Rasmus Ankersen

Rasmus Ankersen

Banana said:
It's everyone's job to do that. The Manager, the DoFs (as was), the owner, Peter Gilham, the bloke operating the car park barrier, the chef etc.

I strongly doubt that MB said to Rasmus "here's your new job title: 'Head of Selling the Club to players that aren't quite sure that they want to join". Absolute f***ing nonsense.
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Totally agree.
 

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Hippobee said:
Remember Cloughie and Taylor?

Ankerson might have been the shop window, but Giles is the goods in the back.
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There is some logic in this. If, as has been said, he was mostly involved in European deals then perhaps he was suited to making the initial contact and selling Brentford, an unfashionable club in some ways, to targets before passing matters on to PG. The need for this sort of operator has diminished now.
 

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TW3Bee said:
When they first became Co- DoF, I think we all thought he was the brains of the operation, until he left, then we knew the truth.
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I must’ve been in the minority then! No reason, just some people aren’t my cuppa.
That, and the ‘Co-Director’ thing. Lasts until the cream stays on top on its own.
Liverpool had Houllier(?) and someone, Charlton had Curbishley and the other one….
 

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Seemed OK to me when he was with us.
Looked like he was doing a decent job.
Spoke nicely about us during and after his time here.
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badgerbee said:
Seemed OK to me when he was with us.
Looked like he was doing a decent job.
Spoke nicely about us during and after his time here.
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Yeah, but apart from that…
 

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I know someone that met him once and he told me that he was the sort of bloke that'd steal a dead fly from a blind spider and if you kicked him in the heart, you'd break your toe.
 
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Reading a message board the Southampton supporters aren’t wholly convinced by him are they?
 

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Wednesday, 2nd Oct 2024 20:31
According to the latest reports Sport Republic owner Dragan Solak is less than impressed with Saints manager Russell Martin, however Rasmus Ankersen still backs him leading to a split in the boardroom.

mirrorsport.co.uk are reporting that the Southampton boardroom is currently split about the future of Russell Martin, Main shareholder Dragan Solak is said to feel that a change is needed, whilst Rasmus Ankersen as Sporting Director of Sport Republic still backs Martin to pull Saints out of the mire.

This is itself is causing the split to widen as it is claimed that Ankersen's role is now under scrutiny by Solak, again not good news, because if Solak left, Sport Republic would be left with a rudderless ship as Ankersen is the driving force football wise with the experience he has gained at both Midjtland and Brentford.
 

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It’s easy to look a great number 2. When you have a fantastic number 1 leading the ship.

Change ship without the same number 1. The number 2 becomes rudderless.
 

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Edmundo said:
It’s like Rasmus learned nothing from our first season in the Premier League.
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Everything interview I've read with Russell Martin suggests he just wants to play the way he likes – dominate possession, play out from the back, score beautiful team goals, plan b is do plan a better etc.

It's vanity driven, inflexible, and has been found out spectacularly following the step up a division.

I don't blame Rasmus for thinking Martin was the man to get them promoted – it worked – but it goes to show how important it is to choose a manager who can adapt in the second season. You'd think someone like Rasmus would know all about the sunken cost fallacy.
 

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detours said:
Everything interview I've read with Russell Martin suggests he just wants to play the way he likes – dominate possession, play out from the back, score beautiful team goals, plan b is do plan a better etc.

It's vanity driven, inflexible, and has been found out spectacularly following the step up a division.

I don't blame Rasmus for thinking Martin was the man to get them promoted – it worked – but it goes to show how important it is to choose a manager who can adapt in the second season. You'd think someone like Rasmus would know all about the sunken cost fallacy.
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I know a few Saints fans and they can’t stand Russell Martin. Has developed this sense of self worth and arrogance, understandable had he been a Premier league winning manager taking over at Southampton, less so when his background is a half decent stint at MK Dons.

Prioritised promoting his brand of coaching over the pragmatic need to manage his team in this division. Kompany got away with it (because of his name), Martin just looks like a coach who has no idea how to adapt to a situation.
 

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detours said:
Everything interview I've read with Russell Martin suggests he just wants to play the way he likes – dominate possession, play out from the back, score beautiful team goals, plan b is do plan a better etc.

It's vanity driven, inflexible, and has been found out spectacularly following the step up a division.

I don't blame Rasmus for thinking Martin was the man to get them promoted – it worked – but it goes to show how important it is to choose a manager who can adapt in the second season. You'd think someone like Rasmus would know all about the sunken cost fallacy.
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To go with that, their recruitment has been poor
 

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I had a chat with Phil Parsons today at my golf club, he isn't a member but a mate of a member so plays as guest. He took some of the piss taking about Spygate in good humour. I asked how involved was Rasmus with Southampton on a day to basis and he advised that Rasmus now spends the majority of his time with Sports Republic business.
 

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brentford born & bred said:
I had a chat with Phil Parsons today at my golf club, he isn't a member but a mate of a member so plays as guest. He took some of the piss taking about Spygate in good humour. I asked how involved was Rasmus with Southampton on a day to basis and he advised that Rasmus now spends the majority of his time with Sports Republic business.
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No 👎

Chap count ?
Price of a pint ?
Anything for @nocoat ?
 

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Nothing to see here, then!
 

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Paving the way for his heroic return to Brentford. We have struggled without him
 

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Not sure why the negativity about Ankersen on here. Without him would Thomas Frank have joined us, would we have been able to use FC Midtjylland to test various tactical set piece theories, would the club culture that Matt Benham has attributed to the Danish culture have evolved, would Phil Giles the initial introvert have evolved so well into his role without Ankersen initially being the front man?
 

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brentford born & bred said:
Not sure why the negativity about Ankersen on here. Without him would Thomas Frank have joined us, would we have been able to use FC Midtjylland to test various tactical set piece theories, would the club culture that Matt Benham has attributed to the Danish culture have evolved, would Phil Giles the initial introvert have evolved so well into his role without Ankersen initially being the front man?
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Ankersen might have been a good front man at the time but PG was always the star of that particular show.
 

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Banana said:
And?
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As quoted “There weren’t that many changes implemented, but one example would be a bigger focus on set-pieces at the time, which went really well."

I also seem to remember Matt Benham mentioned something about in the Men in Blazers interview.
 

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brentford born & bred said:
As quoted “There weren’t that many changes implemented, but one example would be a bigger focus on set-pieces at the time, which went really well."

I also seem to remember Matt Benham mentioned something about in the Men in Blazers interview.
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That's correct however FC Midtjylland was not purchased "to test various tactical set piece theories" . That is a nonsense.
 

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Banana said:
That's correct however FC Midtjylland was not purchased "to test various tactical set piece theories" . That is a nonsense.
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Of course that is nonsense, where did I say that? The theory related to marginal gains that could be achieved from concentrating on set pieces as proved by FC Midtjylland's success.
Would Matt Benham have purchased FC Midtylland without his relationship with Ankersen?
 

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Banana said:
Here:
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Totally out of context. I was questioning the negativity of posters around Ankersen. I highlighted some of the positives whilst he was with us, one of the them was our involvement with FC Midtjylland and their success utilising set pieces. An area that our management had identified where marginal gains were possible.
This theory was put into practice and developed at FC Midtjylland since they were very receptive to new ideas and not stuck In their ways. Their success was a catalyst for Brentford and ultimately even Arsenal to adopt and develop whilst many laughed at the idea of specialist set piece coaches.
 
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