Karlsson
Central Defender
I think you can tbh. I think in general it's a good model. Get a good recruitment team, sign good young players, sell them for profit, get better young players and eventually make money whilst going up. It makes sense. I wouldn't want a manager to get full reign instead. But ultimately we do have to go up. If Clarke joins Stewart and amad (who I know wasn't ours) in leaving the club then the model needs to involve progressing. Either buying someone ready to contribute, or having someone already here ready to step up.
That's my concern, because no Amad or Stewart replacement has looked remotely close to doing that and trying to replace Clarke on top of that will be a huge ask. At some point the model needs to lead to a top 2 championship side, and I'm not seeing it right now. Far too early to panic mind, but I agree that the next coach needs to be a success
For me a lot will hinge on the next two windows as we now have the Ross Stewart money and i think we are all resigned to losing Clarke in the summer if not earlier, but also for big money.
The level of re-investment will tell us all we need to know about our ownership and their intentions, imo.