Russ Richardson

[Andy_123]

That guy Haraldur Ingolfsson mentioning “ex player” Kyle Macauley as a target for us as head of recruitment. At Brighton currently.

Who is he? 

[fine-n-dandy]

1 minute ago, Andy_123 said:

That guy Haraldur Ingolfsson mentioning “ex player” Kyle Macauley as a target for us as head of recruitment. At Brighton currently.

Who is he? 

Shit hot on a skateboard if I’m not mistaken 

[WesthillWanderersFC]

2 minutes ago, Andy_123 said:

That guy Haraldur Ingolfsson mentioning “ex player” Kyle Macauley as a target for us as head of recruitment. At Brighton currently.

Who is he? 

He isn’t saying we’re targeting him.

He’s suggesting him.

Bear in mind he’s Head of Recruitment at an EPL club we can almost certainly rule that out.

 

[Tord31]

How much can we justify spending on a head of recruitment? I'd say a fair whack if someone sticks a cv in with a track of recruiting players and selling them on

[sooth_stander]

17 minutes ago, Andy_123 said:

That guy Haraldur Ingolfsson mentioning “ex player” Kyle Macauley as a target for us as head of recruitment. At Brighton currently.

Who is he? 

Stevie Paterson’s nephew 

[WesthillWanderersFC]

8 minutes ago, Tord31 said:

How much can we justify spending on a head of recruitment? I'd say a fair whack if someone sticks a cv in with a track of recruiting players and selling them on

Absolutely - it’s a key role. 

[fine-n-dandy]

1 hour ago, WesthillWanderersFC said:

He isn’t saying we’re targeting him.

He’s suggesting him.

Bear in mind he’s Head of Recruitment at an EPL club we can almost certainly rule that out.

 

Even if his brothers a shite driver?

[redcryptoknight]

******

[Granite95]

13 hours ago, Sheepo said:

Ash Taylor twice was a cracker

Laughable he got a second gig with us cause RIchardson was chatting to him and he mentioned he was out of contract come the summer, then miraculously ended back with us again 

[ericblack4boss]

2 hours ago, Granite95 said:

Laughable he got a second gig with us cause RIchardson was chatting to him and he mentioned he was out of contract come the summer, then miraculously ended back with us again 

Maybe hun dmc fancied another another trip into India

[fine-n-dandy]

Maybe India is Taylor’s ‘agent’ 

[Tord31]

I notice the Motherwell head of recruitment is moving on to a new role.

Please not him. Yes, he's done far better than us but I want to see examples of a recruiter taking players from all backgrounds.

[shooftahmooftah]

4 hours ago, ericblack4boss said:

Maybe hun dmc fancied another another trip into India

It was free. 

[WesthillWanderersFC]

8 minutes ago, Tord31 said:

I notice the Motherwell head of recruitment is moving on to a new role.

Please not him. Yes, he's done far better than us but I want to see examples of a recruiter taking players from all backgrounds.

Going to Northampton 

[Yorston Vasey]

1 hour ago, Tord31 said:

I notice the Motherwell head of recruitment is moving on to a new role.

Please not him. Yes, he's done far better than us but I want to see examples of a recruiter taking players from all backgrounds.

Won't happen, Craig Brown not a fan of the quota.

[afc1903mad]

On 5/20/2021 at 10:04 PM, WesthillWanderersFC said:

He isn’t saying we’re targeting him.

He’s suggesting him.

Bear in mind he’s Head of Recruitment at an EPL club we can almost certainly rule that out.

 

Is he Head of Recruitment or Assistant Head of Recruitment at Brighton?

Nonetheless, seems he moved there from Swansea with Potter and Reid  

[RUL]

That we are advertising the role shows we've nobody in mind. Not sure whether that's a good thing or not. 

[Redmist1903]

12 minutes ago, RUL said:

That we are advertising the role shows we've nobody in mind. Not sure whether that's a good thing or not. 

Thats nae necessarily true. Plenty times roles are filled before they are even advertised, they are maybe just following the HR Process.

Aberdeen being Aberdeen you are probably correct though. The biggest summer of transfer activity in decades and we will have a head of recruitment in place after the transfer window closes....

[SupportmeansSUPPORT]

10 minutes ago, Redmist1903 said:

Thats nae necessarily true. Plenty times roles are filled before they are even advertised, they are maybe just following the HR Process.

Aberdeen being Aberdeen you are probably correct though. The biggest summer of transfer activity in decades and we will have a head of recruitment in place after the transfer window closes....

