Borodane 8,466 28.1k Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 1 hour ago, Lord_Moose said: Personally think it’d be worse to lose Scott than it would be to lose Carrick in the summer. It’s already looking like a massive rebuild and Scott has had more hits than misses with his recruitment. The Gazette make a good point that Scott going would probably means Chris Jones goes too so we’d have to rebuild our recruitment team before trying to recruit players which could set our summer back massively. Maybe Chris Jones would be offered the role here. He's already been promoted to Head of Recruitment. Would it be such a big step to take over Scotts role? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_Moose 646 1.2k Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 2 hours ago, Borodane said: Maybe Chris Jones would be offered the role here. He's already been promoted to Head of Recruitment. Would it be such a big step to take over Scotts role? Would be a great continuation option if Scott goes and he’s interested in staying. A mate of mine suggested going for George Friend as his replacement and that felt like such a Boro thing to do haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Changing Times 17,358 24.2k Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 40 minutes ago, Lord_Moose said: Would be a great continuation option if Scott goes and he’s interested in staying. A mate of mine suggested going for George Friend as his replacement and that felt like such a Boro thing to do haha. Why would we want to continue doing something that isn't working particularly well? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redcar Rioja 9,930 9.6k Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 I think the new DOF will have already been lined up by Gibson. Someone he knows, loves and trusts. Someone who has played at the highest level, been an active scout at a Premiership winning and Champions league club. Managed in the Premiership, a local lad and ex Boro player and much loved former Manager (and Assistant Manager twice). And the ultimate clincher just in case it's a tie, the mighty PowerPoint which once again will make him the outstanding candidate. It's as if it's written in the stars. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverside94 1,568 2.1k Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 I’d have liked Mogga as DOF to be honest if he wasn’t in a job already. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denzel Zanzibar 8,867 16.6k Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Could Aitor Karanka be a decent DoF, do you think? I know he's currently happy being a pundit for La Liga, but if he fancies a return to football proper (who knows, he may tighten up our defence at least!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABH 611 2.7k Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Stuart Webber is looking for a new job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smogsterking the Inspirati 3,723 8.9k Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 9 hours ago, Redcar Rioja said: I think the new DOF will have already been lined up by Gibson. Someone he knows, loves and trusts. Someone who has played at the highest level, been an active scout at a Premiership winning and Champions league club. Managed in the Premiership, a local lad and ex Boro player and much loved former Manager (and Assistant Manager twice). And the ultimate clincher just in case it's a tie, the mighty PowerPoint which once again will make him the outstanding candidate. It's as if it's written in the stars. Steve Agnew hasn't been around for a while... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_Moose 646 1.2k Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 18 hours ago, Changing Times said: Why would we want to continue doing something that isn't working particularly well? I guess it’s a difference in opinion! I don’t think Scott has done badly in his role, I think he’s had more hits than misses and those misses have been better than some of the choices made by previous managers. Ultimately, if Jones were to get the job, he’s probably got his own ideas of how a team should be built and could be completely different to Scott but at least the transition would be easier than someone completely new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humpty 6,204 11.2k Posted March 20 Author Share Posted March 20 No one knows how well Scott has performed apart from Scott, Gibson and those that know what his remit is. I doubt it's as simple as 'Get Boro promoted' 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marz 314 1.8k Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 9 minutes ago, Humpty said: No one knows how well Scott has performed apart from Scott, Gibson and those that know what his remit is. I doubt it's as simple as 'Get Boro promoted' I think the intentions behind Scott's appointment were more finance based than results based, though obviously the signings still need to perform to increase their value. It's a model that's seen us been able to reinvest in the squad using significant transfer fees that most others in the division haven't been able to do. Nobody else outside of the parachute payment clubs are paying what we paid for Whittaker. It's getting that reinvestment right that's key, and January was a disaster, not taking any blame away from Carrick. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverside94 1,568 2.1k Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Dan Ashworth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humpty 6,204 11.2k Posted March 20 Author Share Posted March 20 58 minutes ago, Marz said: I think the intentions behind Scott's appointment were more finance based than results based, though obviously the signings still need to perform to increase their value. It's a model that's seen us been able to reinvest in the squad using significant transfer fees that most others in the division haven't been able to do. Nobody else outside of the parachute payment clubs are paying what we paid for Whittaker. It's getting that reinvestment right that's key, and January was a disaster, not taking any blame away from Carrick. Agreed and I think that's my point. I think there'll have been several targets for him to hit. No one knows what they are, albeit you can make some good guesses. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob 7,421 11.3k Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 53 minutes ago, Riverside94 said: Dan Ashworth he's probs on more money than our best players are on, plus he's not going to go from both United's to us in this league anyways. his united severance terms would likely exclude him from working for another club for a set amount of time. and if they don't, with his payoff being more than we would pay him, it would mean he was probably working for free while they are still paying him as any payments from another DOF would normally be deducted from any future payments he is down to receive from his severance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinboro 1,731 2.5k Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 I would fully expect Gibson to know if Scott is interested in this. He isn't daft and if there is a chance if our key role needing to be filled he will be on it. Scott might even have helped line up a replacement. But Scott might quite like where he is at. He could be the person responsible for us doing a Brighton, Bournemouth or Brentford. So that aspect might sway him to stay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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