Perhaps one can entertain the notion that there were those in the so called "Pool" who were never under consideration.

I can only re-iterate that such selection processes can be very detailed and various factors come into play which can elongate the whole matter.And they can be very frustrating for those who have to "Seal the deal".

So please don't engage in any "Blame game" in respect of Steve Parish for not making his mind up, dithering etc etc and all that pilaver.

Edited by Willo (19 Jun 2017 9.50am)

As I recall, Sherwood assumed that, as he was being called for interview, he was the chosen target and that he'd either be told you've got the job or you haven't (the head hunter style, if you like, which I suspect is what they're used to). When he was told thanks for coming, we've got other candidates to see, you'll be told the outcome in due course (as if we were interviewing for the next Office Manager) he told us to stick the job up our arse.

Rightly or wrongly, I don't think that these people are used to the selection process that we seem to be wedded to. They expect their record, etc. to be well known to a prospective employing club and, if at the interview an agreement can be reached on the details, they'll be offered the job. They're not used to being told there'll be a letter in the post in due course.

We either do what Watford did and choose a target, go for it, and if all the ducks line up, make an appointment. Or we do what we're doing, which is painstakingly trawl though a sizeable short-list, carry out numerous interviews, keep candidates waiting whilst we ruminate and accept that, in the meantime, some of the targets will go elsewhere or blow us out.

Edited by bexleydave (19 Jun 2017 10.16am)

I haven't blamed anyone. I have asked a genuine question and I believe that the time this is taking is detrimental for season preparation.

But of course, you be free to blame me for having an opinion that may differ to yours (gasp!).

Oh yes, and great that you seem to know that the "pool" was never under consideration. You part of the recruitment process? Enlighten us please and put this thread out of its misery.

Six weeks would take us to when all other PL clubs would have started their pre-season and would be just 10 days before we need to be in HK to take part in the pre-tournament publicity. That does not sound like ideal preparation for next season to me.

6 weeks from the start of the season, i.e. July. Read my post again. Regardless, pre season will start whoever is in charge (Keith Millen bridging gaps has never hurt us previously, I'm sure Sammy Lee could do the same IF necessary). Re being in HK with a new face in charge, you mention publicity yet isn't it Parish who's turned us from that dirty little rough diamond of an un fashionable club into a quirky multi cultural and local community representing underdog? He's the marketing man, we should trust him that he knows what he's doing.

I find your posts somewhat difficult to make sense of. Pre-season begins in the first week of July, which is where a six week recruitment process will take us. As for the competition in HK, I'm sure that it's a fine an admirable thing, but if we were to fail to make an appointment until early July, we'd have very little preparation time together with all the other things we need to do, including getting on with our transfer business (other clubs have started already).