jayrivers

There is still the chance this is not happening? Is there any proof as to when the meeting was? Could it have been after 10 games? Denial is the best policy here!

I'm holding onto hope that this hasn't been reported by BBC or Sky Sports yet? Maybe there is just a little hope until then?

True! Will ruin my weekend if this happens! And probably our season. This is what is so irratating about football. If it works what happens then?!

I feel Adkins deserves more time in comparison? He has acheived so much and we are doing pretty well at the moment!

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He's techincally Executive Director of Football Development and support centre

Maybe he's going to Chelsea?

Seems this has been taking from one source in Spain and then just copied and pasted? And then pushed exceptionally hard from a Skate Journo? Hardly reliable source?

Maybe he's gone hme to get some clean pants and socks? In all seriousness must be strange moving country at the drop of a hat like that! Can't be that straight forward having to sort all of it along with playing

No it's not! We have scouts etc etc.... All been said before. That is all I have to say!

I don't think I led to anything different. What's the point in having scouts otherwise. Either way I can't be arsed!

If you want to look at it that way. The original point was that I don't think Reed is singling out players to buy, and I also don't beleive Cortese is. I beleive the scouting team find players based on the requirements. A decision is make as to who we sign, based on a number of terms. Then Cortese will go out and try and sign them. Then obviously the latter doesn't always happen. That's football By the way - I never called you naive!

Maybe it has something to do with the money falling out of the market in Italy and Cortesse having connections with people - still nothing to say he is picking players! There are a stack of clubs selling players at the moment as if the offer is right, they can't afford to turn it down

I have no idea who we are looking at - but I'm pretty sure Adkins would sign Messi if he could, but we obviously can't afford him. So I'm sure there are other players who would want wages too high etc... If you don't have someone to control that you end up like Liverpool with **** players who they spent too much money on! How do you know he does? I have no confirmed reports (other than rumour) that convince me otherwise. Call me naive or call me sensible. Up to you!

So you would prefer a him not to be on the committee and not have anything to do with our transfers. Do you not think it's his job to say - actually guys we can't afford him?

Was there any proof for that? The club said it was all due to having to rebuild the dome?

Right or another way of putting it... The Chairman - you know the guy who runs the club, does the deals, and has all the money The head of recruitment and scouting - you know the guy who is in charge of all the scouts and scouting network The head of development - The one who is in charge the over seeing the clubs philosophy from u8's right through to first team The manager - Yep that guy who runs the team hmmmm, you have an interesting view sometimes!

And the fact that he is on the transfer committee, even though no-one seems to know how much say he has in anything!

I'm not 100% as as far as I know, other than Adkins, Reed, Cortese, hunter, and the scouting team I'm don't know who else is consulted. I mean the doctor will have a say when doing the medical, doesn't mean he finds targets! Do you know who has what say for sure?

FFS! Being on the committee does not mean signing players! He has been working with the academy and u21 and u18 teams. If we are signing youth players why should he not get a say? There is no proof about how much say he has in anything?!

The continued development of the Academy, the infrustructure that is being put in place with regard to staplewood, and how that all works out for us maybe?

For me this is the problem. Because he is on the transfer committee, he seems to get a lot of flack! Suddenly he is signing players and has no idea what he's talking about. Or at least that's the impression I get from people. for the job he does he seems to have a pretty good CV?

This Even though in the long run it might be enough, it would be ideal now to start trying to kick on and put some space between us and teams below us, which I feel could have happened. Other than Sunderland I think we have got some good points last few games, would be a shame not to capitalize on that again!

Well I think it's eveident we identified targets in the summer, as Adkins stated about two centre backs, but one of them we were in for (as has been mentioned on here) didn't come off. Now people say why wasnt their a back up? What if the back up was ****? Then what would people say. It's incredible the same point is brough up over and over again. I'm pretty sure they aren't sat around scratching their arses! Transfers are pretty complicated. The club want x amount, the player wants x amount, then what if we don't think the player is worth that, or the player is unsure about moving. With so many unknowns why does everyone think it's as easy as saying we want x player, here is some money, thanks!

Also - if you agree a transfer ready for the window - what happens if that player then breaks his leg a week before the transfer! You're stuck with him. A club wouldn't let you back down from it, why would they if you agreed to it! It's that or they are going to pay their player and not play him? Again no club would do that either!