Huddersfield boss Simon Grayson says former Watford man Ross Wilson is 'the right man for the job'
6:20pm Wednesday 15th August 2012 in Latest Football News
Picture: Alan Cozzi/Watford FC
Watford’s highly-thought of football business director Ross Wilson has moved to Huddersfield Town where he will take up the role of head of football operations.
The Watford Observer exclusively revealed last month that Wilson was set to leave and his departure has now been completed.
The 30-year-old Scot spent the last 15 months at Vicarage Road but his role came into question after Gian Luca Nani was brought in with a similar remit by new boss Gianfranco Zola.
Wilson will be responsible for player recruitment and performance analysis at Huddersfield, with the aim of allowing manager Simon Grayson to focus more on the team.
Grayson told the Huddersfield Daily Examiner: "The club has seen the long-term vision of what we’re trying to achieve in terms of further forging links between the first team and the academy.
"The best part of the work I do happens on the grass. As a manager you have to accept there are a lot of phone calls to agents and Ross will take that burden from me.
"As a manager you need to trust the person in that position and we feel Ross is the right man for a demanding role."
Huddersfield chief executive Nigel Clibbens added: "Ross will ensure we have a totally joined-up approach across all elements of football operations.
"As well as Simon Grayson, he will work closely with (development coach) Steve Eyre, (academy chief) Mark Lillis and their technical staff.
"As you would expect we had a lot of interest in this role, but Ross has a fantastic reputation and his availability due to Watford’s recent restructuring made this a fantastic opportunity for us."
Comments(23)
Bringe
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7:53pm Wed 15 Aug 12
corbindallas wrote:ROFL ... You really don't have any clue what you are saying - just noise for the sake of noise and little voices in your head.
Sad loss to Watford and clearly the replacement is not a better choice, Huddersfield is a surprise thought a bigger club will come in but good luck to you in the future Ross and thanks for your tenure with us.
andyhooked
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8:32pm Wed 15 Aug 12
lutondown
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9:10pm Wed 15 Aug 12
corbindallas wrote:Corby, what did Ross Wilson do that makes him do great?
Sad loss to Watford and clearly the replacement is not a better choice, Huddersfield is a surprise thought a bigger club will come in but good luck to you in the future Ross and thanks for your tenure with us.
Your scraping the barrel to have a thinly disguised dig at the new owners!
Oh and Ross is so highly regarded he's gone to that great team oop Norf Manchester.. Sorry I mean the mighty Huddersfield
You do talk tosh buddy, I'd of hated being arrested by you, you'd have bored me do much I would have pleaded guilty to any charge to get away from you.
Evening all
Bringe
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10:16pm Wed 15 Aug 12
southernhornet
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10:27pm Wed 15 Aug 12
Great news that he has gone to an ambitious and progressive club.
Good luck and look forward to seeing you return to the vic.
Bringe
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10:50pm Wed 15 Aug 12
southernhornet wrote:Sorry but give me Nani and the Pozzo's scouting network every time.
Said before and I will say again. Terrible blow for the club that he is moving on and even worse that he has been replaced by Nani. Bad news. He was very very well respected at Vicarage Road.
Great news that he has gone to an ambitious and progressive club.
Good luck and look forward to seeing you return to the vic.
Tell me what exactly has Wilson achieved apart from blowing half a million on agents fee's?
Bush Hornet
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12:09am Thu 16 Aug 12
Bush Hornet
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12:11am Thu 16 Aug 12
hollywood101
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12:11am Thu 16 Aug 12
he may as well been well respected at the club but that wasn't his fecking job !!
MINTYHORNET
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2:37am Thu 16 Aug 12
Bush Hornet wrote:yeah i wanna hear if we are going to sign anyone or not.
BTW I don't normally slate the WO but this is a nothing article isn't it?
lutondown
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5:55am Thu 16 Aug 12
hollywood101 wrote:Absolutely right, I suspect he was liked rather than respected. What did he really do to earn respect. He certainly knew how to spend a few bob, some of it on utter tosh.
who the fluck did he actually bring to the table ?
he may as well been well respected at the club but that wasn't his fecking job !!
