Who are the Final Four?

[CA Baggie]

A list of 4 and a lack of urgency worry me.

Unless the managers/coaches on the list are of a similar ilk then I would argue that the club still lack a plan, a culture or an identity.  The DoF should have a plan of what he wants alongside the type of scouting that’s being undertaken.  The choice of manager should be one that fits the club, not just a random  “old and experienced”, “up and coming” and “Johnny foreigner” round of interviews.

Will the new man be someone that wants experienced brutish based players, will it be someone to promote youth or someone who knows the foreign markets?  

DA had a plan of who would fit the remit of what the club wanted, we don’t appear to have this.  The club appear to be doing it arse about face.  Find the identity of the club and then pick the man to carry that out, we’ve lurched aots for a while now.  Fuck knows what remit our scouting dept. have.  I bet it didn’t include Kyle Bartley and passing out from the back though.

Our identity was pretty but weak football under DA that experiment ended when RDM got the sack and Roy came and saved us from another potential relegation. DA did a lot well but when it came to the crunch the best thing he did was bring in the best manager we’ve had for years and have never properly replaced.

I thought that may entice you out.  What experiment?

I happen to think that Roy becoming available was one of the reasons we acted so quickly in ending RDMs reign.  That sounds decisive and like a plan to me.

We had a scouting network that worked together and actually found those mythical (to some) players from the  continent on the cheap.  We also put in place the academy and youth program that we’re now starting to see the fruits of. 

I suppose it’s all a coincidence that happened under DA, in the same way as St. George’s Park and the England youth set-up under DA too.  

Be interesting to see what happens at Brighton over the next couple of years. 

We could always of course just sign players we think may do a job and then a manager and coaches that may or may not play to their strengths.