the good and honest media are linking us with this player, that player, but my worry is if gs goes are these "new" players the incoming gaffers type for his particular style or are we going to be stuck with players possibly on long contracts that the new guy doesnt want so its money wasted. personally i would hope gs stays and builds his team over the next 2/3 years
Love it when people put messages up with headers like "no offence but" I'm going to slag you off anyway and it's o.k because I'd ask you not to be offended by it.
i dont think we need a new gaffer, the current one is at the top of my dream list BUT ( see big but) if its true about teams sniffing around him and the 1-2 m buy out, i think the 1st thing should be get him on a longer contract and extend mowatt by a further 2 years then sit down with g.s. and ask him who, what, and how long. personally i would be looking at extending a few of the 1st team squad ( funds permitting), then a couple of strikers and a holding midfielder and ludewig on 3 years but give rb leipzig (?) 1st refusal
I agree the coach is just there to pick the team and coach the players. If you get the right tactician it doesn't matter who they are under this model.
The gaffer does the coaching the spreadsheet office highlights the players... Dane and Co then go out to sign them.... Think Mark Robins was the last manager to high light his own players... Before it reverted back to in house...
as its been said on here many times he gets a choice of possible ( realistic) targets and rates them in order of choice
Would've thought Solbauer and Ritzmaier in particular were identified by Struber. Possibly even Ludewig. Radlinger, Wilkes and Bahre have been marked as Stendel picks by various people, although Wilkes and Bahre also fit the profile of players we look for.
You'd like to think the club have a good idea of what's going to happen with Struber before finalising any of 'his' signings.
But fitted into the profile in the way Solibauer and Ludewig obviously didnt. (unless of course we get to permanently sign the latter)
The OP has just described every football club's problems for the past 50 years since wages and transfers started spiralling (out of control?) That's life (or football as we know it)