"We are seeking to appoint an individual with an excellent knowledge of football and recruitment and desire to recruit the best possible players for the Club. Whilst you will lead Academy recruitment you will be expected to work as part of the wider recruitment team. You must have excellent communication and team-working skills and a commitment to working flexible hours at times in order to meet deadlines as well as the ability to lead a team".
I have just applied for the job and feeling very confident in being chosen as the successful applicant.
The club have already been made aware of my extensive experience in academy recruitment.
Currently we have Maddison, Willis, Burge, Phillips, Thomas and Haynes in the squad from the acadamy but I'd argue only Willis and Maddison are good enough at this level.
Other players like Christie and Wilson moved on as were too good for the club.
It would be great if we could have maybe 4 or 5 really solid first team players involved week in, week out from the academy but it's not easy to do.