Chris Badlan- Head of recruitment. (5 Viewers)

[Cobi Jones's Dreads]

Afternoon gents,

Is this guy up to the job? He joined us as Head of recruitment at the start of May 2018 in that process he has signed:

First Team:

Brandon Mason
Abu Agogo
Luke Thomas (Loan)
Junior Brown
Connor Chaplin
Jordy Hiwula
Amadou Bakayoko
Dujon Sterling (Loan)
Bright Enobakhare (Loan)
Jonson Clarke Harris

Develolment Squad:

Zain Westbrooke
Dexter Walters
Reise Allassani
Morgan Williams
Bouwe Bosma
Michael Rose
Declan Drysdale

Apart from the development players we haven't seen how many of these signings will be deemed a success? Personally i would say just Thomas and Sterling both being loans really is disappointing, with reported figures of close to a million pounds spent on three forwards in the permanent list, is this guy on borrowed time?

Of course he is solely not to blame but surely this year's awful transfer business needs to be looked and the traced back to this guy.

 

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[Otis]

First Team:

Brandon Mason - Been okay. Maybe a bit soon yet to say one way or another

Abu Agogo - Failure

Luke Thomas (Loan) - Success

Junior Brown - Failure

Connor Chaplin - Disappointing, but maybe a bit soon for him and we need to see what he can do next season

Jordy Hiwula - A bit meh. Not sure. Has some good games, but disappears in others

Amadou Bakayoko - Too soon to fully judge

Dujon Sterling (Loan) - Success

Bright Enobakhare (Loan) - Too soon

Jonson Clarke Harris - Hit and miss

Develolment Squad:

Zain Westbrooke
Dexter Walters
Reise Allassani
Morgan Williams
Bouwe Bosma
Michael Rose
Declan Drysdale

Need to give all these time to develop. Bosma seems an odd one though.

 

[Winny the Bish]

First Team:

Brandon Mason - Looked good.
Abu Agogo - Bad
Luke Thomas (Loan) - Good
Junior Brown - Bad
Connor Chaplin - Needs time
Jordy Hiwula - Acceptable
Amadou Bakayoko - Bad
Dujon Sterling (Loan) - Good
Bright Enobakhare (Loan) - Good
Jonson Clarke Harris - Not his signing

Not done terribly for me.

 

[hill83]

It's all Oggys fault

 

[fernandopartridge]

No idea, as doubt all those signings are attributed to him. Some of the longer term ones the jury is out for a good while. Of the signings for the first team, generally OK, don't believe Brown was a bad signing by any means.

 

[Nick]

Baka was widdrington

It's looking like ogogo was too

 

[Nick]

Jch was somebody in the youth setup if I remember?

Sterling I assume was viveash as was westbrook

 

[pastythegreat]

First Team:

Brandon Mason - Looked good.
Abu Agogo - Bad
Luke Thomas (Loan) - Good
Junior Brown - Bad
Connor Chaplin - Needs time
Jordy Hiwula - Acceptable
Amadou Bakayoko - Bad
Dujon Sterling (Loan) - Good
Bright Enobakhare (Loan) - Good
Jonson Clarke Harris - Not his signing

Not done terribly for me.

I don't understand how much more time Chaplin needs?!?!

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[Grendel]

First Team:

Brandon Mason - Looked good.
Abu Agogo - Bad
Luke Thomas (Loan) - Good
Junior Brown - Bad
Connor Chaplin - Needs time
Jordy Hiwula - Acceptable
Amadou Bakayoko - Bad
Dujon Sterling (Loan) - Good
Bright Enobakhare (Loan) - Good
Jonson Clarke Harris - Not his signing

Not done terribly for me.

How is Hiwula acceptable?

 

[PVA]

Seems pretty decent to me.

Ogogo is the obvious disaster but he was captain of a top team in the league and on paper looked like a great signing, we'll probably never know why it didn't work out.

Quite excited by most of those development signings.

 

[Otis]

It's all Oggys fault

Is that subjective?

 

[Otis]

I don't understand how much more time Chaplin needs?!?!

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He is still young, he's still relatively new to the squad. think he needs another season.

He has also been begging MR to play him in his rightful position.

 

[Nick]

How is Hiwula acceptable?

Depends if we was signed to play out wide or as a player to hold the ball up.

 

[Grendel]

Depends if we was signed to play out wide or as a player to hold the ball up.

He is literally clueless when playing as a front man

 

[stevefloyd]

Is that subjective?

No it was Hill

 

[cc84cov]

Sack him he’s a clueless moron total waste of time

 

[Nick]

He is literally clueless when playing as a front man

He is ok running towards goal, not with his back to it

 

[Nick]

Sack him he’s a clueless moron total waste of time

Feel free to explain

 

[mark82]

I don't understand how much more time Chaplin needs?!?!

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He's young, we can't write him off after half a season. His first half a season as a full time starter, we just need to be patient. Too much has been put on him this year for me.

 

[cc84cov]

Feel free to explain

This summer transfer targets just to start Nick robins should have his own scouts

 

[Nick]

This summer transfer targets just to start Nick robins should have his own scouts

That doesn't make sense. He came in after robins didn't he?

