Academy Manager Butterfield leaves

[Master Bates]

Danny Butterfield leaves for Lincoln City.

Who's next?

[Lee On Solent Saint]

  On 23/12/2022 at 15:15, Master Bates said:

Danny Butterfield leaves for Lincoln City.

Who's next?

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Nathan Jones

[Turkish]

who's left?

[Weston Super Saint]

  On 23/12/2022 at 15:17, Turkish said:

who's left?

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Danny Butterfield - it was mentioned in the first post  

[Saint Fan CaM]

Bizarre. Rats and ship spring to mind.

[Master Bates]

https://www.hampshirelive.news/sport/football/football-news/southampton-academy-manager-league-one-7964644

[SotonianWill]

Good upgrade for him 

[USaint]

Probably see him want to take some youngsters on loan then, hopefully get them some first team football

[The Kraken]

‘Academy manager’ seems a bit of a misnomer. He was academy loans manager, or Player Pathway Lead as it was officially dubbed. Sounds like it was a bit of a research and player/clubs liaison role rather than coaching.

Edited 23 December, 2022 by The Kraken

[EBS1980]

Can’t blame him, sounds a step up on his role with us.

 

[Turkish]

I remember the glory days when we recruited David chell, Man City’s head of corporate sales and we were so proud we could bring this calibre of person in. Now we’re losing people to a league one club we’ve just knocked out the caribo cup. Where the ambition?

[Daft Kerplunk]

Is there anyone within the football structure that has premier league playing experience now? 

[64saint]

Earlier this week the club got fined for their accademy recruitment procedure when signing a young player.  I'm probably jumping to the wrong conclusion but with Danny Butterfield leaving with immediate effect just wondering if the two are linked.

[Fabrice29]

  On 24/12/2022 at 10:39, 64saint said:

Earlier this week the club got fined for their accademy recruitment procedure when signing a young player.  I'm probably jumping to the wrong conclusion but with Danny Butterfield leaving with immediate effect just wondering if the two are linked.

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Wouldn't have thought so. The title of this thread needs changing because under no circumstances was Butterfield the academy manager or anything like it. He was the loan manager, keeping on top of, in touch with and organising players who were on loan. It was an admin/man management role and he'd have played little/to no role in recruitment or on the pitch development of players.

Edited 24 December, 2022 by Fabrice29

[david in sweden]

  On 24/12/2022 at 11:42, Fabrice29 said:

Wouldn't have thought so. The title of this thread needs changing because under no circumstances was Butterfield the academy manager or anything like it. He was the loan manager, keeping on top of, in touch with and organising players who were on loan. It was an admin/man management role and he'd have played little/to no role in recruitment or on the pitch development of players.

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  On 24/12/2022 at 11:42, Fabrice29 said:

Wouldn't have thought so. The title of this thread needs changing because under no circumstances was Butterfield the academy manager or anything like it. He was the loan manager, keeping on top of, in touch with and organising players who were on loan. It was an admin/man management role and he'd have played little/to no role in recruitment or on the pitch development of players.

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It seems to be "a new tradition " for Saints to give former players some experience and help them along the road in a coaching / management career. 

...but I expect him to come back with a request for one or two of our Academy lads on loan.

Would be a win-win situation, with DB knowing what the player(s) are capable of, and said loans would get invaluable experience of League football. 

[Miltonaggro]

  On 23/12/2022 at 15:48, USaint said:

Probably see him want to take some youngsters on loan then, hopefully get them some first team football

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Hopefully Bazuna, Mara, and Larios for starters, although no guarantee they’d get games.