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My theory is that we like to play with three central defenders which requires at least 5 or 6 who can play in this position. Selling two and not replacing them has left us short, left us playing a sub-optimal formation, left us fragile and in turn has demoralized the team/squad. Ashworh and...

True. But I get the impression Ashowrth, who wasnt on the football staff (he was on the Senior management team with the likes of Barber, Jenny Gower and Russell Wood for example), is employed on a permanent employment type of contract as opposed to the contracts which players and coaches have. I...

I understand all of this. My original point is that this is an interesting piece of news, given the situation. This is all.

I'm no expert on this, but non-solicitiation clauses are legal in the UK. We obvipusly do not know if DA had one in his contract, but Bloom seems a shrewd person who is keen to protect his assets so I presume he would have. I guess we will find out soon.

But given Dan Ashworth is on gardening leave, and will have no doubt signed a NDA with Brighton, did Newcastle come to the idea they’d like Dan’s back room staff completely independently of Dan? Unlikely I'd say, and therefore I presume this breaches the leave and/or NDA?

Regarding your first bullet, I remember Dan saying part of his remit is succession planning….let’s hope he’s handed over his list to Tony.

I might be wrong, but I think the type of contract dazzer6666 is talking about is more like a permanent contract with 12 months notice period either side.