Johan Lange - Sporting Director

[ricky2tricky4city]

No one on here knows how it was 'working'

Period.

 

[Bishop]

Damn that Levy for never using the bigger cheque book he had available.

Levy used the cheque book how he wanted to. He chose to buy 5x players rather than spending that on 2x players.

 

[Muttley]

We were right to be critical of the January window but it’s also fair to say it’s a hard time to sign quality players.

I didn't buy into the heavy criticism in January, or even the prior January. We would have had Semenyo if the player hadn't chosen City. Instead we bought a player in Gallagher who played his part in us staying up. Johnson crashed and burned at Palace in the same way he was for us last season. We got decent money and looked forward.

Lange is the wrong root cause for me. Our predicament was down to managers and players with a massive dose of PGMOL, not DoFs. Lange has also been smart enough to see a gap in his own team and bring Alfie Moersen onto his senior staff. Credit should be given where it is due there.

The root cause that actually hasn't been addressed is PGMOL. It's Howard Webb and half of his team that need P45s and walking out the door.

 

[thfcsteff]

It’s highly unlikely that Lange is just reviewing data and youth scouting while Moersen is out there negotiating 9 figure deals.

And?
As I said, I suspect the addition of Moersen to the team has been massive.

 

[Ace Face]

Who says he has anything to redeem himself for? No one on here knows how it was 'working' last season internally regarding recruiting, just because some on here decided he was the poster boy for everything going wrong doesn't really mean anything....

So no blame to be attached to JL for the TF hire, waiting too long to fire him and then hiring Tudor, plus the squad building of last summer which completely ignored the need for a midfielder who can pass a football?

 

[harr1984]

So no blame to be attached to JL for the TF hire, waiting too long to fire him and then hiring Tudor, plus the squad building of last summer which completely ignored the need for a midfielder who can pass a football?

He wasn't the sole decision maker, he was part of a collective and neither you nor I know what he suggested for such decisions being made.

What we do know is there was a big internal review, and if he was anywhere near remotely responsible for a lot of what happened last season he wouldn't be here now and could very easily of been made the fall guy....