Bjørkan good call, very good offensively and can be given freedom to operate if in the team with Nyambe. Zinckernagel had a great season for Forest and on very good wages most likely. Botheim definitely on high wages. Possibly on hit wonder. Kristian Pedersen from Birmingham who has been mention here is a player I’ve always been impressed by, but mostly because he’s been rock solid defensively and not by his attacking. Can also be utilised as a CB. Jasper Junker could be worth a punt, doesn’t seem to get much game time in J1 league.

JDT will have his say on transfers, and together with Broughton they will figure out which areas to address. How they want the team to play, and what kind of key attributes is needed for that particular brand of football. Then Broughton will introduce a different model to before when trying to sign players based on the likes of Liverpool (who he’s a known fan of), Brentford and Glimt. I’m curious to see if we’ll see some changes pretty soon in the scouting department, but hopefully JDT and Broughton will already have some suggestions in different scenarios - mainly if BBD stays or goes. There’s also a drawn up list from the previous management that I’m sure they’ll have a look at.

Fantastic prospect who can run all day.

Gallagher is worth more to us than £1m. £2.5m okay… play him in the correct position and in the right matches and he’s a handful.

Not so sure. Seemed to love it here.

Don’t think van Hecke is outside the realm of possibility. Either another loan or permanent with a sell-on clause. Brighton are letting Østigård leave after several seasons out on loan.

Good shout. Think he will aim higher.

Happy they finally announced it. Wasn't first choice, neither was Broughton, but a lot more creative than what we have seen in the past. Will be interesting to see how the new model works, and Mr. Gregg has to pull a few rabbits out of his hat from day one. A bit of playing down expectations from JDT as well from the get-go: “We have a young team here, and also a great Academy, and the Owners have a clear vision, which is to develop players and become a sustainable Premier League club over time, so I’m really happy to be involved in this exciting new chapter for the club."

Any whispers on whether his assistant from Makmö will join as well? 60 y.o. Dutchman Remy Reynierse has experience both as head coach and assistant. Can’t see JDT being too expensive…

Just so JDT can say it's been a little bit of a whirlwind for the last 48 hours.

Not arguing against that. My point was that Neo was grabbing facts straight from Wiki but found the 10+ year experience 'fact' a bit loose.

Nice wiki grabbing, but: he doesn’t have more than ten years experience as manager/head coach. He’s been assistant as well, and arguably being assistant manager for a national team is a job that anyone can do.

It will be an uphill struggle for anyone coming in unless there’s some money to spend this window. They can have a vision about ‘sustainable PL club’ all they like, but we currently have a depleted squad with most of the core already gone or leaving. I’m spending the summer gradually lowering my expectations as this new chapter unfolds.

Seems to be either established ‘safe’ choices a la Mowbray mk2 or unproven gamble. Budget sadly a constraint or we would have pushed the boat for someone highly rated. Hope Venky’s aren’t sold fool’s gold again.

Rooney late contenter after Derby deal snag? Delia and JDT for sure. Knutsen will have suitors in better condition than Rovers and remains committed to Glimt.

Read back a few pages

Jury's still out on Rooney, it's a big gamble. He did well with Derby last season, but without any pressure due to the points deduction. Played decent football and had great team spirit too. If he does well for us he'll be snapped up for a big compo sooner rather than later, and Waggott probably realises that as well. JDT has a bit more experience, and experience as assistant manager as well, but is quite green too. What has he been up to since quitting Malmö?

I hope he brings with him a data-oriented recruitment policy similar to what Brentford have been doing. Target specific parameters to suit our style of play, and flexible players willing/able to improve. They're big advocates of that at Bodø/Glimt, and I believe that's what he's referring to in his interview on RoversTV. I do agree that his CV doesn't exactly stand out for a DoF role here, and if the rumours are true that he was forced out at Glimt by DoF Bjørkan and Head Coach Knutsen, then I just hope we haven't bought a pig in the poke.

Benson must be the least important piece of the jigsaw, yet so many on here keep harping on how he lacks ability based on thin hair. And how he looks? C'mon @unleaded...

Pardew has got Trump level arrogance.

Ok, I’ll let it rest. I think we’re looking in the ‘flaws territory’ by now tbh. And willing to give Broughton a chance here, but his CV wouldn’t normally qualify him for a DoF role here. He seems to be a big fan of how Liverpool run their academy so will probably try and emulate parts of their player development is my guess.

Depends on the alternatives I guess. Hoping someone comes out of left field myself tbh.

Egil 'Drillo' Olsen was actually a technical little midfielder himself, drillo can loosely translated into 'Dribbler'. Quite the opposite as manager and his philosophy was simple, yes, but very effective and brought Norway to second on the FIFA rankings at one point, beating Brazil in the WC. His teams always played direct and long ball against established teams to avoid being countered, won the ball high and hit teams on the break. Had didn't gain the respect of the Dons players unfortunately and the rest is history. Great manager.

He's a lot more charismatic than Mowbray.

Who's offended? I'd take Knutsen over Deila as well. Deila is a good man manager, but tactically not the best so would have need some good coaches around him in order to be an improvement on Mowbray.