Paul Mitchell

[LFEE]

32 minutes ago, TRon said:

 

 

This is what I'm wondering as well. Mitchell has been brought in to scout out future stars, but we can't really do much with a handful of Osulas. Eddie's not going to start them for one. Are we going to be buying any ready to go players?

He isn’t a scout.

[TRon]

4 minutes ago, LFEE said:

He isn’t a scout.

 

Replace the word scout with source.

[SUPERTOON]

This coming summer was always going to be where we get to see the benefits of his work tbh. If City hadn’t have come in and hijacked the deal, we would have already had a young exciting CB lined up.

[SAK]

We didn’t have psr room to make moves, in the summer when past spending drops off we will be able to hopefully.

 

His job isn’t just about one transfer window. He’ll be speaking to Howe about what characteristics he’s looking for the positions we need and speaking to the data people to find those players, scouts will be sent out based on that and their reports analysed between him, Howe, Nickson and others.

 

He’ll be speaking to agents of these players to gauge how open they are to a move, possibly speaking to their clubs lining things up for the summer window.

 

Unfair to suggest he’s not doing anything or having no impact.

 

His and the clubs hands are tied for this window.

[ponsaelius]

As frustrating as it is I'm confident we should be able to attack the summer and be much stronger for it.

 

I'm just a bit frustrated we can't shift a bit more deadwood ahead of time.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

I haven’t been excited for the Jan window in betting on for 2 decades, so I’m not disappointed. But football does have an impending issue of becoming really boring for the fans and media if it prices 3/4 of clubs out of making signings. 

[nufc123]

1 hour ago, The College Dropout said:

Massive summer ahead lad.  

Huge window coming up next for this guy.

[loki679]

Summer is the real test imo.

[macphisto]

14 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

I haven’t been excited for the Jan window in betting on for 2 decades, so I’m not disappointed. But football does have an impending issue of becoming really boring for the fans and media if it prices 3/4 of clubs out of making signings. 

I wonder what agents are making of the lack of spending? Must be losing a lot of money so I wonder if they're agitating for change behind the scene. 

 

Obviously not bothered about the welfare of agents but they are a powerful influence in football. 

[janpawel]

1 hour ago, The College Dropout said:

Was hoping we would get some type of Miggy replacement. 
 

Summer is going to be so interesting. Especially if we qualify for the CL. Because… we’ll actually need a proper squad.  People keep talking about selling Longstaff, Willock, Barnes….. they will need replacements. We are desperately short as it is squad wise. 
 

A part of what’s helped us and Villa maintain some level of performance with a small quality squad is the squad members have been seasoned pros. Are we going to replace them with Spurs like boys? Are we going to wheel and deal like Villa?

 

Massive summer ahead lad.  

Yeah I agree. So much potential change and even excitement 

 

I wonder how our squad building approach will change should we make UCL, EL or the  Conference 

[Erikse]

Can anyone who blames Mitchell tell us what we should have done this window? Try to come up with a scenario where we definietly won't be forced to sell players in june. Tell us who you would sell for a price that would actually attract buyers, and would also allow us to do something of significance.

 

The club did nothing last january aswell (before Mitchell), and we were still in some sort of trouble come june.. It's so easy to point out the problem without offering any sort of realistic solution...

 

 

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[Erikse]

3 hours ago, kingxlnc said:

Ashworth is outperforming this guy currently 

 

Mitchell would've absolutely loved to have Ashworths budget. Lets not ignore all the context. It's like saying Man Citys director did a better job than the Ipswich director this window, because he spent more money.

 

 

Edited 5 hours ago by Erikse

[relámpago blanco]

Im fine not to sign anyone if it means we don't need a firesale in June and we can sign a few quality players in the summer.

[Whitley mag]

Just now, Erikse said:

Can anyone who blames Mitchell tell us what we should have done this window? Try to come up with a scenario where we definietly won't be forced to sell players in june. Tell us who you would sell for a price that would actually attract buyers, and would also allow us to do something of significance.

 

The club did nothing last january aswell (before Mitchell), and we were still in some sort of trouble come june.. It's so easy to point out the problem without offering any sort of realistic solution...

 

 

 

Spot on Mitchell has been dealt these cards and not much he can do currently, bar bring in some youth players.

[The Prophet]

Spending doesn't "drop off" in the summer as far as I understand, but our revenue should have increased and we'll have a bit off the bill in terms of wages and amortisation.

[loki679]

We probably only have about 5 players who would fetch significant sums and let us really make some big deals in the transfer market and we need all of them in the first team right now.

 

As we gradually build and grow the squad our ability to wheel and deal will increase and we'll start to see significant sales and the PSR headroom that comes with it.

