Nolan

its exactly the opposite. Our incoming head of Scouting has worked with him for the last 3 years. Tim Lederer brought him to Hoffenheim from Essen in the year Hoffenheims u23s won league and cup.

as a player who our incoming head of Scouting Tim Lederer has seen a lot of, a signing that he knows very very well could be career defining. Whoscored base their statistics on pro games (top 3 tiers mainly in Germany), but at Hoffenheim, where he was consistently in the U23 squad was in the fourth tier there. Stats sites do have limitiation's. You would hope Tim Lederer will know exactly what we have here.

Given both the rumour that we're for sale and this have originated from Simon Jordan's programme, it sounds more as if he's trying to engineer something. We've had the season's under Ankerssons and Kraft's Sports Republic. "Spors Republic" need a season to see how we're progressing before any more changes.

Will Still only worked with both his brothers at Lens, for a year. before that Nicholas was with him for a season at Reims. 54 of his 125 matches (on Transfermarkt) were without either brother assisting.

Or that the wrong people were making the decisions. Sports Republic is very different now with Kraft out, Gerkens in and Spors controlling the setup. Solak has changed the arrangements to protect his money, and it looks as if sensible decisions are being made.

Southampton born bloke watches Southampton Football match in Southampton. Get over it.

Very glad it's done and players will have a clear steer off intent as early as possible. It's going to be one hell of a job to whittle all the current squad and retuning loanees down to a manageable size.

Yes you're missing that we have a unified scouting network with Spors effectively at the top and the guy from Hoffenheim coming in.

Still had a Really good away record this season, his home form not so much. 29 of the teams final tally came from away matches 23 at home.

Rasmus' isn't employing the new manager. Spors is.

"I haven't signed anything" is quite a different phrase from "I don't know what's going to happen next"

Is the focus is on Lens? then they have their final game at the weekend. Picture might be clearer then.

how much does the average employee know about how the top people who work in their company deal with their contracts or finances? he was an employee.

I think Spors' job as "Global Sports Director" probably didn't intersect with 777 Partners Lawyers or Bankers.

Such bad translating. Rohl said the Bundesliga is A top choice. "I always want to work with the best players and compete with the best coaches. The Bundesliga is, of course, a top choice. After all, I grew up with the Bundesliga. But the Premier League is also a dream. I'm currently very excited to see what happens this summer." he actually says zero about his destination just that as a manager he would one day like to work in those leagues.

It was not on the table when Sport Republic came in. It is now.

"For how long" what? It's "We'Re NoT iN tHe pREmIEr lEaGuE nExT sEaSOn", but well done for noticing. What you call "shifting around" looks like completing a reformation of strategy. Solak's very, very, very unlikely to sell with the financial potential around the stadium.

It's mad isn't it. We had people who weren't used to a group model running recruitment things. Now we have people who are used to a club model running recruitment things. Why would they do these mad things in a group model?

Thats a stretch.

Whilst Göztepe's form has slipped slightly, they are still around 8th in the Turkish top tier. Ankersson is in charge over there.

Yes, its over simplified, but it's designed to be over simplified. A lot of people don't realise how Ankerssons role has diminished. The structure in place now, is very different to how it was in January.

I think people again are missing the changes that have occurred. The hierarchy was Money man: Dragan Solak Sport Republic: Ankersson/Kraft Saints Chairman: Kraft Recruiting: Parsons The hierarchy now is Owner: Dragan Solak Sport Republic: Ankersson Saints Chairman: Dragan Solak Recruiting: Spors Dragans new position is specifically to protect his investment. People do not make the money that he has, and not be astute with what is necessary. Juric was appointed before Spors came in, and we are yet to see his ideas on action.

How lovely it must be to go through life unaware of Reading or Sheffield Wednesdays owners.

If multiple clubs were in the Market for the same manager, would rumours of a sale sway the manager either way? just putting it out there that its not unfeasible that the rumours could be a stitch up job.

How on earth would that work? we have shared functions with Goztepe and Valencienes. Would we lose the scouting Network or would the French and Turkish clubs?