30 Nov 2016 10:21:52
What is becoming increasingly clear is that the main issue with the club is Thelwell.
Lets not forget that he has publicly stated that he has authorized every transfer.
Therefore since his time in post as sporting director / head of recruitment, his record looks like this.
Season 12/ 13
Louis Harris Free
Jamie Tank £20,000
Frank Nouble Free
Bjorn Bergmann Sigurdarson £2,400,000
Georg Margreiter £2,000,000
Abdoulrazak Boukari £3,000,000
Bakary Sako £3,000,000
Lee Evans Nominal
Season 13/ 14
Samuel Ricketts Free
Scott Golbourne £700,000
James Henry £250,000
Michael Jacobs £300,000
Nouha Dicko £300,000
Ethan E banks Landell Signed
Tongo Hamed Doumbia Signed
Kevin Mc Donald Signed
Bradley Reid Signed
Leon Clarke £750,000
Kortney Hause Signed
Season 14/ 15
Tommy Rowe Free
Rajiv van La Parra Free
George Saville £1,000,000
Tomasz Kuszczak Free
George Swan Free
Jordan Graham Undisclosed
Benik Afobe £2,000,000
Season 15/ 16
Jed Wallace £275,000
Conor Coady £2,000,000
Nathan Byrne £1,000,000
Sylvain Deslandes Free
Michał Żyro £350,000
Will Randall Undisclosed
Mike Williamson Nominal
Season 16/ 17
Andy Lonergan Undisclosed
SÃlvio Undisclosed
Jón Daði Böðvarsson £1,000,000
Prince Oniangué £2,200,000
Paul Gladon £1,000,000
Romain Saïss £3,400,000
Ivan Cavaleiro £7,000,000
Thats 32.15 million, with arguably only 6 of the above list being of any value or players that we consider good enough.
15% success rate!
How many more people (managers) can become his scapegoat, whylst he remains at the head of the chain and gets off scott free?
Until Thelwell is removed we will never move forward regardless of investment!
30 Nov 2016 11:45:18
with the greatest respect you can prove anything with statistics. For starters you can take out the "Mendes" signings from the stats since Mr Thelwell had minimal involvement.
There are successes in your list, Afobe springs immediately to mind plus numerous bargains, e. g. Zyro, Graham, Williamson, Mac Donald, Henry, etc.
Look at the signing record of other clubs to compare e.g Villa and WBA - longer lists and much bigger money.
In conclusion, if you are looking for scape goats look at the owners who have clearly underestimated the quality required for the Championship. In addition, also look to the players, several (perhaps all) of whom are currently underperforming. The players will improve and regain form but clearly that needs to be soon if we are to get out of the drop zone.
30 Nov 2016 12:38:22
you can also realise facts with statistics too mate.