Here's my complaint. When you are brought in as a "Director of Football" and are responsible for the scouting, selling and buying of players, then I will judge you based on the quality of players available to the first team "head coach" (who is no longer called a "manager" because you, the "director of football," have assumed so many of the responsibilities previously undertaken by the manager). When you and your boss, the owner, say that the head coach is expected to achieve a league position that is better than last season's, I expect you to give him a squad that is better than the previous season's. I do not believe Orta has done that, not even close. Just as an example, he sold 30-goal-a-season Chris Wood and replaced him with Lasogga, Ekuban, Grot and, now, Roberts. I believe those four have scored a grand total of 8 goals between them, and all eight have been scored by Lasogga.
It would be one thing if Radz and Orta had said that this season was going to be a rebuilding one and that we weren't expected to make the playoffs. But they didn't. They said the playoffs were the goal. And Orta, not the head coach, was given the responsibility of assembling a squad capable of achieving that goal. I hope his players prove me wrong by May, but so far, he has palpably failed to do that. Other than the above-mentioned failure to sign a free-scoring center-forward and the failure to sign a really good keeper, he somehow didn't understand how physical the Championship is. It's great to have someone like Saiz in the team, same with Hernandez, same (sometimes) with Alioski, Dallas, Roofe, O'Kane. They all have something to offer. But they are all physically small in stature, and when you put them all in the starting XI you end up with a team of lightweights. We need some big, powerful, talented players somewhere on the field between Jansson and Lasogga. This is all down to Orta. If he wants the responsibility of picking the squad (if not the team), then he will be judged by the quality of that squad. Cheers! Sean -----Original Message----- From: Matt Anderson <[email protected]> To: {broken-address} <[email protected]> Cc: armitn <[email protected]>; richleedsuk <[email protected]>; leedslist <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, Feb 10, 2018 4:37 pm Subject: Re: [LU] Meet the new boss...........same as the old boss? Sean said.....I am still angry at Orta.... The man has been in the job for 7 months. I don’t understand this and half of twitter. Kyle bartley wasn’t maldini It’s pretty clear there is a long term plan ( not sure about short term)Saiz is the most exciting player for years (although flawed) He is probably due some stick but I don’t understand it. We have signed shit players for years Sent from my iPhone> On 10 Feb 2018, at 18:19, {broken-address} <[email protected]> wrote:> > I am still angry at Orta_______________________________________________Leedslist mailing listInfo and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslistTo unsubscribe, email [email protected] us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/RIP Jimmy WAC-COE _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ RIP Jimmy WAC-COE
