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Post by MungO on Jul 21, 2014 18:06:18 GMT
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Post by Ffs Ling on Jul 21, 2014 18:46:45 GMT
I really don't get this Sports Director thing it has me quite worried for Russ and the balance of the team
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Post by mayland0s on Jul 21, 2014 18:46:58 GMT
Perhaps we shouldn't read to much between the lines but I have to say Russ seems to be trying to put people in there place and exerting some sort of authority of his own! Good luck to him. |
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Post by MungO on Jul 21, 2014 20:37:19 GMT
I really don't get this Sports Director thing it has me quite worried for Russ and the balance of the team Same here. How can one person buy who the other has to pick. Unless the whole club from top to bottom buys into a certain style or ethos, then it's bound to end in tears. |
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Post by MungO on Jul 21, 2014 20:37:47 GMT
Perhaps we shouldn't read to much between the lines but I have to say Russ seems to be trying to put people in there place and exerting some sort of authority of his own! Good luck to him. That's how I read it too. |
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Post by Ramrod on Jul 21, 2014 21:32:42 GMT
Will be very sad if things get derailed before they get started. Russ doesn't need any aggro and I don't think he will hang around for two minutes if the terms aren't right. It's not as if he can't get himself another job.
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Post by MungO on Jul 21, 2014 21:47:00 GMT
I think unless we're top 6 from the off, Russ will feel pressure.
And that's probably when Mauro Milanese will step in.
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Post by MungO on Jul 21, 2014 21:47:36 GMT
Having said that, none of these signings so far seem rushed. They all seem Russell signings.
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Post by Ffs Ling on Jul 21, 2014 21:59:13 GMT
I think unless we're top 6 from the off, Russ will feel pressure. And that's probably when Mauro Milanese will step in. I sincerely hope not this Milanese chap doesn't have much form to rave about does he |
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Post by Ramrod on Jul 21, 2014 22:23:05 GMT
Buying the players he wants is such an integral part of Russ (and most English managers, I'd imagine), the less likely it seems to be that Russ will stick about. I mean, if the sports director's role is to sign players, then you have the clash straightaway. And if his role is not to sign players, then what is it? He's not there to cook the pasta.
I wish to God I hadn't read that interview now. I don't think there's a hope in hell of that arrangement working.
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Post by Ffs Ling on Jul 21, 2014 22:49:25 GMT
Buying the players he wants is such an integral part of Russ (and most English managers, I'd imagine), the less likely it seems to be that Russ will stick about. I mean, if the sports director's role is to sign players, then you have the clash straightaway. And if his role is not to sign players, then what is it? He's not there to cook the pasta. I wish to God I hadn't read that interview now. I don't think there's a hope in hell of that arrangement working. I agree with you ramrod I personally don't see the point of this sporting director role Slade has proved to be a decent manager This is what Milanese has done in his post playing career On 16 June 2011, he was announced as new director of football of Serie B club Varese, days after predecessor Sean Sogliano accepted an offer from Serie A club Palermo.[8] What next Dearden to be promoted as Chief Treasurer I think this has the potential of been a ticking time bomb for Russ and the boys if they don't get out the blocks quickly |
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Post by crusade on Jul 22, 2014 2:15:22 GMT
The Sporting Director post is a European model on the way football clubs are run. For me it don't work in British football, I can't see Slade taking orders. Interesting times ahead.
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Post by buffalobill on Jul 22, 2014 9:30:12 GMT
I think the whole point is that at the moment the role hasn't been clearly defined and that is what is worrying to Russ.
From the owners perspective, he wants someone in the club who he can talk to (and trust?), who can tell him whether or not the people Slade is bringing in, are good enough. The owner probably knows as much about football as anyone else on this board, so having a professional (Sporting Director) to advise him makes sense.
Problem comes when/if the Sporting Director disagrees with Slade, and a deal gets blocked. So who has the final say, if the Sporting Director can pick and bring players in off his own back and who negotiates the deals, are a few of the things which I guess need clarifying when this guy arrives. Just hope that we can show this system can work well in English football.
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Post by Ffs Ling on Jul 22, 2014 10:56:42 GMT
Do/have any other English football clubs ever had a sports director?
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Post by mayland0s on Jul 22, 2014 11:03:09 GMT
Do/have any other English football clubs ever had a sports director? I think you'll find there's quite a few knocking around,Barry fry at Posh for instance.I always thought all the premiershi* clubs had one! |
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Post by Ffs Ling on Jul 22, 2014 11:15:48 GMT
Do/have any other English football clubs ever had a sports director? I think you'll find there's quite a few knocking around,Barry fry at Posh for instance.I always thought all the premiershi* clubs had one! Oh ok thanks Maylands |
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Post by Ramrod on Jul 22, 2014 11:27:01 GMT
I'd have thought that Slade would be glad to get shot of the negotiating and financial side of things and of hanging on the phone all day with agents, and be left to just name the players he wants but, as mentioned, if the sports director starts interfering with the choice, that's when the problem will arise. And the problem can easily arise, as someone else said, if we get a few dud results. I wonder what sort of a fist of things Milanese made at Verona.
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Post by oakman on Jul 22, 2014 18:25:40 GMT
The Sporting Director post is a European model on the way football clubs are run. For me it don't work in British football, I can't see Slade taking orders. Interesting times ahead. It worked well at Brentford just got to have a good manager in the first place which you have.If your new owner invests in new players I would expect Slade to be very happy.Mark Warburton reports to a sporting director who only joined after Rosler left Dispite him being at the club for 3 years. |
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