Ole won't be around forever. It's been working well enough on the recruitment side with him there but that's not a long term plan when the managerial shelf life is only a couple of years anyway.
If true Campos Mitchell and Overmars are the shortlist, either one of those have been successful.
Overmars has been a good DOF for Ajax. A lot of people think it's Edwin who's the DOF for Ajax but he's not. Who knows, maybe the Glazers' masterplan is to get in both Overmars and Edwin.
we already signed a winger ie Diallo. If Pogba leaves then I can see us add a CM as well. No one expects United to spend big in January anyway. We all know its a tough market. Also with Ole dragging us back into the mickey mouse cup with defeats against Istanbul whatever there's not much motivation to spend big either.
The whole purpose of a Technical Director, is to function under different Manager. In modern football world, a Football manager typically stays 2-5 years max, Fergi and Wenger are rare example, even the like of Moyes@Everton is rare. So the purpose of a Technical Director, is to maintain a consistency in recruitment strategy over a medium to long period of time.
The renewals would have concerned me more than our signings tbh. At least the signings can be argued made sense. Find anyone who could argue the same for renewing Jones.
I am surprised they haven't gone down this route from the start as don't most US sports franchises have someone who deals with recruitment of players, coaches etc ?
'Retention'...our problem is the opposite.
On the contrary I think we'll get who we want but it'll be a disaster
Well that’s fair enough if you believe that the improved recruitment is principally down to Ole. I’m really not convinced that any of our managers post-SAF have had that much involvement in the process.
Well yeah I agree. It's been ok since he's been here but you're right we don't know who it's down to really.Well that’s fair enough if you believe that the improved recruitment is principally down to Ole. I’m really not convinced that any of our managers post-SAF have had that much involvement in the process.
My point was that the DoF talk tends to appear when it’s apparent that our bad form is the result of poor recruitment. Which right now it isn’t.
Donny looks like a decent player, yet it’s hard to see where he fits into Ole’s beloved (and successful) 4231. So at least we’ve progressed from buying whoever agents have suggested to buying actually good players. It would be even better if we brought players in with some regard to whether or not the manager will be able to use them
Who's Campos Mitchell? Very exotic name
Well we aren't are we? The idea has been mooted since Ole took over and it was reported around the time we beat PSG (3-1 away) that we'd employed a top recruitment firm to look into it. Nothing came of it, and I genuinely believe that Woody is the one performing this role anyway
This, just having someone whose sole focus is the transfer market will save a lot of money. I remember being shocked that Sheffield were allowed a free run at Sander Berge because I knew that United needed a player like him and would need him sooner looking at Matic's deterioration, same with Partey who Arsenal got whilst we were on a wild goose chase with Sancho.ó
Its shocking that it took them this long and will actually take longer than this. Someone who helps the club get value for money should be an owner's dream because this is usually where the money is lost and once its wasted you are usually forced to spend again on the same position.
I think a DOF is easier to identify for a layman than a manager especially one with the responsibilities of a Manchester United manager. At United you arent just hiring a manager you are hiring a Head Coach, DoF and Head of recruitment combined in one person and expecting that person to succeed in all the aspects.
Not when it comes to retaining players by handling out contract extensions where we should have got rid...
I think it's been pretty hit and miss. I imagine Fellaini, Memphis and Lukaku were very much Moyes', LvG's and Jose's, though all three were badly managed by whichever manager had brought them in. Pogba though? And AWB and Maguire look much more like Jose players than Dalot and Lindelof.
Very much so! I'm not holding my breath though, and am limiting myself to being reasonably content with what Ole is doing in the short term.
The problem with the current system is that our football strategy is being authored by someone whose stay here is vulnerable to a bad run of results or a catastrophic injury - lose Bruno for the season and Ole is done.
Transfers are the most unpredictable and toughest part of football. The person involved has to contend with clubs who want to make as much £££ as possible, agents whose interest vary from what is good for their players, to what is good for the club, what is good for themselves or what is good for their pool of players and players who are fickle prima donnas. One blink and months of hard work can go to the shitters. I was few meters away from Sir Alex Ferguson when he said at our supporters club that Gazza's deal had been done and dusted and he'll be signing for us after the weekend. Turned out that the old man allowed his guard down (he was on a holiday in Malta) and that was enough for Spurs to step in and feck us.
My point exactly, at United the most senior people involved with transfers are the manager and the CEO.
No. That's a terrible idea. "United DNA" is a frustrating buzz word that's just used to prop up candidates. It's akin to the daft MOTD analysis we'd watch from Alan Hansan - "he has pace, he's fast, and he has desire"
If this is coming directly from the Glazers, as the reports seem to be saying, then there's not a right lot Woodward can do.
Right on, all he can do is feck up the negotiations but even then he'd be taking an unnecessary risk that could cost his job. If I had a say in this I would want Woodward himself gone and start on a clean slate with another CEO.
I love Edwin but he is not a DOF. Its like asking prime Cantona to cover the GK role or prime VDS to play as a striker alongside RVN. We need to be smart and hire people whose got experience in that role.
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That’s why he said Edwin and Overmars
Get outa ma pub!
He wasn’t saying he wants Edwin here as DOF. He’s saying he wants both Edwin and Overmars here which would mean replicating what Ajax have with both of them (overmars DOF and Edwin CEO).
I agree with your argument but you surely picked the wrong player here. Haaland didn't only attract United's attention. He attracted the attention of many clubs including Juventus. There's a reason why they/we didn't sign him and that was that the terms Mino wanted for him are unacceptable. So in few words we dodged a bullet here.
