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I don't hate Brands but he's definitely been a mixed bag in the role IMO
I know this is an unpopular view and I'm not trying to cause bother by saying it, but personally I would have preferred us to see Brands on his way and start gradually moving away from the DoF model
Yes, I know the DoF way is seen as the "right" way these days in that all the top clubs use one, but Juve, Real and Barca are all swimming in debt and are hardly especially well run clubs, so it's not like using the DoF model guarantees success
To me, some clubs can benefit from having a DoF whilst others don't really need one, and I'm yet to be convinced that our club is in the former category
Brands hasn't done a terrible job IMO, and some things like James have been shrewd business on his part, but at the same time I hardly think our club would have been particularly worse off with him and we would have certainly been better off without Walsh
Thus far I'd argue we've had negligible benefit from having a DoF and in some ways it's been a clear negative
The current gaffer apparently prefers working in that system, so we kind of needed one right now and I guess Brands will do if we simply must have one, but I'd like us to look at moving on from the model when both Brands and Mr. Ancelotti's time at the club is over (which could be a while down the line yet, hopefully so in regards to Ancelotti)
I know this is an unpopular view and I'm not trying to cause bother by saying it, but personally I would have preferred us to see Brands on his way and start gradually moving away from the DoF model
Yes, I know the DoF way is seen as the "right" way these days in that all the top clubs use one, but Juve, Real and Barca are all swimming in debt and are hardly especially well run clubs, so it's not like using the DoF model guarantees success
To me, some clubs can benefit from having a DoF whilst others don't really need one, and I'm yet to be convinced that our club is in the former category
Brands hasn't done a terrible job IMO, and some things like James have been shrewd business on his part, but at the same time I hardly think our club would have been particularly worse off with him and we would have certainly been better off without Walsh
Thus far I'd argue we've had negligible benefit from having a DoF and in some ways it's been a clear negative
The current gaffer apparently prefers working in that system, so we kind of needed one right now and I guess Brands will do if we simply must have one, but I'd like us to look at moving on from the model when both Brands and Mr. Ancelotti's time at the club is over (which could be a while down the line yet, hopefully so in regards to Ancelotti)
davek
Player Valuation: £150m
A magician? No, he's not a magician. He's a clown.
Saint Domingo
Player Valuation: £90m
Im not Iwobi’s fan at all. I did think though that when he had a run of games at right wing in the 4231 he played alright. Not 30 mills worth but ok. This chopping and changing of him at RWB then on the left sometimes doesn’t seem to help him. He has been poor though.
davek
Player Valuation: £150m
They are points that are unanswerable.
Dont think we see alot he has done eap with the youth teams with the ban we had and the restructure. Which will hopefully see results. I dont mind the dof model aslong as the manager has the power aswell is about both working together,
Thankfully the pyramids were built before 1878...you've got enough on your plate.
Gilbert..
Player Valuation: £50m
He's sh!te.
Nail on head, the other point that needs emphasising is that apart from one FA Cup win, it had been 30 years since we had been a force to be reckoned with and challenging for the league.
Moshiri bought in during 2016 and Brands joined in 2018. I will cut them both slack for any mistakes(which all humans make) as Mosh in particular would have been aware of the weight of expectation from our fanbase. He probably tried to rush the process of returning us to the top resulting in poor and rushed decisions
Brands has had to sort that out, find players to meet fan's expectations and work with a new Board which takes some time to become an effective entity meeting their responsibilities to deliver a credible business plan. Something that had been sadly lacking
Against that backdrop is it really the case that there is an abundance of talent out there who were available and better. I for one think he merits the opportunity to continue with the job.
Spot on.
Cameron Manning
Player Valuation: £35m
All of the above plus trying to rid of a long list of players, very poor ones, who were bought by previous managers and Walsh before he, Brands, even got here, a lot of those have gone, a few are going in the summer, leaving two or three more, plus to be honest, the one real headache he bought, Iwobi.
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