[Albion] So who's in charge of recruitment in reality?

[Guinness Boy]

With two of Winstanley's pet strikers seemingly shipped out but Ali J staying who is really calling the shots here? Kyle Macauley, Dan Ashworth, Potter or our actual recruitment head? I can't help but think there is a bit of a power play going on right now and I know who I think will win it. All just my opinion of course, absolutely no info either way.

 

[The Wookiee]

I think ultimately the final decision is with Potter

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

Not me.

 

[Bozza]

Paging Ben's Grandad.

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Ashworth - a big player in all aspects of football recruitment.

 

[Stat Brother]

More importantly:-

Who's in charge of the unrecruitment?


Hughton?

 

[pocketseagull]

Twitter seems to have decided that Ashworth is the villain of this piece.

 

[Guinness Boy]

Paging Ben's Grandad.

He's Head of Left Backs. Keep up

 

[AmexRuislip]

Twitter seems to have decided that Ashworth is the villain of this piece.

Well that's decided then......

 

[GT49er]

So who's in charge of recruitment in reality.

Good question.


No, actually a very, very, very good question.

 

[pocketseagull]

Well that's decided then......

ha! more a suggestion of who the scapegoat will be if our season heads south despite us not knowing the answer.

 

[Winker]

So who's in charge of recruitment in reality?

 

[GT49er]

I think ultimately the final decision is with Potter

Like it was with Hughton then? Players that Hughton often left out in favour of his established first teamers, which was part at least of the reason he lost his job - and Potter ships 'em out almost before his nameplate is screwed to the manager's door.
This'll be a lot of fascinating revelations in some old-timer's autobiography in about twenty odd years' time.

 

[B-right-on]

Ashworth - a big player in all aspects of football recruitment.

This. Think DA's the one calling the shots behind the scenes.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

This. Think DA's the one calling the shots behind the scenes.

Must be. GP is his man as well.

 

[timbha]

Thanks

So who's in charge of recruitment in reality?

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Recruitment or retention?

 

[Guinness Boy]

Thanks

Recruitment or retention?

Point being they are two sides of the same coin. Everyone was pleased as punch when we signed Maupay as we had a genuine range of options up front at that point and could have deployed anything we wanted across the front 3 in terms of style. The first time it was unleashed at Watford we won 3-0.

Now, I'm not defending Locadia and Andone per se. I'd have driven Locadia to Germany myself and Andone certainly has issues, yet we seemed to have made it work on opening day. However, with our options now all but closed we've binned off the pair and left our three strikers as a player in their late 30s with great game sense and finishing but no pace or understanding of the offside rule, an untried 20 million siging from Brentford and a youth team player. At least one player in to replace the two bits of dead wood might just have been an idea.

However - I am not a billionairre, not a football manager, not a recruitment specialist and my data analysis skills are limited to financial data. I am willing to accept that everyone making these decisions is more skilled and expert than me. I am a mere fan. But, from where I'm sitting, getting rid of Locadia and Andone without a replacement says "cut your nose off to spite your face".

I'd love this thread to be bounced as our three utterly different "number 9s" take the Premier League by storm but no one should be holding their breath.

 

[Zebedee]

With two of Winstanley's pet strikers seemingly shipped out but Ali J staying who is really calling the shots here? Kyle Macauley, Dan Ashworth, Potter or our actual recruitment head? I can't help but think there is a bit of a power play going on right now and I know who I think will win it. All just my opinion of course, absolutely no info either way.

Recruitment? I'm not sure there is anyone at the club that actually knows what that means at least for a club that apparently has designs to stay in the Premier League.

 

[Lindfield23]

who is really calling the shots here?

Ruel Fox

 

[Guinness Boy]

Ruel Fox

To be fair I should have made this a poll and added the options of BG, [MENTION=3385]crodonilson[/MENTION] and Ruel Fox to those already named in the OP.