spanky
Midfield
This eventually... But at the minute (or the start of their reign) I think they need to be seen or heard to be doing something
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Neale McDermott
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This eventually... But at the minute (or the start of their reign) I think they need to be seen or heard to be doing something
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I am told McDermott was full of himself, Mr Self important.Jobs for mates in the academy will be more scrutinised from now on,the broom is getting bigger.
Angelos
Midfield
High risk of getting egg on their faces at some stage if they continue. It’s early days though looking forward to gossip changing to on field staffing
spanky
Midfield
Who was the last decent signing we "scouted"?
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Asoro
spanky
Midfield
fair do's
BRMC
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And the fella who got scouted him left over a year ago.
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nilid69
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Our chief scout was a former Newcastle player and marketing manager at Adidas? Why?! What the hell has been going on, honestly... no wonder we kept buying such wank players.
Patch Lafayette
Striker
The twitter presence needs to ease off. All for transparency but there comes a time where some comms need to be more discreet
Stevos
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So Jim White tweets about the 'many innocent staff' being let go and Mcdermott takes it upon himself to tweet back, thinking it refers to him. Prick.
The many innocent staff are those in admin, office workers, canteen staff, cleaners etc. Those working class people who graft hard for an average wage and are now being let go through no fault of their own - not the so-called 'high-flyers' on six figure salaries.
What a deluded arse Mcdermott must be. As Head of Recruitment he has been directly involved in the shambolic situation the club has found itself in. He is not one of the 'many innocent people' and Jim White's tweet was not about him or for him.
Good riddance.
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The many innocent staff are those in admin, office workers, canteen staff, cleaners etc. Those working class people who graft hard for an average wage and are now being let go through no fault of their own - not the so-called 'high-flyers' on six figure salaries.
What a deluded arse Mcdermott must be. As Head of Recruitment he has been directly involved in the shambolic situation the club has found itself in. He is not one of the 'many innocent people' and Jim White's tweet was not about him or for him.
Good riddance.
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yep
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Very well said, I know of an ex player who wanted to see him about a player he had who was willing to come here last seasonMc Dermott wouldn't take his call or ring him back he was busy.
He was full of self importance
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excalibur
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To be fair, at this stage, and I’ve experienced it as an employee, albeit not at a football club, when they took over it is initially a financial reaction. Income versus costs. Staff are just a number on a spreadsheet with a salary associated. The new owners will simply say we have to reduce costs by 30% or whatever the figure is and mark up on the list how they can do it. In many cases good people go with the bad. And then others jump ship. But it is the rebuilding that determines the success after that initial cull. I know it sounds awful for people losing their livelihood. And at a football club it’s even worse as the same rules can’t apply to the overpaid playing staff purely as they have contracts rather than being permanent members of staff. It’s shit but just the way it is. In addition to this cull, the owners will also have met with higher ranked employees and very quickly made up their mind on some of those based on first impressions.
So it’s no surprise at the cull. We’ll lose some who did pull their weight and some who didn’t. Let’s just hope all the good people find alternative employment ASAP and that as the owners restructure, they get good people in the right positions. It’s gonna be a bumpy ride but it is clear looking at the club that it needed to restructure and start again if it is to survive as a business.
young2077
Midfield
Was the player one that we will be disappointed to have missed out on? Not sticking up for him or having a go it's genuine interest to see how much having absolute arse hats in important roles has cost us.
Head of recruitment too busy to talk.about recruiting, I mean what the fuck.
MSC
Striker
Not returning anyone’s call is arrogant and a dreadful way of running anything where you need as many links as possible. Doesn’t surprise me in the slightest though.
Ironic that he is bleating on Twitter about the very same thing.
Essayeffsee
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Amongst clubs and people in the game there is the view that Charlie Methven addressed so eloquently in the first press conference.
However, within the scouting fraternity the scouting department, signings and general structure is laughed at. It makes me sick. People turning up late for games, leaving early, friends with certain agents, no knowledge of players across levels amongst other things. It’s been a holiday camp for too long and there should be plenty of others getting a call soon making them redundant when in reality they should be sacked.
However, within the scouting fraternity the scouting department, signings and general structure is laughed at. It makes me sick. People turning up late for games, leaving early, friends with certain agents, no knowledge of players across levels amongst other things. It’s been a holiday camp for too long and there should be plenty of others getting a call soon making them redundant when in reality they should be sacked.
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We will ever know, but he was a forward and better than what we persevered with for months.
young2077
Midfield
Bet he was "busy" with fuck all too. I'm just glad that this shit is unlikely to happen under the new owners. They will be here enough that the complacency is unlikely set in like before, plus if anyone did try it I'm sure the new owners would be happy to receive phone calls etc informing them about it which would not have been the case with Short.
Absentee owners need to have very strong people in charge who have a vested interest in the business being a success, Short never had that.
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