RevidgeBlue

Never stopped you in the past! 🙂

Petulant reply from you - Mowbray and Waggott have done nothing whatsoever to justify their continued employment at the Club in recent seasons. In fact quite the opposite. Anyone else coming in with past connections to Mowbray is therefore bound to be regarded with extreme suspicion. But as far as recruitment goes he will get a clean slate and if it improves beyond all recognition after he arrives then he will quite rightly be lauded. And you know it. But hey, don't let facts get in the way of your "brfcs is a cesspit of negativity" type agenda.

I've no desire to research Stuart Weber although I did read an online article on him a while ago after you were banging on about him. He seems an impressive enough individual, but that doesn't mean to say the role of a HOR/DOF will be successful everywhere with everyone. I thought my original question was a simple enough one to answer if you're into all those kinds of technicalities. In real terms is there no difference then?

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Irrelevant. Souness didn't recommend and install an out of work CEO he had worked under before.

So other than the title, what's the difference between a DOF and a HOR then?

First point, he might as well after choosing the CEO and now seemingly being on the point of choosing and confirming the Head of Recruitment. Second point, he isn't, but the CEO he chose no doubt would if he asked for it.

Must not have worked out for him at Legia Warsaw after only agreeing to join them in the latter part of January this year. They seemingly won the Polish League last season but that's fairly inconclusive as they've won it seven times in the last nine years overall.

It's unrealistic to think that we'll be recruiting from Europe in the immediate future due to the change in the EU rules. Still, I suppose he can lean back on the massive talent pool that is currently Scotland. Perhaps someone should point him in the direction of Motherwell, there's a lad who's been getting rave reviews up there, Tyler Magloire I think his name is?

Just seen Mowbray's interview in the LT from a while back regarding the recruitment process for the Head of Recruitment. Basically came across as he couldn't be arsed speaking to all of the candidates so before he got involved he let others whittle the numbers down to make things look good then he just steps in and appoints someone he knows.

Did someone say he's been out of work for the last 4 years? That would suggest not.

I suppose "The Coventrio" are effectively now the "Coventry Quartet" and need to be renamed as such. It beggars belief after the disaster that has been Mowbray inspired appointment Waggott's tenure at Ewood thus far.

Sorry to hear about Appleton's medical issues but he was atrocious whilst manager here.

There's a Covid related closure at the Academy I think, that may be the issue. Could be a lot more specific in our press release though.

I don't think there's anything wrong per se with Mowbray's purported footballing philosophy (which he fails to reproduce on the pitch.) He just isn't the man to implement it. There's no future going back to hoofing it long to a target man imo. We only finished 15th playing like that as well.

Maybe he's still angling for the sack, and by that I mean being released with a full pay off for the year remaining on his deal. Have to say that by coming out with comments like "I don't look at the League table" and "I let the players decide on their fitness" he must be sailing perilously close to the wind to the owners being able to sack him summarily without compensation for gross misconduct.

Wharton looked the business when he came in pre injury and Magloire hasn't had the chance to show what he can do here. Overall though I agree with you. I've never agreed with this "He's a good 'un let's loan him out" type sentiment. If they're good enough, we want them in our squad. If they're not good get rid. Over the years we've had numerous players hanging round indefinitely without ever featuring like O Sullivan.

I admire your confidence. I think there's a fair chance we could go down WITH Armstrong with this bloody manager at the helm, let alone without him. Fair point about his potential level of commitment. I'd rather sell him for £3m in Jan having hopefully secured enough points to make it unlikely we'll go down than this summer though

I know. I was just saying that sometimes there are players who are indispensable given your current situation such as Armstrong or Dack pre injury and players who are decent and who you'd like to keep but who could realistically be replaced like Lenihan. I'd push the boat out for the former Category, not so much the latter. Would you consider it worth it overall banking a net £6 or £7m for Armstrong, attempting to replace him on the cheap, the replacement not hitting it off, and us going down?

I don't really agree with that. I'd say there is quite a differential between a striker who's just scored 29 goals and Lenihan who hasn't really improved, instead some might say he's regressed. I think you have to judge each player on their merits and I certainly wouldn't be chucking the kitchen sink at Lenihan in terms of wages. Long term I'd sooner Nyambe stayed at the Club than him if you had to choose between one or the other.

Yup, and they wouldn't.

Don't think we did unless you can provide a source to the contrary.

The only difference is that we have owners who don't absolutely need the money if push comes to shove. We should still be running along relatively sensible business lines though wherever possible and your second paragraph is of course spot on.

Maybe it's a case of the owners stepping in and taking matters out of the hands of Waggott and Mowbray. Bit too late in the specific case of Armstrong but hey ho.

He won't be going anywhere then. Good news for us. (For a while at least) Long term we've still been screwed over by the incompetence of Waggott and Mowbray yet again.