I submit time-sheets to one of my clients on a weekly basis. For each week, it has a
Save and a
Save and submit button.
I can prepare the time-sheets based on what I agree with my client in terms of working hours, but I must submit them by a certain date each month for approval and payment. It's fairly straightforward.
It's hard to separate bullshit from fact with what flies around these days. As unbelievable as it sounds, it's as equally believable.
Since everybody else is coming up with whacky theories, here's mine.
Broughton was all over the McGuire deal because it was "the big one" of the transfer window. This talk of "process" and systems being put in place is just him being present at Brockhall on deadline day.
Since he wanted to ensure everything was in order, particularly after he admitted responsibility for the two failures last year, he took control of getting the documents to the EFL before the deadline came. Having never used the system before, he was the one who thought uploading the documents and clicking
Save was all you needed to do.
The club announce the signing.
They later wonder why no confirmation came back from the EFL. To their horror, they discover that Broughton hadn't actually sent anything, and the training of "err, you need to press
that button instead" came after 11pm when it was too late.
I reckon Broughton has already gone, which is why we haven't heard a peep from him, unlike last year. There were a couple of rumours that there had already been one resignation. I suspect as soon as the above was made known to Waggott, he fired Broughton on the spot for allowing late paperwork to occur for a third time in a year.
Well, it's as good as any other theory, isn't it?