Surely his scouts doing the scouting. He's negotiates fees and contracts. Implements systems throughout the club,I.E academy structure,coaching and vision.
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davek
Player Valuation: £150m
But that's an abstraction. You have to factor in the relative status of each figure to understand where power lies.
Look at when Brands came in. When asked who ultimately had the decisive say so on purchases Brands empahasised that he had it, not Silva. He just cant say that with Ancelotti. It wouldn't be possible and it wouldn't be true.
His role will fit in around the manager we have in position. He'll be able to do only as much in purchasing players as is allowed him. Under Silva he had the upper hand in targets and signings; it was a largely a failure. Under Ancelotti that wont be allowed to continue. Look at the players we'll be bringing in this summer: they all are signature Ancelotti signings.
Beyond sitting in with Ancelotti on financial aspects of squad building / trimming, Brands has nothing to do. Do we think he's outranking Ancelotti in how the Italian wants the team to play? No chance.
It's a superflous position at Everton. It's got no tradition or basis in reality.
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toffeeblue9
Player Valuation: £35m
This debate still going on? Ancelotti has always worked with someone doing the transfers side of things - he has admitted as much himself and doesn't want to be in charge of that. As with Silva before him, the manager may identify particular players he would like. The manager and DoF need to be in agreement over the players. The DoF can suggest a player, if the manager says no that's fine and vice versa. There is a whole structure to the recruitment process now and that's a good thing. It should also be noted that Brands' job (unlike Walsh before him) does not revolve solely around buying and selling players, he is responsible for all football activities at the club from top to bottom which is why he sits on the board. A DoF, or equivalent, is commonplace across football now and it's plain daft to suggest we don't need one just because we've always got by without one. We all know what a manager does because we are familiar with the concept. The output from a DoF is a little bit more behind-the-scenes and as such you're not always going to be aware of his successes and failures to enable you to judge him - narrowing it solely to transfers is silly because that only encompasses a part of his role. If anything, we haven't given Brands enough responsibility - in its purest form, the DoF should be in sole charge of hiring and firing managers too because that allows him to have a level of continuity on the style of play, systems etc so he can ensure the squad doesn't need an overhaul when we change manager. We are not there with this yet as Moshiri still seems to be heavily involved in this part. Hopefully one day we'll get there.
I'll give you the DCL one, that was definitely his recommendation.
My issue with Unsworth is he won the PL2 with what I imagine was the oldest development squad ever to win it.
His primary job is to coach young prospects who are able to slot seamlessly into the first team, not win nothing trophies with the same core players year on year. Scholes (as an example) relegated UTD U23 team and they seem to be doing rather well preparing players.
I wonder what his qualifications are? It's probably unfair but I'd wager it's the bare minimum to be employed as a coach at a professional club.
The fact he's shown pretty much zero ambition to properly test himself with the proper job suggests he's far too comfortable.
Blackpools manager, the former LFC U23 coach is one of a very small number (less than 20) of UEFA 'elite' coaches who gave up his role to take the reigns 2 leagues down.
I just don't see Unsworth doing that.
...I’m not defending the bloke but I’d say the pool of players he works with is a lot to do with the DoF. The DoF will set the strategy and for all we know that includes giving the senior professionals game time. i imagine Unsworth has a big say, though, in contracts on offer.
i have no idea of his worth as a coach but he’ll have the required qualifications (badges) and managed a PL2 title winning team in a league where other clubs invest huge amounts bringing in the best young talent. I don’t know of his ambition but his CV will be decent.
Personally, I think we employ too many ex-players on the coaching staff (Unsworth, Ferguson, Ebbrell, Jeffers, Jevons, Tait, Southern et al). The FA Youth Cup would be a better indicator of talent than the PL2.
n01efc
Player Valuation: £25m
Speechless, needless to say Director of Football is usually more than simply buying and selling players.
davek
Player Valuation: £150m
...and still I receive no ACTUAL evidence of Brands role outside of scouting....
110 transfers in his 2 years at the club.
LOL
Scouting department upgraded.
But sure, he does nothing.
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Nymzee
Player Valuation: £150m
What proof of other activities do you get from any DoF?
davek
Player Valuation: £150m
110 transfers?! Can you name all these?110 transfers in his 2 years at the club.
LOL
Scouting department upgraded.
But sure, he does nothing.
What ACTUALLY hs he done to revamp the scouting department?
A lot of talk about what this feller does re coaching methods, academy development etc...very little proof he's doing anythign of the sort.
Do we have any documented evidence of his role outside of scouting players who failed to make it at decent Euro clubs? I dont think we do, but I;m open to persuasion....
Nymzee
Player Valuation: £150m
Everton confirm signing of Jarrad Branthwaite
The 17-year-old will link up with David Unsworth's under-23's
we’re about to sign 3 decent players and one whom will be the biggest name we’ve ever ever had come on Dave!
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