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The whole point is that Sheff Weds are not well managed. He has created a steady team with little investment under an absolutely basket case ownership. Aa always, context is key. He has obviously had a massive falling out there aince our approach and their downturn has basically coincided with that. Like Cortese with Pochettino, Saints with RM etc sometimes recent results or league position aren't the way to judge because if Rohl were to come here then he would have far better players to work with. I am sure that factors such as his development of Shea Charles, experience of working in a RB style etc would be of greater value to Spors as a mechanism of assessing his fit.

https://sportwitness.co.uk/theres-an-agreement-with-the-owner-danny-rohl-on-reaching-deal-over-sheffield-wednesday-future/ https://sportwitness.co.uk/danny-rohl-sheffield-wednesday-quality-of-southampton-leicester-city-and-ipswich-town/ Reading the quotes here, whilst nothing concrete, it doesn't particularly come across as he has an agreement with Saints and is expecting to be announced in due course. If that were the case (with Saints or any club) I'm not sure what he has to gain from doing the podcast. Considering he is still contracted to Sheff Weds for 2 more years having willingly signed an extension its fairly unprofessional from him IMO.

On what criteria are you judging?

By that logic Russell Martin got 87pts so just get him back?

What does "higher" mean? They will just want to get the best person for the job and will have own criteria as to what that is.

If Rohl is to end up back in Germany then I am sure Spors will also have known that for a while too.

Rohl clearly confident he is leaving Sheff Wed for someone and wants it done ASAP. Sure it will become clear where his destination is soon enough. If we wanted him when RM went I don't see why we would have changed our minds on that since.

How many goals we conceded last time in the Championship was more to do with how we played than the quality of the individuals IMO. We did also score the second most goals so clearly were more balanced towards attack than defence. My recollection is that Bednarek was extremely comfortable at that level and can barely think of any games when he struggled 1vs 1 with any forward. In fact, he bossed the majority of them, including in key games versus Leeds. I get that we have had a poor defensive record which he has been part of but the majority of that has been in the PL where we aren't going to be next season. KWP, Bednarek and THB were all better than Championship level. Lose all three and all of a sudden our back 4 would look very much bog standard Championship level. To get promoted you need some of the best players in the league across key positions so lose those guys and we need to buy in players who meet that criteria, whilst also needing to get strikers and wide players who meet that criteria too. We could sell Bednarek for £6m and then be quoted £20m to sign someone of the same level - will get expensive quickly.

Bednarek was above the level of the Championship last time and its the relative quality of those types that gets you promotions. For £6m there is little chance we can buy that in so whilst I don't begrudge him a move I am suprised people celebrate something like that. He is a PL experienced Intl CB in his prime who is rarely injured! Was massive last time out in the Champ. The whole advantage you have as a relegated team is having some players who are too good for the lower level - regardless of their PL ability. Don't wish them all away!

This is very over simplified and not hugely accurate. Parsons is CEO. He obviously had a role in recruitment negotiations but in no way would he have been ID'ing and choosing which players to target. The whole point of Spors being brought in is to have a single person responsible for the football operation - its not just names that have changed but roles and responsibilities.

To be fair to them, their off-field appointments have largely been pretty good. Goldie is doing a great job with the Academy, Calum McFarlane excellent with U18s and now 21s since another good appointment in Rusk has become involved with the first team. Shields was seens as being good enough for Chelsea who could pretty much get anyone they wanted, ditto Wilcox who setup a promotion in his only season here. Parsons harder to judge but no question of some improvements off the pitch. As you say, no guarentee Spors is successful but initial signs are promising and recruitment has been our no1 failure the last 2 PL seasons so lots to learn from.

Isn't pretty much every club up for sale for the right amount? The time to be bothered is if/when Solak stops actively investing cash, which is pretty much the only good thing they have done.

Forum legend Brian Stock. Used to post on here as Always SFC I believe.

Fair summary. Why people seem to slag him off is beyond me. Easily good enough to be part of a good team next season and would be very low on my list of players to actively try to get rid of.

Just to check do you mean local lad Will Smallbone who was very good last season in a Saints team that got promoted at Wembley - getting the assist for the winning goal in the playoff final, added to a vitally important goal in the semi final as well?