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I'm sure others may know, and don't shoot the messenger, but the Jansen talks ended because once again, the sticking block was of course.... backroom staff. Oddly Still was given the green light to bring people in, however Jansen wasnt. Having that stipulation in the vacancy is only going to make a smaller net to when looking for a coach.
KLD needs to get rid of him
 
Isn’t Steve Cooper who you suggested to get a free option? Was Tony Mowbray a free option? Was Alex Neil a free option?

Instead of throwing your toys out the pram and stamping your feet, get behind whoever comes in
Peter Reid was free. So was Alex Neil. And Roy Keane.
Mick McCarthy was free.

We paid actual money for Simon Grayson though :undecided:
 
The DoF should have responsibility for the entire football side of the organisation, so I'd expect him to, at least technically, have superiority over the head coach.
People make **** up of course and aren’t always fair but it feels like time has come for a change and that’s either someone who dilutes his power and poor listening skills/ judgement or just a different/better/more flexible/less arrogant version. If the truth is being spoken (not sure if it all is) word has hit football. Don’t end on a bad note or people stick the knife in.
 
I'm sure others may know, and don't shoot the messenger, but the Jansen talks ended because once again, the sticking block was of course.... backroom staff. Oddly Still was given the green light to bring people in, however Jansen wasnt. Having that stipulation in the vacancy is only going to make a smaller net to when looking for a coach.
Oh Oh. You have gone and done it now mate <laugh><laugh>
 
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I'm sure others may know, and don't shoot the messenger, but the Jansen talks ended because once again, the sticking block was of course.... backroom staff. Oddly Still was given the green light to bring people in, however Jansen wasnt. Having that stipulation in the vacancy is only going to make a smaller net to when looking for a coach.
Sounds like complete guesswork by whoever has told you that.

Bizarre that Lee Johnson, Alex Neil, Tony Mowbray AND Micky Beale all joined the club despite these so-called stipulations...

Even if it was the case that Jansen said no (or we said no to him) then that's probably a good thing - we saw in the Short era how much upheaval is brought about when a Manager brings in a cast of thousands only to leave a few months later.
 
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Sounds like complete guesswork by whoever has told you that.

Bizarre that Lee Johnson, Alex Neil, Tony Mowbray AND Micky Beale all joined the club despite these so-called stipulations...
Unless word has travelled. Mowbray is well known and well liked, Neil will have said his piece, probably even Beale, plus plenty of commentators. Someone from Burnley FC said to me he’d heard Speakman was the problem. It’s not good for us. He may well be better than his reputation, but mud sticks and they really needed to act on it in some way.
 
People make **** up of course and aren’t always fair but it feels like time has come for a change and that’s either someone who dilutes his power and poor listening skills/ judgement or just a different/better/more flexible/less arrogant version. If the truth is being spoken (not sure if it all is) word has hit football. Don’t end on a bad note or people stick the knife in.
Oh yeah, I'm beginning to come round to that way of thinking. The post you quoted there was about Bob saying that a prospective candidate wanted to bring his own DoF with him though.
 
I'm sure others may know, and don't shoot the messenger, but the Jansen talks ended because once again, the sticking block was of course.... backroom staff. Oddly Still was given the green light to bring people in, however Jansen wasnt. Having that stipulation in the vacancy is only going to make a smaller net to when looking for a coach.

I have no idea if it’s true but it’s a conclusion I’d already came to without anything concrete. Everyone’s entitled to make their own assumptions from what little evidence is available but I’m inclined to believe the likes of SSN over a randomer. When you’re hearing talk of the same issues regarding staff from different sources all singing off the same hymn sheet, which is looking like what a lot of us were expecting anyway, there’s not really much else you can think.
 
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I'm sure others may know, and don't shoot the messenger, but the Jansen talks ended because once again, the sticking block was of course.... backroom staff. Oddly Still was given the green light to bring people in, however Jansen wasnt. Having that stipulation in the vacancy is only going to make a smaller net to when looking for a coach.
I got this off a good m8 by WhatsApp this morning, exactly the same story. I asked him who told him, he said he got it off a lad in NI, who it turns out got it off a lad from pallion who no doubt got it from etc etc. a lot of these rumours just grow legs not criticising u wicksy just saying, unless, like I said to my mate, the fella who originally said it was either Jansen or his representative, who I very much doubt is chatting to a taxi driver from pallion, then it’s probably not completely kosher.
 
I have no idea if it’s true but it’s a conclusion I’d already came to without anything concrete. Everyone’s entitled to make their own assumptions from what little evidence is available but I’m inclined to believe the likes of SSN over a randomer. When you’re hearing talk of the same issues regarding staff from different sources all singing off the same hymn sheet, which is looking like what a lot of us were expecting anyway, there’s not really much else you can think.
I’m starting to think there’s a few mags sneaked onto this forum. Going back many years we had a box at Middlesbrough and even though I was a Sunderland supporter I would go as the nosh was first class, if it was today I would probably be writing s hit on their forum as though I was a ITK smoggie.
 
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