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CAST Q&A with Ged Roddy & Steve Gallen - Now Wed 22nd September 19:30

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  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    Of all the people in the world why did Thomas choose an unemployed ex academy director and FA bureaucrat to be his guide to the direction and strategy of a football club he may wish to purchase in the future......

    Why did that person then advise him that by some lucky chance he would be the best person to implement such a strategy despite never having such a role before?
  • 995632
    995632 Posts: 319
    edited September 2021
    Cafc43v3r said:
    Of all the people in the world why did Thomas choose an unemployed ex academy director and FA bureaucrat to be his guide to the direction and strategy of a football club he may wish to purchase in the future......

    Why did that person then advise him that by some lucky chance he would be the best person to implement such a strategy despite never having such a role before?
    GR was in charge of the EPPP for academies. So for a club who relies on it's academy as a revenue stream (rightly or wrongly, fact of life for us), wouldn't it be generally a good idea to put the man who "created Category 1 status"in charge of getting the club up to the required standards for that?

    Whether he has helped that or not is another story? It would be a good question to find out how does GR fit onto the transfer committee and what is his experience of that role previously? 
  • 995632
    995632 Posts: 319
    Nigel Adkins was quoted in the South London Press saying "At the end of the season I was hoping we’d get our team assembled very, very early and continue with the theme from last season – to have a settled side to work through the pre-season period, so that our patterns of play were established."

    Why then was it decided to not do that early team building and development of the squad, and essentially to forfeit the first 5 games of the season? We missed the playoffs by 1 goal last year, now we are 11 points behind where we were last season. Why was this judged to be an acceptable way to proceed with the season? 
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    995632 said:
    Cafc43v3r said:
    Of all the people in the world why did Thomas choose an unemployed ex academy director and FA bureaucrat to be his guide to the direction and strategy of a football club he may wish to purchase in the future......

    Why did that person then advise him that by some lucky chance he would be the best person to implement such a strategy despite never having such a role before?
    GR was in charge of the EPPP for academies. So for a club who relies on it's academy as a revenue stream (rightly or wrongly, fact of life for us), wouldn't it be generally a good idea to put the man who "created Category 1 status"in charge of getting the club up to the required standards for that?

    Whether he has helped that or not is another story? It would be a good question to find out how does GR fit onto the transfer committee and what is his experience of that role previously? 
    Could not agree more, if that was what he was doing. 
  • razil
    razil Posts: 15,041
    edited September 2021
    To be fair re CBT the club didn’t rate him enough to give him a long deal (or even an option?) and are now ‘scrambling’ around trying to extend him, so maybe the ‘knowitalls’ can be forgiven?
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    razil said:
    To be fair re CBT the club didn’t rate him enough to give him a long deal (or even an option?) and are now ‘scrambling’ around trying to extend him, so maybe the ‘knowitalls’ can be forgiven?
    Depends who you mean by the club.  The manager obviously saw enough in his trial to play him in the first team, ahead of some very (relatively) expensive options. 
  • CheshireAddick
    CheshireAddick Posts: 1,305
    Has anybody received the link yet?.
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,231
    @995632

    Hi 34, some really interesting questions you have raised. Have you sent the questions in officially ?


  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,650
    No point. They are not going to answer truthly & will be more bluff & bluster. 

    Gallen on his own at a fans meeting like Bromley might give out some nuggets but not when sitting next to the bloke the owner brought in to oversee all things football related.

    Pointless waste of time.
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,231
    edited September 2021
    The few thousand of us who were either at the valley or watched on Charlton TV thought Blackett-Taylor may just be able to replicate his mastery of a Crawley full back in the Pape John pizza trophy to a League 1 full back. Worthy of 4 seasons I feel even if it is, Summer, Autumn, Winter and Spring of 22 and then decide if he is the flavour of the month?

    4 months was an indicator that Corey had lost his way after his youth career at Aston Villa and his release from Tranmere.

    Bright Grammar school lad who at 23, can still be top of the class.

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  • Pico
    Pico Posts: 1,030
    CheshireAddick said:
    Has anybody received the link yet?.
    Went out at 1pm today.

    Inbox WeegieAddick if you can't locate it. 
  • CheshireAddick
    CheshireAddick Posts: 1,305
    Pico said:
    CheshireAddick said:
    Has anybody received the link yet?.
    Went out at 1pm today.

