Mladen Sormez

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    Django Well-Known Member

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    Of course fast moving, high pressing, attacking football sounds great but there’s a massive difference. During Patrick Cryne’s later years at the club when we adopted that approach we signed young, fit, dynamic footballers who could play that way.

    There’s no point saying you want to play that style of football & then bringing in 35 year old Roberts, 33 year old Hourihane & Nwakali who isn’t exactly blessed with speed & stamina.

    Barely any of the squad are suited to that style of play.
     
    Django, May 21, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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    I agree the defence especially with the lack of pace and ability on the ball is a worry. Hopefully shepard steps up.
     
    redrum, May 21, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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    I’ve heard Humphrey’s off to Turkey.
     
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    He's only been here for 14 months. So he's had a longer tenure than the two Head Coaches he threw under the bus.
     
    BreweryStander, May 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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    Must be thinning on top.
     
    Deafening Silence, May 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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    Biddy37 Well-Known Member

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    Can Mladen go with him
     
    Biddy37, May 21, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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    To try to defend the indefensible is no doubt very loyal but typically pointless.

    £18m of funding from the owners in just over 26 months and the squad is considerably worse, unbalanced and bloated.

    If my job was Director of football presiding over that I’d expect to be removed from post.

    Taking a guy who, six years ago, was employed by the University of York and is now a Director of football just shows the naivety of our recruitment approach.
     
    Archerfield, May 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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    judith charmers Well-Known Member

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    £18m of funding?
     
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    Time will tell if we sign any of the mentioned players, but Sormaz is the sporting director and in January he proved his worth. Just when we thought we was over possibly the 2 worst signing of the last 20 years with the Belgium duo Sormaz signed the French wonder kid and the American international who played what 3 matches combined. I don’t know what the budget was but the wages we paid them could be used to sign a striker on loan from someone, the best part he signed 2 wingers who was not strikers. You can forgive people surely who don’t trust the guy to rebuild.
     
    Kevin, May 21, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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    Or maybe it’s just the curse of Baz’s biscuit tin.
     
    Kevin, May 21, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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    Still not right, LOL, Sormaz
     
    tobytykespuppy, May 21, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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    Cash injected through equity issuance since February 2023
     
    Archerfield, May 22, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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    The first way to improve his reputation would be to come out and say dkd is going no where and we are building the team around him.
    Then he needs to say we are building a defence that doesn't concede 75 goals in a season.
     
    Biddy37, May 22, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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