[jjamez]

think we're both unlucky and ran by a clown, although I don't think the ring master dictating what the clown can do helps much.

by sounds of that pr release that Phil did, we had some say they didn't want to come to england, some say they wanted a permanent move over a loan and that those deals affected the summer planning, not sure why, only thing I can think of is that we went for a few stop gap loans with the view to signing better in the summer and the players didn't want that. Possibly why we ended up with a Richard Keogh signing as he was willing to be a stop gap. We probably missed out on a few signings due to our long term aim, but completely forgot about the short term trouble we are in, which in itself really affects the long term future of the club.

I also don't think Bromby is up to the job, yes he has a few contacts from his playing days, but they are few and far between, we need someone vastly better than him running the transfer aspect of the club, I think he was fine as a head of youth development, because he has been in their position before and its a position I feel is better suited to an ex player. The head of football is more suited to the likes of Webber, who have made a career of dealing with agents, scouts and players and what not. Failing that, an old head of a manager who has had that sort of experience before all the DOF and everything came in.

Going to be honest here, take a Pulis for example, out dated as a manager now, the game has moved on from him, but as a man with experience of the game, would he now be better suited to being upstairs, looking for and dealing with potential players and their entourage, same could be said for a few managers and coaches. If we go back to the start of Clark's reign was it he or Hoyle who identified the signings or was it maybe more the likes of Mcdermott and Fazakerly? I'm leaning towards Faz being the one who knew of the players.