Director of football ?

[equinox]

Eddie Howe wanting reassurances from Newcastle that their Director of Football will leave him alone to do his job before committing to them after being sounded out by the FA for the England job.

Hope this okay to post, my bottom is still sore.

[AfloatinClaret]

Hiring a good Director of Football would be a very good idea. It's very clear what their (increasingly important) role is at a football club.

Bit of a waste of money I reckon, same with the club hiring Scott Parker too for that matter. All AP needed to do was log into this forum each day and take the advice of the real football experts.

[RVclaret]

I think Paul Jenkins has done something of this role under Pace. He's currently down as Director of Football Development but it isn't clear whether that solely relates to the academy or bigger picture as well.

That he was involved in the new manager hunt suggests more likely the latter than just an academy role. Also interesting to note that Lee Mooney (of Mud Analytics) was involved in the new manager hunt. That may assauge the fears of some that Kompany had ripped the heart out of our recruitment team when he left.

Noticed this in the recent Athletic report (good overall read). I was particularly pleased to see Mooney still working with the club. And as you say, perhaps dispels some of the myths.

[Goliath]

So sounds like the director of football made a pragmatic appointment rather than going for a Guardiola-lite. That doesn't really prove the point.

I'm not really convinced by your theory, I suspect you're just looking at big clubs who tend to favour that style anyway and making that link but ignoring the flip side of teams like Salford City or Huddersfield.

Personally I'd suggest that a Director of Football is more likely to be pragmatic around the playing style and part of their role would be to explain to the owners why they can't play like Man City if they don't have a budget like Man City.

But surely they just went for survival. The difference being that there doesn't seem to be a long term plan there bar selling their best players.
Is Salford a good example, they lurch from from one style of manager to another with no real plan. I thought the point of the DOF was to avoid this?

Wrexham have had more success but they appear to follow a more traditional model with the manager having more influence from what I saw on the documentarym

[equinox]

Everton appointing Sean Dyche when they did (no one else wanted the job) really isn't a good example of a Master Director of Football weaving his magic.