So whats the point of a DoF if the club can`t set up a vision and strategy by themselves and then appoint managers that suits that vision and the squad at hand? Haven`t we all had enough of switching back and forth with every fecking manager? How are we supposed to ever assemble a squad that makes any kind of sense?
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So whats the point of a DoF if the club can`t set up a vision and strategy by themselves and then appoint managers that suits that vision and the squad at hand? Haven`t we all had enough of switching back and forth with every fecking manager? How are we supposed to ever assemble a squad that makes any kind of sense?
The point of the DoF from my understanding, is for him to work at the head of the football department, with numerous heads of sub departments working under him. And those people heading the sub departments, collect/collate information from the scouts on the ground, which is then passed on to the head of recruitment/data science department before it reaches the figure-head at the top of the chain. That's basically all it is, and it's a simple concept. The structure is in place at the club, but the board have to give the recruitment department autonomy, which looks like it's might happen.
Only time will tell what the vision is. But what history has shown us, is that the head coach may not head the football department, but the head coach is the most important person on the football side of any club.. So recruiting players for a particular type of coach is the the right thing to do. Rangnick reportedly wanted Haidara, but Haidara isn't really someone that ten Hag would ideally play as a #8.
So whether we target a head coach who looks to zone control via positional play in a high compact block, or we look to bring in a coach who places a heavy emphasis on quick, incisive vertical passes between the lines in a high compact block. The concept is the same, recruit players that fit into a compact high block. And if you sign players who fit into a compact high block, they will by default fit into a low to mid block.
For us the DoF is just someone for the glazers to blame when things go wring
Arsenal fans you mean
Official: Gleison Bremer , a defender who's captured the interest of bigger clubs, has renewed his contract with Torino until June 2024.
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Official: Barcelona sign Aubameyang
- 3.5-year contract with an option to terminate the contract without any penalties after 1.5 years
- Basically, if he doesn't terminate his contract in June 2023, he is obligated to see out his contract until June 2025.
- Buyout clause: €100M
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Source: PSV TV relayed by Voetbal Primeur
PSV Eindhoven chief John de Jong on the interest in Cody Gakpo:
- Hitchen was marginalised on the recruitment front once Paratici came on board.
- Newcastle United and Leicester City are also interested in him.
This is why we shouldn't take most of the Turkish news reports seriously.
Well Spurs were pretty poor in the transfer market for a while, so this is probably good for Spurs and bad for Everton
Matt Law's article states that he was mostly working in tandem with Pochettino and giving him the players that he wanted. He also lined up deals for players like Dybala, Bruno Fernandes, and Grealish, apparently, but Spurs weren't willing to fund those transfers. It seems like his role started to diminish once Mourinho came in and Paratici afterwards.
Official: promising City midfielder James McAtee signs a contract extension until June 2026.
The bitches are getting found out by Conte it seems.
Official: Hitchen's gone
Wrong thread?
So you’re saying he has a great agent and PR team..
Oh the craic. Worth it for the pressers.
Law might have a reason to defend Hitchen, but not me. I'm just trying to portray some of his good work to go with his failures. His flops/below-par signings would include Davinson Sánchez, Vincent Janssen, Serge Aurier, and Georges-Kévin Nkoudou, whilst his successes would include Moura, Wanyama, Sissoko (despite his limitations), and Bergwijn. In terms of his relation with Poch, for example, Ndombele and Lo Celso were Poch signings who didn't work out with the subsequent managers. We already know about how Mourinho tends to trust his own people outside of the club's staff, and then Paratici comes in and establishes his own direction.
Maybe he isn't all that and can flop at his next club, but I'm not willing to rule that out at this time.
Didn’t Keane managed at Sunderland before?
Yes, won the Championship with them.
Heard a mackem on TalkShite earlier saying he'd love to have Keane back. Be good to see him back in management
Wow, if I remember correctly he played really boring football and spent loads on average players!
Took them from bottom of the championship into the PL though
Oh Netflix… season 3 please!
Chong will go back to Birmingham City once he completes his physical rehab at United.
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