Well Well Posted June 20, 2015 Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 I agree, this person was brought in to help build the club up again, this is a mid to long term plan and never good to hear someone move on so quickly especially with the new season only a few weeks away and a major squad rebuild under way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one m in motherwell Posted June 20, 2015 Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 We've managed to sign players without a Head of Recruitment before, I'm sure we'll cope. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goggles & Flippers Posted June 20, 2015 Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 Safe to say regrettable all round, I'm sure our former employee feels a bit coy towards for his mate who got him the gig, I'm sure our manager hoped he may have found the role he gave him more attractive than the one he's now moving to and I'm sure the club could have done without all the upheaval and the extra expense and hassle of recruiting a replacement. This is definitely the most significant summer for recruitment since 2009. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigWeegieDosser Posted June 20, 2015 Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 Always a bit sceptical about appointing a 46 yr old who's been a manager/ asst manager at various clubs down south . Unless his package offered a significant share of the spoils in future transfer fees I just couldn't see him sticking around if another club came looking. Be interesting to see what fruit the new worldwide scouting network bears. Hopefully it's not just a few guys watching random YouTube show reels til they go blind... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well Well Posted June 20, 2015 Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 We've managed to sign players without a Head of Recruitment before, I'm sure we'll cope. That may be true but the results haven't always been great. We are trying to move on and be more professional and have a sustained and permanent presence in the transfer market rather than reacting to losing players when we could have been proactive in our recruitment and retention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted June 20, 2015 Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 While not great, the good news is that we do seem to have implemented a new scouting system (using the Moneyball kind of approach), so that should still be in place. As for proactive, we re-signed Pearo and managed to lock down Dom Thomas. However, the nature of the beast these days is that agents won't let their players sign any contract until they have squeezed every possible offer out of every possible club, and they takes a few weeks. Also, there was uncertainty which league we'd be in and, even if the budget wasn't to be cut after relegation, I'm sure a number of targets would be reluctant to play in the Championship. In our most successful seasons we have been doing business all summer and even after the deadline. Last season, we had most of our business transacted early and that turned out to be a bit of a disaster. It's still a buyers' market, though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villageman Posted June 20, 2015 Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 To someone used to working with players on a day to day basis I would guess this move was attractive. I believe too that he was based in England also he is from that area so plusses all round. Hope he left his notes with the club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelboy Posted June 20, 2015 Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 This is the guy who was at Aldershot with Straker and Plymouth with Nathan Thomas. If we didn't punt him we've had a lucky escape. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superward Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 This is the guy who was at Aldershot with Straker and Plymouth with Nathan Thomas. If we didn't punt him we've had a lucky escape. That is a fair point. His time does seem to have overlapped with them both! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well Well Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 This is the guy who was at Aldershot with Straker and Plymouth with Nathan Thomas. If we didn't punt him we've had a lucky escape. That is a fair point. His time does seem to have overlapped with them both! Jesus fuck..the guy hasn't had a chance to do anything before he moved on and we are already slagging him off with absoultely no proof whatever that he done a bad job 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superward Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 Jesus fuck..the guy hasn't had a chance to do anything before he moved on and we are already slagging him off with absoultely no proof whatever that he done a bad job Maybe a bit harsh on reflection. Anyway, he has jumped ship very early into his new position for whatever reason which I am not too keen on. Hopefully we have set up what we need to in his time here and we can get someone in to fill the position without too much impact felt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superward Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 Motherwell hope to retain Scott McDonald Scott McDonald could yet extend his stay with Motherwell, according to manager Ian Baraclough. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/33216122 Clearly it is hard to know how close we are/aren't but good to hear we are speaking to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ropy Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 I'd rather we weren't reminding people that he was available. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superward Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 I'd rather we weren't reminding people that he was available. It has been pretty well publicised already to be fair! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ropy Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 More the fact that that a club that assumed he would be off down south might think it's worth putting a package together for him if he is considering us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEWELL Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 Yes we can but hope. Thought he was tremendous for us the short time he's been back. C'Mon Scott a year or 2 with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelman94 Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 If skippy was to return would he have the same effect on Moore as he did on Erwin, I certainly hope so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superward Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 If skippy was to return would he have the same effect on Moore as he did on Erwin, I certainly hope so I hope so. He was talking Erwin, as well as some others, through games at times which is exactly what we need from our senior pros. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazzie Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 Moore is the new Bob McHugh in my opinion. Never making it at Motherwell. Hope I'm wrong though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfc Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 this is a big season for moore he really needs to make an impact or he could easily go the same way mchugh did Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobey_Dosser Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 Massive season for Moore. Prior to his injury, I don't think there was much doubt he'd make a similar impact similar to what Erwin has went on and achieved. However, it remains to be seen if he can recover fully from his injury. I rate him highly but he looked painfully slow against Thistle and during his Ibrox cameo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 Moore was much better than McHugh in the U20s, but suffered from lack of opportunity with McCall. He had a great partnership with Erwin and it's a shame we won't see that in the the first team. As long as his injury hasn't crocked him I think he has a good chance of making an impact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammy Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 Think this will be the week we start to see movement with contracts and new signings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 Moore is the new Bob McHugh in my opinion. Never making it at Motherwell. Hope I'm wrong though. Its killing me but I agree with you. I have never seen what he has to offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweed Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 Massive season for Moore. Prior to his injury, I don't think there was much doubt he'd make a similar impact similar to what Erwin has went on and achieved. However, it remains to be seen if he can recover fully from his injury. I rate him highly but he looked painfully slow against Thistle and during his Ibrox cameo. It reminds me of the regression of Kevin McBride when he got injured. Never recovered. Hopefully with a full pre-season he can get back to a suitable level of fitness, speed and sharpness. I also have a feeling they'll be getting a very rigorous regime come Thursday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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