Let’s hope so. They’ll have to scrap the early bird if so as loads won’t have renewed in the usual time span.
Am not really bothered what Nixon says. He lied about Watergate so I just take him with a pinch of salt
Why which coach/manager plays to a plan developed by non ex football people? If you mean ours, I am not sure thats true.
It's why we are fekked imo. The plan is best intentions led by the club. Its a model doomed to fail at present under the constraints laid down and the players brought in not able to adapt. . Previous groups of players it worked. Cos players were up to it and had a ballance throughout. Some of these players were recommended to the manager. What other options could he consider without the financial clout. He has to work with mostly those brought in based on analytics. My theory anyway On sormaza's appointment. He will lead recruitment at Oakwell and negotiate contracts while working ‘with the existing coaches to create and implement a game model and coaching methodology to be used across the club.’
Eh? Khaled himself stated in public that he had dictated a change in playing style. The club advertised sore arses role as someone to create a playing model. Sore arse said this week that he will be appointing a new manager who can manage to his mandated playing style.
"He will be working with existing coaches to create and implement a game model". That does not mean he is dictating his own model. I see it as a model developed thro the coaches that he then gets implemented across the club.
I find the last paragraph interesting Hf. That suggests to me there is no hard and fast one size fits all.He doesn't tell the coach how to play he works with the coach to implement a method.Maybe the coach dictates how he wants his teams to play that would make more sense and makes the coach more accountable.I would imagine the DOF relies more on his recruitment team and coach than some would like to admit. Another point I'd like to add is "the coaching methodology to be used across the club" doesn't quite follow because the 21,s and 18,s play different ways to the first team. I like the buck to stop with the manager /coach on playing matters.Personally I,ve thought all season this squad is good enough for the top 6 but recently have looked devoid of motivation and organization and to me that lands at the feet of the coach and his staff.
So it's a coincidence that it's all gone horribly wrong since his appt as director of crap football. I'd rather him have been honest and said that we'd been unable to attract strikers during the last two windows rather than sign wingers and lie about them being strikers. The recruitment over the period he's been the DoF has been dire and like the head coaches he's sacked for those below them not performing as the man in charge of recruitment the buck stops with him.
You are constantly in denial for some reason. Feel like I'm repeating myself constantly. Please read the article in the Barnsley Chronicle dated 15th May 2024 post sacking Neil Collins, it clearly states they felt he couldn't play the way THEY wanted. Read the article on the sacking of Clarke it clearly defines THEIR playing strategy. I can't grasp how you can't for the life of you understand that the club set the blueprint for how we play, this then transpires to the coaching so that it happens at 3pm on a Saturday etc. There's a poll on here with over 90% of fans wanting Sormaz gone, all the stats in terms of players individual stats, team stats, results etc they've all regressed, we can't just keep saying it's the head coach, we sacked Collins on a 46% win rate because he couldn't or wouldn't play how they wanted, please read the article. Is it blind loyalty or denial?
For a start I've no blind loyalty to anybody.If Sormaz was sacked tomorrow I wouldn't bat an eyelid its up to the board to do as they see fit. My post was a question to what Hooky feller had posted. The devil is in the detail from Stormaz's remit.To work with the coach to implement a model of playing.That in my view suggests they work hand in hand on the model.I haven't made that up ,I've no agenda with or for anybody it was my opinion on how they MAY work together. If the BBS or any other board meant you have to follow the narrative it would be boring.Everybody is entitled to a view and I've explained mine.I also respect yours too without having to pull you up on it. Its no different to when a new coach is appointed some will be happy some will be upset and some will not be in the slightest bothered.Its called having a debate.
But without trying to be rude Brian, you keep disbelieving or looking for other angles from what's written and reported in the press releases about the setup, its as plain as day all the information is out there, so I'm not quite sure why you keep saying the sporting director isn't telling the head coach how to play, he's not stood at the side of him in the dugout saying sub Humphrys for Watters, but head coaches have been asked to play a possession based game, hence we go sideways backwards, hence why the sporting director has now changed his tune and saying were now going back to high press, high energy, attacking