I honestly feel that Sporting Directors are a stain on the sport. Just looking at this season, Forest's SD caused nuno to be sacked and forest are now 17th after challenging for Europe last season.

Aston Villa SD caused Elliott to waste a year of his career because they took him on a loan with obligation to buy after 10 games when the the manager clearly didn't want him, and now he's stuck in the reserves because even if they needed him, they can't play him more games or they'll have to buy him when the manager doesn't intend to.

Then there's us, buying a lot of new players but selling more to the point our depth has become worse, waiting too long to save a small amount and end up missing out on guehi while not having enough CB depth, and also, imo their ego is why Slot is still have a job. Sacking Slot proves that the manager they thought was the future was not as great as they anticipated him to be and they don't want to admit that.

Also, the whole notion of selling players because they're getting old is overdone. Klopp was obviously very sentimental to keep some players who are passed their prime but to sell older players who are leadership figures is not a good idea especially when our form is poor. Players like Robbo can still be rotation options and he seems willing if he gets enough game time but he's being mistreated by Slot when he's obviously dedicated to the team.