Transfer Rumours January Transfer Thread

[Mckechnie Orange]

Agree it was a success on the whole, don’t expect every signing to be a success. We just seem to have little plan if we miss out on top targets. We are supposedly chasing promotion and we are signing other championship teams 3rd choice goalkeeper as a back up to missing out on top targets as well as players with shocking fitness records like Lokilo and Vinagre

The promotion aim comes with a realism that it will most likely come with a timescale.

This year's expectation has always been top 10 with a challenge for the playoffs ( which most sides in the top half will claim to be doing currently)

Chairman just wants to see tangible progress year on year - because if we do that over the next 2 or 3, it gives us a realistic chance of promotion.

 

[Mckechnie Orange]

I know exactly how recruitment is done these days, if I didn't then I'm really in the wrong job

So you'll know that it's not all down to the head coach then, and there are numerous other factors involved.

 

[Mckechnie Orange]

Nah
It’s an opinion
There’s clear evidence that he’s had enough contacts and pull to bring Philogene, Delap & Morton here, even though two are loans.
Of course he doesn’t have the experience, but there are plenty of managers with more experience who make crap signings.
There have been a few we’ve been after that we’ve missed out on, but I don’t recall any of our other managers having an unblemished record.
Also at the end of the day there will be a number of factors for players to sign. Many of them, like salary, bonuses and club location are **** all to do with the manager’s experience anyway.
He may well have chased the wrong targets, and he may not focus on positions I’d always like him to do, but I think the idea that players come due to a managers ‘pull’ in the transfer market is a myth.

Makes you wonder how Mowbray and Neil got sacked given their great experience and pull. Doesn't it?

 

[Howdentiger2]

So you'll know that it's not all down to the head coach then, and there are numerous other factors involved.

Point out where I said it was all down to LR?

 

[Mckechnie Orange]

Point out where I said it was all down to LR?

The bit where you said he didn't have the pull to get top players.

 

[TIGERSCAVE]

Players 100% do sign for managers with "pull" if you believe it's a myth then that's your choice.

Well so many of the new signing interviews must be garbage then... 'what made you decide to sign for Hull City?"... " the manager and the project"

 

[TIGERSCAVE]

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[Mckechnie Orange]

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[TIGERSCAVE]

The promotion aim comes with a realism that it will most likely come with a timescale.

This year's expectation has always been top 10 with a challenge for the playoffs ( which most sides in the top half will claim to be doing currently)

Chairman just wants to see tangible progress year on year - because if we do that over the next 2 or 3, it gives us a realistic chance of promotion.

How do you know that.?

 

[Mckechnie Orange]

How do you know that.?

Cos he's publicly said so in every interview. From the start of the season right up to the humberside one a little over a week ago.

And the glaring fact that if Liam wasn't performing to expectation, there wouldn't have been a rush to improve his contract.

 

[Howdentiger2]

Well so many of the new signing interviews must be garbage then... 'what made you decide to sign for Hull City?"... " the manager and the project"

I've never said he does have any pull at all FFS. Not quite sure why people are so hell bent on twisting things that get said.

Plus have you ever wondered why pretty much every signing for every club says very similar in there first interviews after signing for a new club, it's almost like they are coached in media relations and how to act/speak in interviews

 

[Howdentiger2]

The bit where you said he didn't have the pull to get top players.

Ok so I didn't say it then, you've taken what I've said and just decided what I ment

 

[Mckechnie Orange]

Ok so I didn't say it then, you've taken what I've said and just decided what I ment

No, I've just taken your post at face value. And to be fair it's been your narrative since summer.

 

[TIGERSCAVE]

I've never said he does have any pull at all FFS. Not quite sure why people are so hell bent on twisting things that get said.

Plus have you ever wondered why pretty much every signing for every club says very similar in there first interviews after signing for a new club, it's almost like they are coached in media relations and how to act/speak in interviews

I was agreeing with you HT2...

 

[Howdentiger2]

I was agreeing with you HT2...

Sorry, answering on to many fronts haha

 

[Howdentiger2]

No, I've just taken your post at face value.

Well you obviously haven't as that isn't what I said is it?

 

[Evington]

Unfortunately for us he's been poor overall since he joined us ( yes there has been flashes of him playing well ). Are we not playing to his strengths? Is he taking a tad longer to settle in? Is he just short of confidence? A mixture of all the above? Or is he just not a top end championship player?

I'm beginning to think the latter

 

[Mckechnie Orange]

Well you obviously haven't as that isn't what I said is it?

"Another downside of having a young inexperienced gaffer who's early in his career.... Doesn't have the contacts, the pull and the experience in the transfer market".

Righty O.

 

[Paul Jewitt]

Most probably, but you still want a manager who has the pull, experience and contacts and unfortunately that just comes with experience

So Grant McCann has more pull than Rosie as he has more experience? Sometimes people have the respect of their peers that gives them more pull than their experience affords them.

 

[Howdentiger2]

"Another downside of having a young inexperienced gaffer who's early in his career.... Doesn't have the contacts, the pull and the experience in the transfer market".

Righty O.

Yup, that's exactly what I wrote, so where in that quote does it say that it's all down to him?