 

Right now we're a shop with very little in stock, that situation will improve year on year, especially if we can get the academy moving.

[80]

19 minutes ago, Erikse said:

Can anyone who blames Mitchell tell us what we should have done this window? Try to come up with a scenario where we definietly won't be forced to sell players in june. Tell us who you would sell for a price that would actually attract buyers, and would also allow us to do something of significance.

 

The club did nothing last january aswell (before Mitchell), and we were still in some sort of trouble come june.. It's so easy to point out the problem without offering any sort of realistic solution...

 

 

 

Agreed. I'm not exactly shy about getting my knife and fork out for Mitchell, but we're not in a position to say anything bad about this January. Not without clearly explaining a plan, anyhow.

 

Of course, there's the separate issue of it being very hard to ever judge if a DOF is helping or harming, but that's not exactly his fault. It's inevitable he'll get both praise and flak that's undeserved though.

 

 

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[Zero]

Agree with the above, but it’s also fair to say it would be unacceptable if this happens again next summer 

[Theregulars]

1 hour ago, Erikse said:

Can anyone who blames Mitchell tell us what we should have done this window? Try to come up with a scenario where we definietly won't be forced to sell players in june. Tell us who you would sell for a price that would actually attract buyers, and would also allow us to do something of significance.

 

The club did nothing last january aswell (before Mitchell), and we were still in some sort of trouble come june.. It's so easy to point out the problem without offering any sort of realistic solution...

 

 

 

A ridiculous comment - nobody on here knows with any degree of certainty what the financial situation is. Nobody here is paid very well to identify players who would be suitable given that financial situation. 

 

The reality is that a significant aspect of PM's role with the club is to improve the first team squad. In two windows, he has not done anything positive in that regard. 

 

As fans, we read when he was hired that he was responsible for identifying many (now) great players early, and helping acquire them for very good value prices. This was supposedly the price worth paying for his weird media conduct which caused a pointless and energy-sapping public disagreement with the manager (who has actually made serious positive contributions to the forward progress of the club within the confines of his remit). 

 

I'm really up for him proving that he's a positive contributor and that he justifies the hype, but on the basis of 8 months I don't think it's unreasonable to be pretty underwhelmed with his contribution.

[Whitley mag]

28 minutes ago, Zero said:

Agree with the above, but it’s also fair to say it would be unacceptable if this happens again next summer 

If the finances don’t allow it though what does he do ? He’s reliant on Silverstone bringing in new deals, or are you saying you’re happy to sell Tonali, or Isak at this point to fund 3 players coming in, bearing in mind one will need to be a replacement ?

 

[Zero]

Just now, Whitley mag said:

If the finances don’t allow it though what does he do ? He’s reliant on Silverstone bringing in new deals, or are you saying you’re happy to sell Tonali, or Isak at this point to fund 3 players coming in, bearing in mind one will need to be a replacement ?

 

Hmmmm, then what’s the point to hire him if such a position simply can do nothing under the current PSR?

 

I understand your point but somewhat its a bit…strange?

[Shays Given Tim Flowers]

When we end up flipping the Serb, the Georgian, the Spaniard and the Turk for £120,000,000 we might be able to improve the first team squad. 

[Erikse]

5 minutes ago, Theregulars said:

A ridiculous comment - nobody on here knows with any degree of certainty what the financial situation is. Nobody here is paid very well to identify players who would be suitable given that financial situation. 

 

The reality is that a significant aspect of PM's role with the club is to improve the first team squad. In two windows, he has not done anything positive in that regard. 

 

As fans, we read when he was hired that he was responsible for identifying many (now) great players early, and helping acquire them for very good value prices. This was supposedly the price worth paying for his weird media conduct which caused a pointless and energy-sapping public disagreement with the manager (who has actually made serious positive contributions to the forward progress of the club within the confines of his remit). 

 

I'm really up for him proving that he's a positive contributor and that he justifies the hype, but on the basis of 8 months I don't think it's unreasonable to be pretty underwhelmed with his contribution.

 

Then why have a go at him when you don't even know whether there was anything he could have done at all? We do actually at the very least know with a lot of certainty that there wasn't much room to do deals. That's pretty obvious by now.

[Ellis H]

Why did we try and sign that new Man City defender? Even if it was on loan and then buy in the summer, why can’t we do that with someone else? 

 

It makes no sense for us to be the favourites to sign him (and arguably Guehi and Elanga) then realise we can’t actually afford him. It’s either not true or extreme incompetence.

[The Prophet]

As someone who has no experience in sporting operations and has no idea how to overhaul a scouting network to ensure it's fit for purpose, get rid.