So why ????

[Bozza]

Toko was lined up and signed long before the end of the season when we had a manager who was actively involved in the process.

There really is nothing to see here.

 

[Langley]

Whether the club signed him under OG or without a manager, the bottom line is the same. We have a new player who has been signed without the manager who will need to decide whether he wants him or not. Its the manager who will fail or succeed and so it should be his team. Long term projects are / should be revenue, ground capacity, extending the Albion brand even further to make this club bigger and better. The team on the pitch is there to win football matches and is always relatively "short term". The manager picks the side and sets the tactics, it should also be him who sticks his neck on the line with players we sign so that there is direct accountability for the team. Give him help sure but the bloke who picks the team should surely be spending the playing budget otherwise there is nobody accountable for the side on the pitch. Otherwise the manager will blame the bloke that bought the players and the bloke that buys the players will blame the manager when it goes wrong and when it goes right, they will both take the credit.

Your logic does not apply to those players already on the books, a new manager has to deal with what he gets, so what is the difference if one more player is added to that list ? After all, he never signed any of them.

 

[father_and_son]

Your logic does not apply to those players already on the books, a new manager has to deal with what he gets, so what is the difference if one more player is added to that list ? After all, he never signed any of them.

THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS !!!!

There are 17 players in the squad (before Toko arrives) that the new manager has had nothing to do with signing.

Why do people believe that Toko will be ANY DIFFERENT from these??

 

[skipper734]

I notice Jesse Lingard is still on the official site squad line up. Not much left but he's still there, does it mean he's ................

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

That's the new quality standard introduced by Bozza in an attempt to raise the level of debate on here.

Everyone has the right to be stupid; you were just abusing that right.

Stop being Nigelist.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

So why are the club signing players already without a new manager ?

Seems to me that the new manager will have to have whats given to him, not what he actually wants to build his own team AGAIN !!
JUST AN OBSERVATION

Two ways of looking at this. I take on board what you are saying, but it could also be said, that if we wait until a new manager IS appointed, (and that could well be a few weeks yet), any potential targets the new manager may have, will already have been snapped up by other clubs.

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

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Oh yes he was. I have read that an agreement was in place for him to sign before both our and their season ended, but it was not announced until. after the end of their season.

 

[Mr Bridger]

Any new manager will have a whole new squad of players to work with , not just one...... makes no difference.

 

[Bozza]

I asked that and got an infraction.

No. You got an infraction for posting on a thread that had absolutely nothing to do with Crystal Palace.