I agree with Bringe I'd rather have the Pozzos network rather than wait fir a young to come along every seven years or so
And as for Bush, you are still highly rated mate, and as for Barking, you mean you went to the dogs for a bit? Never Mind buddy at least your not in the same padded cell as Corby and ilovbas!
Bush Hornet
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8:11am Thu 16 Aug 12
lutondown wrote:Appreciate it man. Being highly rated can be a bit overrated though and can lead to a move to Cardiff where people get highly inflated, over-weighted and roundly hated
hollywood101 wrote:Absolutely right, I suspect he was liked rather than respected. What did he really do to earn respect. He certainly knew how to spend a few bob, some of it on utter tosh.
who the fluck did he actually bring to the table ?
he may as well been well respected at the club but that wasn't his fecking job !!
I agree with Bringe I'd rather have the Pozzos network rather than wait fir a young to come along every seven years or so
And as for Bush, you are still highly rated mate, and as for Barking, you mean you went to the dogs for a bit? Never Mind buddy at least your not in the same padded cell as Corby and ilovbas!
Holly68
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8:31am Thu 16 Aug 12
AngelHornet
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9:05am Thu 16 Aug 12
SAHornet
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11:44am Thu 16 Aug 12
Bush Hornet wrote:Who is Barking? Don't know him.
I used to be highly rated too. I'm sad for other highly rated people that they have to go to Huddersfield. I guess he won't be highly rated for much longer. My downfall was a brief stint in Barking.
SAHornet
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11:44am Thu 16 Aug 12
MINTYHORNET wrote:....not !
Bush Hornet wrote:yeah i wanna hear if we are going to sign anyone or not.
BTW I don't normally slate the WO but this is a nothing article isn't it?
JohnnyHornet
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1:21pm Thu 16 Aug 12
SAHornet wrote:My brief downfall was a sort in Barking.
Bush Hornet wrote:Who is Barking? Don't know him.
I used to be highly rated too. I'm sad for other highly rated people that they have to go to Huddersfield. I guess he won't be highly rated for much longer. My downfall was a brief stint in Barking.
lutondown
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2:01pm Thu 16 Aug 12
And by the way Asda has increased the Happy Eggs by 10p and as much as I hate to see chickens all hemmed in and unhappy, 10p is 10p so for the same price I got two dozen eggs and a haunting picture of glum looking Hens.
Don't suppose they'll lay the golden egg then
Bush Hornet
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3:07pm Thu 16 Aug 12
buckler
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4:04pm Thu 16 Aug 12
corbindallas wrote:Who cares and what do you know about anything! Why don't you disappear off this forum and see if 1 person thinks its a sad loss?
Sad loss to Watford and clearly the replacement is not a better choice, Huddersfield is a surprise thought a bigger club will come in but good luck to you in the future Ross and thanks for your tenure with us.
lutondown
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5:03pm Thu 16 Aug 12
Bush Hornet wrote:but maybe Ross has gone good will hunting?
I'm bitterly disappointed about your unethical purchase Lutondown. Although the blame lies with Asda who are clearly upset at Jason Bourne's departure to Huddersfield. At the end of the day it's fans and hens that pay the price
Just binned the eggs and got the ethics back on track, I mean what is 10p compared to the welfare of a happy hen, probably affectionately known as Henrietta. I do wonder if that poor hen is happy when her free ranging egg laying days are over and the neck wringing farmer, she thought was her friend does his dirty deed?
Anyway I'm back to being a good egg!
corbindallas
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6:46am Sat 18 Aug 12
buckler wrote:Why don't you take your own advice instead for a change, What do you know also that I don't apart from your clearly a moron who likes his own voice. Short term memory people Ross brought in all the loanees, Kightly, Nosworthy, TK to name 3 who had a massive impact for the club ,which without we could have been in a very different picture end of season, he is highy respected in the industry and did not join Brighton when wanted by them but stuck by Watford, so loyal as well!
corbindallas wrote:Who cares and what do you know about anything! Why don't you disappear off this forum and see if 1 person thinks its a sad loss?
Sad loss to Watford and clearly the replacement is not a better choice, Huddersfield is a surprise thought a bigger club will come in but good luck to you in the future Ross and thanks for your tenure with us.
corbindallas says...
6:56pm Wed 15 Aug 12