Jesús García Pitarch - binned

[Toronto Villa]

If he had a role in bringing in Douglas Luiz then I would like to say thank you.

If he had a role in bringing in Drinkwater, Baston, Samatta, Nakamba etc...

[PaulWinch again]

Will we replace him? Or just have Smith signing players?

I would assume they’d replace him. There’s clearly a model they want in place.

[OCD]

Interesting comments from Dean Smith last night in hindsight then. He said it was important to get the recruitment right this summer and that the 3 of them (him, Purslow and Pitarch) were meeting today.

Some of the comments make it sound like there's only ever one go involved in transfers. As far as I know, there's a recruitment department. 

[cdbearsfan]

If he had a role in bringing in Douglas Luiz then I would like to say thank you.

If he had a role in bringing in Drinkwater, Baston, Samatta, Nakamba etc...

Bit harsh to place Nakamba in that bracket.

[Steve67]

I wonder if they may do away with the role, promote Dean to Manager and bring in another coach.  Perhaps promote JT to Assistant Manager?  Probably not, bring in another DOF? A better one who uses their history and connections that they have as Suso didn't appear to use the Spanish connection.

[The_ads]

Great news. Let’s not dress it up, the recruitment was a disaster, especially in January. We gambled on players that weren’t even setting a second rate Belgian league alight and they aren’t even near the standard required.  January was just atrocious recruitment, even in the restrictions of FFP our loan market moves were laughable, a real lack of ingenuity and understanding that we were in deep shit.  £10m on Nakamba - I know it’s not a lot of money in today’s market but West Ham went and got Soucek on loan who looks 3 times the player.  Hope we’ve had someone lined up for some time and we’ve already got irons in the fire so we can hit the ground running in Sept

[Toronto Villa]

If he had a role in bringing in Douglas Luiz then I would like to say thank you.

If he had a role in bringing in Drinkwater, Baston, Samatta, Nakamba etc...

Bit harsh to place Nakamba in that bracket.

I don't know man. He always scares me when he's on the pitch. He had some decent games but too many where he's looked lost or given the ball away a lot. I'm not convinced at all he's PL quality.

[Steve67]

Great news. Let’s not dress it up, the recruitment was a disaster, especially in January. We gambled on players that weren’t even setting a second rate Belgian league alight and they aren’t even near the standard required.  January was just atrocious recruitment, even in the restrictions of FFP our loan market moves were laughable, a real lack of ingenuity and understanding that we were in deep shit.  £10m on Nakamba - I know it’s not a lot of money in today’s market but West Ham went and got Soucek on loan who looks 3 times the player.  Hope we’ve had someone lined up for some time and we’ve already got irons in the fire so we can hit the ground running in Sept

Fair comment.  Nakamba will hopefully get better but at the moment looks pants. The January recruitment was absolutely terrible, Reina apart, and let's be honest, if Steer was fit, Reina wouldn't have been recruited.  Baston?  For fuck sake.  If the owners are serious about this football club, they will simply not allow this kind of incompetence in recruitment going forward. 

[The_ads]

If he had a role in bringing in Douglas Luiz then I would like to say thank you.

If he had a role in bringing in Drinkwater, Baston, Samatta, Nakamba etc...

Bit harsh to place Nakamba in that bracket.

I don't know man. He always scares me when he's on the pitch. He had some decent games but too many where he's looked lost or given the ball away a lot. I'm not convinced at all he's PL quality.

He’s no where near it. If he’s a £10m premier league player then the world has gone mad. He’s bang average. He reminds me of Isiah Osborne

[The_ads]

Great news. Let’s not dress it up, the recruitment was a disaster, especially in January. We gambled on players that weren’t even setting a second rate Belgian league alight and they aren’t even near the standard required.  January was just atrocious recruitment, even in the restrictions of FFP our loan market moves were laughable, a real lack of ingenuity and understanding that we were in deep shit.  £10m on Nakamba - I know it’s not a lot of money in today’s market but West Ham went and got Soucek on loan who looks 3 times the player.  Hope we’ve had someone lined up for some time and we’ve already got irons in the fire so we can hit the ground running in Sept

Fair comment.  Nakamba will hopefully get better but at the moment looks pants. The January recruitment was absolutely terrible, Reina apart, and let's be honest, if Steer was fit, Reina wouldn't have been recruited.  Baston?  For fuck sake.  If the owners are serious about this football club, they will simply not allow this kind of incompetence in recruitment going forward.

We sign Baston who couldn’t make Swansea’s bench and Swansea take a punt on Brewster on loan who looks a handful and would have done a job for us. Disastrous recruitment with nearly dire consequences.

[dave.woodhall]

If he had a role in bringing in Douglas Luiz then I would like to say thank you.

If he had a role in bringing in Drinkwater, Baston, Samatta, Nakamba etc...

Bit harsh to place Nakamba in that bracket.

I don't know man. He always scares me when he's on the pitch. He had some decent games but too many where he's looked lost or given the ball away a lot. I'm not convinced at all he's PL quality.

He’s no where near it. If he’s a £10m premier league player then the world has gone mad. He’s bang average. He reminds me of Isiah Osborne

The world has gone mad. He is what £10 million gets you. He started off well, lost form and hopefully the experience will have done him good.

[London Villan]

We are going to need (at least) 4 £25m players. Someone needs to have done their homework.

[Steve67]

What I do like is there has been no fannying about.  It hasn't worked, get rid and don't let the door hit you on the arse on the way out.   We need players in quickly and I hope there is a plan in place to do this but I'm pleased that we have acted swiftly. Businesslike and purposeful.

[ROBBO]

I would give Nakamba more time, some players just take longer. Luiz had his critics six months ago, look at him now.

[Footy-Vill]

Think that's a great move to get susso out.
Dean Smith learning Spanish was a waste. Hopefully a footballing person now will come in alongside Smith and help recruit.
Or alternatively if a proper analytics people can come in  and do a high end recruitment effort a la Brentford . Maybe take their people even.

Susso should have gone for the recruitment in January.
Pleased Dean Smith stays and gets to build .
Thanks a little bit Pitarch but generally didn't give the players deemed suited to help us finish higher than 17th.

Onwards and up the villa