I bow to your superior knowledge of course, so are you saying our failure to sign the right players and make errors on people like Burstow are all on Speakman ? There must be others. We need to have a deep dive and get it functioning again.
Pretty much, speakman will be the one to sign off the signings - obviously it is different at every club but just sharing how it works at the club i work for There def needs to be a deep dive into this season but imo there should have been one last season as well, got to always shrive to improve in every area every yr
Dodds should have been sacked immediately after his presser for some of his comments. He knows he is toast I guess..
It's not often I'm critical of the club, yes the odd complaint now and then, but there's been some silly things went on this season, 3 mangers/Coach's, black Cats bar tripe and the overall wet fart of a season. No one was demanding promotion,but dear me the wheels fell off.
It's been awfully quite ,I too would have expected a pre prepared press release stating Dodds ,Proctor , Speakman and Harvey all gone with immediate effect.
I think that’s wishful thinking rather than realistic. And no matter what we think of all of them, I think they deserve better than a single press release saying all have left. all should go, of course. But there’s a decent way of doing things.
In a strange way the wheels falling off could be the best thing to happen us. There is no where to hide. The club has to look at this dispassionately and make the hard decisions to get us back on track next season. ITHICS
Well, you maybe right but there's also a way to let the supporters know that this season's S bit S how, across everything to do with the Club is not acceptable and is being addressed and quickly. There's no sentiment in business and football is a business.
I don’t disagree but I don’t think there’s any need to do something immediate. For a start we have the typical end of season stuff like contracts and prep for pre season. If I was going to guess, nothing gets announced until Tuesday earliest. (to be clear, I’d much prefer your approach!!)
I would have thought they will all get told on Monday. Thanked for their efforts etc. The only reason I can think of not to is to wait until the new DoF and or head coach is before announcing if Dodds is going back to old role or leaving. if it’s announced he is going back to old role before new DoF and head coach announced I would see that as a red flag for the ‘no major changes necessary approach’
We don't know who we are prepared to listen to offers for though, do we? I think you know what I meant.
Seen some on here asking for Harvey out too. Not sure I agree, but only based on me not knowing how far a scouts role actually reaches. Is he just following instructions, young with potential, or has he failed in other areas? @Scout73 You are probably best placed. Harvey, success, failure, or somewhere in between?
We don't need a miracle, just a good manager, if we replaced TM with a good manager we would have had a lot better season. The squad needs improvement but is better than where we finished
If Dodds and Proctor aren't up to it and they clearly aren't they need peddled. Along with the clown who thought they'd be a 'safe pair of hands' for a third of a season to write off. They haven't coached any improvement into this squad, are like rabbits in the headlights, take no responsibility and Dodds has come out with some pathetic self preservation comments that show zero man management skill. We will look back on this in the future and ask how the hell Mike Dodds and proctor ever managed this club. Charlatans the lot of them. KLD needs have a clean sweep of the 1st team management structure getting shot of these and Speakman asap.
Agreed - but the New manager doesn't need the millstone of Dodds and Proctor being foisted on them running back to their mate speakman undermining his tenure imo.
To some extent, it’s similar to the Speakman criticism. Their focus and remit will come from above in both cases. They won’t be acting on a whim.
