I'll take the job. I'll sign maxi gomez in January and buy Mike Ashley a wetherspoons sharer on the agreement that he gives us rafa. I'll slap the owners with a wet kipper and force them to pay for a technician to fix our "black box" as clearly its been playing up for years. I'll do all this before being fired within 24 hours.
I know he ballsed up totally at Everton (cocky "big club" shytes) but what would you think of koeman as reeds replacement? Would he be decent? I'd take it right now. He was at the city game. Is it just a coincidence? Maybe gao and kat have been having words with him to come back. Maybe I'm a bit tipsy.
Apologies if this has already been speculated. I haven't read the entire thread yet.
Anyone else expecting us to jump out the frying pan into a ****-off big fire?
Very coincidental that he's going now. Statement less than 3hours old...
I'd certainly take him, he has done a fantastic job at Brentford and is the kind of name we should be looking at more regularly.
Who was that French scout we brought in recently? Maybe the ‘scouting’ role was all a cover up for a speedy promotion to DoF?
I'll do it
Who ever is appointed, it's going to feel like a long overdue renewal. Quite apart from Reed's poor last 30 months or so, he personified the staleness and atrophy which has descended on SFC. He seemed like an ageing civil servant waiting for the final superannuation payout.
I wonder if he’ll go all North American franchise on us.
The major hockey, and many other sports franchises, operate with presidents/CEO, general manager, finance, personnel, recruiting, development all managed and run by separate people. Nobody has one over riding leadership role in the way a DOF would. They’ll adjust the roles within the club so that Wilson heads up recruiting and others will adjust roles. That way we don’t need an DOF replacement, we fill the new roles like development
I doubt there will be a Director of Football, I dont think any of the Board would have a clue who to appoint. There isnt a football person on it! Not even an English person, unless I've missed someone. I just want to think my team is run by football lovers willing to invest. Don't see any prospect of either.
I'm trying to imagine what it would be like to be interviewed for a job by Ralph...
Ralph " ahh Mr Moyes come in to this space I like to call a "room". Please sit down on that device I like to call "a chair".
Moyes "errh thanks"
Ralph " Let me introduce you to our owner Mr Goa. He doesn't actually speak English. Luckily I have a full roster of words at my disposal"
Moyes "ok"
Ralph "First I should let you know a few things about the club. We are a large micro club with a variable, neutral, cost based, gender fluid budget.
Thanks to our academy we don't buy talent we make it! and then errmm... send it out on loan to league one in the hope someone will buy it.
We are an ambitious club set on champions league glory but also mindful we are just behind Accrington Stanley in terms of resources....
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oh yeah I think the board will **** themselves silly over him
He appointed Daniel Farke as head coach in May that year and has helped reconstruct a new squad, despite raising over Ł80m from sales of players including James Maddison, Alex Pritchard, Josh Murphy and Jonny Howson.
How do we have a shortlist of candidates when our esteemed Chairman told us that we were going to undertake a thorough review of our football operations now Reed had be sacked?
Turns out it was more BS from Ralph, and they are quite happy with the structure they just want a better candidate.
Probably the Quincy Promes of football administration.
A load of media hype/rumours and then it all goes quiet and then we recruit no-one or someone utterly hopeless.
Interesting bit on Webber:
https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...-a8625396.htmlWebber went to Queens Park Rangers under Mark Hughes and regretted the decision, taking a pay-cut to go to Wolverhampton Wanderers as head of recruitment for the first team under Jez Moxey.
Can't see why he'd want to come to us whilst he's at a well run club at Norwich with things going well for him.
Stuart is a decent, smart and talented young guy.
He loves his job at Norwich and his wife is also employed at the club.
Would take a lot (money) to get him to move just now
"Webber went to Queens Park Rangers under Mark Hughes and regretted the decision, taking a pay-cut to go to Wolverhampton Wanderers as head of recruitment for the first team under Jez Moxey."
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Obligatory YouTube video...
Sounds like an estate agent who’s played too much FM.
Seems to know where he is going and what he wants but having a Board in China does not turn him on. Has the Hoddle "Them things" syndrome.
Picked up this quote form a Guardian article -
Maybe we are going for both, Webber and FarkeTransfers are the responsibility of the sporting director, Stuart Webber. His strategy for the club also involves the promotion of youth
I like these quotes from/about Farke -
The 40-year-old’s Borussia Dortmund II squad conceded the fewest goals in the German fourth tier last season, but Farke revealed he is a disciple of possession football.
“It depends on the players you have got but to bring it to the point I like to have the ball,” he said. “I like to be in possession and dominate the games. I hope to bring it to the guys so we can fulfil the hopes and expectations. I want my players to stay compact, to defend and react well. I want a brave team, an offensive team, a team who will press high.
“I like my teams to be in possession and it is the quality of possession that makes a difference. That is what determines which positions you lose the ball and how dangerous those situations are. I work on concentrating on an idea with the ball but with my team last season we had the fewest number of goals against us.
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