The off field experience is dire, with the very welcome expection of more entrances for SBU; thank yopu. Remember customer facing staff must be as fustrated as we are. Support them. The rest is a PP management issue.
Re your first para the last l can think of was Whelan at Wigan and he got that post as owner not because he was an ex-footballer.
Didn’t he break a leg in a cup final? He should have mentioned it
That thug Deeley did him.... Allegedly (single source Whelan)
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Please if you've got the money, or know a rich Sheikh who will lend you the money then buy the club.
To be fair I don’t think anyone advocates someone like Bully running the club. The simple fact is everywhere you look in the club we are lacking top class professionals and hence our situation off the pitch and on it is a reflection of that
What’s your field of expertise to conclude those in positions currently aren’t top class professionals?
Certainly not hound them out. My belief (based purely on guess work) is that Fosun would get rid IF they were offered what they thought was an equitable sum.
What role do you expect from the DOF what’s his remit and responsibilities. This cliche about a top class DOF gets thrown round here all the time but it’s such a fluid role that alters from club to club so it’s near impossible to say what one could do for us. At some clubs it’s the most pivotal role in the club pulling together scouting, deciding on coaches, players, style of play and at others it’s a watered down admin role.
Have to agree with you from the way the infrastructure has been stripped to the bone, and the look of the squad .
I think you can look at someones experience and record and then judge what their capabilities are likely to be.
If we aren’t spending money (which we aren’t) what difference does contacts have to do?
According to Jeff we have money but decided there wasn’t good players available to spend it on. That’s why we need an experienced DoF.
Why not if it raised the sale price?
Whilst I admire your staunch defence of all things Wolves and that you regularly highlight some of the negative nonsense spouted on here, your patronising and borderline aggressive tone does you no favours. If anything, it just weakens your case.
If you mean my last sentence was not similar said to me? Or we just going to ignore that?
Quod erat demonstrandum.
So an experienced DOF is going to make players come in budget? I’ll say it again we had the biggest fixer in world football in our corner, more powerful than any director of football, it doesn’t matter a jot if the budget isn’t there. If you have £20 million to spend in the window on a cb and a cm you aren’t improving the squad. You can’t make a silk purse with a sows ear
Living la Vida loca. Why are we quoting Ricky Martin?
Mendes has a duty first and foremost to act on the best interests of his clients. That means getting the best opportunities and deals for them. His job isn’t and can’t be getting the best deals for Wolves. Sometimes the two interests intersect, but that is only when he has an appropriate player, and Wolves have the best opportunity. When it comes to players represented by other agents, he cannot get involved. He is explicitly not employed by Wolves as an advisor, and if he were, both he and Wolves would be in all sorts of trouble.
You don’t really believe that do you? He brokers deals for clubs on players he doesn’t represent every single day. He’s been involved in 40 of the last 43 signings man united have signed, he represented 7
Believe what you want. If he has no interest in any of the players being traded, and he’s not employed as a consultant, then he cannot get involved. Fact is that player moves are like house sales chains and when a club like Utd is involved, there is a good chance some of the chains will touch one of his players. If you want to buy a player from outside Portugal, especially if they are not a superstar, then Mendes is unlikely to represent them.
If you wanted to sign a division 3 player from chile, gestifute could get you a list quicker than any scout or dof
But they cannot negotiate the deal nor advise on the deal unless they are contracted to provide consultancy services to the club. Mendes is not employed by Wolves in this capacity, and cannot be.
No DOF in world football could convince players like Jota and neves to join a championship club and patricio and Moutinho to join newly promoted clubs. Mendes is infinitely more influential and important than any DOF in world football
As for the first paragraph, I’m sorry but genuinely do you really think he nor other agents don’t do that daily. You’ll be telling me they don’t talk to players without clubs permission next
As I said. When the interests of the player and Wolves intersect then he can make magic happen. He cannot nor does not do this for every player in the world. You have a very poor understanding of what a DoF does and Wolves misses having someone with those skills. Mendes is not a replacement and cannot be. End of story.
He wasn't Fabio's agent, yet took more commission from that deal than the actual agent did.
Vestergaard is awful, doesn't improve us at all imo.
End of story? I have poor understanding? You’re in cuckoo land
