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• Mike #34 "who was reported months ago to be the lead of the recruitment team and now confirms it himself" It's only in your head that he's the lead, final say is not the lead, core nor key as you continually say. The Athletic article you refer to defined the roles of each member of the committee, Moyes role is to define the roles of the players required, just like any manager would. Then it's the recruitment team that takes the lead to find the players that fit those roles. So Moyes only input is to say 'I need a right footed right back' and when the recruitment team come up with Antonee Robinson he says 'no'. He doesn't lead the recruitment process the way he used to with Chairman Bill....
  Eric Myles in David Moyes has the final say on recruitment at the club
• Stu #81, the question is how much they would have to spend on new players to improve the team enough to get into Europe this season, and whether it would be a good investment. Could be they've looked at the potential rewards and decided otherwise. Would three more Barry-priced players do the job? Maybe four? That's well over £100 million. Even if that kind of investment would be permitted under PSR -- which we don't know -- the UEFA Conference League champion, for example, wins just £27M total (including £7M for the final), and that doesn't buy even one skinny Thierno. Pure guesswork here, but I'm thinking TFG look at it as a huge gamble that's not worth the risk until they have a chance to build up the club to play that many more games. And again we don't know what PSR/SCR limits currently stand in the way of major signings. ...
  Mike Gaynes in Aston Villa vs Everton: Preview, Predicted Lineups and Where to Watch
• Michael (46) Moyes’ job is to win games. Whilst I actually agree, to an extent, that he could do a better job of integrating players, his management in this spell has seen our fortunes improve. They are the facts. The league table doesn’t lie. Your initial post way back at the start of the thread was a whine. I’m not even sure you know what point you were trying to make. I know you don’t like him (who doesn’t) but it gets a bit tiresome. When you start adding two and two together to make five, in pursuit of one of your many ill-advised rants about him, someone has to challenge. ...
  Jimmy Carr in David Moyes has the final say on recruitment at the club
• Don, Sean’s nonsensical posts don’t really deserve the respect of a reply. ...
  Les Callan in Aston Villa vs Everton: Preview, Predicted Lineups and Where to Watch
• Not saying you are wrong Mike 76, but I don't understand the TFG logic if you are correct. Maybe at the beginning of the season they had no European ambitions but at the beginning of this month and even now we were/are in a position where a couple of decent signings could put us in European, even champions league, contention. Surely our management team and owners aren't that unresponsive or ignorant to see that and change their plans accordingly. Even Moyes himself talked about Europe this month. Then if you are correct, Moyes has only been brought in to steady the ship and they have no plans to match his European ambitions? But the bit that annoys me most is our lovely not so new owners seem to show a complete lack of respect for fans by letting our season peter out without trying to kick start something. I don't get it, it doesn't make economic sense to me but then I'm not the billionaire. ...
  Stu Gre in Aston Villa vs Everton: Preview, Predicted Lineups and Where to Watch
• Stu #47, it might have made sense if 1) Moyes and our owners wanted them, 2) they wanted to come, and 3) their parent clubs were willing (Ferguson still belongs to BHA, not Roma). All three elements would have to be in place for deals to happen. With regard to whether our club would want them, Abraham is reported on at least £100,000/week, which is big coin for a guy who hasn't had a good season since 2021-22. And Ferguson is less proven than Barry, not at all an established goalscorer. ...
  Mike Gaynes in David Moyes has the final say on recruitment at the club