You never know with our owners/leadership. They may have larger budgets for shiny new things than they do for contract renewals.

I'm not sure that I'm certain on this.

I think that was meant more in the sense of the data analysts providing the manager/coaching staff with information that could be used. I don't think he meant that he was getting involved with team selection.

I think it's fine to think it's a little bit of both. Things have definitely improved and it's not that strange that he struggled at first - given the unusual circumstances. The players will have been disappointed with a manager they liked leaving, the circus surrounding the departure will have been distracting, and they also had to change systems mid-season. What has been shown to be incorrect is that the players won't play for him or that he can't lead. That was a big part of the narrative for the first handful of matches and the last 4/5 matches have proven that wrong - both in results and, more importantly, in the attitude and effort of the players themselves.

Fair.

I understand the sentiment, but I do I think it's important to listen to what they say. It's the only way we can truly hold them accountable and there's a surprising amount of honest or transparency within the interview...whether that was intended or not.

...and I will greedily asked. If you enjoyed the podcast, leaving a review on Spotify does help us. We barely get any (which I get, I don't review podcasts I listen to), but if we could up that it just increases the reach.

It is why we wanted to get him to clearly state that the ambition was for promotion - which he did. However, he refused to give any sort of timeline or indication that this season now sets the standard. That felt more like job protection than anything else.

Glen, feel free to send me a DM if you want to chat about anything and I can see however I (we) can help. You've also alluded to having some contact with former players, if there's a chance to reach out to them and have part of the discussion we have be about the current situation then that would also be great.

Don't disagree. There's not a lot more that could be extracted, although I would have liked to push a bit more on the perception of the supporters and the resentment that appears to be there. As for the spending and budgets. I simply can't wrap my head around it.

I think that's an immense challenge.

Thanks a lot. I think there are some pretty obvious gaps in the logic and the finance and transfer budget side of things is one of the bigger ones. If the transfer fees are being used for operational costs and are need to cover those costs...that's OK? Not good. Not ideal. But, we can at least know where we stand. But they aren't need for that? But they're used for that? I don't see the benefit of pushing that explanation.

Holding back on some topics was the only way to keep the overall conversation moving forward. It also risked going into a never-ending repetitive cycle on some of the talking points.

The plan just doesn't make any sense. There are elements that are logical, but the money has to be reinvested (or at least, a substantial part of it). Otherwise, you're just hoping for consistent miracles from your academy and your recruitment. It's as far from sustainable as you can possibly get. The club should also be taking advantage of periods where FFP is in their favour, instead, they're just passively existing through them.

We do typically give the guests the chance to request edits and normally episodes go out 24-48 hours after recording. We didn't offer that in this instance - nor was it requested - and the episode was out 2 hours after recording.