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.. Bassett Q & A (20/02/04)


Dave Bassett was on form this week answering questions at the Foxes Trust AGM.

The first question was what the heck did he actually do, and off he went for the next half hour!

So what does he do? He works closely with MA, talking tactics and about players performances, he organises away trips like pre-season friendlies and breaks (the lads may be going to La Manga after the Wolves game), he acts as a buffer between MA and the Board, and also gives an impartial view to the board about how much they should spend on a player MA wants, he does all the contracts and wages negotiations and deals with players and agents, he scouts, he keeps his eye on the youth team and works with John Rudkin, he sometimes coaches the kids, he goes and nicks good ideas from other clubs, he attends meetings for the club ie disciplinaries and he wheels and deals. It was Bassett that held out over Matty Piper and got an extra 750k out of Sunderland once Saints came in.

So now you know!

Harry talked about all sorts of things such as how often we look at a player before signing him, what may happen if we get relegated, what's going on with the defence at the moment ("Fawlty Towers" as Harry called them) and why there are so many injuries.

Bassett was asked if it was as stressful as being a manager. He said no. Cos when you lose 5-0 to Villa he doesn't have to face the cameras to explain!

Harry was asked about agents and fees. He says he often leaves them sitting in the room fo half an hour whilst he pretends to go see Tim Davies, even if Tim's not there. Harry has a cuppa and reads the paper and then goes back in and tells them Tim won't agree to that much!

Talking about the flack we got about administration Harry got a cheer from the audience when he told them that Neil Warnock had called to try and take a player on loan and we told him to stick it.

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