    Inbox WeegieAddick if you can't locate it. 
    Thank you Pico. Found it :-)
  • thenewbie
    thenewbie Posts: 11,004
    995632 said:
    Nigel Adkins was quoted in the South London Press saying "At the end of the season I was hoping we’d get our team assembled very, very early and continue with the theme from last season – to have a settled side to work through the pre-season period, so that our patterns of play were established."

    Why then was it decided to not do that early team building and development of the squad, and essentially to forfeit the first 5 games of the season? We missed the playoffs by 1 goal last year, now we are 11 points behind where we were last season. Why was this judged to be an acceptable way to proceed with the season? 
    That assumes it WAS decided, which I doubt. Certainly it went very wrong but through error and overconfidence not a deliberate choice.
  • DOUCHER
    DOUCHER Posts: 7,909
    given the current issues and the amount of people venting their views, it seems strange that there's only 87 people on this event - what else are they doing on a tuesday evening ? why not hear it from the horses mouths and discuss rather than just ranting away all day? 
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    edited September 2021
    DOUCHER said:
    given the current issues and the amount of people venting their views, it seems strange that there's only 87 people on this event - what else are they doing on a tuesday evening ? why not hear it from the horses mouths and discuss rather than just ranting away all day? 
    I don't know what anyone else is doing in a Tuesday evening but I watched Charlton at Gillingham what did you do last night?

    :wink:
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,893
    I was doubled booked at the start, but in now
  • roseandcrown
    roseandcrown Posts: 7,588
    Steve gallen says despite timing and league position it’s a privilege to answers fans questions. 
  • roseandcrown
    roseandcrown Posts: 7,588
    Steve Gallen & Ged Roddy share an office. They identify targets then put them to @SandgaardThomas and @TheNigelAdkins. In general the four reach consensus on all targets. Ged Roddy explains that Steve has the lead role to negotiate with players and agents.
  • roseandcrown
    roseandcrown Posts: 7,588
    The owner and the manager do have a veto role.
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,461
    roseandcrown said:
    The owner and the manager do have a veto role.
    Makes Adkins comment rather awkward from last night 

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  • roseandcrown
    roseandcrown Posts: 7,588
    Steve Gallen says his life is much easier now that Ged Roddy has taken away some of the weight eg regarding The Academy. He can now focus properly on signings, contracts and negotiations.
  • SELR_addicks
    SELR_addicks Posts: 15,470
    ForeverAddickted said:
    roseandcrown said:
    The owner and the manager do have a veto role.
    Makes Adkins comment rather awkward from last night 
    But it does seem like he has no say in identifying a target. 
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    ForeverAddickted said:
    roseandcrown said:
    The owner and the manager do have a veto role.
    Makes Adkins comment rather awkward from last night 
    Massive difference between a veto and choice.  You can't veto everything else you'll end up with no one. 
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,388
    Not new but Gallen was previously doing all the scouting, we now have scouts across the UK at games and watching videos internationally.
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,461
    edited September 2021
    Gallen has just admitted that the four man Recruitment team isnt that much different to the previous Belgian regime.

    Now where did I leave my tin helmet.

    Gallen got quoted £2m recently for a League One player, three teams are spending ridiculous amounts
  • roseandcrown
    roseandcrown Posts: 7,588
    Ged Roddy describes analytics as the first step. Then we scout players- in person nationally or using video internationally. Ged and Steve talk. If they identify a target, they look at their social profile and check background. If green, they move forward with manager and owner.
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,388
    Gallen was quoted £2m for a player recently, doesn’t feel we should pay it.

    Three other clubs are throwing money around, could be in trouble if it doesn’t work.
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    ForeverAddickted said:
    Gallen has just admitted that the four man Recruitment team isnt that much different to the previous Belgian regime.

    Now where did I leave my tin helmet.

    Gallen got quoted £2m recently for a League One player, three teams are spending ridiculous amounts
    Which isn't much difference to the Curbs, Peacock, Murray model either. 
  • DagenhamAddick
    DagenhamAddick Posts: 468
    roseandcrown said:
    Ged Roddy describes analytics as the first step. Then we scout players- in person nationally or using video internationally. Ged and Steve talk. If they identify a target, they look at their social profile and check background. If green, they move forward with manager and owner.
    And by that time they’ve signed for Ipswich :)
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,388
    Agents are “skilled operators”, they are there with our squad list (and Ipswich’s, Wigan’s etc) and can see the gaps where we need players.

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