Montague

[magicdaps10]

Gorringe then surely

Not sure but wouldn't totally rule it out.

Personally I would like to see someone externally, someone with a pull or experience in the role given our total shift in the last 6 months.

 

[magicdaps10]

I think so.
He was the man who got the deals done. Ok, he wasn't the man who found the players but he was the one who got the deals done and that's the hardest part in the conveyer belt imo.

It doesn't seem to be anyone coming into the role externally so it's either someone within the club that believes or someone else believes can do the job OR they are going to run with no replacement.

Ok, allegedly it seems he wasn't the guy who got the deals done.......if this is true or not, I don't know

It's going to be some movement internally and it's suggested that we won't be giving a title of DOF to anyone......as it stands.

 

[bakajack]

My understanding was that it was a combination of both Montague and Gorringe who did the legwork to get deals done. Our summer transfer work would not have gone unnoticed, both in the quality of the players we have brought in and the scale of the squad overhaul that we had done so its not unusual for it to be picked up on by those higher up the food chain.

 

[cmajack]

Come as a big suprise this!

So he hasn't been poached? Which if true would suggest that someone is already being or has been lined up.
I have a very strange feeling about this....I think we might be surprised with his replacement.

Good surprise or bad?

 

[Cinio Dydd Sul]

Has he been a naughty boy? Journo on X saying they can't disclose why hes going.

 

[Risc]

My understanding was that it was a combination of both Montague and Gorringe who did the legwork to get deals done. Our summer transfer work would not have gone unnoticed, both in the quality of the players we have brought in and the scale of the squad overhaul that we had done so its not unusual for it to be picked up on by those higher up the food chain.

Montague wasn't on recruitment, and it seems like Gorringe was the man getting the deals done, so what was Montague's role here?

If someone isn't pulling their weight they get found out I guess. I'm not having the notion he's been poached either. The whole Montague Love In was crazy.

 

[magicdaps10]

Good surprise or bad?

Wrote that before I read that it's likely to be someone internal.
Doesn't look like he is going to another team so would suggest that someone(be it him or someone else) isn't happy.

 

[SwanseaJack]

Maybe he has messed up our FFP and only now someone has noticed!

 

[magicdaps10]

Maybe he has messed up our FFP and only now someone has noticed!

That wouldn't be on him, I would suspect that would fall on Gorringe as COE?
Not 100% sure on that but if it were the case(I doubt it though) then a few heads would roll.

I don't think it would be down to that, FFP would have been thorough and would have been looked at on a regular basis as the recruitment rolled on.

 

[Cinio Dydd Sul]

So what did Montagues role actually entail then? The owners are the ones doing the high level networking, Worth is the scouting lead, Gorringe I thought was more commercial - merchandise and terrace etc.

 

[SwanseaBoy123]

So what did Montagues role actually entail then? The owners are the ones doing the high level networking, Worth is the scouting lead, Gorringe I thought was more commercial - merchandise and terrace etc.

Negotiating deals + overseeing the recruitment department

 

[3swan]

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Richard Montague: Swansea City director of football leaves club

Richard Montague left a similar role at League Two club Notts County to take up a key position at Swansea in February.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[magicdaps10]

Nothing more added

Richard Montague: Swansea City director of football leaves club

Richard Montague left a similar role at League Two club Notts County to take up a key position at Swansea in February.

www.bbc.co.uk

How to get the message across without actually saying it.

Mentions Montague connections with Williams and then mentions Sheehan putting praise on Dr P rather than Montague.
Not doing his work or being stabbed in the back or both!?

 

[TheLoneRanger]

Nothing more added

Richard Montague: Swansea City director of football leaves club

Richard Montague left a similar role at League Two club Notts County to take up a key position at Swansea in February.

www.bbc.co.uk

"The Swans said when Montague was appointed that he would "spearhead the club's recruitment strategy".

"However, Sheehan has regularly praised Adam Worth ( Dimi), who was promoted to global head of analytics and recruitment at Swansea in April, for his contribution when discussing the club's transfer work with the media this summer."

 

[T8AD365]

I've never known a club to have such a revolving door for owners, investors and board members. Someone seems to be coming in or going out every couple of months