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Director of Football, anyone?
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A current topic that won't go away is the role of Directors of Football within Premier League clubs, and the debate goes on as to whether they are good/bad, how they are best used etc... Could Everton FC / David Moyes be one of the few cases where a Director of Football might work?
Hear me out, and let me make a couples of things clear, I am NOT selling this idea as a bullet-proof solution and am NOT typically an advocate of the Director of Football ? I look at the cases of Keegan and Curbishly and can appreciate the negatives, but it must work in some instances.
If (just if) Billy Liar isn't actually lying, and funds are actually available at the start of each transfer window, plus we sell players like AJ and McFadden to add to these funds, why do we still struggle so much in the market? This pre-season isn't the first either ? Moyes has gained a reputation as a ditherer in the transfer market. We always have a bad time ? we dither, we are outbid, someone doesn't get a work-permit in time ? it can't all be "bad luck"... possibly bad infrastructure?
OK, so we know Moyes can spot a good player at very good price (Cahill, Lescott, Arteta...), but he's clearly limited in other key skills that could make us consistently successful in the transfer market. Would having someone dedicated to the task of working the transfer market be the solution? Someone highly skilled in scouting, looking after budget, allocating the money for targets, negotiating deals etc.
I know the pitfalls of a DoF have been apparent recently (manager not being in control etc), but if Moyes can have a hand in who comes in/goes out and then literally be left to the day-to-day coaching, picking the team, decisions on tactics etc, surely the results could only be positive...
Well, they couldn't get much worse... could they?
Alec Laurie, Posted 26/09/2008 at 11:55:49
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What was need this summer was someone to take ownership of getting the players that DM wanted in whatever way / funding was required or available
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1 Posted 26/09/2008 at 14:33:23
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Their names were Wyness, Earl and Green.
They failed miserably and one of them caught the bullet.
Moyes then belatedly took up the baton and realised it was empty.
Johnson sold to fund Mouthino?s deposit and a handful of loan signings and we wonder why we?re in this position.
As evidenced elsewhere we dont need a director of football we need a competent board to work in harmony with the manager.