Confucius
Striker
negotiation is still part of the recruitment process, as you say he wouldn't have paid that much for Maddison. If he doesn't think Player A is worth that much of a fee or wages, then he doesn't get an offer. You have already stipulated that we have spent more and are still lower than Coventry. It is either Parkinson not getting the best out of them or they were shit when they were brought in, irrespective of the money spent. I think Parkinson is getting the best out of them. SD isn't the only one out of his depth. Richard Hill had been a DoF at Eastleigh, but SD said he wasn't coming here in that role, so what exactly has he done to land a job like this? Went to parties at SDs house and out for dinner that is what, we might as well have given MadBob the jobrecruitment involkves the selction of players,
negotiating involves getting the deal over the line.
in his previous roles under SD he got the club to their highest ever league positon..one they havent replicated since, in any business one person identifies the need, the other does the negotaiing..their is even a word for the latter fucntion..procurement..on corntracts manager.
and yes it is the people being asked to spend it..the managers and the chief scout.