This post has been merged from a topic called 'Getting Worried' by kenbarr

I'm posting on this thread rather than the New Manager thread as I'm not talking about who the new man might be, but rather about whether the absence of a manager as of mid-June is a cause for concern within itself.

The obvious concern is that we are falling behind in the market. Whilst I appreciate that most deals get done later in the window rather than earlier, that isn't because everyone is away on international duty, or holiday, or whatever. It’s because most deals are dependent on other deals.

Most clubs will have lined deals up already, had some talks etc, but players and clubs are all waiting to see if their other options come up before committing. Just because very few deals are over the line by mid-June doesn't mean that there isn't an awful lot of negotiating going on behind the scenes everywhere. As soon as one deal somewhere else in the chain gets done, that filters down and affects everyone else who might have moved to, sold to, or bought from that club, like a giant game of transfer Kerplunk. If you’ve not got a variety of potential deals underway to some extent when it all happens, you are left having to react on the hoof.

So, are CPFC out there trying to set up potential deals, or are they waiting until we have a manager?
If it’s the former, that suggests they are looking for a coach who will work with what they are given, rather than a manager who will want control over transfers. If they want a manager to build the club long term (and Parish seems to suggest as much in recent interviews) then surely that person will want control over signings, and if so, there can be no doubt that we are behind on that front compared to other clubs.

Nevertheless, this is but one transfer window. We are presuming that we are in the market to buy players, but perhaps we are not. Perhaps the club feel that getting more out of the current set of players is the priority, and with a £300k p/w front three backed up by a £200k p/w midfield I could understand that.

It’s not ideal to fall behind in the market, but the vital thing is that we get the right man to get the best out of what we have already got. So long as that man is in place when the players report for pre-season, we can afford one slow window. Just.

This post has been merged from a topic called 'Parish on Silva' by kenbarr

Originally posted by cpj Maybe Steve had already booked his holiday when Big Sam took the decision to retire so why shouldn't he still go.. just like anyone else he's entitled to break and get away.. and as others have already said, in this modern world I'm sure he was still contactable and kept informed of everything that was going on related to CPFC.. from Steve's tweet he offered to fly Silva out to where he was or go home early so what was the problem?..

This post has been merged from a topic called 'Getting Worried' by kenbarr

That can't be the case as Steve Parish is as aware as the rest of us that we desperately need a quality central defender and having lost two of our four attackers we surely need reinforcements there too

This post has been merged from a topic called 'Parish on Silva' by kenbarr

Whatever next,SP not allowed to go for a haircut during the transfer window!!! Ollie's Dad,Ash.

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This post has been merged from a topic called 'Getting Worried' by kenbarr

How can you have targets without a manager this is stupid.

Yes you can have a list of players to watch/scout but until a manager comes in and works with what he has he wont know what is needed to fit his system.

After all this Parish will end up getting the managers job lol

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