Royle as Director of Football

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johnnydawg68

johnnydawg68

Chairperson, People's Front of Saint Domingo
I like it, if true.

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/516469/Everton-want-Joe-Royal-Director-of-Football

Everton want their former boss back as Director of Football
Royle won the FA Cup with the club in 1995 as manager, leading the Blues to victory over Manchester United, but resigned two years later.

He rejoined the club in the summer of 2014 as part of Martinez’s backroom staff to help out with young players, scouting and recruitment.

But Everton want to offer him a more formal role with added responsibility in their new set-up following the Spaniard’s departure.

Royle, 67, helped David Unsworth take charge of the team for the final game of the season against Norwich City.

He remains popular with Everton fans and is seen as the ideal candidate to provide a link between the board and the new manager.

But the final say on whether he ends up in the role may depend on who ends up replacing Martinez in the manager’s chair.

Everton have made an ambitious approach to try and lure Jose Mourinho, who is holding out for the United job.

It is also likely that other candidates will also be spoken to as new investor Farhad Moshiri hopes to make an appointment as quickly as possible.

Moshiri has ambitious plans for the club, and has pledged serious money towards strengthening a squad which could lose up to ten senior players this summer.

The Iranian businessman is also keen to press ahead with plans for a new stadium, with Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson revealing Everton could now leave Goodison “within three years.”

Royle made over 200 appearances as a player for Everton between 1966 and 1974, making his debut as a 16-year-old.

Since hanging up his boots he has also managed Oldham, Manchester City and Ipswich.
 

If we bring in someone who has never worked in the Prem, this would be a must in my opinion. Obviously a Mourinho or Koeman wouldn't want or maybe need this, but if we're really serious about De Boer or Lucien Favre, you can bring them in without it in my opinion.
 
johnnydawg68 said:
If we bring in someone who has never worked in the Prem, this would be a must in my opinion. Obviously a Mourinho or Koeman wouldn't want or maybe need this, but if we're really serious about De Boer or Lucien Favre, you can bring them in without it in my opinion.
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Believe Koeman is used to working under one already, so probably just Mourinho who wouldn't be too keen.
 

LocalNative said:
Doesn't director of football handle transfers? If not, what exactly do they do?
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They should work closely with the first team manager to identify targets or target types, and then go handle the actual legwork of the transfers. They also should be coordinating the youth teams with the first team and handling all the things like planning for the future of the club on the pitch. The first team manager gets left to actually manage the first team.
 
johnnydawg68 said:
If we bring in someone who has never worked in the Prem, this would be a must in my opinion. Obviously a Mourinho or Koeman wouldn't want or maybe need this, but if we're really serious about De Boer or Lucien Favre, you can bring them in without it in my opinion.
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Koeman works with a DoF at Saints to be fair so I don't reckon he'd have an issue with it. It's the norm on the continent anyway.
 
I think this would be temporary appointment while Moshiri gets things settled with the manager, stadium, board, etc. If so, Royle is a wonderful choice. He would put the club first, which I think is a very important aspect of a DoF - it's not about the short termism of saving the manager's job (Naisse anyone?) but about keeping the ship on course for its vision.

That said, Big Joe is probably a bit on the experienced side for this to be a long term appointment, so I suspect he'll be a bridge to the new regime.

If true, well played Moshiri.
 

In the bad old days of 18 months ago I suggested Martinez needed a wise old sage to help him and the idea didn't attract any support.
If we get a younger manager in who is not well versed in the Premier League then I would be in favour. Not sure a Director of Football is needed if we get someone who has been successful and knows English Football.
But if we need one then Big Joe is as good as anyone.
 
Already feel like a broken record in this thread, but have feelings about DoF in general, and how it seems widely derided in England.

It strikes me that the classic 'manager' role is a terrible structure for 99% of cases. It's a single point of failure, right? A bad manager can do near limitless harm to the long term ambitions of a club. Look how fast Martinez changed our prospects, or Moyes changed Uniteds. The do-all manager really only works on the extreme edge-cases, like Sir Alex was.

In the much more common case, you have an average manager, maybe a bit above average, but all men have weaknesses. Ideally a manager is best suited to actually working with the first team and setting them up tactically. In the end, that's the core aspect of their job. Rather than reject a great 'coach' because he can't set transfer targets for poop, it makes much more sense to cover that gap with a DoF. Or cover a gap in youth policy. Or in long term planning. Or all of the above, while allowing the first team manager to focus on his core competency.

The do-all manager is an anachronism. An archaic reminder of a forgotten age. Yet, for some reason it seems that there is a general feeling of distrust with this idea that the best manager may not have the club's best interest at heart (Moyes).

I, for one, welcome the new era in which Everton Football Club don't pretend that it's still the 60's but have moved forward, to compete, into the era in which football is business.
 

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