Angus Kinnear

[Bedfordblue]

The amount of stick Thelwell got for his nose! I thought he came across quite well in that interview. He seems to have built himself up a nice track record for getting thing done, and it's good to see more business orientated people in the top positions, we are a sleeping giant and I think these people can wake us up providing the fans show a bit of patience.

I found it particularly reassuring that unlike pretty much every photo of him, on film he doesn’t looking like he’s mid way through curling one out.

 

[sanctioned]

Shoutout to Kev for setting us up to have full football revamp, kinnear mentioned how it is unprecedented to be able to make so much change.

 

[14_dollars]

He convinced us to take Harrison on loan. Twice.

That’s pretty impressive to be fair.

 

[Ron Burgundy]

Just watched his interview - Very exciting stuff.

From his comments, you can see already TFG have a competent business plan and are doing everything behind the scenes to bring that to fruition.

Incredibly refreshing and I am truly excited for what lies ahead.

 

[Rita_Poon]

'Angus Kinnear and perfect signings'

 

[West Side Charlie]

Just watched his interview.
Didn't sound posh like my ignorance half expected him too. I mean what CEO isn't posh.
Yet sounded bright, intelligent and filled me with confidence.
Almost like he was saying, 'I know my s--t I don't have to pretend or impress anyone.
Spoke well without sounding like he was creeping.

 

[Eggsyblueskin]

Talks the talk
Remains to be seen whether he can walk the walk .

 

[The binman chronicles]

Initial thoughts are positive, let's hope they stay that way!

 

[summerisle]

Talks the talk
Remains to be seen whether he can walk the walk .

If he can walk forward that'll be a definite improvement.

 

[Miked1e]

Agree with many… just watched his interview!

I really hope he can back up his talk!

 

[Neiler]

Nice words, I’ve been this solider before and this isn’t my first “exciting new dawn”, only thing that matters is action.

That interview sets the expectation of what he’s going to judged off, let’s see,

 

[evertony]

The use of ‘World Class’ when describing Moyes was a bit foolish as was the suggestion that the Academy and young players are important to Moyes. Other than that I liked his style….positive, clear, concise and aggressive, which is exactly what we need to be as a club going forward

 

[DaChunk]

So if we have 4 heads of departments rather than 1 DOF, who makes the final call on a signing?

 

[brieverton]

These "departments" seem to be:

- Data Analytics
- Football Operations
- Recruitment / Talent
- Trading / Negotiations

Open to correction there. I would like to know the scope of "Football Operations" which sounds a bit vague. Perhaps that's areas like Sports Science and other functions which don't fit in the other areas.

With the CEO and manager, that's a group of six. I'd imagine they would try to achieve a consensus view on a player, but any significant doubt on the part of one person would probably be enough to block a move. It would be fascinating to know what weight data would have in decisions. You have to have that, but it can't form the basis of everything.

 

[Eggsyblueskin]

These "departments" seem to be:

- Data Analytics
- Football Operations
- Recruitment / Talent
- Trading / Negotiations

Open to correction there. I would like to know the scope of "Football Operations" which sounds a bit vague. Perhaps that's areas like Sports Science and other functions which don't fit in the other areas.

With the CEO and manager, that's a group of six. I'd imagine they would try to achieve a consensus view on a player, but any significant doubt on the part of one person would probably be enough to block a move. It would be fascinating to know what weight data would have in decisions. You have to have that, but it can't form the basis of everything.

Generally, from what I have observed at other clubs that operate similar systems, Football Operations provides the oversight of the football and is therefore responsible for ensuring that there is a cohesive footballing approach throughout the club to the football played . Effectively all the coaches of the various teams throughout the club report to him.
The other positions represent a devolvement of certain aspects that were previously the responsibility of the DoF .