

3 minutes ago, Zero said:

My take is it kinda proves that Eales and Mitchell have had a plan to kick Howe out - and failed.

 

I mean, Eales has only been staying in the job until we replaced him after his diagnosis so I doubt this is the case. 

[Terrymac1966]

Just now, nufcjmc said:

Contract extensions for Wilson, longstaff and new 5 year deal for willock imminent 🤣

My worry exactly

[Joelinton7]

4 minutes ago, Zero said:

My take is it kinda proves that Eales and Mitchell have had a plan to kick Howe out - and failed.

[Weezertron]

4 minutes ago, 54 said:

It saved us from relegation having been winless after 14 games, won us our first domestic trophy in 70 years, and got us Champions League football for 2 out of 3 seasons, and in exchange we sold a player who was very likely a PSR flip purchase anyway, and a young talent, who may or may not have been able to take the step up a level (Even if I really liked Anderson as a player). I think it did more than a fine job personally  

 

Eddie has bemoaned it ever since it happened. Don't we want whats best for Eddie?

[toon25]

Never trust a fat bloke involved in professional sport. 

[Ikon]

At least there’s always something happening when supporting this club  Good times though. 

[The Prophet]

9 minutes ago, Joelinton7 said:

We need some Howe quotes here, speculation will run wild otherwise and it’s not healthy. 

 

To appease a minority of fans who have completely gone off at the deep end?

[Jagten]

Mitchell was always 2013’s good idea but I hope we secure an independent replacement 

[sempuki]

28 minutes ago, Doctor Zaius said:

 

Time for him to step up imo

Team Terrahawk.

[Ikon]

Campos please. 

[Weezertron]

What pisses me off to some degree is just how much men in football are a bunch of big babies that can't work together. Every time they move club, they bring in their own people otherwise it won't work. Imagine if that happened in everyday jobs. 

[Cf]

51 minutes ago, Yorkie said:

 

Yeah, it's a bit cake and eat it for me and a symptom of us doing things backwards; i.e. appointing the manager first. Which is why, as @Big River says, we're still in an era where these issues are partially accountable to the Ashley administration.

 

That said, I'm becoming increasingly doubtful about the concept at all. Do the top clubs operate like this? Or do the top clubs have their visionaries (whether you rate them or not) at the coal face, i.e. Pep, Klopp, Howe, Arteta? The DoF 'culture-setter' role seems more applicable to (and more successful at) medium-sized clubs at best, to me.

 

If we're gonna have a Howe then I'd argue we just go all in on the traditional 'manager is the most influential person at the club' structure. It's worked fine so far. Appoint a TD and a head coach together, whenever the time comes.

 

This is where I'm at too.

 

I can see the reason for such a role as we do want Eddie to be able to focus on the training pitch but it should be a collaborative role. A DoF is seen as above the manager and that just creates the wrong dynamic.