Roddy is now in charge of identifying players and Gallen does the negotiations. Gallen’s role has changed which is evident from the dross we’ve signed this summer.
No he don’t .. NA identity who he wants and SG director of football goes about getting his targets in …
Wonder if at any point before the window TS realises he’s not pumped enough into the squad and gives Gallen/Roddy another cash reserve to play with. Surely Adkins makes his feelings known after last night.
We can hope. Just seems mad to me that we've left the bulk of our recruitment to this late (if that is the case), when MK Dons got Parrott and Eisa done so early.
We know that Sandgaard passes his eye over players and approves/disapproves based on ability. We've been told so a few times. I personally think that's insane. He has no professional footballing background and is essentially now at the top of our scouting heirarchy, giving the final yes or no. He shouldn't have put himself in that position.
If Roddy has taken over from Steve which has been rumored then it is clear he is not good enough at his job we never had this problem before and to be fair to Steve look at some of the players he recruited Cullen bellicose are but a couple of realy good players.
Last season if we were chasing the game we would bring on Aneke often with good effect. This season for the 2nd game running we have brought on Watson while we are a goal behind. Sums up our transfer window perfectly.
Two weeks left to sign players and we find ourselves instead of now looking for the cherry on the top of the squad player to come in, we are in a position where we need to effectively replace half the first eleven, with enough quality to get us top six. Good luck with that. I have no idea who is calling the shots on recruitment but whether it’s TS, Adkins, Gallen or Roddy, whoever it is has blundered big time. If it’s money then we’re sunk. If it’s incompetence then that needs identifying and rooting out straight away. After four games this season is slipping away. It’s that grim.
Roddy is now in charge of identifying players and Gallen does the negotiations. Gallen’s role has changed which is evident from the dross we’ve signed this summer.
No he don’t .. NA identity who he wants and SG director of football goes about getting his targets in …
Rich Cawley has just written exactly what @J BLOCK has said!!
The amount of players we’ve seemingly missed out on is a joke. Scott Twine was shoulders above Albie last night, crying out for a player like him but apparently we were not in for him. Whoever is in charge of recruitment at the moment is having a mare and I highly doubt it’s Gallen!!!
Roddy is now in charge of identifying players and Gallen does the negotiations. Gallen’s role has changed which is evident from the dross we’ve signed this summer.
If that's the case we are deep in trouble. Get rid of Roddy.
Roddy is now in charge of identifying players and Gallen does the negotiations. Gallen’s role has changed which is evident from the dross we’ve signed this summer.
No he don’t .. NA identity who he wants and SG director of football goes about getting his targets in …
Rich Cawley has just written exactly what @J BLOCK has said!!
Roddy is now in charge of identifying players and Gallen does the negotiations. Gallen’s role has changed which is evident from the dross we’ve signed this summer.
No he don’t .. NA identity who he wants and SG director of football goes about getting his targets in …
Rich Cawley has just written exactly what @J BLOCK has said!!
Link to where Cawley said that??
If true, Roddy needs to fuck off
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Adkins said this to me a while back....“We’ve obviously got Steve Gallen, who is in negotiation with the players, the players’ agents and opposite clubs – because he is linked to the finances. Ged Roddy and his recruitment team identify players as part of a process as well."</p>— Richard Cawley (@RichCawleySLP) <a href="
I'm amazed people keep talking about we have 2 weeks to bring players in.
It's now too late.
We've had 3 months to sign players. Anyone decent who would make us a top 6 side has already been signed up.......or will cost more than TS is prepared to throw at it.
The only players coming in before Sept 1st will be loans & freebies. The loans will be mainly untried & untested like Levitt and the freebies players who have not done a pre-season so will take weeks to get match fit.
Roddy is now in charge of identifying players and Gallen does the negotiations. Gallen’s role has changed which is evident from the dross we’ve signed this summer.