Which players? Feel free to go into detail

 

[cc84cov]

That doesn't make sense. He came in after robins didn't he?

Which players?

Ok well if that’s true I’m wrong I thought he was here before robins ? But still some of the players signed if scouted properly I doubt they would be here now

 

[Nick]

Ok well if that’s true I’m wrong I thought he was here before robins ? But still some of the players signed if scouted properly I doubt they would be here now

No he joined after.

How do you know it's an issue with scouting by him? Ogogo and Baka for example

 

[skyblueelephant76]

Ok well if that’s true I’m wrong I thought he was here before robins ? But still some of the players signed if scouted properly I doubt they would be here now

Ogogo was excellent at Shrewsbury and we had to fight off other clubs to get him - sometimes transfers just don't work out.

 

[ajsccfc]

I like Clarke-Harris, I'd start him instead of all this weird get him angry and send him on after an hour stuff.

 

[cc84cov]

No he joined after.

How do you know it's an issue with scouting by him? Ogogo and Baka for example

For ogogo I wouldn’t of gone near him coming back from a bad injury same as brown Chaplin can’t have been watched much he hardly played for them and if he was watched what scout would advise signing him 500k it’s awful business for the player We see weekly.

If his job is head of recruitment scouts should be reporting directly to him surely ?

 

[Nick]

For ogogo I wouldn’t of gone near him coming back from a bad injury same as brown Chaplin can’t have been watched much he hardly played for them and if he was watched what scout would advise signing him 500k it’s awful business for the player We see weekly.

If his job is head of recruitment scouts should be reporting directly to him surely ?

You mean the ogogo who has now gone to the club where widdrington is? How do you know he wasn't from his list. Baka was

 

[RoboCCFC90]

First Team:

Brandon Mason
Abu Agogo
Luke Thomas (Loan)
Junior Brown
Connor Chaplin
Jordy Hiwula
Amadou Bakayoko
Dujon Sterling (Loan)
Bright Enobakhare (Loan)
Jonson Clarke Harris

Mason - I do like him as a player, his injury record isn't something to be admired though.
Agogo - Showed glimpses, but overall bad signing.
Thomas - Decent signing.
Brown - Don't rate him.
Chaplin - For £500,000 I expected better.
Hiwula - Hit and miss, sometimes he has decent games, sometimes he struggles, I don't like him playing wide left.
Bakayoko - Needs a run of games.
Sterling - Decent signing
Enobakhare - Needs time.
JCH - Signed prior to Badlan..

 

[fernandopartridge]

Mason - I do like him as a player, his injury record isn't something to be admired though.
Agogo - Showed glimpses, but overall bad signing.
Thomas - Decent signing.
Brown - Don't rate him.
Chaplin - For £500,000 I expected better.
Hiwula - Hit and miss, sometimes he has decent games, sometimes he struggles, I don't like him playing wide left.
Bakayoko - Needs a run of games.
Sterling - Decent signing
Enobakhare - Needs time.
JCH - Signed prior to Badlan..

Chaplin being judged on his (unconfirmed) price tag again. Good to use objective reasoning.

 

[fernandopartridge]

For ogogo I wouldn’t of gone near him coming back from a bad injury same as brown Chaplin can’t have been watched much he hardly played for them and if he was watched what scout would advise signing him 500k it’s awful business for the player We see weekly.

If his job is head of recruitment scouts should be reporting directly to him surely ?

Again, there is no evidence that we have paid £500k for Chaplin and that isn't the sole criteria for judging him.

 

[RoboCCFC90]

Chaplin being judged on his (unconfirmed) price tag again. Good to use objective reasoning.

Pulling at very bare strings there.

We paid a fee, reported to be what I quoted, when you have a player come in for that fee you expect better than a player who requires four or five chances to score.

Some of the chances Chaplin has missed have been shambolic, the weekend against Blackpool as an example.

 

[cc84cov]

Pulling at very bare strings there.

We paid a fee, reported to be what I quoted, when you have a player come in for that fee you expect better than a player who requires four or five chances to score.

Some of the chances Chaplin has missed have been shambolic, the weekend against Blackpool as an example.

It’s not even just missing chances which yes have been awful it’s his all round play first few weeks I rated him his over all game has been awful his so slow in everything he does really wanted the lad to do well but I just can’t see a player in there maybe with a target man tho that might change

 

[cc84cov]

Chaplin to me looks like an u23 player who should be in the development squad he’s pretty much on par with Ponti for me

 

[Nick]

I doubt Chaplin has been scouted to play a deep attacking midfielder. Same as hiwula wouldn't have been to play on the left. Same as bakayoko isn't a target man.

 

[stupot07]

Parking loans and based on impact this season:
Brandon Mason - Looks good.
Abu Agogo - Bad
Junior Brown - Bad
Connor Chaplin - disappointing
Jordy Hiwula - disappointing
Amadou Bakayoko - disappointing

JCH - should never of signed him, we knew he didnt score goals

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