Jordan Rhodes =Loans Manager

[Ness]

I’ve heard this is a fairly standard role in many clubs, and it makes sense when it comes to the academy and developing our talents. Hopefully, he’s good at what he does. But hiring someone for this kind of position isn’t exactly newsworthy. When have you ever seen headlines about us appointing someone like Michael Cribley as Head of Academy Recruitment? This feels more like the club trying to spin a story out of bringing back an old hero to a backoffice role to cover up losing your captain and our leader in defence. But this it is not us signing the attacker Rhodes, it's the coach.

Again, hopefully, a good appointment, but for it to be in the news is just crazy.

[KentExile]

4 minutes ago, nesskj said:

But hiring someone for this kind of position isn’t exactly newsworthy. When have you ever seen headlines about us appointing someone like Michael Cribley as Head of Academy Recruitment?

Like this you mean?

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/manchester-united-announce-new-role-31961488

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/clygyyzex7yo

https://www.manutd.com/en/news/detail/jonny-evans-appointed-head-of-loans-and-pathways-at-man-utd

Edited yesterday at 19:46 by KentExile

[Bronzed A Donis]

My only gripe, is in the interview with the LET he's openly calling it a stop gap before he finds something else and admits he's learning on the job. It reads as though this was hastily offered to him.

Perhaps he's just too honest. It's definitely jobs for the boys but that is football it's a boys club, a lot of the time. Bigger fish to fry in terms of criticism of the club.

Ultimately, I don't think it's a role that's too taxing, he should be able enough to judge the right level a player should be playing at and what support they need.

Personally I'd give it to @KentExile who's basically doing half the job anyway

 

Edited 17 hours ago by Bronzed A Donis
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[KentExile]

31 minutes ago, Bronzed A Donis said:

My only gripe, is in the interview with the LET he's openly calling it a stop gap before he finds something else and admits he's learning on the job. It reads as though this was hastily offered to him.

Perhaps he's just too honest. It's definitely jobs for the boys but that is football it's a boys club, a lot of the time. Bigger fish to fry in terms of criticism of the club.

Ultimately, I don't think it's a role that's too taxing, he should be able enough to judge the right level a player should be playing at and what support they need.

Personally I'd give it to @KentExile who's basically doing half the job anyway

 

According to the job description, its only a 1 year contract, at which point the project will probably change again, so it probably is a stop gap 😉 

 

Edited 17 hours ago by KentExile

[sharpysharps86]

13 hours ago, KentExile said:

You must imagine Ismael has the patience of a saint if Rhodes won't be taking his job until June 😉

Most of our head coaches don't last much beyond Christmas these days

Oh I'm sure there'll be someone else between Ismael and him 😂

[Ness]

21 hours ago, KentExile said:

Like this you mean?

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/manchester-united-announce-new-role-31961488

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/clygyyzex7yo

https://www.manutd.com/en/news/detail/jonny-evans-appointed-head-of-loans-and-pathways-at-man-utd

Except these news could be interesting since it’s a player at the club retiring and taking up a new role. In Rovers case it was obly about the role. 

For me, seeing Gestede shaking hands with Rhodes just feels like spin—trying to frame it as some kind of partnership reunion. But hey, if others find that news exciting, who am I to say its not. Just my opinion.

 

 

[KentExile]

20 minutes ago, Ness said:

Except these news could be interesting since it’s a player at the club retiring and taking up a new role. In Rovers case it was obly about the role. 

For me, seeing Gestede shaking hands with Rhodes just feels like spin—trying to frame it as some kind of partnership reunion. But hey, if others find that news exciting, who am I to say its not. Just my opinion.

 

 

ok, how about this one then?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68301522

 

It is obviously newsworthy, any attempt to pretend it is not, is misguided

It can also be spin, and probably is... member Rudy & Jordan playing up front together?

But still newsworthy nonetheless

Edited 5 hours ago by KentExile

[Tomphil2]

I wonder if he's still registered as a player ?

[riverholmes]

Rhodes has only stepped through the door, I guess, so hard to know how much influence he has on this one, but James Edmondson's loan move to Macclesfield, announced yesterday, doesn't look good, in my opinion.

How can it be that one of the best performers for the U21s (a low bar, admittedly), who performed well at Macclesfield in NL North heads back to the same level?

Surely NL at least or Div. 2 should be the target for him? I find it hard to believe a club wouldn't have had a punt. And if not, keep him at the club and involve him with the firsts.

Edit: Could still work out, if, as expected, he gets regular games and progresses quickly. However, still looks a missed opportunity, I feel.

More generally, will have to await to see how Rhodes does. I was not aware clubs, especially, Champ, had dedicated loan managers. It seems odd to me that existing staff, coaches can't cover it. It's not as if we're Chelsea, farming out players across seven continents. 

I just hope a more sensible approach is applied at U21s level. The quantity over quality of loans seems unproductive - especially, the micro-loans in the lower non-leagues where injuries seem to be abound.

I would be interested to know if the club profits financially, at all, from youth loans.

Edited 2 hours ago by riverholmes