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The lack of a director of football has 100% already hindered the club.You act like it hasn't already.
A strong DOF doesn't make the poor footballing decisions Woodward has.
The lack of a director of football has 100% already hindered the club.You act like it hasn't already.
This.The lack of a director of football has 100% already hindered the club.
A strong DOF doesn't make the poor footballing decisions Woodward has.
My issue is, who ever the manager is, the fundamental running of the club is the biggest issue we have. From the owners, to the board, to ED.I'd like us to put a proper DOF in place, if only to get Woodward away from the football side of things, but people need to stop getting obsessive tunnel vision around it. That's the sort of mindlessness that led us to appointing Ole full time.
A good DOF won't rescue us from a shit manager. A good DOF won't make the players more confident. Won't improve the manager's coaching. Won't improve our tactical flexibility during games.
Klopp didn't need a DOF to turn Liverpool into CL and (soon to be) Prem title winners. Having a good manager is more important than having a good DOF, which in turn is more important than having good owners.
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He should not be anywhere near recruitment, of both managers or players.What control do you want Woodward to give up? Specific examples.
United will never have a strong Dof as long as Woodward is there .The lack of a director of football has 100% already hindered the club.
A strong DOF doesn't make the poor footballing decisions Woodward has.
Unfortunately, you're probably right. He seems to enjoy the footballing side of things regardless of how badly he's fecking it up.United will never have a strong Dof as long as Woodward is there .
Yeah, I was about to post this. Also I made a thread about Brands in the summer and how important he is to Everton in terms of connecting the whole club together as a unit. Obviously people may laugh and point to us being 18th and that our results on the field don't seem like it is working but I reckon that problem is down to the manager and I think our summer recruitment was good overall. A DoF or technical director isn't someone who is choosing the tactics but they are definitely making sure that the whole club plays with the same ethos. What the Brighton bloke puts across well is that the club has an ethos and they choose a manager based on that ethos. At United you haven't had the same managerial style - it's been 4 different managerial styles put on the same players and it's just bizarre to do that as the players won't develop at all, they'll be confused and shite as we are seeing now under Ole. Ole might not be the right man, that's fine, but the next manager needs to come in with a similar ethos and a DoF can help that transition.This is the director of football of Brighton talking about what his role is. He talks about doing the exact stuff we need a DOF to do.
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