Roeder (re)shuffle

Having taken his time, Glenn Roeder has finally got his man, and with the appointment of Kevin Bond has almost completed the organisation of his backroom staff.

Bond comes in from Portsmouth to take on the role of Assistant Manager, with Lee Clark taking on a post as first team coach (although still expected to turn out for the reserves and if needed the first team next season). Tommy Craig remains in charge of the reserves, and Terry Mac joins our network of scouts.

With the return of Roddy Macdonald as team doctor, after a period at Celtic, the only post left to fill is that which Roeder himself previously held, namely Academy Director. Rumours in the press are linking us to Bryan Klug, who is currently at Ipswich, and was responsible for the development of messers Dyer, Bramble and Ambrose amongst others.

Hopefully now that the back room staff have been sorted out we'll be able to push on with player recruitment.