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Looks like Gareth made it clear to Brad, Shannon and Joe that he wouldn't come to Gillingham unless he had the final say of who signs under him and who doesn't. Some good comments from GA about our new boy Palmer-Houlden in the article too.

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Ainsworth – Gills shaping up nicely

With still nearly three weeks to go until his first team squad report for pre-season training, Gillingham boss Gareth Ainsworth has been talking to KSN and here he discusses his new look squad as it starts to take shape. Seb Palmer-Houlden is Ainsworth’s first new signing of the summer and has...
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Got to admit, I've always had my doubts around some of the things going on at GFC. Ainsworth said in a recent video (quite forcibly) that he was a Manager and he dictated who came in. Rather than (I'm paraphrasing) just a Head Coach who was told to get on and work with what he was presented with.

I've often felt that previous people who supposedly headed up the team were working with their hands tied.

I think the Gallinsons sussed that out and that there may well have been more of a "clear out" (in both personnel and attitude) than is/was visually apparent to us punters.

I certainly hope so.
 
Defenestrator said:
Got to admit, I've always had my doubts around some of the things going on at GFC. Ainsworth said in a recent video (quite forcibly) that he was a Manager and he dictated who came in. Rather than (I'm paraphrasing) just a Head Coach who was told to get on and work with what he was presented with.

I've often felt that previous people who supposedly headed up the team were working with their hands tied.

I think the Gallinsons sussed that out and that there may well have been more of a "clear out" (in both personnel and attitude) than is/was visually apparent to us punters.

I certainly hope so.
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I think the recuitment team is Hess plus two.

How much of a clear-out can they have with such small numbers?
 
Defenestrator said:
Got to admit, I've always had my doubts around some of the things going on at GFC. Ainsworth said in a recent video (quite forcibly) that he was a Manager and he dictated who came in. Rather than (I'm paraphrasing) just a Head Coach who was told to get on and work with what he was presented with.

I've often felt that previous people who supposedly headed up the team were working with their hands tied.

I think the Gallinsons sussed that out and that there may well have been more of a "clear out" (in both personnel and attitude) than is/was visually apparent to us punters.

I certainly hope so.
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Hessy and GA have known each other a long time.I think they also have a similar philosophy.
Previously with Kenny he was most probably miles away from our managers.
Scouting becomes much easier when scouting for something you yourself would want .
 
chris who said:
Hessy and GA have known each other a long time.I think they also have a similar philosophy.
Previously with Kenny he was most probably miles away from our managers.
Scouting becomes much easier when scouting for something you yourself would want .
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It's abundantly clear GA is having the final say so the previous mistakes will go unchecked.

I still think Hess / Jackett have a lot to answer for with regard to the crap we still have in the team. Maybe we can get 2 or 3 to move on somehow.
 
It does seem to point to Jackett maybe being too influential in the signings.

I suspect it may have been Harris having to persuade Jackett about signing players he knew like Malone and Mahoney, rather than the other way round. The Orient connections with E Coleman and Ogie, good additions though they were, point more towards Jackett.

Maybe even a trade off, but really the manager/coach should have the final say IMHO as they have to get performances out of the players.
 
GillsBluenose said:
It does seem to point to Jackett maybe being too influential in the signings.

I suspect it may have been Harris having to persuade Jackett about signing players he knew like Malone and Mahoney, rather than the other way round. The Orient connections with E Coleman and Ogie, good additions though they were, point more towards Jackett.

Maybe even a trade off, but really the manager/coach should have the final say IMHO as they have to get performances out of the players.
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Hess was also at Orient for a time.
 
A reminder that Jackett has actually gone.
GA is happy with his recruitment gang and that he has the final say on who now comes in. He is ultimately responsible and that could not be more crystal clear.
Absolutely no need or point in a stewards enquiry on what, why or how recruitment was done in the past.
That's gone.
 
wxgill said:
It's abundantly clear GA is having the final say so the previous mistakes will go unchecked.
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Yet GA wants to retain most of the players from last season so perhaps he doesn’t think that many mistakes were made by the recruitment team?

Obvious exceptions are the likes of Andrews who should never have been recruited whilst carrying an injury.
 
Trashbat said:
Yet GA wants to retain most of the players from last season so perhaps he doesn’t think that many mistakes were made by the recruitment team?

Obvious exceptions are the likes of Andrews who should never have been recruited whilst carrying an injury.
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I thought exactly the same.
These ‘awful’ players suddenly appeared to be organised, motivated and most importantly, gave huge effort.
The end of last season was the best we’d looked since the departure of Harris.
So, maybe the answer to our problems was as simple as getting an experienced manager, used to managing at our level.
 
JoeScout said:
Does pose an interesting question.

If more or less the same group of players fires us to the league title next season, does that mean the recruitment team actually got it right all along and deserves praise?
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Despite our good run at the end of the season, the group of players had set a fairly low bar to improve. We were, and still are a fair way off having a team capable of achieving promotion IMO and I think we'll need to be alot better over the course of this coming season, at both ends of the pitch, than we were over those last 12 games if we're going to be successful.

As for the players, if the players start performing it says as much about them as characters and individuals as it does about the coaches/managers they've thrown under the bus. After all it wasn't about technical ability, they were being criticised for application, hunger, desire and the general will to win a game of football. If you need a manager to get that out of you, it'll soon come back when you don't fancy it again.
 
“No player will come into the building now without my saying yes – that’s something that I want to make clear as there have been all sorts of stories about recruitment in the past here,”

I don't think that quote can be much clearer, could it?

To be fair, at times we have been pretty organised and defensively sound. That is down to recruitment as well. But our continued lack of goals has naturally raised queries about recruitment strategy in the final third.
 
wxgill said:
I think the recuitment team is Hess plus two.

How much of a clear-out can they have with such small numbers?
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I was alluding to a lot more than just the very limited area of the recruitment team. I didn't mention them.

I've had to sort that kind of thing out a lot of times during my working life. An organisation is a lot more than one department.
 
I don't think GA is saying anything conclusive about what was going on before (and nor should he, he wasn't here), just that there was a lack of clarity which has led to differing stories and speculation that many of us involved ourselves in. Now though he is making things very clear and taking accountability which is great.
 
Lizardprime said:
I don't think GA is saying anything conclusive about what was going on before (and nor should he, he wasn't here), just that there was a lack of clarity which has led to differing stories and speculation that many of us involved ourselves in. Now though he is making things very clear and taking accountability which is great.
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We'll have to agree to disagree here.

True Ainsworth wasn't here, but that doesn't mean he was in a vacuum. Nor that he wasn't "appraised" of what may or may not have gone on previously. He's said similar things about "being the Manager" quite forcefully in other interviews. A bit like he's making a point imho.

We non of us know. I'm just using my experiences to try and fill in the gaps.
 
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