09-09-2014, 10:53
Quick round up of Part 1, if anyone else has watched it and I've missed something then please add to the thread
Are the Club happy with the business they've done over the summer.
NC- it was a difficult period, they've known the areas they've needed to strengthen since before the end of last season. Some of the players they've got, some they've just missed out on. Overall happy and believe the squad is now better.
Is the transfer window a good idea
NC- would personally like to see the window shut before the first game of the season.
Have you filled all the areas you wanted to.
NC- Centre back was a top priority, we are always looking to improve the team and we would possibly like to have more depth up front especially with Paterson being injured.
Expectations for the season.
NC- refused to give a answer, quoted Dean saying that if we do and then fail to hit those targets they get shot down. The only thing he did say is he wants the player to out perform.
Why are fees always undisclosed
NC- usually because at least 1 of the clubs involved in the deal don't want the figures to get out for one reason or another.
What happened after the Bournemouth game.
NC- after every game the manager meets Dean,Clibbens and Ross Wilson, obviously Dean wasn't there but they still met in Marks office. Mark was low and they all had a chat together, NC went back out to report the day back to Dean as per usual at the end of the call Ross Wilson told NC that Mark wants a chat, so he went back in and spent 40mins with him. He says MR was shell shocked and that if anyone had watched that game they would have thought 'they had not worked on anything all summer'. He(MR) thought he had lost the fans.
NC rang Dean back and they agreed to meet again on Sunday morning. Sunday arrived and MR stated he could see no way back and it was agreed to part company.
Did MR loose the players
NC- No, at no point did he but he was worried that he could. NC states that is was probably best all round that we parted company when we did.
Clayton Transfer saga.
NC- Adam stated that he wasn't going to sign a new contract and wanted to leave on a free transfer at the end of the season. He wanted to play at a higher lever or at least at a club that was 'really going to go for it'
Obviously this wasn't in Towns best interest so they circulated his name and got the best deal they could for the club.
Things were complicated with Butterfield coming the other way as swap deals very rarely happen.
Butterfield week before signing was pretty much MON- I'm going to be a star player for Boro, TUES- we don't want you, WED- HTAFC want you, THURS- discuss terms, FRI- prepare for Town debut, SAT- deal didn't go through, spent Saturday in IKEA, SUN- the manager who wants me has left, MON- you still want me?
Mark Hudson
A real coup by the club, we got in before others new he was available. Another club tried to hijack the deal while he was driving to Hudderfield. NC wouldn't name the other club because it would embarrass them
All our managers have been very similar, is Chris Powell something different?
NC- Powell is completely different to the others, he a players manager. The main attraction was his man management skills and his ability to get the best out of players and get them to be better players as at Charlton.
How did the process of appointing a new manger come about.
NC- Days 1 & 2 were spent fire fighting with the press and the media as well as talking to the players and staff assuring them that everything was under control at the club.
Day 3 was match day away at Chesterfield as well as sorting out the Butterfield deal.
Management is a cut throat industry, even before the news had broke on Sky Town had phone calls from managers offering to take the job, not just 1 or 2 but lots..the phone was ringing off the hook.
Overall we had 50/60 applicants, they spent time narrowing that list down and met with a few eventually getting it down to 4 or 5. Mark Lillis had steadied the ship and bought the board a bit of time to make a new appointment. They held talks with Powell on and off for 2 weeks.
All candidates were told they were allowed to bring 1 new member of staff with them and it could be anyone for any position within the club but they would all have to work within the current structure of the club, Powell was happy to do that.
Sean Scannell.
NC- Sean Scannell was the first player Powell wanted to talk about, he likes him a lot and was informed that Millwall had made a bid, Powell wanted to keep him so we didn't sell. The club think it's a risk worth taking that Powell can unlock the key to bringing the best out of him and hope if he does he won't walk away on a free in the summer.
Transfers.
NC-The manager has final say on all transfers.
The manager reports back to Ross Wilson what he needs, so if he wants a centre back who is right sided, over six foot, has played in the championship, is over 25 then it's Ross Wilson job to find them and give him some options to look at. The manager then decides if they are good enough or not
Programme-
NC- the old format was loosing money, the feedback the club got was it was too expensive,poor value,full of adverts and had poor content.
The new programme however is cheaper, has less adverts, more content and fits in your pocket(Nigel must have much deeper pockets than me)
It's being trailed until Xmas and then they'll look at it again but if this format doesn't work and the sales of the old format continue to drop then the likelyhood is we'll have no programme at all(it's all about cash)
Away Fans, should we charge them what they charge us.
