I was expecting a Scottish accent with a name like that tbh
Interesting to hear we’re moving away from the DoF structure for a more team and analytic based approach for signings.
What assume they’d be giving the final choice ‘back’ to the manager.
What assume they’d be giving the final choice ‘back’ to the manager.
I knowI was expecting a Scottish accent with a name like that tbh
I can’t even explain why I thought it
CielosGrises
Player Valuation: £25m
Seems fine.
Ray Purchase
Player Valuation: £10m
Impressive first interview on the official club channel.
Someone needs to walk him around the city center, RS stuff everywhere, we need to raise our visibility.
Someone needs to walk him around the city center, RS stuff everywhere, we need to raise our visibility.
TrailerTrash
Player Valuation: £15m
It SHOULD make a massive difference.
I mean it's now a full team instead of a DoF, the functionality doesn't change, just one less title.
Thelwell had the same task and power to moderate success - Dyche rejected players for unknown reasons several times in the last few years, now no doubt Moyes will as well. Doesn't matter if it's Kinnear, a DoF or someone else, if the manager doesn't want a player it usually gets his way, unless the data/price/deal is too good to turn down.
Good first interview anyway, well spoken. Hopefully he addresses the fact we have almost no presence anywhere during his tenure.
Charles Hawtrey
Player Valuation: £50m
Good interview! hopefully he waks the walk too
Finally, it seems like we may actually have some grown ups running our club.
He spoke very well indeed there.
Drico
Player Valuation: £70m
brieverton
Player Valuation: £50m
I do prefer the "team/committee" structure for transfers over Manager and DoF which is more of a mish-mash between the individuals and those that work in separate camps.
On the face of it, that seems a worthy reform from TFG and insightful thinking. It does seem like a more co-ordinated, joined-up approach and augmented by analytics with less room for more subjective judgement.
The only issue is putting a team together in the new structure quickly. I can understand Kinnear going for people he knows here with time being critical. Ideally such a team would develop more organically with the best people being hired for each role and that will probably happen gradually. The other benefit is that unless the whole team leaves together - which is unlikely - then there will always be a degree of continuity.
It's important that the appointments are driven by the CEO and not the manager for that reason. I don't think it's healthy for the manager to be an overbearing figure in such a group, as his position is the most vulnerable to change, but for various reasons Moyes may have more clout this summer.
On the face of it, that seems a worthy reform from TFG and insightful thinking. It does seem like a more co-ordinated, joined-up approach and augmented by analytics with less room for more subjective judgement.
The only issue is putting a team together in the new structure quickly. I can understand Kinnear going for people he knows here with time being critical. Ideally such a team would develop more organically with the best people being hired for each role and that will probably happen gradually. The other benefit is that unless the whole team leaves together - which is unlikely - then there will always be a degree of continuity.
It's important that the appointments are driven by the CEO and not the manager for that reason. I don't think it's healthy for the manager to be an overbearing figure in such a group, as his position is the most vulnerable to change, but for various reasons Moyes may have more clout this summer.
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hallamblue
Player Valuation: £50m
Bit of a contrast with Barrett-Baxendale! Seems like he knows the job in hand, just hope he and his team can move us forward.
Didn’t sound like they were doing anything we weren’t doing already (supposedly) just without a single person ultimately responsible.
Sure Thelwell was banging on about analytics a while back, and Brands before that.
In fact didn’t we crow about some deal for exclusive player analytics from a gaming company before?
