On the flip side to that DV i obviously missed Fitton's "commentary" what were the main highlights?
There are speaking to the council about a training ground but didnt mention anything about the actual ground.
He addressed the 'so and so will have to work with Byrne and Williams' issue. Its never been stated that the new manager would HAVE to work with those 2. Fittion said Wilson wont be bringing anyone with him yet. He will assess the coaches like the players over the first month and then decided on what changes he wants to make.
When asked about money for players in January, Fitton just said that he personally thinks the squad is good enough and under achieving so doesnt need any additions, again though Wilson will come in and make those judgements.
Some moron text in saying Wilson was the cheap option etc etc Fitton said he didnt know what he was talking about. Said Wilson ticked all the boxes but obviously only came into their mind frame and short list the other week when he left Hartlepool.
Fitton mentioned 40% as in, in his opinion for a manager to have been successful as a club he generally needs to have won 40% of his games. Wilsons over all career record is 39.94%
Fitton has no interest in horses but memebers of the board do.
He asked about quid for a kid and the lack of atmosphere. He said they had already tried some family promotions and he felt the best atmosphere of the season was against Portsmouth and said their fans were good because they had a drum and the guy with the chimes. He said to improve the Town End he'd buy a drum!
He used to watch Newcastle as a youngster but wasnt really he fans, he was the only person in St. James Park that didnt care if their team won or lost!
He interviewed Wilson on tuesday and they agreed terms late afternoon Christmas Eve. Wilson has till the end of this season then another 2 seasons on his contract, although by all accounts Fitton seemed to imply without directly saying that it hadnt been signed as of yet.
When talking about our players, he mentioned that JPM was a good player when he was rattled and he hopes the new manager will rattle him every week, or something like that. I cant remember what word Fitton used but he was basically saying JPM is a good player when he can be arsed.
He also said he liked Blair Sturrock as a footballer because he was intelligent, had good movement and worked the channels well.
Thats it off the top of my head.
