View from the Dolman Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 DIRECTOR of football Keith Burt has today left Bristol City with immediate effect. Burt initially appointed as a scout under former boss Sean O'Driscoll before being made director in May 2013. He then went on to assist Steve Cotterill who was sacked in January after a poor run of results in the Sky Bet Championship. Academy boss Paul Groves has also departed City. http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/BREAKING-NEWS-Director-football-Keith-Burt/story-28963253-detail/story.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben4BCFC Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 Gone, just announced on OS. Don't know much about Groves but glad to see Burt out. Feel free to delete mods, View from the Dolman beat me to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selred Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 More surprised he lasted this long to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 should of left when Cotts went. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shtanley Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 The Mark Ashton empire is taking shape mwuahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 1 minute ago, Super said: should of left when Cotts went. Suppose they had to have some sort of handover, with Mark Ashton overseeing. I don't recognise the name Groves at all. Looks like things are going to be done differently again now, or maybe get someone else in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathredwood Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 surely was inevitable when MA joined and now the hand over period has ended. From what I know Ashton will run everything including the academy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BristolBEAT Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 Mark gets stuff done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickJ Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 We never will know what Burt actually did then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 The academy has a high churn over of people don't they Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadrunner Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 More redundancy money to pay out. Get new people in and get rid of them in 2 years, and so it goes on. If Ashton is going to take over everything as suggested. Be very worried folks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 4 minutes ago, NickJ said: We never will know what Burt actually did then. ..or what he didn't, more like! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 Maybe lee wants to bring his own backroom staff in, If Uncle Mark lets him that is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfcchris2016 Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 *Insert Peter Johnson as City's new chief scout here* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 3 minutes ago, Roadrunner said: More redundancy money to pay out. Get new people in and get rid of them in 2 years, and so it goes on. If Ashton is going to take over everything as suggested. Be very worried folks. Getting rid of dead wood can only be a good thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityloyal473 Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 4 minutes ago, bcfcchris2016 said: *Insert Peter Johnson as City's new chief scout here* He wouldn't, would he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 7 minutes ago, RedM said: The academy has a high churn over of people don't they I think that is the nature of youth team coaching M, a lot of those guys seem to move around from club to club and even country to country, I don't think this is a new thing either. In this case I am sure LJ will be pushing for someone that he knows and trains in the same way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 4 minutes ago, bcfcchris2016 said: *Insert Peter Johnson as City's new chief scout here* Bagsy telling @Robbored Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarnzFM Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 Groves didn't last long, imagine the u18 manager will go as he was brought in by Groves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperFly2002 Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 Didn't Keith Burt's wife have a stroke not long after he joined us? I heard he was pretty much a full time carer for her after that . . . . .not everything is as it seems sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downendcity Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 7 minutes ago, Tomarse said: Bagsy telling @Robbored zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDOXO Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 Did not see this coming, but I guess in hindsight KB was unlikely to be around much after Ashton arrived. He will want his own man! Any names from anyone...JJ....Maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 24 minutes ago, RedM said: The academy has a high churn over of people don't they Will this is in keeping with the 5 Pillar approach. In this case, the club have identified a club of similar size who have gone on to greater success and so they want to emulate them. Unfortunately, Jon Lansdown was a big fan of Dream Team and the club he has chosen to copy for youth development is Harchester United. This explains the high turnover of staff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chowie Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 17 minutes ago, Tomarse said: Bagsy telling @Robbored Yessir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 Inevitable that Burt should leave with the arrival of Mr Charisma. Must have been a serious overlap of roles within the club. It was a bit of surprise to me when Mark Ashton said he was in charge of player recruitment. That was a big part of Burts job. The writing was on the wall when he said that but we didn't realise that at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidered abroad Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 I assume that Mark Ashton will be the head of recruitment with a team of scouts, so the position of DOR has become defunct. As for Groves, I did wonder at the time whether this was an "old pals" appointment by SC, just as Brooks, under 18 coach, was by Groves. Not how it is done in many companies but football is a very secretive sector of the world. As long as we do not return to the nepotism days of GJ and his family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View from the Dolman Posted March 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 Bit weird! He's left a job. He hasn't died! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 29 minutes ago, BarnzFM said: Groves didn't last long, imagine the u18 manager will go as he was brought in by Groves Cotterill's mate , other than that what were His qualifications for moving The club forward ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Brent Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 39 minutes ago, RedM said: The academy has a high churn over of people don't they I think things will be butter under Mark Ashton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 5 minutes ago, cidered abroad said: I assume that Mark Ashton will be the head of recruitment with a team of scouts, so the position of DOR has become defunct. As for Groves, I did wonder at the time whether this was an "old pals" appointment by SC, just as Brooks, under 18 coach, was by Groves. Not how it is done in many companies but football is a very secretive sector of the world. As long as we do not return to the nepotism days of GJ and his family. Think you'll find the collective noun for a team of scouts is a 'patrol'. #DibDibDib Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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