Paul Mitchell

[Scoot]

10 minutes ago, Menace said:

 

 

The French moan about the smallest of things but some of these comments are absolutely damning. Will be interesting to see how he gets on here.

 

 

 

 

If he turns out shit I'd imagine he'd be out the door pretty sharpish.

[TRon]

I thought Mitchell's reputation skyrocketed on the back of the work he did at Monaco? Didn't he revamp the playing squad and turn it into one of the most valuable in Europe during his stint? Also reduced their age profile significantly from what I read. Fan insights are sometimes informative as they give you an inside look, but some of the shit you read on forums is uninformed nonsense like.

[Menace]

I don't necessarily agree. Bruce being praised in the media whilst he was here when we all knew he was dog shit was 1 example. I trust football forums far more than media/twitter.

[TheBrownBottle]

38 minutes ago, Shays Given Tim Flowers said:

The Dan Ashworth thread was full of glowing appraisals. 

Any questioning of Ashworth’s genius was slapped down pretty relentlessly tbf

[Kid Icarus]

It's like reading the TripAdvisor reviews for Lyle Lanley's Ogdenville Monorail tbh.  

 

Unanimous and already familiar 

 

 

Edited September 1, 2024 by Kid Icarus

[The Prophet]

I'll give him the benefit of the doubt given he's only been here five minutes, but it's not an ideal start.

[junkhead]

9 minutes ago, TRon said:

I thought Mitchell's reputation skyrocketed on the back of the work he did at Monaco? Didn't he revamp the playing squad and turn it into one of the most valuable in Europe during his stint? Also reduced their age profile significantly from what I read. Fan insights are sometimes informative as they give you an inside look, but some of the shit you read on forums is uninformed nonsense like.

 

Nah, think his high reputation is mostly from his Southampton/Spurs days. At RB his role seemed to be a touch removed from the sporting side and he was promoted after his first year to 'global coordinator', which seems one of the most sought out executive jobs in football. At Monaco he sold players for a lot of money but he left a worse side than when he arrived. Don't think he signed a single player that has been a big success in his time there. But that might not necessarily be his fault.. working for an oligarch has its specifics..

[Shays Given Tim Flowers]

35 minutes ago, Kid Icarus said:

Tbf it's not just after he left, the comments are from the first transfer window onwards.

 

 

 

Fair enough, a mate who’s a big spurs fan was very positive about him. Hopefully he’s not shit. 

[Gallowgate Toon]

What are the big deals to his name? Feels like he's become well regarded for finding lower cost gems which feels like it'd be easier to negotiate/see through.

[TRon]

https://blog.transferroom.com/inside-the-long-term-project-to-rebuild-as-monaco

 

Mentions specifically on there that he thought a 90 day audit was essential to clearing the decks at Monaco. He's been here for about 60 so far I think.

 

Against that, I see he has Red Bull history along with Eales so they might have history there. Not sure what to make of that.

[Kid Icarus]

13 minutes ago, Shays Given Tim Flowers said:

Fair enough, a mate who’s a big spurs fan was very positive about him. Hopefully he’s not shit. 

Yeah I've heard that too which is part of why I was massively excited about him coming in. Monaco's league positions under him are good too. 17th and 9th before he joined, then 3rd, 3rd, 6th when he was there and 2nd after he left.

[Dr Venkman]

37 minutes ago, The Prophet said:

I'll give him the benefit of the doubt given he's only been here five minutes, but it's not an ideal start.

Agreed. An ill thought through overspend would have been a worse start.

[Shays Given Tim Flowers]

11 minutes ago, Kid Icarus said:

Yeah I've heard that too which is part of why I was massively excited about him coming in. Monaco's league positions under him are good too. 17th and 9th before he joined, then 3rd, 3rd, 6th when he was there and 2nd after he left.

[Abacus]

Also happy to give him time - not sure what his main role is re recruitment. If it's unearthing players to improve the overall squad, then great and he should be given a free hand in that. If it's negotiating deals with teams that don't want to negotiate, that's a daft position for him to be in.

 

The main demarcation then is about what happens re the first team squad, and where the gaps are.

 

The transfer window hasn't been great on that, but I'm finally on board with not signing players for the sake of it, or overpaying in a panic. We'll lose a lot of the fringe squad next summer anyway.

 

I'm kind of hoping that this transfer window concentrates minds to give us a chance to punch upwards, and also that if we recruit in January it's either opportunistic or where there is value abroad. With Botman hopefully back by then, our short term CB crisis should be less at least. 

[Miggys First Goal]

Did somebody get a bollocking?

 

 

[gbandit]

Got the old Jizz facial bukkake from the top man Yasir

[NG32]

6 minutes ago, Miggys First Goal said:

Did somebody get a bollocking?

 

 

Exactly what we said.

[Elric]

3 minutes ago, Miggys First Goal said:

Did somebody get a bollocking?

 

 

 

[Smal]

really bad outfit

[Rich]

Interview dropping tonight?

[Alberto2005]

1 minute ago, Rich said:

Interview dropping tonight?

Based on?

[Rich]

2 minutes ago, Alberto2005 said:

Based on?

Just seeing if anyone else had heard the same.

[Dr Venkman]

8 minutes ago, Rich said:

Interview dropping tonight?

[Dr Venkman]

An interview with Paul Mitchell?

[SteV]

9 minutes ago, Rich said:

Just seeing if anyone else had heard the same.

Hope alluded to interviews coming with ‘interesting people’ during this break after the Spurs game.