by Demba Ba Mon Feb 13, 2012 12:58 am
Laurencio wrote: GK01 wrote:
Going to agree with Cheesy. If a manager doesn't make his signings he's running the risk the other guy won't sign the kind of players the club needs/want, they also run the risk of being blamed for something that wasn't there fault and could fuck up their whole managerial career. A manager should be able to do it all really.
A good partnership in transfers would work brilliantly. A man who knows what the squad needs (Hiddink) could tell a director or assistant what type of player they are lacking, the director or assistant then takes on the job of finding that type of player through the use of the scouting network and whatever contacts he has.
Obviously the manager needs to be in charge of when to sign a new player and what type of player to sign, but having someone else do the job of actually acquiring the player and finding the right target isn't necessarily a bad move.
For me though, it's that whole idea that I'm not sure whether Hiddink would know what sort of players he should be going after. I don't think finding players would really be his problem at all.
I simply don't think that having a director of football works. The way I see it, if a manager is good enough, then he shouldn't have to sign over one of the most important parts of the job to someone else.
A perfect example of how a director of football can interfere was Comolli at Spurs. He drove out both Jol and Ramos, as they weren't given the space to make all of their own signings. Redknapp came in, had the space to sign who he wanted and build his own side. Look at them now. It's worked perfectly.
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