[SpireiteTillIDiee]

 JonB, on 22 June 2025 - 07:52 PM, said:

Sounds like Paterson will spend of his time in meetings!!

“Edwards and Slocombe will join Paterson, our owners, Gagliardi and Director of Performance Dr David Rhodes on a newly-formed Technical Board which will meet regularly to discuss football strategy, team and player performance, data insights and other matters.

Ahead of each match, relevant members of the Technical Board will share views relating to tactical approach and team selection, taking into account factors such as player fitness and readiness, data modelling and opposition analysis. Paterson, as Head Coach, will have ultimate decision-making responsibility for each game plan.

Post-match meetings will also take place, enabling the coaching team to explain in-game decisions and for a data-led review of the match to be presented, including insights on physical and technical outputs of the team and individuals.

The Technical Board will also develop a process to support the coaching team in making more effective in-game decisions. This will involve supplying a variety of data-led metrics, analysis and insights to the dugout in as near to real-time as possible.”

One less to worry about for promotion next season

[Westbars Spireite]

azul, on 23 June 2025 - 07:18 AM, said:

The 'head coach' sounds like a really small piece of the jigsaw or is it menagerie.

I love the bit about developing a process to make in game decisions more effective. He'll be reaching for his flow chart every five minutes. Don't know why they are bothering with the technical board, might as well use ChatGPT.

I'm not suggesting PC is a footballing dinosaur but I wouldn't be surprised if he was to laugh his head off reading that. A noisy minority (or majority?) of Notts fans will be against him from day one; unless they start off well it's going to get nasty quite quickly.

[Bluekent]

 Westbars Spireite, on 23 June 2025 - 07:55 AM, said:

I'm not suggesting PC is a footballing dinosaur but I wouldn't be surprised if he was to laugh his head off reading that. A noisy minority (or majority?) of Notts fans will be against him from day one; unless they start off well it's going to get nasty quite quickly.

No point having a go at him , he’s clearly not gonna be making any sort of decisions, seems pointless adding him to the wage bill. The circus upstairs may as well be on the training pitch and in the dugout on match days.

This post has been edited by Bluekent: 23 June 2025 - 08:28 AM

[HaslandBlue58]

Wouldn't have thought even a mercenary like Steve Evans would take a position like this, even with a 'as much as you can eat pies' offer thrown in.
Would it be correct to assume this mad set up will have a negative effect on the players on the pitch?

[Blue5]

By the sound of things, Jack's leaving Sheff U as well.

[60s 70s Spireite]

Bluekent, on 23 June 2025 - 08:28 AM, said:

No point having a go at him , he’s clearly not gonna be making any sort of decisions, seems pointless adding him to the wage bill. The circus upstairs may as well be on the training pitch and in the dugout on match days.

More or a less a throwback to pre 1960s when the directors picked the team ahead of the manager.

[Siberian Spireite]

Apologies if already mentioned but on the subject of Notts County managers….
https://www.bbc.co.u...es/cpqnlxnl02ro
Fair play to him

[spireitetoo]

 Siberian Spireite, on 24 June 2025 - 08:50 PM, said:

Apologies if already mentioned but on the subject of Notts County managers….
https://www.bbc.co.u...es/cpqnlxnl02ro
Fair play to him

Saw this tother day, I wonder if hes still being paid by Swansea, and if he takes another job in football that stops? So is doing that instead of just sitting bored at home ??

[RN Blue]

 spireitetoo, on 25 June 2025 - 05:41 AM, said:

Saw this tother day, I wonder if hes still being paid by Swansea, and if he takes another job in football that stops? So is doing that instead of just sitting bored at home ??

I'll let you know if I see him at the airport, I'm flying from there today.

[Burgerman]

Siberian Spireite, on 24 June 2025 - 08:50 PM, said:

Apologies if already mentioned but on the subject of Notts County managers….
https://www.bbc.co.u...es/cpqnlxnl02ro
Fair play to him

Good for him. He obviously has his sights on returning to football but isn't worried or ashamed to be working a normal job. Respect to the bloke.

[JonB]

Saw something about this the other day, he's working in a volunteer role as he's said he's the sort of person that needs to be doing something rather than just sat at home doing nothing.

[Westbars Spireite]

I always thought he came across really well in interviews. Seems a nice guy who has worked his way back from a series injury which finished him as a player young.

[born in 1866]

 JonB, on 25 June 2025 - 07:19 AM, said:

Saw something about this the other day, he's working in a volunteer role as he's said he's the sort of person that needs to be doing something rather than just sat at home doing nothing.

Not according to Williams.

"I am earning an honest buck and I am grafting hard for it," Williams says.

[JonB]

born in 1866, on 25 June 2025 - 08:34 AM, said:

Not according to Williams.

"I am earning an honest buck and I am grafting hard for it," Williams says.

Ah maybe what i read was wrong then, i think it was on social media. Pretty sure it read along the lines of he was just doing stuff on a volunteer basis rather than being sat at home.