Am I the only one who thinks this way - as our Director of football I would expect John Robertson to be at our game, not at the County game doing commentary on the radio? As far as I understand he is partly at least responsible for our signings, how does he know what we need if he is only at half the games?

 

Rant over!

 

 

 

 

Maybe he's building networks for future signings and loans from county or any opposition? Then again could just be loving the double dipping pay days.

It does seem odd that he chooses to do other paid work on a match day. He doesn’t NEED to be at our matches, as he’s not part of the coaching set up, and as for scouting, his job is not to identify what we need but to go out and find what the manager says we need - but still, you’d think he’d WANT to be at matches.

 

Edited January 28, 20233 yr by Yngwie

Regardless of what he does or doesn't do, in my eyes in his role as Director of Football, he should be at ours games, no ifs or buts or if he wants to be or not.

He should be told that it a requirement of his role.

 

Edited January 28, 20233 yr by MrCaleyjag

Is it at the end of this season that his managerial contract expires?

44 minutes ago, Yngwie said:

Is it at the end of this season that his managerial contract expires?

I thought it was last year but it must be this year.

Nobody from the club directors, ceo, director of football or manager gives a flying f*ck what fans think....has that penny not dropped yet?

I don’t think Robbo should be doing the reporting of other games.

However, it may be that his salary with us has been reduced to reflect his role with the BBC, which I’d be fine with.

If that is the case, the club should be open with fans and I’m sure we’d understand the position and be a lot more comfortable with.

One thing he did say today is that when he and Dodds discuss signings, Dodds has the final say. 

Edited January 28, 20233 yr by Robert

1 minute ago, Robert said:

I don’t think Robbo should be doing the reporting of other games.

However, it may be that his salary with us has been reduced to reflect his role with the BBC, which I’d be fine with.

If that is the case, the club should be open with fans and I’m sure we’d understand the position and be a lot more comfortable with.

One thing he did say today is that when he and Dodds discuss signings, Dodds has the final say. 

Sorry but can't see this? 

Don't for a minute believe the last bit either regardless of what he's saying

46 minutes ago, old caley girl said:

Sorry but can't see this? 

Don't for a minute believe the last bit either regardless of what he's saying

I actually agree with you.

It all highlights why we need open communication by the club  

 

52 minutes ago, Robert said:

 

However, it may be that his salary with us has been reduced to reflect his role with the BBC, which I’d be fine with.

Doubt at any point a contract would have a legal standing to try include a clause staring it would reduce your renumeration in accordance with benefits from other incomes, or anyone would sign it. Additionally any other incomes or contracts will be covered by confidentiality clauses so he wouldnt be able to disclose terms.

14 hours ago, MrCaleyjag said:

Regardless of what he does or doesn't do, in my eyes in his role as Director of Football, he should be at ours games, no ifs or buts or if he wants to be or not.

He should be told that it a requirement of his role.

 

What is the role and job spec of the Director of Football? This post seems to be relatively new in the football world. Certainly a post you never heard of back in the day. Maybe they do a lot of work in the background that fans never to get to know about. To me, with all due respect to Robbo, it's seems like a post we can ill afford. 

2 hours ago, Gringo said:

What is the role and job spec of the Director of Football? This post seems to be relatively new in the football world. Certainly a post you never heard of back in the day. Maybe they do a lot of work in the background that fans never to get to know about. To me, with all due respect to Robbo, it's seems like a post we can ill afford. 

I think he's title is Sporting Director so even more confusing? 

Did Scot Gardiner not tell us on the podcast that we were all too stupid to understand the position that Robertson held, so there was no point trying to explain it?

1 hour ago, STFU said:

Did Scot Gardiner not tell us on the podcast that we were all too stupid to understand the position that Robertson held, so there was no point trying to explain it?

 No, he explained what the role was and what additional projects Robbo had been working on. I think it was pretty clear for anyone who was prepared to listen with an open mind.
Whether or not a club in our predicament can afford to have a DoF role is certainly up for debate, but as the position only came about because Robbo had 2 years left on his managerial contract, I doubt we’ll be retaining that structure unless we somehow get promoted.

I see Robbo is covering the Hearts game on SKY today. 

Edited January 29, 20233 yr by Pele_Is_God

This situation sadly sums the club up currently - comical! The job was purely created to keep Robbo in a role as we couldn't afford to pay him off. 

34 minutes ago, Bobby said:

This situation sadly sums the club up currently - comical! The job was purely created to keep Robbo in a role as we couldn't afford his pals didn't want to pay him off. 

FTFY

So has he been offered a contract extension or not? 🤷‍♂️

20 hours ago, Fraz said:

So has he been offered a contract extension or not? 🤷‍♂️

Does the job of more than 1 and he’s got a good eye for talent, I would be happy enough for him to stay on. 

17 hours ago, ICTPaisley said:

Does the job of more than 1

You mean he also does someone else's job on the radio? 

4 hours ago, snorbens_caleyman said:

You mean he also does someone else's job on the radio? 

This habit of spending Saturdays at the wee team has been a bit of a sore point for a while. Also a friend of mine, who has a ST at Tynecastle, took hospitality for the Celtic game in March. So I see him on FB getting selfies with Robbo. Fair enough our game was on the Friday night but even so...