Possible Director of Football

dan78 · May 13, 2016

Everton will consider appointing a sporting director as they plot the new era at Goodison.

The Blues are searching for a replacement for Roberto Martinez’s after the club brought his near three year reign to an end on Thursday.

A shortlist including Ronald Koeman , Frank de Boer and Manuel Pellegrini has been drawn up.

Martinez was sacked yesterday afternoon and key members of his backroom staff followed him out the door and Everton are exploring the idea of a making major changes to their management structure.

Koeman, de Boer and Pellegrini all work as head coaches in a European-style framework where a sporting director sits above them.

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/spor...rton-explore-sporting-director-model-11330466

What does a director of football do?

Do we need one?

EddyKent · May 13, 2016

Brilliant idea. We are moving with the times. My head has gone.

Jamo Martinez · May 13, 2016

Get Ken Loach.

Librarian · May 13, 2016

Someone with ambition and a vision for the club
Someone with big swinging balls

Deggo · May 13, 2016

dan78 said:
Everton will consider appointing a sporting director as they plot the new era at Goodison.

The Blues are searching for a replacement for Roberto Martinez’s after the club brought his near three year reign to an end on Thursday.

A shortlist including Ronald Koeman , Frank de Boer and Manuel Pellegrini has been drawn up.

Martinez was sacked yesterday afternoon and key members of his backroom staff followed him out the door and Everton are exploring the idea of a making major changes to their management structure.

Koeman, de Boer and Pellegrini all work as head coaches in a European-style framework where a sporting director sits above them.

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/spor...rton-explore-sporting-director-model-11330466

What does a director of football do?

Do we need one?

No

ToffeeTim · May 13, 2016

Tarantino In

Coffee and TV · May 13, 2016

Makes sense that Moshiri would want a DoF, give a bit of breathing space between himself and the manager. Kenwright always got too involved with the manager, don't see Moshiri being like that at all.

ijjysmith · May 13, 2016

Step up Joe Kinnear

royalblue66 · May 13, 2016

They buy players like Balotelli,and pay £35m for Andy Carrol, well the one at the pit did.

johnnydawg68 · May 13, 2016

As an American, used to the model of a General Manager who handles player personnel decisions, and coaches coach, I've always scratched my head why in, England especially the manager has all of that responsibility. I have no idea how one person can do two jobs - both well. History has proven that there are very few who could.

jimmythenut · May 13, 2016

Maybe we will actually wrap up transfers quicker this way.

mmmmsnouts · May 13, 2016

The director of football might improve Pellegrini's chances at the manager job because City's DOF made some absolutely shocking buys this past summer. Who knows how much input Pellegrini had into, say, spending 28 million on Nicolas Otamendi.

dholliday · May 13, 2016

dan78 said:
Koeman, de Boer and Pellegrini all work as head coaches in a European-style framework where a sporting director sits above them.

What does a director of football do?

Do we need one?

In the Bundesliga you've got the Trainer and the Manager. The Trainer is the guy we associate most as being the Manager here in England: he's in charge of the players, coaching, selection, tactics and most of the media work. The Manager is the guy who's in charge of the scouting system, transfers, wages and marketing. The Manager would normally outrank the Trainer, tho' sometimes they're both level with the Chairman/Owner being the boss of both.

Effectively in England we've had a system where the Manager does everything, whereas in Germany and elsewhere that job is split in two.

bullensboy · May 13, 2016

To me a 'Director of Football' is simply someone the football club\coach\manager can blame when a bad signing is made

That to me is the only useful role, and its purely a safety net for those around

RaleighBlue · May 13, 2016

Director of football makes sense. It allows the manager to focus on the team, the training, and the tactics, while the director of football can manage scouting and transfer dealings.

A good DoF will work very closely with the manager to ensure he's focusing on players of the type that the manager feels are needed for the squad. One man shouldn't run literally every aspect of a club - the job is too much for the vast, vast majority to handle.

Is it just England that has a fascination with the do-everything manager? A lot of the 'great' manager in the history of English football had that sort of relationship, just named something else - Taylor and Clough, Shankly and his boot room are two obvious examples.