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Steve Walsh - no longer our Director of Football
- Thread starter GrandOldTeam
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Problem is, Walsh was the lead of a very good team of scouts at Leicester. He's worthless without the team.
In other words we should have signed his scouts?
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Eggsyblueskin
Player Valuation: £40m
For me the position of DoF is vital in today's game. They are central to providing a sense of continuity and direction throughout the footballing side of the club.
I am convinced the more so given our current travails stem directly from a poorly informed managerial appointment.
When Moyes abruptly left us he did so after 11years in which he had established us as the leading 'best of the rest ' contender which, while frustrating , was a decent platform to build on. Logic dictates (and any reputable DoF would have recommended) a manager who could work with the style of players already at the club. Instead Kenwright appointed a manager who was the polar opposite of Moyes in Martinez, a stupid and amateur decision at best at worst grossly negligent. Inevitable the change in style broke the team.
At the very least if your going to consider a change in direction you have to be able to provide your manager with the quality of player to quickly facilitate it with the minimum of fuss. Lukaku aside our bargain bucket approach failed with poorly performing players the end result. Entering his final season Martinez pleaded for ,among other things, a playmaker. Kenwright failed to provide it and the rest is history.
I believe a competent DoF would have prevented all the above.
So to Walsh. Like most I would have preferred an experienced DoF such as Monchi, but Walsh had been in the game long enough was apparently well liked and had an impressive CV to be considered for a step up in position. We all start somewhere after all.
It is hard to fully judge his performance from the outside not being privy to the internal dynamics, but from the outside he does appear to have failed on occasion. Most especially for me his abject failure to provide Koeman with the left sided defender and centre forward he requested count strongly against him. The failure of subsequent signings to establish themselves can be counted against him although many players from foreign leagues need time to adapt and it is doubly difficult to do so in a struggling side. It should also be remembered that managers do share some responsibility in the form of a veto on his recommendations. But it doesn't look good.
If reports of contacts with other DoFs such as Brands are true, it would appear that the writing is on the wall for Walsh. That raises intriguing questions , since you would imagine Walsh and Allardyce were happy to work together. In fact as DoF he should have been central to Allardyce's appointment which given their past association is unsurprising. If we appoint a new DoF what style will he be working towards? If it's FatSams style were hardly going to trouble the top end, ever. It is hard to imagine a reputable DoF coming here to oversee grock defensive football with mid table aims. So, new DoF whither Allardyce ?
Of course a fully professional and well run club would already have the DoF and manager ready to come in at season end , both fully aware of who they'll be working with and the overall aims of the club. But as our recent managerial shenanigans proved , while the boss may change we remain , indefatigably Everton.
I am convinced the more so given our current travails stem directly from a poorly informed managerial appointment.
When Moyes abruptly left us he did so after 11years in which he had established us as the leading 'best of the rest ' contender which, while frustrating , was a decent platform to build on. Logic dictates (and any reputable DoF would have recommended) a manager who could work with the style of players already at the club. Instead Kenwright appointed a manager who was the polar opposite of Moyes in Martinez, a stupid and amateur decision at best at worst grossly negligent. Inevitable the change in style broke the team.
At the very least if your going to consider a change in direction you have to be able to provide your manager with the quality of player to quickly facilitate it with the minimum of fuss. Lukaku aside our bargain bucket approach failed with poorly performing players the end result. Entering his final season Martinez pleaded for ,among other things, a playmaker. Kenwright failed to provide it and the rest is history.
I believe a competent DoF would have prevented all the above.
So to Walsh. Like most I would have preferred an experienced DoF such as Monchi, but Walsh had been in the game long enough was apparently well liked and had an impressive CV to be considered for a step up in position. We all start somewhere after all.
It is hard to fully judge his performance from the outside not being privy to the internal dynamics, but from the outside he does appear to have failed on occasion. Most especially for me his abject failure to provide Koeman with the left sided defender and centre forward he requested count strongly against him. The failure of subsequent signings to establish themselves can be counted against him although many players from foreign leagues need time to adapt and it is doubly difficult to do so in a struggling side. It should also be remembered that managers do share some responsibility in the form of a veto on his recommendations. But it doesn't look good.
If reports of contacts with other DoFs such as Brands are true, it would appear that the writing is on the wall for Walsh. That raises intriguing questions , since you would imagine Walsh and Allardyce were happy to work together. In fact as DoF he should have been central to Allardyce's appointment which given their past association is unsurprising. If we appoint a new DoF what style will he be working towards? If it's FatSams style were hardly going to trouble the top end, ever. It is hard to imagine a reputable DoF coming here to oversee grock defensive football with mid table aims. So, new DoF whither Allardyce ?
Of course a fully professional and well run club would already have the DoF and manager ready to come in at season end , both fully aware of who they'll be working with and the overall aims of the club. But as our recent managerial shenanigans proved , while the boss may change we remain , indefatigably Everton.
GwladysBlue
Player Valuation: £70m
He still here?
Monchi goes to Roma, goes to Turkey to find a player, comes back with a 20 year old playing on the weakest team with high potential. Signs him for £13m. Cengiz Under becomes one of Roma's best players and fits their system perfectly.
Walsh goes to Turkey, comes back with a 26 year old playing for the best club at the peak of his abilities. Signs him for £20m. Cenk Tosun is dropped after 2 games because he can't deal with 50 yard passes at head height.
Walsh goes to Turkey, comes back with a 26 year old playing for the best club at the peak of his abilities. Signs him for £20m. Cenk Tosun is dropped after 2 games because he can't deal with 50 yard passes at head height.
Toast
Player Valuation: £80m
This would be dead funny, if the poster wasn't absolutely bang on the money with it.
Sums the whole situation up perfectly.
4737carlin
Player Valuation: £90m
This could be bang on the money, its also possible he/they just got very lucky on a few players and it was blown out of proportion by the big 3 or 4 title contenders all having an off season at the same time.
Its like winning big on roulette and thinking you can just go on doing it again and again, only this time it was Evertons money getting thrown away
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