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It's just a bunch of words at the end of the day. Levy has been director of football during Redknapp's tenure. If the DoF is there to support the manager and leave the chairman to go about his other business, then fine. If its more of a technical director to organise a blueprint for the future or scouting etc so that there is a consistency across the next 5-10 years (i.e. a system set up to support any manager or coach), then fine.
The way it worked with Comolli was not the right way. Comolli appoints the coach HE wants to work with. That's where it goes wrong. Okay, fair enough if we lose a manager we need to appoint a new one and the chairman and DoF would discuss that but with Comolli it felt like there was a power struggle (in the end) and too much influence over what the manager should be doing rather than it being the opposite way round.
New man in must be the lead, not the DoF.
The way it worked with Comolli was not the right way. Comolli appoints the coach HE wants to work with. That's where it goes wrong. Okay, fair enough if we lose a manager we need to appoint a new one and the chairman and DoF would discuss that but with Comolli it felt like there was a power struggle (in the end) and too much influence over what the manager should be doing rather than it being the opposite way round.
New man in must be the lead, not the DoF.
Well, he wasn't gonna sit there and say "you're all a bunch of cunts", was he?Blanchflower said:
Harry Redknapp, thank you and goodbye.
This is the emergency broadcast episode of The Fighting Cock podcast. We discuss:
Where did it all go wrong?
Levy's choice
The cull
The potential replacement(s)
AVB, Moyes
Tim Sherwood
Director of football
Short term long term
Summer transfer window
Everyone in da house: Flav, Spooky, tehtrunk, Ricky, Thelonious, Chicago Dan and engineer Al.
Love the shirt.
[mp3]http://itunes.thefightingcock.co.uk/podcasts/website_download/53.mp3[/mp3]
[download]http://itunes.thefightingcock.co.uk/podcasts/website_download/53.mp3[/download]
This is the emergency broadcast episode of The Fighting Cock podcast. We discuss:
Where did it all go wrong?
Levy's choice
The cull
The potential replacement(s)
AVB, Moyes
Tim Sherwood
Director of football
Short term long term
Summer transfer window
Everyone in da house: Flav, Spooky, tehtrunk, Ricky, Thelonious, Chicago Dan and engineer Al.
Love the shirt.
[mp3]http://itunes.thefightingcock.co.uk/podcasts/website_download/53.mp3[/mp3]
[download]http://itunes.thefightingcock.co.uk/podcasts/website_download/53.mp3[/download]
About time too.
Lazy bastards.
Lazy bastards.
Happy days, nice wee surprise during my lunch. Downloading it as i type
You sneaky fat lesbians!
That was surprisingly good.
Infinitely better than the usual self-harm inducing bollocks. Good work lads.
Infinitely better than the usual self-harm inducing bollocks. Good work lads.
Thanks for that.
A few points, since I'm the biggest fucking pedant on the board:
1. "André" (in terms of Villas-Boas) sounds like "UnDRESS," but without the final "ss". Not "AWN-dray"
2. Blanc isn't a racist. He's a buffoon. This is covered here:
laurent-blanc-t2630-20.html#p91464
The short version is that he's caught on tape complaining that FFF is only recruiting tall, strong young players for the youth sides. And that those kinds of players are "black". He's then caught on tape complaining that players the FFF recruits and trains turn their back on France and go play "in North Africa" and "in Africa".
The nice way to say this is that he's concerned that dual-nationality players are taking advantage of France's training, only to then go play for their parents' countries. So he's ON TAPE listening to the idea of putting in a quota (30%) of players who are "binationaux".
The mean way is to say that Blanc's a racist, since he doesn't talk about Polish- or Portuguese- nationality players who are brought up in the French system. ONLY Africans and people from the Maghreb.
The truth is somewhere in between: France is doing a terrible job of making its players want to play for France, and the state itself is doing a terrible job of making non-white Frenchmen feel like they are French. Blanc feels this, but sounds like an idiot when he tries to express himself.
3. Chicago Dan is absolutely right about the DoF. What a bunch of island-dwelling people completely terrified of change unless it was developed in a Manchester factory.
A few points, since I'm the biggest fucking pedant on the board:
1. "André" (in terms of Villas-Boas) sounds like "UnDRESS," but without the final "ss". Not "AWN-dray"
2. Blanc isn't a racist. He's a buffoon. This is covered here:
laurent-blanc-t2630-20.html#p91464
The short version is that he's caught on tape complaining that FFF is only recruiting tall, strong young players for the youth sides. And that those kinds of players are "black". He's then caught on tape complaining that players the FFF recruits and trains turn their back on France and go play "in North Africa" and "in Africa".
The nice way to say this is that he's concerned that dual-nationality players are taking advantage of France's training, only to then go play for their parents' countries. So he's ON TAPE listening to the idea of putting in a quota (30%) of players who are "binationaux".
The mean way is to say that Blanc's a racist, since he doesn't talk about Polish- or Portuguese- nationality players who are brought up in the French system. ONLY Africans and people from the Maghreb.
The truth is somewhere in between: France is doing a terrible job of making its players want to play for France, and the state itself is doing a terrible job of making non-white Frenchmen feel like they are French. Blanc feels this, but sounds like an idiot when he tries to express himself.
3. Chicago Dan is absolutely right about the DoF. What a bunch of island-dwelling people completely terrified of change unless it was developed in a Manchester factory.