No he don’t .. NA identity who he wants and SG director of football goes about getting his targets in …
Cawley literally tweeted it this morning you donut.
I'm amazed people keep talking about we have 2 weeks to bring players in.
It's now too late.
We've had 3 months to sign players. Anyone decent who would make us a top 6 side has already been signed up.......or will cost more than TS is prepared to throw at it.
The only players coming in before Sept 1st will be loans & freebies. The loans will be mainly untried & untested like Levitt and the freebies players who have not done a pre-season so will take weeks to get match fit.
I agree we’ve left it too late but there is still two weeks. That’s a fact.
I'm amazed people keep talking about we have 2 weeks to bring players in.
It's now too late.
We've had 3 months to sign players. Anyone decent who would make us a top 6 side has already been signed up.......or will cost more than TS is prepared to throw at it.
The only players coming in before Sept 1st will be loans & freebies. The loans will be mainly untried & untested like Levitt and the freebies players who have not done a pre-season so will take weeks to get match fit.
Roddy is now in charge of identifying players and Gallen does the negotiations. Gallen’s role has changed which is evident from the dross we’ve signed this summer.
No he don’t .. NA identity who he wants and SG director of football goes about getting his targets in …
I don't believe Adkins plays any part in the recruitment whatsoever - he only met Kirk for the first time after he'd signed.
So now we know Roddy has been in charge of recruitment this summer, he should be held accountable for this shit show. Why change Gallen when he is tried and tested. Idiot move TS and not for the first time.
Ablie, Dobson and Gunter can't be a part of our 1st eleven. Need upgrades at each position.
Matthews gets away with a lot on here, the most cautious RB we have ever had
I think he’s had to be cautious because we’ve got bugger all in front of him. we lose the ball and he’s out of position. He looked decent in the Championship.
So now we know Roddy has been in charge of recruitment this summer, he should be held accountable for this shit show. Why change Gallen when he is tried and tested. Idiot move TS and not for the first time.
And people wonder wonder why his son got a place ?
I'm amazed people keep talking about we have 2 weeks to bring players in.
It's now too late.
We've had 3 months to sign players. Anyone decent who would make us a top 6 side has already been signed up.......or will cost more than TS is prepared to throw at it.
The only players coming in before Sept 1st will be loans & freebies. The loans will be mainly untried & untested like Levitt and the freebies players who have not done a pre-season so will take weeks to get match fit.
So we dont bother to bring anyone f**king in???
Cullen and Bielik were both signed after the start of a season weren’t they? Not sure golfie has this right.
Roddy is now in charge of identifying players and Gallen does the negotiations. Gallen’s role has changed which is evident from the dross we’ve signed this summer.
No he don’t .. NA identity who he wants and SG director of football goes about getting his targets in …
Rich Cawley has just written exactly what @J BLOCK has said!!
Link to where Cawley said that??
If true, Roddy needs to fuck off
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Adkins said this to me a while back....“We’ve obviously got Steve Gallen, who is in negotiation with the players, the players’ agents and opposite clubs – because he is linked to the finances. Ged Roddy and his recruitment team identify players as part of a process as well."</p>— Richard Cawley (@RichCawleySLP) <a href="
Well that's a shocking move by Thomas Sandgaard with disastrous consequences.
I've been reluctant to criticise Sandgaard, but he needs to be held accountable for that decision as much as Roddy needs to be held accountable for our shocking recruitment this summer
In that Cawley tweet it says Ged Roddy and hisrecruitment team - who exactly is his team if it’s not Gallen and it’s not Adkins? Is Gladys the tea lady recommending players because ‘he looks like a nice boy’?
Roddy is now in charge of identifying players and Gallen does the negotiations. Gallen’s role has changed which is evident from the dross we’ve signed this summer.
No he don’t .. NA identity who he wants and SG director of football goes about getting his targets in …
Rich Cawley has just written exactly what @J BLOCK has said!!
Link to where Cawley said that??