NC- in a nutshell NC believes to wrongs don't make a right
Are the Club happy with the business they've done over the summer.
NC- it was a difficult period, they've known the areas they've needed to strengthen since before the end of last season. Some of the players they've got, some they've just missed out on. Overall happy and believe the squad is now better.
Is the transfer window a good idea
NC- would personally like to see the window shut before the first game of the season.
Have you filled all the areas you wanted to.
NC- Centre back was a top priority, we are always looking to improve the team and we would possibly like to have more depth up front especially with Paterson being injured.
Expectations for the season.
NC- refused to give a answer, quoted Dean saying that if we do and then fail to hit those targets they get shot down. The only thing he did say is he wants the player to out perform.
Why are fees always undisclosed
NC- usually because at least 1 of the clubs involved in the deal don't want the figures to get out for one reason or another.
What happened after the Bournemouth game.
NC- after every game the manager meets Dean,Clibbens and Ross Wilson, obviously Dean wasn't there but they still met in Marks office. Mark was low and they all had a chat together, NC went back out to report the day back to Dean as per usual at the end of the call Ross Wilson told NC that Mark wants a chat, so he went back in and spent 40mins with him. He says MR was shell shocked and that if anyone had watched that game they would have thought 'they had not worked on anything all summer'. He(MR) thought he had lost the fans.
NC rang Dean back and they agreed to meet again on Sunday morning. Sunday arrived and MR stated he could see no way back and it was agreed to part company.
Did MR loose the players
NC- No, at no point did he but he was worried that he could. NC states that is was probably best all round that we parted company when we did.
Clayton Transfer saga.
NC- Adam stated that he wasn't going to sign a new contract and wanted to leave on a free transfer at the end of the season. He wanted to play at a higher lever or at least at a club that was 'really going to go for it'
Obviously this wasn't in Towns best interest so they circulated his name and got the best deal they could for the club.
Things were complicated with Butterfield coming the other way as swap deals very rarely happen.
Butterfield week before signing was pretty much MON- I'm going to be a star player for Boro, TUES- we don't want you, WED- HTAFC want you, THURS- discuss terms, FRI- prepare for Town debut, SAT- deal didn't go through, spent Saturday in IKEA, SUN- the manager who wants me has left, MON- you still want me?
Mark Hudson
A real coup by the club, we got in before others new he was available. Another club tried to hijack the deal while he was driving to Hudderfield. NC wouldn't name the other club because it would embarrass them
All our managers have been very similar, is Chris Powell something different?
NC- Powell is completely different to the others, he a players manager. The main attraction was his man management skills and his ability to get the best out of players and get them to be better players as at Charlton.
How did the process of appointing a new manger come about.
NC- Days 1 & 2 were spent fire fighting with the press and the media as well as talking to the players and staff assuring them that everything was under control at the club.
Day 3 was match day away at Chesterfield as well as sorting out the Butterfield deal.
Management is a cut throat industry, even before the news had broke on Sky Town had phone calls from managers offering to take the job, not just 1 or 2 but lots..the phone was ringing off the hook.
Overall we had 50/60 applicants, they spent time narrowing that list down and met with a few eventually getting it down to 4 or 5. Mark Lillis had steadied the ship and bought the board a bit of time to make a new appointment. They held talks with Powell on and off for 2 weeks.
All candidates were told they were allowed to bring 1 new member of staff with them and it could be anyone for any position within the club but they would all have to work within the current structure of the club, Powell was happy to do that.
Sean Scannell.
NC- Sean Scannell was the first player Powell wanted to talk about, he likes him a lot and was informed that Millwall had made a bid, Powell wanted to keep him so we didn't sell. The club think it's a risk worth taking that Powell can unlock the key to bringing the best out of him and hope if he does he won't walk away on a free in the summer.
Transfers.
NC-The manager has final say on all transfers.
The manager reports back to Ross Wilson what he needs, so if he wants a centre back who is right sided, over six foot, has played in the championship, is over 25 then it's Ross Wilson job to find them and give him some options to look at. The manager then decides if they are good enough or not
Programme-
NC- the old format was loosing money, the feedback the club got was it was too expensive,poor value,full of adverts and had poor content.
The new programme however is cheaper, has less adverts, more content and fits in your pocket(Nigel must have much deeper pockets than me)
It's being trailed until Xmas and then they'll look at it again but if this format doesn't work and the sales of the old format continue to drop then the likelyhood is we'll have no programme at all(it's all about cash)
Away Fans, should we charge them what they charge us.
NC- in a nutshell NC believes to wrongs don't make a right