22-03-2021, 07:12 PM
(22-03-2021, 05:31 PM)Pedalo_menders Wrote: "No sporting director is going to stop players wanting to move on to better themselves"
That's where you're wrong, Deep. Our contract policy actively encourages players to seek alternatives as we dont renew prior to their last year of the contract.
We as a club were not on top of it and it's been a disaster for our defense, both in terms of good players leaving and in terms of not being organised enough to identify & land adequate replacements.
It's a huge problem and to dismiss it as "There's nothing you can do about it" is idiotic.
We don't have a contract policy as such .... outside events have forced us to adopt a certain stance in the last two seasons but my point was that no different policy would have prevented any of the three you named from leaving.
The problem you have identified is that the replacements have not been good enough. That's a fair criticism but that is nothing to do with having a sporting director or not. The person making the choice is the only thing you can blame for that, and a manager is no more likely to make that mistake than a sporting director. In fact less so as he is always going to be an experienced football professional whereas a sporting director could easily not have a playing background. All managers will have a mixed record of succesful and unsuccesful signings because no-one can know for certin how things will turn out, but lets have those decisions being made by the person whose job is on the line. Why should a manager get the sack for poor results if he is given players he did not choose and did not want ? Far better to employ a manager who makes good choices.