 

if it was filled and we were just following due process why would we pay SRI Executive a large fee to find someone for the role?

[Redmist1903]

45 minutes ago, SupportmeansSUPPORT said:

 

if it was filled and we were just following due process why would we pay SRI Executive a large fee to find someone for the role?

I don't know mate, I'm just saying what I know from first hand experience. Roles are often filled yet companies still advertise the post and even still conduct interviews just to be seen to be following HR process.

[Tord31]

1 hour ago, RUL said:

That we are advertising the role shows we've nobody in mind. Not sure whether that's a good thing or not. 

Using a headhunter (as per oil and gas industry and I'm assuming loads of other areas) means we have a way to make unsolicited approaches to folk who are in work at other clubs.

[Granite95]

1 hour ago, RUL said:

That we are advertising the role shows we've nobody in mind. Not sure whether that's a good thing or not. 

Maybe interviewing folk already (hope we are) and also just seeing who throws their hat into the ring.

Really hope we get it sorted ASAP as this window is crucial for us

[Zeus]

Tommy Johnson 

[slippers]

25 minutes ago, Zeus said:

Tommy Johnson 

Bit underwhelming. But must have done a decent job with them getting promoted. 
 

Had hoped for a foreign chap that we could tap into his contacts. Blackpool probably targeting a lot of similar players we already do. 

[aberdeen1970]

2 minutes ago, slippers said:

Bit underwhelming. But must have done a decent job with them getting promoted. 
 

Had hoped for a foreign chap that we could tap into his contacts. Blackpool probably targeting a lot of similar players we already do. 

Is that the same Tommy Johnson that played for Celtic? 

Did he play for Watford the same time as Glass did? 

[slippers]

15 minutes ago, aberdeen1970 said:

Is that the same Tommy Johnson that played for Celtic? 

Did he play for Watford the same time as Glass did? 

Yes he played for Celtic. Don’t think he ever played for Watford going by his wiki. 

[aberdeen1970]

10 minutes ago, slippers said:

Yes he played for Celtic. Don’t think he ever played for Watford going by his wiki. 

I'm thinking of Tommy Smith at Watford. Auld brain. 

[SupportmeansSUPPORT]

27 minutes ago, aberdeen1970 said:

Is that the same Tommy Johnson that played for Celtic? 

Did he play for Watford the same time as Glass did? 

Yes, that's him that was at Celtic.

Don't think he ever played for Watford though.

Most of his recruitment comes from loans and free transfers from EPL youth and reserve teams. No real history of recruiting from abroad other than Sullay Kaikai coming back to England from Holland. But that might be because recruit from abroad wasn't part of the remit.

Like everyone in this type of role there have been successes and there have been some failures. Most of the successes have been loan signings

Wouldn't complain if he joins and could manage to get Dan Ballard and Ellis Simms up here this summer. And Kaikai wouldn't be a bad option for the right winger role either.

 

 

[aberdeen1970]

4 minutes ago, SupportmeansSUPPORT said:

Yes, that's him that was at Celtic.

Don't think he ever played for Watford though.

Most of his recruitment comes from loans and free transfers from EPL youth and reserve teams. No real history of recruiting from abroad other than Sullay Kaikai coming back to England from Holland. But that might be because recruit from abroad wasn't part of the remit.

Like everyone in this type of role there have been successes and there have been some failures. Most of the successes have been loan signings

Wouldn't complain if he joins and could manage to get Dan Ballard and Ellis Simms up here this summer. And Kaikai wouldn't be a bad option for the right winger role either.

 

 

Aye, he might be a decent choice.

Tapping into English clubs at the top level to pick up young players who don't quite make it there wouldn't be a bad policy for us to have. 

[Matt Armstrong's Dog]

11 minutes ago, SupportmeansSUPPORT said:

Yes, that's him that was at Celtic.

Don't think he ever played for Watford though.

Most of his recruitment comes from loans and free transfers from EPL youth and reserve teams. No real history of recruiting from abroad other than Sullay Kaikai coming back to England from Holland. But that might be because recruit from abroad wasn't part of the remit.

Like everyone in this type of role there have been successes and there have been some failures. Most of the successes have been loan signings

Wouldn't complain if he joins and could manage to get Dan Ballard and Ellis Simms up here this summer. And Kaikai wouldn't be a bad option for the right winger role either.

 

 

Good shout min. Add Jerry Yates, who had a fantastic season for the Seasiders last season, along with Kenny Dougall (fantastic in the play-off final) to the list of potential options and if any of them did sign it certainly would be an improvement on who we currently have.