Has Oscar Offered his Resignation?

[TSB]

Is there a written source for this, or is ir something that someone (the player himself??) has said to you? I'm not dissing what you've posted - just seeking clarification.

No written source (yet). A player said it. Implication being that the club have known for a while that he was unlikely to stay past the summer (backed up by [MENTION=10202]Not Andy Naylor[/MENTION] on BBCSussex), hence the need for a replacement.

 

[Triggaaar]

Maybe he assumed a head coach role in the UK was going to be the same as in Europe and in this case with the Albion maybe it isn't.

Yep, maybe.

So possibly we want our managers to be quite involved with player recruitment, or possibly Burke does it all and doesn't give the manager enough say. Sounds like we all know exactly what's going on.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

No written source (yet). A player said it. Implication being that the club have known for a while that he was unlikely to stay past the summer, hence the need for a replacement.

There was a rumour spreading through the 1901 lounge before the Yeovil match, that he had resigned. We discounted it as BS at the time, but perhaps this has indeed been brewing for a while.

 

[blockhseagull]

Yep, maybe.

So possibly we want our managers to be quite involved with player recruitment, or possibly Burke does it all and doesn't give the manager enough say. Sounds like we all know exactly what's going on.

God knows, too many possibilities.

 

[Goldstone1976]

Interesting, at least insofar as the fact that they have (if this quote is to be believed) a replacement already lined-up.

Perhaps, in fact, Oscar is merely jumping before he was to be pushed - otherwise why would there even be the concept of a lined-up replacement?

There have been two or three clues in Oscar's public pronouncements over the last three months that he hasn't been totally happy. It is perfectly conceivable (probable even, given he seems to be a man of reasonably high integrity) that he will have said even more to TB. So, if TB thought that there was a greater than evens chance that OG would go at the end of the season if he didn't secure promotion, he might well have started quietly looking for a replacement as an insurance policy.

So, if a replacement is in the frame already, it need not necessarily mean that OG was to be pushed. It could just be good succession planning.

 

[James Bond's body double]

Someone has put a fiver on Sherwood as he is 1-6 on with Betvictor

 

[fleet]

You can't have a replacement lined up unless you know for sure he is going! How would that work exactly -

Q "I'm just calling to ask whether you will take on this job, but only if we can't convince the existing guy to stay on"
A "Yes certainly I would jump at the chance, but no worries if the job doesn't become free"

 

[KZNSeagull]

It does a little bit though. Surely you'd try and get a little bit more involved before you quit. If this is the case, i find it odd that a manager could say that our recruitment was bad enough that they would quit but wouldn't want any more involvement.

I see your point. Our set up is a very continental one in that respect and one that he is used to though. When he joined he said that he was happy not to be involved in the transfer dealings as he had never done that before and had no desire to be involved. So I don't think he wants to get more involved, just that he wants our setup to produce better results in the transfer market and is perhaps not convinced that it will.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

No written source (yet). A player said it. Implication being that the club have known for a while that he was unlikely to stay past the summer, hence the need for a replacement.

We've had 2 rumours on NSC.

1. Malky Mackay is lined up.
2. Zola was shown around the Amex last week.

Likely to be one of those two, I guess

 

[Virgo's Haircut]

McGhee was at the game on Thursday. Surely he had a meeting in Donatello, with Bloom before the game?

 

[TSB]

We've had 2 rumours on NSC.

1. Malky Mackay is lined up.
2. Zola was shown around the Amex last week.

Likely to be one of those two, I guess

Gosh I do hope not. Unless we're prepared to back him with substantial investment.
Zola's an interesting one. Had seemingly zero say in transfers at Watford and very hard to judge because of that. Certainly got them playing good football but did have the player of the year to work with.

 

[Ernest]

Being discussed now on SSN by Cascarino and Curbishley

 

[y2dave]

We've had 2 rumours on NSC.

1. Malky Mackay is lined up.
2. Zola was shown around the Amex last week.

Likely to be one of those two, I guess

Is it a coincidence that Malky unexpectedly reached a compromise agreement with Cardiff and seems to be free to take another job ?

 

[Goldstone1976]

You can't have a replacement lined up unless you know for sure he is going! How would that work exactly -

Q "I'm just calling to ask whether you will take on this job, but only if we can't convince the existing guy to stay on"
A "Yes certainly I would jump at the chance, but no worries if the job doesn't become free"

You make a good point.

I think the nuance is in the definition of "lined up". It could mean "we know who our number one candidate is and we know he's free, so we'll make the call immediately the OG situation is resolved", or it could mean "we've done everything but sign the contract". The latter would only happen if the club knew that OG was going.

 

[Westdene Seagull]

You can't have a replacement lined up unless you know for sure he is going! How would that work exactly -

Q "I'm just calling to ask whether you will take on this job, but only if we can't convince the existing guy to stay on"
A "Yes certainly I would jump at the chance, but no worries if the job doesn't become free"

Of course you can - it's happened to me ( obviously not in football ) - imagine the conversation being more like :

Q - "We may have a vacancy coming up if A,B and C happen. Would you be interested if so ?"
A - "Yes, if A,B and C happen I'd be very interested."

 

[backson]

A player says: "He told the players he was leaving. The club have a replacement lined up if they cannot change his mind."

Is this grounds for disciplinary? We don't want that all over again.

 

[Meade's Ball]

If he's been telling the players his pastures are to be soon elsewhere, then surely this means him up against the firing wall for our poison tongues to lash him unforgiveably? That's the standard surely.

 

[Sergei's Celebration]

A player says: "He told the players he was leaving. The club have a replacement lined up if they cannot change his mind."

This was being banded around on Twitter last night by a poster with a 3rd hand source (Him - Mate (possibly + another mate) - Player)

 

[TSB]

Is this grounds for disciplinary? We don't want that all over again.

Seems to be a little less acrimonious this year.

 

[backson]

Seems to be a little less acrimonious this year.

Lets hope!