07 Mar 2025 16:40:11
Club statement on leadership changes, the guy from Leeds will be the new CEO, Colin Chong will oversee the development of the area surrounding BMD and BMD, Kevin Thelwell going at the end of his contract and a new structure for recruitment including Moyse . Good to see the Friedkins getting the communication to the Fans early, I feel in days of yore that we would have found out after it had all happened.
07 Mar 2025 17:14:49
Wasn’t expecting that. Let’s see who they appoint on the sporting leadership team. Hope we are moving forward with all this.
07 Mar 2025 17:36:28
Just hope Moyes doesn’t get too much of a say in the recruitment - for far too long we’ve bought players for managers who then get sacked and the players they brought in are not in the new managers plans.
This has left us with a mish mash of players.
We should be recruiting for the club and get the managers to manage the players that suit the club system rather than suit the manager.
Otherwise all looks positive and nice to see Chong being kept on as he’s done well with his role.
Hopefully onwards and upwards.
07 Mar 2025 18:50:28
Surely the manager picks the players that he wants to fit into his system.
Why can't we give Moyes a chance with a few bob in his picket. I think we forget that he bought some decent players over the years on a restrictive budget and i would put a few of them in out team for next year.
{Ed025's Note - myself i would like there to be a joint decision between the DOF and the manager on incoming players BL..
07 Mar 2025 20:09:00
DM has a decent track record when buying players so I'd trust him more than most when it comes to bringing in talent that suits the club.
I've said it before in here, the DoF has brought us nothing but trouble. Having two people wanting different players has cost us dearly in the previous regime, both financially and on the pitch. I'd rather go back to letting a manager use his own trusted scouting network so he can live and die by his own sword.
07 Mar 2025 22:11:59
The problem with buying players managers want is if you go through managers as quickly as we do you end up with a load of players managers don’t want and then you spend more money recruiting new players.
If guaranteed Moyes will be with us for the same length of time as a recruits contract then fine - unfortunately our players out last their managers and get left with a mish mash of players.
We did make some decent signings under Moyes but also some poor ones, same as him at Utd and West Ham - not all are great.
Genuinely think we need to get an identity as a club and get the manager to manage the players we recruit - obviously can have some say but shouldn’t be completely in charge of recruitment.
08 Mar 2025 01:29:51
Moyes like every other manager has his own style of play and philosophy on the game. There is no point bringing in players that he doesn't want.
The manager should give the DoF a list of players he would like and then the DoF should assess it and come to an agreement of which players they will target.
08 Mar 2025 08:44:31
Whether a manager or a DOF buys players, the next manager may not want them. At least if Moyes has a big say then we know he wants them. West Ham’s squad is littered with quality players bought in under Moyes’s tenure.
08 Mar 2025 09:09:15
Chong needs a big shout out and real appreciation for what he's done at the club. He's been an outstanding CEO in what can only be described as impossible circumstances. He's had to manage the club from the top, with a vacant owner and a stadium to get finished. What he has achieved is miraculous.
When you consider some of our previous CEO's, Colin really did steady the ship in its time of need.
Made up he's staying to continue overseeing the stadium with, aside from the finance deals made by Moshiri, has been super smooth during the building process and he's kept everyone informed right through and was the one that wanted regular video updates with the fans. I haven't felt, build wise, that this wouldn't get done.
08 Mar 2025 09:21:19
Whatever the case may be, DM should have at least have a veto on transfers and loans IMO.
08 Mar 2025 19:46:27
Could this be a possible set up for Moyes to move onto the leadership team in the future when we get a new coach?