If true, Roddy needs to fuck off
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Adkins said this to me a while back....“We’ve obviously got Steve Gallen, who is in negotiation with the players, the players’ agents and opposite clubs – because he is linked to the finances. Ged Roddy and his recruitment team identify players as part of a process as well."</p>— Richard Cawley (@RichCawleySLP) <a href="
I feel pretty sure Sandgaard mentioned in an interview that it was himself, Roddy, Gallen and Adkins who identified and agreed on players. I believe he said that all 4 had to agree on a player before they went for him, which set my alarm bells ringing because Sandgaard should be nowhere near deciding if a player is or is not good enough to play.
I think we need to lay of Roddy for a bit lads. Despite Gallen, Nigel, Thomas and Cawley saying Roddy and his team identify the players, Ronnie has said he doesn't.
Wow probably not the thread, but fuck me this is depressing 3 games in and people are writing of the new players. McWhatever - He was player of the year for Portsmouth, new players in front of him and probably still needs to settle Dobson/Clare - Personally i feel people have been overly critical, they have the potential to be a great partnership although we need a chief play-maker to pass too DJ - Semi new, one game he is awful by the fans standard and the next he is dangerous and we should be passing to him more, ie. a typical winger Kirk- No judgement yet, 30 minutes and clearly Gunter isn't the best person to play in front of and get the ball forward.
Facts, we still need a LB urgently, CAM urgent unless Gilbey is back very soon! We need a pacey striker to play off Stockley, as good as he has been he just doesn't have the pace so becomes predictable. Our bench is just shocking, at no point did i think we can bring on xx and they will change the game, Kirk aside. Also Back up Keeper or someone to battle McWhatever.
TLDR- 3 games in lets not write players off, 2 weeks to go fingers crossed we get another 3/4 players in of the required quality
I feel pretty sure Sandgaard mentioned in an interview that it was himself, Roddy, Gallen and Adkins who identified and agreed on players. I believe he said that all 4 had to agree on a player before they went for him, which set my alarm bells ringing because Sandgaard should be nowhere near deciding if a player is or is not good enough to play.
I imagine that Sandgaard's part in agreeing is the financial side of things. Not their quality.
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This season for the 2nd game running we have brought on Watson while we are a goal behind.
Sums up our transfer window perfectly.
If that's the case we are deep in trouble. Get rid of Roddy.
If true, Roddy needs to fuck off
It's now too late.
We've had 3 months to sign players. Anyone decent who would make us a top 6 side has already been signed up.......or will cost more than TS is prepared to throw at it.
The only players coming in before Sept 1st will be loans & freebies. The loans will be mainly untried & untested like Levitt and the freebies players who have not done a pre-season so will take weeks to get match fit.
we lose the ball and he’s out of position.
He looked decent in the Championship.
I've been reluctant to criticise Sandgaard, but he needs to be held accountable for that decision as much as Roddy needs to be held accountable for our shocking recruitment this summer
But it feels as though the role Ged Roddy has filled wasnt one of them
That's good enough for me 🤐🤐
McWhatever - He was player of the year for Portsmouth, new players in front of him and probably still needs to settle
Dobson/Clare - Personally i feel people have been overly critical, they have the potential to be a great partnership although we need a chief play-maker to pass too
DJ - Semi new, one game he is awful by the fans standard and the next he is dangerous and we should be passing to him more, ie. a typical winger
Kirk- No judgement yet, 30 minutes and clearly Gunter isn't the best person to play in front of and get the ball forward.
Facts, we still need a LB urgently, CAM urgent unless Gilbey is back very soon! We need a pacey striker to play off Stockley, as good as he has been he just doesn't have the pace so becomes predictable. Our bench is just shocking, at no point did i think we can bring on xx and they will change the game, Kirk aside. Also Back up Keeper or someone to battle McWhatever.
TLDR- 3 games in lets not write players off, 2 weeks to go fingers crossed we get another 3/4 players in of the required quality