2022/23 Kevin Thelwell

[Connor]

Hope someone cleverer than me can explain why we need a director of football, a head of recruitment, a scouting manager, and are looking for a head of emerging talent?

Are we just making jobs up to make it seem like things have changed?

 

[toffeeblue9]

In think my issue here is about joined up thinking. I mean as a DOF surely you cant buy players who dont fit into the coach / managers style of play? So if Lampard plays one style and the DOF is buying players that dont fit that style how does that work - its surely a failure.
If the players perform and play better for Dyche (which i think they will) then its still a failure for the DOF as they were not bought to play with a Dyche style (what ever that turns out to be long term).
I mean the DOF should have a style of play he is aiming for then managers and players are brought in to suit it. The direction for the club on the pitch should be set by the DOF or what is the point of a DOF. In Evertons case it is the tail wagging the dog and firefighting thats been going on for years.

I'd agree with all of that if the DOF had autonomy about who the coach is. We will never, ever be successful until we settle on a way of playing and recruit for that style. When that bigger decision is taken above his head, he's left having to rip everything up and start again.

 

[Dougie]

Step in the right direction- should significantly raise the calibre of players we try but fail to sign.

The foundations are all set. We just need a competent board to allow the football side to take care of itself.

 

[toffeeblue9]

Hope someone cleverer than me can explain why we need a director of football, a head of recruitment, a scouting manager, and are looking for a head of emerging talent?

Are we just making jobs up to make it seem like things have changed?

You won't understand it until the structure is explained to you, and it never will be.

It's frustrating, but there aren't many clubs where the fans have it explained to them exactly who does what in the structure of each dept

 

[JohnJq]

Hope someone cleverer than me can explain why we need a director of football, a head of recruitment, a scouting manager, and are looking for a head of emerging talent?

Are we just making jobs up to make it seem like things have changed?

Because the Director of Football is too busy with recruiting and scouting players and needs to improve on his recent identifying of a shortlist of 2 chalk and cheese managers?

 

[dublinbluenose]

Hope someone cleverer than me can explain why we need a director of football, a head of recruitment, a scouting manager, and are looking for a head of emerging talent?

Are we just making jobs up to make it seem like things have changed?

Brighton have 100's of people involved in recruitment. Running a football club coherently involves a lot of managing.

 

[chazzle_dazzle]

It is true:

https://uk.linkedin.com/in/lee-sargeson-bb107926

Nice catch mate, thats a great bit of work by the club.

 

[ultra]

Terrific appointments but all in vain while the roadblock remains at Chairman-level.

Was gonna call him a bottle-neck but it’s considerably wider than a bottle.

 

[COYBL25]

Brighton have 100's of people involved in recruitment. Running a football club coherently involves a lot of managing.

Not at Everton apparently.

Just needs Platypus nosed Kev, Bill and Denise, with a bit of meddling from the mad owner.

 

[TheAlmightyFloater]

I hadnt realised we had recruited Lee Sargeson, you would think this was key appontment that the club would want to shout about. Any idea what we havent announced anything or maybe i missed this.

Have to wait for Spurs to give it the all clear first

 

[witchdoc187]

one thing is for sure it takes time -

 

[Eggs]

Hope someone cleverer than me can explain why we need a director of football, a head of recruitment, a scouting manager, and are looking for a head of emerging talent?

Are we just making jobs up to make it seem like things have changed?

….Thelwell calls himself a ‘Line Manager’, presume all of those report to him. He’s probably not identifying players himself, he just gets others to do it.

 

[Moomin]

So we have had one good game and now the signing who were being used to clobber Lampard are now masterstrokes from Thelwell.

Utter madness.

Who has been calling the signings as masterstrokes?

The players will have a chance to prove themselves away from the dirge of Frank " Worst manager in our history " Lampard.

 

[RomanReigns]

Lee Sargeson joins from Brighton as scouting manager

interesting

wonder if he is the guy responsible for all their great transfers recently

 

[PKwalnuts]

Hope someone cleverer than me can explain why we need a director of football, a head of recruitment, a scouting manager, and are looking for a head of emerging talent?

Are we just making jobs up to make it seem like things have changed?

Whats more scary is that none of this existed.

I expect that even a lot of the clubs in the Championship and lower, have a structure that works fornmodern football and we've got Owner and Board winging it and sticking their oars in.
No wonder we're so difficult to do business with on every front.